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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Toyko, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Toyko, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a sheet conveyance path; a conveyance-path supporting unit configured to support both ends of the sheet conveyance path with respect to a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; a first stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a second stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a first moving unit configured to move the first stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction; and a second moving unit configured to move the second stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction, wherein any one of the first stitching unit and the second stitching unit is movable to outside of the conveyance-path supporting unit.