Patent ID: 7198268
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet steering device located at a position where a plurality of paths branch away for selecting one of said plurality of paths, said sheet steering device comprising: a first guide member spaced from a conveyor roller via a space that is present when no sheet is being steered, which conveys a sheet or a sheet stack through the space, by a preselected distance and angularly movable to be displaced at different positions along a surface of said conveyor roller; a drive to selectively move said first guide member to a first position assigned to a first path or a second position assigned to a second path; and a second guide member configured to guide, when said first guide member is located at said second position, the sheet or the sheet stack to a gap between an upstream portion of said first guide member in a direction of sheet conveyance and the surface of said conveyor roller or unblock, when said first guide member is located at said first position, a path contiguous with said first path.