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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Kenichi Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Tomokazu Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yusuke Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Ibaraki, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuya Terada, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasutaka Iwasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Matsukura, Ibaraki, JP;
Norio Motoi, Ibaraki, JP;
Masayoshi Kubo, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenichi Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Tomokazu Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yusuke Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Ibaraki, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuya Terada, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasutaka Iwasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Matsukura, Ibaraki, JP;
Norio Motoi, Ibaraki, JP;
Masayoshi Kubo, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Finetech Inc., Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit which stores plural supplied sheets with upstream edges in a conveying direction thereof aligned; a processing tray on which sheets discharged from the buffer unit are stacked; and an oscillation roller pair and a return roller which convey the sheet stacked on the processing tray to bring the sheet into abutment against a stopper for receiving the upstream edge of the sheet. The buffer unit is adapted to align the upstream edges of only sheets to be stored before a sheet to be supplied last among the sheets to be stored.