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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadashi Ikoma, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271292 ; 271293 ; 270 53 ; 355323 ; 355324 ;
Abstract
A finisher incorporated in an image forming apparatus and capable of setting up a plurality of stapling or otherwise finishing positions in the widthwise direction of a paper sheet. A plurality of bins are each movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which it is moved up and down. After one bin has been moved in such a direction until the edge of a paper stack on the paper inlet side has been aligned with a stapling unit, the stapling unit is movable in a direction perpendicular to a paper discharge direction, i.e., in the widthwise direction to staple the paper stack at a plurality of positions.