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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Okawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Nakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Naoyuki Maeda, Mishima, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance member configured to convey a sheet, and an alignment portion having a first alignment member and a second alignment member and configured to move relative positions of the first and second alignment members in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the sheet by the conveyance member. Each alignment member includes a contact surface coming in contact with one end of the sheet in the width direction, a lower surface facing a lower surface of the sheet that is in contact with the contact surface, a lower portion supporting the lower surface of the sheet that is in contact with the contact surface, and an upper portion facing an upper surface of the sheet that is in contact with the contact surface.