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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Canon Finetech Nisca Inc., Misato-shi, JP;
Shintaro Moriya, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Amano, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Seiji Ono, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Ichiro Yoda, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Masao Ueno, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Canon Finetech Nisca Inc., Misato-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus including a control portion is configured to execute: a first mode in which the control portion causes a bundle forming portion to form a bundle of sheets including a sheet supported by a first placement portion and a sheet placed on a second placement portion; and a second mode in which a downstream end portion of a bundle of sheets formed in the second mode is positioned upstream of a downstream end portion of a bundle of sheets to be formed in the first mode, and wherein the control portion sets a maximum number of sheets constituting a bundle of sheets which the control portion causes the bundle forming portion to form in the second mode to be smaller than a maximum number of sheets constituting a bundle of sheets which the control portion causes the bundle forming portion to form in the first mode.