Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Hirofumi Kayahara

Masashi Kougami

Toshio Shida

Hisao Satoh

Toshio Konica Minolta Business Tech Inc Shida

A sheet storing device that has a conveyance device that holds a folded sheet to convey and a sheet storing section on which a sheet falling after being released from holding is placed, and allows a position of holding lower end position of the aforesaid conveyance device to be variable, a post-processing apparatus equipped with the sheet storing device and an image forming system equipped with the aforesaid items.

Sheet storing device storing sheets upright, post-processing apparatus equipped with the device and image forming system equipped with the apparatus

An image forming system, comprises an image forming section to form an image on a sheet; a fixing section to fix the image formed on the sheet; a sheet conveying passage to convey the fixed sheet; a humidifying roller arranged on the sheet passage and to humidify the sheet; a water supplying tank to feed water to the humidifying roller; an electric component; and a waterproofing member to protect the electric component from water.

Image forming system and sheet humidifying apparatus

A sheet moisturizing apparatus, including a vertical conveyance route in which a sheet is guided upward or downward and paired moisturizing units which are mounted symmetrically to sandwich the vertical conveyance route.

Sheet moisturizing apparatus and image forming system

An image forming apparatus includes: a moisture feeding unit which supplies moisture to a sheet when the sheet passes through a nip portion of a pair of porous rollers, which has a lower roller absorbing water and an upper roller absorbing water in contact with the lower roller, and comprises a water supplying unit which supplies water to the pair of porous rollers, after the sheet onto which a toner image has been formed by and image forming unit passes through a fixing unit. A contact of a contact member in contact with each of a circumference surface of the upper roller and the lower roller is released when a sheet jam occurs.

Image forming apparatus and moisture feeding device provided therewith

A sheet processing apparatus which flattens a curled sheet includes: a water content control unit which controls a water content of a sheet to flatten the curled sheet; a decurling section which is provided downstream the water content control unit with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet, and the decurling section bends the curled sheet to be flat by a bending force; and a conveyance route changing section which changes a conveyance route of the sheet to direct to the water content control unit or not.

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Hachioji, Japan

Hirofumi Kayahara