Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet folding device and image forming apparatus with sheet folding device
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Application No.: US12923127Application Date: 2010-09-03
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Publication No.: US08695959B2Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Isao Yasuda , Ikumi Takashima
- Applicant: Isao Yasuda , Ikumi Takashima
- 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: JP2009-207066 20090908; JP2010-133106 20100610
- Main IPC: B65H37/06
- IPC: B65H37/06

Abstract:
A sheet folding device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet; an abutting unit that abuts an end of the sheet being transported to form a bent portion at the sheet; a folding unit that nips the bent portion of the sheet by a pair of folding rollers to form a fold line in the sheet; a guide member that partially covers the folding roller and guides the sheet; and a position adjustment unit that adjusts a position of the guide member. An exposure amount of the folding roller with respect to the sheet can be varied by adjusting the position of the guide member through the position adjustment unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US08740212B2 Sheet folding device and image forming apparatus with sheet folding device Public/Granted day:2014-06-03
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