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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2006
Yasunobu Terao, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoki-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasunobu Terao, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoki-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus having a sheet post-processing unit for performing a post process such as aligning or binding sheets. The sheet processing apparatus is composed of a tray for supporting a sheet bundle, an auxiliary conveying unit including a first arm for hooking an end of the sheet bundle on the tray for moving the first arm, thereby conveying the sheet bundle to a predetermined position on the tray, and returning the first arm from the predetermined position to a home position, and a main conveying unit having a second arm for taking over the sheet bundle from the first arm at the predetermined position on the tray and hooking an end of the sheet bundle for moving the second arm, conveying the sheet bundle taken over, and discharging it from the tray.