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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. 06, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koichi Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5809 ; 355324 ; 270 5814 ;
Abstract
A sheet post-processing apparatus, capable of being coupled with a sheet discharging portion of an image forming apparatus includes a tray for stacking sheets discharged from the image forming apparatus; stapler for stapling the stacked sheets; stapling mode selector; a controller for operating the stapler when sheet discharge of the image forming apparatus is completed, and a stapling mode is selected by the stapling mode selector. The stapling apparatus contains a manually operable stapling mode selecting switch to place the stapler in a ready state, waiting for a copy completion signal before the stapling opperation begins.