Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and method of enhancing folding of sheet bundle
- Patent Title (中): 片材处理装置,图像形成系统和增强片材折叠的方法
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Application No.: US14020961Application Date: 2013-09-09
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Publication No.: US09045310B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Kiyoshi Hata , Keisuke Sugiyama , Atsushi Kikuchi , Tomomichi Hoshino , Mamoru Kambayashi , Shohichi Satoh , Makoto Hidaka , Satoshi Saito
- Applicant: Kiyoshi Hata , Keisuke Sugiyama , Atsushi Kikuchi , Tomomichi Hoshino , Mamoru Kambayashi , Shohichi Satoh , Makoto Hidaka , Satoshi Saito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Comapny, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Comapny, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2012-204755 20120918
- Main IPC: B65H45/12
- IPC: B65H45/12 ; B65H45/04 ; B31F1/00 ; B65H37/06 ; B65H37/04 ; B65H45/18

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a folding unit that folds a sheet bundle; a pressing unit that presses a fold part of the sheet bundle, which has been folded by the folding unit, in a thickness direction of the sheet bundle to enhance folding of the fold part; and a moving unit that advances and returns the pressing unit in a width direction of the sheet bundle. The pressing unit starts pressing from a predetermined position in the width direction of the sheet bundle during advancing movement, and releases pressing after going past one end of the sheet bundle. The pressing unit starts pressing from the predetermined position during return movement and goes past the other end of the sheet bundle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140077436A1 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ENHANCING FOLDING OF SHEET BUNDLE Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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