Patent ID: 6019209
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A medium-reserving apparatus for receiving and reserving at least one individually transferred medium and discharging reserved media in a batch, comprising:an accumulating wheel having an outer surface, and a groove portion opened in the outer surface adapted to receive a tip of a medium for holding, said accumulating wheel being rotated from a medium standby position to a medium release position;a clamper formed in the accumulating wheel adapted to clamp the tip of the medium introduced into the groove portion and to release the medium at the medium release position; anda medium-accumulating section formed outside the accumulating wheel for accumulating the medium released at the medium-release position, said medium-accumulating section having a movable guide plate with a circular arc cross section located outside the outer surface of the accumulating wheel to constitute a variable medium-accumulating space between the guide plate and the accumulating wheel, which is changed depending on the thickness of accumulated media.