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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Chikara Sato, Ohta-ku, JP;
Norifumi Miyake, Ohta-ku, JP;
Yasuo Fukazu, Ohta-ku, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Ohta-ku, JP;
Masatoshi Yaginuma, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Ohta-ku, JP;
Manabu Yamauchi, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Ohta-ku, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a sheet processing unit for feeding a cover sheet and a folder for folding the cover sheet with a bundle of recording sheets. The sheet processing unit has a cover sheet feeder for feeding a cover sheet facing upward toward an image forming unit, a reversing unit for reversing the cover sheet so that the cover sheet faces downward, and a conveyor for conveying the reversed cover sheet to the folder in a switchback manner so that the front face of the cover sheet faces the folding roller pair. The folder has a thrusting member for thrusting the bundle of sheets toward the folding roller pair and discharging the folded bundle to a discharge tray.