Patent ID: 8286963
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet handling apparatus comprising: a switchback section which reverses a conveyance direction of sheets; a switchback path which conveys sheets via the switchback section; a straight path which extends between a diverging point and a confluence and bypasses the switchback section, the switchback path and the straight path diverging at a the diverging point and joining at the confluence; a first rate-sensing section which includes a first sensor provided along the switchback path, and senses a sheet conveyance rate of the switchback path based on an output of the first sensor; a second rate-sensing section which includes a second sensor provided along the straight path, and senses a sheet conveyance rate of the straight path based on an output of the second sensor; and a control section which controls, based on sensing results of the first rate-sensing section and the second rate-sensing section, a time required for the switchback section to handle a sheet assigned thereto to make a time required for the assigned sheet to pass through the switchback path extending from the diverging point to the confluence via the switchback section, equal to a time required for a sheet to pass through the straight path extending from the diverging point to the confluence.