US 11,939,180 B2
Sheet handling apparatus and sheet handling method
Yuji Shimodaira, Himeji (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Himeji (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,737.
Application 18/081,737 is a continuation of application No. 17/102,452, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,565,904.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-221640 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121937 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 29/38 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 31/26 (2013.01) [B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B65H 29/38 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); B65H 2404/64 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet handling apparatus that feeds sheets from outside into the sheet handling apparatus, the sheet handling apparatus comprising:
a holder that detachably engages with a frame of a storage bag in the sheet handling apparatus;
a pusher that
moves from a retracted position outside the storage bag to a pushing position inside the storage bag, and
pushes the sheets transported in a storage area, which is outside of the storage bag, into the storage bag through an opening of the storage bag; and
a presser that presses the sheets stored in the storage bag after the pusher has moved away from the sheets pushed into the storage bag.