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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Shigeyuki Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikumi Takashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikumi Takashima, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet alignment apparatus includes a sheet leading-end aligning device, a sheet side-end aligning device. The sheet leading-end aligning device is configured to align a leading end of a sheet bundle in a sheet conveyance direction. The sheet side-end aligning device is configured to align a side end of the sheet bundle in the sheet conveyance direction and move the sheet bundle to a predetermined position. The sheet leading-end aligning device is configured to maintain contact with the leading end of the sheet bundle when the sheet leading-end aligning device retracts from a movement path of the sheet side-end aligning device along which the sheet side-end aligning device moves the sheet bundle to the predetermined position.