PAPER STRIP CONVEYING AND STACKING APPARATUS

摘要

A paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving loaded paper strips and for discharging them, a conveying unit for conveying the paper strips discharged from said receiving unit and a stacking unit for sorting and stacking the conveyed paper strips is characterized in that said conveying unit includes a main conveying unit having a normal passage through which paper strips pass with given sides facing upwards and reach one end side of said stacking unit and a subsidiary conveying unit having a reversing passage for passing the paper strips introduced from said normal passage around the outer periphery of said stacking unit and for conveying them to the other end side of said stacking unit after reversing the upward facing sides of the paper strips, means for detecting the faces of the paper strip being provided at a position along the length of said normal passage, and a passage switching means for introducing the paper strips passing through the normal passage to said reversing passage in response to a signal from said face detecting means, said stacking unit being provided with main and subsidiary entrances on one and the other end sides, respectively, the exits of said normal and reversing passages being disposed so that they face the main and subsidiary entrances, respectively.