Invention Grant
US07934713B2 Sheet alignment mechanism, sheet post-processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus
有权
纸张对齐机构,纸张后处理装置和图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Sheet alignment mechanism, sheet post-processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 纸张对齐机构,纸张后处理装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11836873Application Date: 2007-08-10
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Publication No.: US07934713B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Nobuyoshi Suzuki , Masahiro Tamura , Shuuya Nagasako , Kazuhiro Kobayashi , Shohichi Satoh , Akira Kunieda , Tomoichi Nomura , Hiroshi Maeda
- Applicant: Nobuyoshi Suzuki , Masahiro Tamura , Shuuya Nagasako , Kazuhiro Kobayashi , Shohichi Satoh , Akira Kunieda , Tomoichi Nomura , Hiroshi Maeda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2006-220470 20060811; JP2007-140973 20070528
- Main IPC: B65H37/04
- IPC: B65H37/04

Abstract:
A sheet alignment mechanism includes a stacking tray on which a sheet or sheet bundle transported along a sheet transport path is stacked, a pair of side fences that are movable in a sheet width direction and align edges of the sheet or sheet bundle, stacked on the stacking tray, in the sheet width direction, a single drive source that moves the side fences, and detecting units that detect home positions of the respective side fences.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080211162A1 SHEET ALIGNMENT MECHANISM, SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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