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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicants:
Tomohisa Shimizu, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Shogo Iwai, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohisa Shimizu, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Shogo Iwai, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/16 (2006.01); B65H 45/20 (2006.01); B41J 11/58 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/16 (2013.01); B41J 11/58 (2013.01); B65H 45/20 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a sheet folding apparatus for folding sheets, including: a feeding-roller pair; a loop-forming space provided downstream from the feeding-roller pair, for forming a sheet loop; a pushing member for pushing the looped sheet; a folding-roller pair for nipping a prescribed part of the sheet pushed by the pushing member, thereby to fold the sheet; and a path provided between the feeding-roller pair and the folding-roller pair, for guiding the sheet fed from the feeding-roller pair toward the loop-forming space.