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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Satoru Matsuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Daiki Komiyama, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Shimura, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Satoru Matsuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Daiki Komiyama, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Shimura, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato-Shi, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying portion conveying sheets; a stack portion staking the sheets; a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle on the stack portion in a crossing direction; a second regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle in the conveying direction; a first binding device moving in the crossing direction so that the first binding device moves between first and second sides of the sheet processing apparatus and to bind an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle by a staple at a plurality of positions in the crossing direction; a second binding device binding an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle, where the second regulating portion has contacted without a staple; and a controller causing, in a case that the first binding device binds a sheet bundle, the second binding device to be positioned outside the sheet bundle.