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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A creasing device includes a creasing unit that creases sheets on a one-by-one basis, which is conveyed to a folding device of a subsequent stage, a sheet detection unit that detects a position of a sheet delivered to the creasing device and a control unit that obtains reference information of a fold-position for the folding device and performs control of a stop position of the sheet according to reference information of the fold position, thereby adjusting a crease position.