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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Katsuaki Hirai, Moriya, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuaki Hirai, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus comprises that a plurality of sheet processing portions that perform a sheet process on a sheet; and a plurality of conveying paths which transport the sheet to connect to the plurality of sheet processing portions, respectively, wherein while one of the plurality of sheet processing portions executes the sheet process on a preceding sheet or a preceding sheet bundle, a subsequent sheet is conveyed to the conveying path connecting to the other one of the plurality of sheet processing portions and held on standby on the conveying path connecting to the other sheet processing portion.