Sheet-material associating – Associating and folding – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Nicholson, III, Leslie A (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating and folding
Sheet associating
C270S032000, C270S037000, C270S058070
Reexamination Certificate
active
07997572
ABSTRACT:
A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, in which printed sheets are bundled, with a staple, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a reinforce roller and moves along a direction of the fold line while applying pressure by the reinforce roller to the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit, a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the fold line, and a control unit configured to control a movement speed of the roller unit, and the control unit causes the roller unit to move at a first speed in an outside of a specified range including the edge of the staple, and causes the roller unit to move at a second speed not higher than the first speed in the specified range including the edge of the staple.
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U.S. Office Action dated Aug. 24, 2010 corresponding to U.S. Appl. No. 12/104,496, filed Apr. 17, 2008.
Iguchi Ken
Kawaguchi Takahiro
Sasahara Katsuya
Taguchi Hiroyuki
Tsuchiya Katsuhiko
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Nicholson, III Leslie A
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
Turocy & Watson LLP
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