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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 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;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Niikura, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Miyagi, 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;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Niikura, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Miyagi, 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 processing apparatus is disclosed which includes front and back trailing-end reference fences that are movable and on which the sheet trailing-end abuts to align the sheet trailing-end; a side-stitching stapler that moves along the sheet trailing-end and binds a bundle of sheets aligned; a length-direction moving mechanism that moves the trailing-end reference fences in a sheet conveying direction; and a position changing unit that drives the length-direction moving mechanism to change the position of one of the trailing-end reference fences in the sheet conveying direction relative to the position of the other one. The front and back trailing-end reference fences are moved to change binding positions such that the distances from the sheet trailing-end to staple positions are made equal in front-side binding and in back-side binding.