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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Yoshimi Mizuta, Chiba, JP;
Yoshinori Isobe, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaharu Nemura, Ibaraki, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimi Mizuta, Chiba, JP;
Yoshinori Isobe, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaharu Nemura, Ibaraki, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet treating apparatus to be connected to an image forming apparatus, which has a sheet guide portion which selectively guides a sheet to a sheet stacking portion or a sheet treating portion and, in a state in which a power supply of the sheet treating apparatus is turned off, the sheet guide portion guides a sheet to the sheet stacking portion such that a sheet delivered from the image forming apparatus can be stacked even if the power supply of the sheet treating apparatus is turned off. Moreover, a sheet can be stacked on the sheet stacking portion without using a transporting drive force of the sheet treating apparatus.