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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folding line is pressed using both a first and second pressing members of press roller pairs. Further, positions of the first and second pressing members are shifted from each other. When the number of the sheets included in a booklet is a predetermined number or less, the folding line is pressed by only the first pressing member. When the number of the sheets is more than the predetermined number, the folding line is pressed by both the first and second pressing members.