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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pressing unit presses vicinity of a trailing edge of a stack of sheets stacked in a tray. An aligning unit aligns the stack of sheets stacked in the tray. A stapling unit binds the stack of sheets aligned by the aligning unit. A discharging unit discharges the stack of sheets bound by the stapling unit. A control unit controls the pressing unit to keep a constant distance from a surface of a top sheet of the stack of sheets when the discharging unit discharging the stack of sheets.