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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2018
Daiki Komiyama, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Akihiko Tsukui, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Masahiro Maeda, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Daiki Komiyama, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Akihiko Tsukui, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Masahiro Maeda, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes alignment plates, which are provided outside a main body housing of a sheet processing apparatus, shift in an alignment direction orthogonal to a transport direction of a sheet loaded on a load tray to load sheets discharged from a discharge opening, and align opposite sides of the sheet, and a sheet support surface provided in a different position adjacent to a processing tray in the alignment direction to support sheets inserted from a manual feed opening provided outside the main body housing. A binding apparatus shifts to the processing tray or the sheet support surface, and binds sheets placed on the processing tray or the sheet support surface. Neat alignment plates are positioned not to block the manual feed opening during the binding processing on manually fed sheets on the sheet support surface.