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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroki Yamashita, Okazaki, JP;
Yuji Shinohara, Leonberg, DE;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5816 ; 270 5808 ; 227 27 ; 399410 ;
Abstract
A finisher provided with a punching mechanism for punching a sheet ejected from a copying machine and a stapling mechanism for stapling sheets. The punching mechanism punches a sheet on a point at a specified distance from a reference side of the sheet. The stapling mechanism staples sheets by hitting a staple at a corner portion near the reference side of the sheets such that at least one end of the staple is located between the punched point and the reference side of the sheets.