Sheet processing apparatus

Details Sheet processing apparatus Sheet processing apparatus

2008-05-20

2008-05-20

Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)

Sheet-material associating

Associating and folding

Stapling or stitching

C270S032000, C270S058070, C270S058080, C270S058090, C270S058110

Reexamination Certificate

active

07374160

ABSTRACT:
A sheet processing apparatus has a stapler for stapling a center of plural stacked sheets; a sheet folding mechanism for folding a set of the stapled sheets in half; a sheet recognizing portion for recognizing the number of sheets forming the set of sheets; a sheet transport mechanism for transporting the set of stapled sheets to a position where the center of the set of sheets is folded by the sheet folding mechanism; a transport distance determination table for associating the number of sheets with a distance by which the set of sheets is to be transported by the sheet transport mechanism; and a sheet transport control portion for transporting the set of sheets by a distance determined by the transport distance determination table according to the number of sheets through use of the sheet transport mechanism.

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patent: 6575447 (2003-06-01), Yoshie et al.
patent: 7121993 (2006-10-01), Matsumoto
patent: 2002-068518 (2002-03-01), None

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