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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Atsushi Ogata, Mishima, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroharu Tsuji, Numazu, JP;
Akihiro Nakamura, Mishima, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Mishima, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroharu Tsuji, Numazu, JP;
Akihiro Nakamura, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes an intermediate stacking portion which temporarily stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; a discharge portion which discharges sheet stacked on the intermediate stacking portion; an aligning member which is provided downstream of the discharge portion in a sheet conveying direction and has a sheet holding surface capable of holding the lower surfaces of the sheet and a sheet aligning surface capable of abutting against end portions of the sheet in the widthwise direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction, the aligning member being movable in the widthwise direction; a first stacking portion which is provided below the aligning member and stacks, thereon, a sheet discharged from the discharge portion; and a second stacking portion which is provided above the aligning member and stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; wherein a standby position of the aligning member is at a position more inward than the outermost position in the widthwise direction, within the range through which the aligning member is movable.