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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Fujii, Okazaki, JP;
Mituru Ichikawa, Nishio, JP;
Yukitaka Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Kosuga, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42B / ; B42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 53 ;
Abstract
A finisher capable of binding a stack of sheets at a plurality of desired positions by a single stapler. When a plurality of stacks of sheets should be each stapled at two positions, the stapler is controlled such that the last stapling position of the preceding stack is the position where the following stack is stapled first.