Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Tomohiko Kiryu

Satoru Shimizu

Tsuyoshi Mizubata

Mikihiro Yamakawa

Tsutomu Anezaki

Masato Niizuma

Ryohei Sunayama

A sheet folding apparatus including: a conveyance device having a first pair of rollers for nipping and conveying a paper sheet; a folding device disposed downstream of the conveyance device in a paper sheet conveyance direction, the folding device having a second pair of rollers for nipping and conveying the paper sheet, wherein the conveyance device conveys the paper sheet to the folding device by making the paper sheet bent toward the folding device, and the folding device conveys the bent paper sheet to fold the paper sheet; and a folding assist member for pushing the paper sheet so that the paper sheet moves toward the folding device, the folding assist member being pivotally arranged to be capable of rotating downstream of the conveyance device in the conveyance direction.

Sheet folding apparatus, sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

A stacker, including a sheet stacking section which receives sheets and stacks the sheets, a stopping member which stops the top edge of the sheet and aligns the sheet, plural paddle-wheels which press against the sheet and convey the sheet to the stopping member, and a control section which controls the paddle-wheels to shift perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, to be arranged on both side edges of the sheets, and to press against the both side edges of the sheets.

Stacker, post-finishing apparatus incorporating the stacker, and image forming system connected to the post-finishing apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Kiryu