Patent ID: 6729376
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A sheet sorting apparatus for adhering a marker to each predetermined sheet of a group of sheets being output by an image processing apparatus, comprising:a tape feeder for pulling out a tape, whose width is smaller than that of said sheets, having a pressure sensitive adhesive on one side edge; a cutter for making the marker by cutting the tape at a preset length; a guide for positioning the marker at a predetermined position on the predetermined sheet; and a marker and sheet feeder for synchronously feeding the marker and the predetermined sheet in a partially overlapping position, wherein the marker and sheet feeder are formed as a pair of feeding means for positioning in contact with each other when the marker is adhered to the predetermined sheet, and separate from each other when sheets not receiving a marker are fed, and the marker is adhered to the predetermined sheet by a predetermined pressure force as the predetermined sheet passes through the marker and sheet feeder without pausing the marker and sheet feeder, with one portion of the marker overlapping and in contact with the predetermined sheet and remainder of the marker protruding from the predetermined sheet to indicate a boundary between a sheet or group of sheets and a subsequent sheet or group of sheets.