Abstract: In a sheet stacking apparatus, a pair of side members includes a pair of lower side members which is provided with an approximately same distance therebetween as a width of a planographic printing plate and limits a movement in the planographic printing plate width direction; and a pair of upper side members which are provided above the pair of lower side members, each of which is provided with a movable section movable in the planographic printing plate width direction, and on which tapered surfaces are formed facing each other in a generally V shape. The distance between the pair of upper side members is controlled by driving the movable sections of the pair of upper side members so as to prevent quality degradation caused by a thrown-in sheet scratching a stacked sheet.

Abstract: In a sheet stacking apparatus, a pair of side members includes a pair of lower side members which is provided with an approximately same distance therebetween as a width of a planographic printing plate and limits a movement in the planographic printing plate width direction; and a pair of upper side members which are provided above the pair of lower side members, each of which is provided with a movable section movable in the planographic printing plate width direction, and on which tapered surfaces are formed facing each other in a generally V shape. The distance between the pair of upper side members is controlled by driving the movable sections of the pair of upper side members so as to prevent quality degradation caused by a thrown-in sheet scratching a stacked sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for cutting a paper pipe, wherein a paper pipe is cut while rotating both a cutting blade and the long paper pipe in opposite directions to each other, in such a manner that rotational linear velocities of a cutting portion of the cutting blade and a central portion in a thicknesswise direction of the paper pipe are controlled to be within certain range. Cutting is performed while controlling the degree of vertical incision of the cutting portion.

Abstract: Heat sinks for semiconductor laser devices are manufactured by processing a surface of a panel into a mirror surface, forming a plurality of substantially parallel photomasks spaced at predetermined intervals on the mirror surface, etching the mirror surface through the photomasks to define grooves, the grooves and the mirror surface jointly providing edges therebetween, removing the photomasks from the panel, and thereafter, cutting the panel along the grooves into a plurality of heat sinks. Each of the heat sinks has a surface having a desired ultrahigh level of surface finish accuracy up its edge, and can be manufactured relatively inexpensively.

Abstract: A sheet conveying/sorting system which sorts sheets being successively conveyed by a target number of sheets, that is, by a package units. The sheet conveying/sorting system includes a downstream conveyor, an upstream conveyor, sucking conveyor and controller. In the sheet conveying/sorting system, in accordance with a signal output from the control, the successively conveyed sheets are separated from each other and, after separation, the respective parts of the system are returned to their original positions. By repeating these steps sequentially and sucessively, the sheets can be sorted by the package units.