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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Ushirogata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5811 ; 399410 ;
Abstract
A sheet finisher for automatically stapling, punching, folding or otherwise finishing a stack of sheets sequentially driven out of an image forming apparatus and positioned is disclosed. The finisher is capable of finishing the sheets at any desired position in an intended direction of sheet transport and in a direction perpendicular thereto. A device for driving the finisher is simple in construction.