Patent ID: 6234474
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper accumulating device comprising a paper bundle feeding port (31), a plurality of paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34) including paper bundle receivers (21, 22) for accumulating paper bundles, and a delivery path (23, 24, 25) for delivering the paper bundles sequentially fed through the paper bundle feeding port (31) to the paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34), the paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34) being provided with sorting mechanisms (40, 60) for sorting the delivered paper bundles, the delivery path (23, 24, 25) including a main delivery path portion (23) extended from the paper bundle feeding port (31) to a branch point (32), and a plurality of mutually divergent branch delivery path portions (24, 25) extending each from the branch point (32) to one of the respective paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34), the branch point (32) being provided with a switching gate plate (26) selectively operable to connect the main delivery path portion (23) to a selected one of the branch delivery path portions (24, 25) respectively, and a control portion (70) for controlling the operation of the switching gate plate (26) and that of the sorting mechanisms (40, 60) of the paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34) according to a delivery speed of the paper bundle.