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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Tetsuya Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutoshi Takemoto, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Egawa, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutoshi Takemoto, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Egawa, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet post-processing apparatus () includes a punching unit (P), an end-binding unit (S) which aligns end portions of a sheet bundle piled on a processing tray () and performs a stapling process, and a middle-binding and middle-folding unit (C) which performs a stapling process on the center of the sheet bundle and then folds centering around the stapling portion to be in a brochure form. The middle-binding and middle-folding unit (C) is independently provided on the lower side of the end-binding unit (S) and a middle-binding and middle-folding feeding path () feeds sheets to the middle-binding and middle-folding unit (C) without via the processing tray () of the end-binding unit (S).