Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Patent
1998-06-10
2000-11-14
Ellis, Christopher P.
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
270 5827, 271181, 271221, 227 29, B65H 3304, B65H 2944, A43B 2136
Patent
active
061458252
ABSTRACT:
A sheet processing apparatus includes a staple tray that stacks a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus, a rear end fence that vertically aligns the sheet stacked on the staple tray by hitting a tail end of the sheet in a conveying direction against the rear end fence, and a stapling device that executes a stapling operation at an end of a bundle of the sheets. A limiting member is movable in a direction of a thickness of the bundle of sheets stacked on the staple tray, in which a distance between the limiting member and a sheet stacking face of the staple tray guiding the sheet to the rear end fence is variable. The sheets are processed by a method including the steps of receiving a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, guiding the sheet to a rear end fence of a staple tray, stacking the sheet on the staple tray, aligning the sheet by hitting a tail end of the sheet against the rear end fence, pressing the tail end of the sheet in a direction of the thickness of the sheet, and stapling the bundle of sheets at the tail end of the sheet aligned by the rear end fence.
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Andoh Akihito
Iida Jun-ichi
Kunihiro Uotani
Nakayama Yoshihiko
Nakazato Yukitaka
Bowes Kenneth W
Ellis Christopher P.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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