| US 7,494,116 B2 | ||
| Sheet post-process system and sheet post-processing method | ||
| Yasunobu Terao, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Mikio Yamamoto, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Tomomi Iijima, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); and Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/976,140. | ||
| Application 11/976140 is a continuation of application No. 11/085240, filed on Mar. 22, 2005, granted, now 7,344,131. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-285285 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0061490 A1, Mar. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 270—37 [270/32; 270/58.07; 270/58.08; 270/58.09; 270/58.12; 270/58.14; 270/58; 270/18] | 8 Claims |
| 3. A sheet post-process system, comprising:
a first processing mechanism configured to perform a first post process for sheets;
a standby tray arranged under the first processing mechanism configured to catch the sheets dropped from the first processing
mechanism, and load other sheets which are provided after the sheets;
a processing tray arranged under the standby tray configured to load the sheets dropped from the standby tray and the sheets
which are provided after the sheets or the first processing mechanism not via the standby tray;
a second processing mechanism configured to perform a second post process for the sheets loaded on the processing tray before
the standby tray drops the other sheets onto the processing tray; and
a gate configured to branch the sheets to either of the first processing mechanism and to the standby tray.
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