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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet alignment mechanism includes a stacking tray on which a sheet or sheet bundle transported along a sheet transport path is stacked, a pair of side fences that are movable in a sheet width direction and align edges of the sheet or sheet bundle, stacked on the stacking tray, in the sheet width direction, a single drive source that moves the side fences, and detecting units that detect home positions of the respective side fences.