Patents Assigned to Minolta Camera Kaisha
  • Patent number: 4993697
    Abstract: A copy sheet stack apparatus stacks copy sheets discharged from an image-forming device and binds them be means of a staple. The apparatus comprises a first accommodating device for accommodating copy sheets discharged from the image-forming device, a staple device for binding by way of the staple the copy sheets accommodated into the first accommodating device, a second accommodating device disposed below the first accommodating device to accommodate a bundle of the copy sheets bound be means of the staple, a fall device for making the bundle of the copy sheets bound by way of the staple fall from the first accommodating device to accommodate into the second accommodating device by its own weight, and a guide device disposed between the first accommodating device and the second accommodating device to guide the bundle of the copy sheets fallen from the first accommodating device to the second accommodating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamashita, Toshio Matsui, Keichi Kinoshita, Kazuhito Ozawa, Wataru Kurahashi, Katsuya Yasuda