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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuji Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Nobuyoshi Seki, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichi Fujii, Nagoya, JP;
Masatoshi Hosoi, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuru Ichikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiaki Ushirogata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 53 ;
Abstract
A finisher for binding paper sheets sequentially driven out of an image forming apparatus. A finisher moves along an edge of a stack of sheets and curves around a corner. A pair of individualy operated gripper fingers grabs the stack of sheets and moves the stack into position for finishing.