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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet finisher for executing preselected processing with a sheet introduced thereinto from an image forming apparatus and then discharging the sheet is disclosed. The sheet finisher includes a stacking device configured to temporarily stack sheets sequentially delivered thereto. Jogger fences jog each sheet within the stacking device. A stapler staples the sheet stack jogged in the stacking device. The stapler is supported by a guide shaft such it is movable along the guide shaft in a direction perpendicular to the direction of sheet conveyance and angularly movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of guide.