Ricoh FT5034C Service Manual page 238

5.3 BIN SUPPORT MECHANISM
Bin Support
Pinion Gear
When the transfer wheels turn, the bin support racks are also moved up and down
via the middle gears and the bin support pinion gears. The bin support racks are
engaged with the bin support shaft that is at the bottom and all the bins are seated
on this bin support shaft. Therefore, when the transfer wheel moves a bin up or
down, the other bins are moved up or down together.
The top of the bin support rack is engaged with the safety lever which moves in the
rails mounted along the bin guide. The safety lever limits the distance between the
top bin and the bottom bin to prevent the bins from coming off the bin guides,
especially when a customer takes out the copies from the bins. The safety lever
touches the pin of the top bin whenever there are bins above the transfer wheels.
However, when the top bin is placed at the receiving position "Y", the safety lever
slides around the transfer wheel and blocks the bin outlet slot "Z" as shown (top right
of the above drawing).
Safety Lever
Middle
Gear
Bin Support
Rack
Bin Support Shaft
Transfer
Wheel
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[Z]
[Y]
[X]
[Z]
[Y]
[X]