Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Nicholson, III, Leslie A (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
C270S058070, C270S058080, C270S058110, C270S058170, C270S058270
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922163
ABSTRACT:
A pressing unit presses vicinity of a trailing edge of a stack of sheets stacked in a tray. An aligning unit aligns the stack of sheets stacked in the tray. A stapling unit binds the stack of sheets aligned by the aligning unit. A discharging unit discharges the stack of sheets bound by the stapling unit. A control unit controls the pressing unit to keep a constant distance from a surface of a top sheet of the stack of sheets when the discharging unit discharging the stack of sheets.
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Abstract of JP 11-130338 published May 18, 1999.
Furuhashi Tomohiro
Hattori Hitoshi
Hidaka Makoto
Ichihashi Ichiro
Kikkawa Naohiro
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Nicholson, III Leslie A
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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