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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Yasunobu Terao, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasunobu Terao, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention takes in sheets of paper ejected from an image forming apparatus through a taking-in port and clamping and conveying the sheets of paper by a pair of pinch rollers for post processing, has a sheet guidance member which supports one of the pair of pinch rollers and can rotate between a first position where the one pinch roller and the other pinch roller make contact with each other and a second position where the one pinch roller is released from the other pinch roller, and furthermore includes a tray for loading the sheets of paper conveyed by the pair of pinch rollers and an assist arm which is attached rotatably to the sheet guidance member and when the one pinch roller and the other pinch roller are in contact with each other, is projected in the direction for pressing the sheets of paper in the tray and when the one pinch roller is released from the other pinch roller, is rotated in the opposite direction.