A SORTER UNIT FOR SORTING SEPARATE SHEETS INTO BINS

摘要

The sorter unit receives sheets from a sheet handling machine and sorts them into bins positioned in succession. In the sorter unit the received sheet (12) is advanced along a conveyor path to a guide means (58) that is displaceable along the sheet feeding path vis-à-vis the associated bins (4). The guide means (58) may by means of a motor be set opposite the bin into which the sheet is to be delivered. The size of the individual bins (4) may be varied according to the desired peak sheet capacity in that the distance of the bin bottom from the superposed bin bottom may be varied. Each bin (4) is provided with a signalling device (60) to indicate the position of the bin bottom along the sheet feeding path. The guide means is positionable in relation to the bottom of the adjustable bin (4) when sheets are to be sorted into it. If a high stack of sheets is to be sorted into a single bin a control unit (23) may stepwise set the guide means a constant pitch further away form the bin bottom concurrently with the increasing height of the stack of sheets on the shelf.