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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.