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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Yuusuke Asao, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A finishing device of the present invention is formed of a piling tray disposed above a main image forming device to hold a sheet therefrom, a stapling tray for temporally piling the sheet transferred from the main image forming device to the piling tray and a stapling device for binding a stack of sheets on the stapling tray. The finishing device further includes a first sheet transferring path for guiding the sheet from the main image forming device in a substantially vertical direction; a second sheet transferring path having a deflecting portion connected to the first sheet transferring path to guide the sheet in a substantially horizontal direction. The stapling tray extends from an exit terminal of the second sheet transferring path; the piling tray holds the sheet from the stapling tray; and the stapling device is disposed between the deflecting portion of the second sheet transferring path and the stapling tray to bind the rear ends of the sheets on the stapling tray in an ejecting direction. Thus, the entire installation area of an image forming apparatus is reduced, and at the same time, the whole apparatus can be made compact.