Patent ID: 8087668

Claim:
A transport diverter for diverting transported paper sheets, the transport diverter comprising: a first transport path; a second transport path opposite to the first transport path and which paper sheets can be transported to and from the first transport path; a third transport path transporting paper sheets which are diverted, at a connection point between the first transport path and the second transport path, to one side in a direction crossing a facing direction of the first transport path and the second transport path; a fourth transport path transporting paper sheets which are diverted, at the connection point, to the other side in the direction crossing the facing direction of the first transport path and the second transport path; a diversion unit which is swingably provided at the connection point and has a pair of diversion members in which a first diversion member connected to a first supporting unit and a second diversion member connected to a second supporting unit are provided opposite to each other and a linking plate integrally links the pair of supporting units, the pair of diversion members having inner faces facing each other and outer faces opposite from the inner faces, the faces each serving as a transporting face of paper sheets; a driving unit swinging the diversion unit; and a control unit controlling the driving unit to switch a stopping position of the diversion unit to a position of forming a first transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the first transport path to the second transport path, and a second transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the second transport path to the first transport path between the inner face of the first diversion member and the inner face of the second diversion member of the diversion unit, a position of forming a third transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the first transport path to the third transport path along the outer face of the first diversion member of the diversion unit and a fourth transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the second transport path to the fourth transport path along the outer face of the second diversion member of the diversion unit and a position for forming a fifth transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the first transport path to the fourth transport path along the outer face of the second diversion member of the diversion unit and a sixth transport passage for transporting paper sheets from the second transport path to the third transport path along the outer face of the first diversion member of the diversion unit, and for diverting paper sheets, which are transported from the first transport path and the second transport path, in three directions.