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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Kashiwa, JP;
Masayoshi Taira, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroaki Tomiyasu, Toride, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Kashiwa, JP;
Masayoshi Taira, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroaki Tomiyasu, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A punching apparatus having a punching member which effects punching on a sheet, and a driving mechanism which moves the punching member in a sheet width direction intersecting with a sheet conveying direction. On the basis of the difference between the position of a current sheet and the position of a next sheet succeeding thereto detected by a detecting sensor which detects the position of each conveyed sheet in the sheet width direction, at a position upstream of the punching member, the punching member is moved by the driving mechanism along the sheet width direction from a punching position for the current sheet to a punching position for the next sheet.