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Patent No.:

US 10496023 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2018

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

Applicants:

Yusuke Obuchi, Tokkyo, JP;

Hideto Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Masaya Takahashi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;

Seiji Nishizawa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Yusuke Obuchi, Tokkyo, JP;

Hideto Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Masaya Takahashi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;

Seiji Nishizawa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;

Assignee:

CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato-Shi, Saitama, JP;

Attorney:

Manabu Kanesaka

Primary Examiner:

Leslie A Nicholson, III

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B65H 37/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B27F 7/17 (2006.01); B42C 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01); B27F 7/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B42B 4/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G03G 15/6544 (2013.01); B27F 7/006 (2013.01); B27F 7/17 (2013.01); B42B 4/00 (2013.01); B42C 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 9/04 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51611 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00544 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1672 (2013.01);

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying portion, a stack portion which stacks sheets, a first regulating portion which regulates a position of a sheet bundle in a crossing direction crossing to a conveying direction, a second regulating portion which regulates a position of a sheet bundle in the conveying direction, a first binding portion which moves from a first side to a second side and binds a corner portion of a sheet bundle by a staple, a second binding portion which binds a corner portion of a sheet bundle without a staple. The second binding portion includes a first face having a plurality of projections and a second face having a plurality of concave grooves matching the plurality of projections. A sheet bundle is bound by pressing the first face and the second face.

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