| CPC B65H 31/02 (2013.01) [B65B 5/106 (2013.01); B65B 35/50 (2013.01); B65H 29/46 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/422548 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
|
1. A sheet storage apparatus comprising:
an attachment unit to which a storing bag for sheets is attached;
a holding unit that holds the sheets toward an inner side in a storage direction of the storing bag attached to the attachment unit, the sheets being stacked and stored in the storing bag; and
a closing unit that closes an entrance of the storing bag by sandwiching the storing bag from outside thereof,
wherein the closing unit comprises a first closing unit and a second closing unit,
wherein the first closing unit and the second closing unit move simultaneously to close the entrance,
wherein the first closing unit closes the entrance by moving from a first position to a second position, the first position being a position before the first closing unit starts sandwiching the storing bag, the second position being a position when the first closing unit sandwiches the storing bag together with the second closing unit,
wherein the second closing unit closes the entrance by moving from a third position to a fourth position, the third position being a position before the second closing unit starts sandwiching the storing bag, the fourth position being a position when the second closing unit sandwiches the storing bag together with the first closing unit,
wherein the first closing unit passes through a position closer to the inner side in the storage direction than the first position between moving from the first position to the second position,
wherein the second closing unit passes through a position closer to the inner side in the storage direction than the third position between moving from the third position to the fourth position, and
the first position and the third position are located on an outer side in the storage direction from a position where the holding unit that holds the sheet is in contact with the sheet.
|