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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aligning unit aligns a front end of a sheet bundle stacked in a tray in a discharging direction. A sheet bundle conveying unit holds a rear end of the sheet bundle and conveys the sheet bundle in the discharging direction. The aligning unit is arranged to be retracted from a conveying path of the sheet bundle after aligning the front end of the sheet bundle and to come out in the conveying path of the sheet bundle behind the sheet bundle conveying unit after a movement of the sheet bundle conveying unit.