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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet bundle treatment apparatus may include a folding device, a conveying unit, a flattening device, and a control unit. The folding device performs a folding process on a sheet bundle to produce a folded sheet bundle. The conveying unit conveys the folded sheet bundle. The flattening device performs a flattening process to press a folded portion of the sheet bundle from the folded portion toward a fore edge to flatten the folded portion after the conveyance of the sheet bundle. The control unit causes the sheet bundle to be conveyed at a first velocity when the flattening process is not to be performed, and causes the sheet bundle to be conveyed at a second velocity which is slower than the first velocity when the flattening process is to be performed, thereby stopping the sheet bundle at a position where the flattening process is to be performed.