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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Misao Kobayashi, Kofu, JP;
Satoshi Iwama, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/704 ;
Abstract
A sheet post-processing device includes a placement unit for placing sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, an offset unit for successively offsetting an edge of each sheet on the placement unit, and a saddle stitching unit for saddle stitching a stack of the sheets with the edge of each sheet shifted by the offset unit. The sheet post-processing device may include a folding unit for folding the stack of the sheets along a line where the sheets are stitched.