Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet folding device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 折页装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12662217Application Date: 2010-04-06
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Publication No.: US08366596B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Kakeru Hayashi
- Applicant: Kakeru Hayashi
- 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: JP2009-114591 20090511; JP2010-031396 20100216
- Main IPC: B31B1/26
- IPC: B31B1/26

Abstract:
A sheet folding device includes a folding unit that applies a fold to a sheet, and a fold-enhancing unit that performs fold enhancement on the sheet applied with the fold by the folding unit. The fold-enhancing unit includes at least two or more rotator pairs each provided with a sheet holding member that holds and pressurizes the sheet applied with the fold so as to enhance the hold. In the at least two or more rotator pairs, the sheet holding member is provided so that an area for holding the sheet shifts from both sides of the sheet toward a central portion of the sheet along a sheet conveying direction from an upstream to a downstream in the fold-enhancing unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100284720A1 Sheet holding device and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-11-11
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