Patent ID: 6443449
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A paper sheet discharge apparatus for sorting and discharging paper sheets discharged from a printing apparatus, comprising:a casing formed with an introducing section for receiving the paper sheets; a plurality of bins attached to the casing, for storing the sorted paper sheets respectively; a plurality of delivery rollers for discharging, to the respective bins, the paper sheets introduced from the introducing section, each of the delivery rollers being provided in the casing corresponding to each of the bins; a transport unit for transporting, to the plurality of delivery rollers, the paper sheets introduced from the introducing section; a plurality of transport direction-switching units for switching a transport direction of the paper sheets introduced from the introducing section to sort the paper sheets into the plurality of bins, each of the transport direction-switching units being provided between the transport unit and one of the delivery rollers; and a power transmitting unit that includes a roller driving gear array including transport roller gears, intermediate gears engaged with respective transport roller gears, clutch gears engaged with respective intermediate gears, and discharge roller gears, the clutch gears being swingable about respective intermediate gears between an engaged position and a released position with respect to the discharge roller gears.