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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A finisher deforms a fold end portion of a sheet bundle with a lower pressing plate and an upper pressing plate. A pressing unit holds a sheet bundle so that the fold end portion is positioned between the lower pressing plate and the upper pressing plate. A third pressing roller includes a third pressing surface that presses the fold end portion of the sheet bundle between the lower pressing plate and the upper pressing plate. The third pressing roller moves in between the lower pressing plate and the upper pressing plate. The third pressing roller or the pressing unit moves so that the third pressing surface of the third pressing roller presses the fold end portion at a predetermined position based on a tip of the fold end portion. The fold end portion projects after the sheet bundle is held between the lower pressing plate and the upper pressing plate.