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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Niikura, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Miyagi, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Yoshizaki, Saitama, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Niikura, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Miyagi, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Yoshizaki, Saitama, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet reception unit configured to receive a sheet; an alignment unit configured to align the sheet in a conveying direction of the sheet, a trailing edge of the sheet in the conveying direction coming into contact with the alignment unit; and a moving unit configured to move the alignment unit along the sheet reception unit in the conveying direction. A first position for aligning and binding sheets and a second position located above the first position in the sheet reception unit are set for the alignment unit as receiving positions at which the sheet is received from the sheet reception unit.