Sheet-material associating – Associating and folding – Stapling or stitching
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-17
2010-12-14
Nicholson, III, Leslie A (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating and folding
Stapling or stitching
C270S020100, C270S032000, C270S058070
Reexamination Certificate
active
07850156
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, 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 with a structure for preventing an occurrence of a wrinkle, 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, and a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the fold line from a standby position located at a position separate from an end of the sheet bundle.
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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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