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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kuriyama, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kuriyama, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Ichiro Ichihashi, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a sheet creaser, when a sheet is conveyed to a folding unit by a conveyer unit, the folding unit folds the sheet and a pressing unit presses the folded sheet by sliding in a direction substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction. A switching unit switches the conveyer unit between a first position to convey the sheet and a second position unable to convey the sheet. A driving unit drives both the switching unit and the pressing unit.