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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsumi Fujishima, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/22 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 31/36 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4223 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a sheet postprocessing apparatus, an accommodation paddle increases a rate of increase in transport force generated for sheets by the accommodation paddle, in conjunction with a rate of increase in transport resistance generated for the sheets by a sheet pressing member with an increase in number of the sheets stacked on a sheet stacker.