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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, 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;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, 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;
Tomoichi Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limted, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet aligning device includes a transport path, a movable fence, a tapping tab, and jogger fences. The transport path transports a sheet stack. The movable fence and the tapping tab align the sheet stack in a first direction in which the sheet stack is transported on the transport path. The jogger fences align the sheet stack in a direction perpendicular to the first direction on the transport path. The movable fence, the tapping tab, and the jogger fences align the sheet stack according to a plurality of aligning modes.