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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoto Watanabe, Abiko, JP;
Manabu Yamauchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yushi Oka, Abiko, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Abiko, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Kashiwa, JP;
Hidenori Matsumoto, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/12 (2006.01); B31F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus which has a flattening processing unit which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to flatten the folded end, and cutting units which cut and align edges of the booklet bundle, wherein the edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut by the cutting unit and the folded end of the booklet is then flattened by the flattening processing unit.