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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2011
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A creasing apparatus that performs a creasing process on a sheet, the creasing apparatus including a first conveying path on which a creasing unit is located, the creasing unit performing a creasing process on a sheet conveyed therein; a second conveying path that conveys a sheet conveyed therein to a downstream side without any process being performed on the sheet; and a control unit that, while the first conveying path conveys a sheet so that the creasing unit performs the creasing process on the sheet, causes a subsequent sheet to be conveyed to the downstream side from the second conveying path.