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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1999
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Hattori, Hachioji, JP;
Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Hachioji, JP;
Masaru Ohtsuka, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuhiro Kodera, Hachioji, JP;
Kohji Yoshie, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for finishing sheets is provided with a sheet conveyor to convey a sheet in a predetermined sheet conveyance direction on a sheet conveyance path; and a stapling device to conduct an edge stapling processing to put staple pins into an edge portion of sheets and a center stapling processing to put staple pins at a central portion of sheets, the stapling device having a plurality of staplers arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, each of the plurality of staplers constructed in a two-divided piece structure including a driving mechanism provided one side of the sheet conveyance passage so as to put the staple pins into the sheets and a receiving mechanism provided the other side of the sheet conveyance passage so as to clinch the staple pins, and at least one of the plurality of staplers movable in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction.