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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Kazuhiro Hirota, Hachioji, JP;
Hisao Hosoya, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Endo, Hachioji, JP;
Yuji Kanazawa, Musashino, JP;
Takanori Yoshida, Toda, JP;
Kazuyoshi Omi, Kawagoe, JP;
Mamoru Tomotsune, Yokohama, JP;
Masanobu Kawano, Hachioji, JP;
Yukihiko Nishimoto, Akiruno, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an sheet finishing apparatus for receiving a sheet on which an image has been formed by an image forming apparatus, and for ejecting the sheet after a front side thereof is reversed, the sheet finishing apparatus includes: a sheet conveyor for conveying the sheet fed from the image forming apparatus downstream; a sheet reversing device for receiving the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor, and for reversing the front side of the sheet by rotation; a sheet holder provided on a peripheral portion of the sheet reversing device for holding a leading edge portion of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor, the sheet holder capable of being opened or closed; a sheet stopper for blocking the leading edge portion of the sheet to be stopped at a position where the front side of the sheet is reversed by a rotation of the sheet reversing device; and a sheet stacking member for stacking the sheet separated from the sheet reversing device by a further rotation of the reversing device after the leading edge of the sheet is blocked by the sheet stopper.