Patent ID: 6871851

Claim:
A sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus comprising: discharging means for discharging a sheet-shaped medium that is transferred; a discharge tray onto which the sheet-shaped medium discharged from the discharging means is piled, the sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus arranging to pile the sheet-shaped medium piled on the discharge tray; and arranging means for performing an arranging function for arranging the sheet-shaped medium piled on said discharge tray after discharge from said discharging means at only a fixed position in a shift direction perpendicular to a discharge direction and for performing a sorting/arranging function for arranging the sheet-shaped medium of every copy at a different position in the shift direction perpendicular to said discharge direction, wherein said arranging means includes a pair of arranging members and an arranging member driving device for operating the arranging members, and said arranging members include arranging sections that come into contact with end faces of said sheet-shaped medium such as to put two end faces of said sheet-shaped medium in parallel to said discharge direction therebetween, and wherein a receiving portion is formed within a portion of an upper surface of said discharge tray, the receiving portion including front and rear points that are below the upper surface of said discharge tray, said front and rear points contacting said upper surface of said discharge tray so that part of said one pair of arranging members can extend below the upper surface of said discharge tray.