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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
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, 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 placement table on which the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit is placed, and a roller unit that includes a reinforce roller and moves the reinforce roller along a direction of the fold line while pressing it to the fold line, and the placement table is provided with a groove-like edge clearance along an edge of the sheet bundle.