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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Minoru Hattori, Aichi, JP;
Akihiro Tsuno, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Hattori, Aichi, JP;
Akihiro Tsuno, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet folding apparatus includes a blade member having an edge configured to push a surface of a sheet so as to push the sheet into a sheet folding unit configured to fold the sheet, a pair of nipping members that is included in the sheet folding unit and nips the sheet pushed into the sheet folding unit by the blade member, a blade member moving unit that moves the blade member and a nipping member moving unit that moves the pair of nipping members. The blade member moving unit and the nipping member moving unit are driven by the same driving unit.