Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet finisher and image forming system provided therewith
- Patent Title (中): 装订机和成像系统
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Application No.: US12644548Application Date: 2009-12-22
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Publication No.: US08573590B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Satoru Shimizu , Zen Kayaba
- Applicant: Satoru Shimizu , Zen Kayaba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC
- Priority: JP2009-001425 20090107
- Main IPC: B65H31/00
- IPC: B65H31/00

Abstract:
In a sheet finisher which receives a sheet from an image forming apparatus, conducts a sheet finishing onto the sheet and feeds out the sheet, the sheet finisher includes: a stacking section which stores temporarily one or more sheets; and a sheet finishing section which conducts the sheet finishing onto the sheet stored in the stacking section. The stacking section having a first guide member which forms a stacking surface to guide the sheet, and a second guide member which faces the first guide member and is spaced apart from the first guide member by a predetermined distance, and is provided obliquely from a horizontal direction, and the stacking surface formed by at least a part of the first guide member, is formed to be curved in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100171257A1 SHEET FINISHER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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