Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet folding device, image forming apparatus, and sheet folding method
- Patent Title (中): 折页装置，图像形成装置和折页方法
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Application No.: US12929562Application Date: 2011-02-01
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Publication No.: US08777824B2Publication Date: 2014-07-15
- Inventor: Masanobu Kimata
- Applicant: Masanobu Kimata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2010-023320 20100204; JP2010-232758 20101015
- Main IPC: B31F1/08
- IPC: B31F1/08 ; B65H45/18 ; B65H45/14
Abstract:
A sheet folding device for performing single-sheet folding and multi-sheet folding with a single feed path, the device including: a conveying unit that conveys a sheet; a restraining unit that stops a leading edge of the sheet; a pair of folding rollers that fold the sheet; and a guiding member that guides a bend of the sheet to a nip between the pair of folding rollers, wherein the guiding member is positioned at different sheet-guiding positions for single-sheet folding and multi-sheet folding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110190109A1 Sheet folding device, image forming apparatus, and sheet folding method Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
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