Patent ID: 6708972
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet object sorter for sorting sheet objects discharged from a main apparatus and taking in the sorted sheet objects into a plurality of bin units, comprising:a stack of said plurality of bin units removably attached to a sidewall of said main apparatus; when said bin units are attached to the sidewall of said main apparatus, a surface of a conveying path for the sheet objects is formed solely by a wall surface of the sidewall of said main apparatus to which said bin units are attached and an end portion of each of the bin units; and each of said bin units being capable of individual attachment and each includes a gate capable of selectively positioning to a first position and to a second position for taking in the sheet objects being conveyed on said conveying path, wherein when said gate positions at said first position, said conveying path is blocked to guide sheet objects being conveyed on said conveying path into each bin unit, and when said gate positions at said second position, said conveying path is opened to allow sheet objects being conveyed on the conveying path to pass by.