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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kunihiro Uotani, Seto, JP;
Yoshihide Sugiyama, Okazaki, JP;
Fumitaka Hyodou, Nukata, JP;
Akira Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Omiya, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42B / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 53 ; 355324 ;
Abstract
A finisher for an image forming apparatus and capable of changing the binding angle of a staple relative to a sheet stack to be bound, as desired. A stapler is rotatable substantially about the binding position thereof to change the angle thereof relative to a sheet stack. This maintains the binding position substantially constant in both of parallel binding and inclined binding.