Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-19
2008-08-19
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
C270S058070, C270S058090, C270S058120, C270S058130, C270S058170
Reexamination Certificate
active
07413176
ABSTRACT:
A sheet finisher includes a sheet stacker for stacking sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus to form a sheet bundle and a binding device for binding the sheet bundle with a staple, further includes a center folding device for center folding sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus, a first conveying device for conveying sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus to the sheet stacker without passing through the center folding device, and a second conveying device for conveying the sheets to the sheet stacker via the center folding device.
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Hirata Tetsuo
Kato Norishige
Nakamichi Motoki
Ogushi Takehiro
Saitsu Yasushi
Crawford Gene O.
Frishauf Holtz Goodman & Chick P.C.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Nicholson, III Leslie A
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