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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processor including a processing tray for loading thereon sheets transported from a body of an image forming apparatus, an edge aligning unit for aligning edges of the sheets loaded on the processing tray, a batch transporting device for transporting the sheets aligned on the processing tray from the processing tray in a batch, a stack tray for stacking thereon the sheets transported from the batch transporting device, and a driving unit for raising and lowering the stack tray. The sheet processor is mounted within a sheet-discharge section formed in a space in the image forming apparatus. An image reading device is disposed above the sheet-discharge section, and the sheet processor is removably mounted in a space between the reading device and a sheet-discharge tray of the sheet-discharge section.