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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10501276 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2018

Sheet processing apparatus

Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroyuki Taki, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;

Assignees:

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;

TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Leslie A Nicholson, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B65H 31/38 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01); B65H 9/06 (2006.01); B65H 31/28 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01); B65H 29/34 (2006.01); B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01); B65H 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/34 (2013.01); B65H 9/04 (2013.01); B65H 9/06 (2013.01); B65H 9/10 (2013.01); B65H 9/101 (2013.01); B65H 29/34 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 31/28 (2013.01); B65H 31/3018 (2013.01); B65H 31/36 (2013.01); B65H 31/38 (2013.01); B65H 33/08 (2013.01); B65H 2301/36 (2013.01); B65H 2301/363 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4213 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1114 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1523 (2013.01); B65H 2404/161 (2013.01); B65H 2405/114 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11151 (2013.01); B65H 2408/114 (2013.01); B65H 2408/1144 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus comprises a processing tray, a longitudinal alignment mechanism, a horizontal alignment mechanism and an interlocking mechanism. The processing tray can stack a sheet. The longitudinal alignment mechanism includes a rotatable paddle. The longitudinal alignment mechanism can align the sheets stacked on the processing tray in a sheet conveyance direction. The horizontal alignment mechanism includes a horizontal alignment plate movable in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction. The horizontal alignment mechanism can align the sheets placed on the processing tray in the sheet width direction. The interlocking mechanism interlocks the paddle in the sheet width direction in synchronization with the movement of the horizontal alignment plate in the sheet width direction.

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