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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Ken Yonekawa, Moriya, JP;
Kenji Toppada, Noda, JP;
Keiichi Mizukami, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Finetech Inc., Misato-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet cutting apparatus, including: a conveying member configured to convey a half-folded sheet bunch in a conveyance path in which the conveying member is provided; a registration member which comes into contact with a leading edge portion of the sheet bunch to correct a skew feed of the sheet bunch; a cutting member positioned upstream of the registration member to cut a trailing edge portion of the sheet bunch; and a discharging member provided at an outlet of the conveyance path to discharge the sheet bunch, wherein the leading edge portion of the sheet bunch is positioned outside the discharging member when, after the skew feed is corrected, the sheet bunch is conveyed downstream in the conveying direction by the conveying member and the trailing edge portion of the sheet bunch is conveyed to a cutting position of the cutting member to cut the trailing edge portion.