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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Masanobu Kimata, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Masanobu Kimata, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/08 (2006.01); B65H 45/18 (2006.01); B65H 45/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/08 (2013.01); B65H 45/18 (2013.01); B65H 45/14 (2013.01); B65H 2301/1421 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet folding device for performing single-sheet folding and multi-sheet folding with a single feed path, the device including: a conveying unit that conveys a sheet; a restraining unit that stops a leading edge of the sheet; a pair of folding rollers that fold the sheet; and a guiding member that guides a bend of the sheet to a nip between the pair of folding rollers, wherein the guiding member is positioned at different sheet-guiding positions for single-sheet folding and multi-sheet folding.