Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system
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Application No.: US15150499Application Date: 2016-05-10
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Publication No.: US10689221B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Koki Sakano , Nobuyoshi Suzuki , Hidehiko Fujiwara , Yuusuke Shibasaki , Wataru Takahashi , Katsuhiro Kosuge , Makoto Hidaka , Shohichi Satoh , Akira Kunieda , Takuya Morinaga , Yohsuke Haraguchi
- Applicant: Koki Sakano , Nobuyoshi Suzuki , Hidehiko Fujiwara , Yuusuke Shibasaki , Wataru Takahashi , Katsuhiro Kosuge , Makoto Hidaka , Shohichi Satoh , Akira Kunieda , Takuya Morinaga , Yohsuke Haraguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6f941cfc
- Main IPC: B65H37/04
- IPC: B65H37/04 ; G03G15/00 ; B42B2/00

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a sheet conveyance path; a conveyance-path supporting unit configured to support both ends of the sheet conveyance path with respect to a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; a first stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a second stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a first moving unit configured to move the first stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction; and a second moving unit configured to move the second stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction, wherein any one of the first stitching unit and the second stitching unit is movable to outside of the conveyance-path supporting unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160340144A1 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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