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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Rika Andoh, Legal Representative, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Rika Andoh, legal representative, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet folding device for folding a sheet or a sheet stack conveyed thereto of the present invention includes a path along which the sheet or the sheet stack to be folded is conveyed. A fold plate is movable in a direction perpendicular to the above path for forming a fold in the sheet or the sheet stack. A pair of rotatable fold rollers face the fold plate and are positioned one above the other. Pressing members exerts, when the fold is to be formed, a pair of equal pressing forces on the fold rollers to thereby maintain the nip between the fold rollers on a line including the locus of movement of the fold plate.