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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a rotatable pressing member, a guide, and a contact member. The rotatable pressing member includes a pressing portion that is disposed in a predetermined range in a rotation direction of the pressing member to press a folded portion of a sheet. The guide is disposed opposite the pressing member. The contact member contacts the guide and is rotatably disposed at at least one end of the pressing member in an axial direction of the pressing member.