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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Ken Iguchi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Katsuya Sasahara, Izu, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Taguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Tsuchiya, Numazu, JP;
Ken Iguchi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Katsuya Sasahara, Izu, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Taguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Tsuchiya, Numazu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, in which printed sheets are bundled, with a staple, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a reinforce roller and moves along a direction of the fold line while applying pressure by the reinforce roller to the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit, a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the fold line, and a control unit configured to control a movement speed of the roller unit, and the control unit causes the roller unit to move at a first speed in an outside of a specified range including the edge of the staple, and causes the roller unit to move at a second speed not higher than the first speed in the specified range including the edge of the staple.