Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.

Dai Matsubara

Keiichi Nagasawa

Koji Okamoto

Isao Itagaki

A sheet bundle discharging apparatus K, including: a conveyance unitconfigured to convey a sheet bundle; a guide unitconfigured to guide the sheet bundle conveyed by the conveyance unit; a discharging unitconfigured to discharge the sheet bundle to an outside of the sheet bundle discharging apparatus; and a receiving unitconfigured to receive the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit, wherein the receiving unit includes: a contact portionwith which a leading end portion of the sheet bundle, which is guided by the guide unit, in a moving direction of the sheet bundle is to be brought into contact; and a pushing portion, which is formed integrally with the contact portion, and is configured to push a first surface of the sheet bundle, and wherein the receiving unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, and is configured to receive the sheet bundle in the first position and rotate from the first position to the second position, thereby allowing the pushing portion to push the first surface of the sheet bundle to place a second surface of the sheet bundle, which is on a side opposite to the first surface, on the discharging unit.

Sheet bundle discharging apparatus and bookbinding apparatus

A sheet bundle discharging apparatus including: a conveyance belt configured to convey and discharge a sheet bundle in a conveyance direction; an attitude changing unit configured to change an attitude of the sheet bundle from a first attitude in which the sheet bundle is apart from the conveyance belt to a second attitude in which the sheet bundle is placed on the conveyance belt; and a receiving member configured to receive an end portion of the sheet bundle, wherein the attitude changing unit allows the end portion of the sheet bundle to pass through a region in which the conveyance belt is provided, in a belt width direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and thereafter reach a region in which the receiving member is provided, a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the receiving member being smaller than a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the conveyance belt.

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