Copying machine with a rotary sorter having sheet gripping devices

摘要

A sorting apparatus arranged to receive a stream of sheets for collating the same into booklets having a rotary sorter comprised of a plurality of bins each of which includes a sheet clamping device to hold sheets in registered orientation in the bins. Control means cooperate with the clamping means to release the sheets at a loading station to permit egress of the sheets one at a time into the bins as the sorter rotates, and to release the clamping devices at an unloading station to permit removal of the completed booklets.