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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2024
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Rina Okada, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/0086 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51532 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes an inlet guide, a perforation device, and a collection tank. The inlet guide includes an upper guide and a lower guide. The perforation device is located downstream of the inlet guide in a sheet transport direction. The collection tank is located on a lower side of the perforation device. The lower guide is supported so as to pivot in an up-down direction, about an end portion in a sheet width direction. The collection tank is removably supported, by sliding in the sheet width direction. The lower guide includes a lever located on the other end portion in the sheet width direction, and configured to disengage the lower guide from the upper guide. The collection tank includes a restriction device opposed to the lever and configured to restrict pivotal movement of the lower guide, when the collection tank is attached to the perforation device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Okada, Rina. (2025). Sheet postprocessing apparatus including restriction device that restricts movement of lower guide of inlet guide, and image forming system (U.S. Patent No. 12473170). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12473170

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