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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Tomoya Motoyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoya Motoyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/06 (2006.01); B65H 39/00 (2006.01); B65H 45/30 (2006.01); B65H 45/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/00 (2013.01); B65H 2511/224 (2013.01); B65H 2511/222 (2013.01); B65H 270/13212 (2013.01); B65H 45/30 (2013.01); B65H 45/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A post-processing apparatus includes a folding section configured to nip a sheet using a plurality of rollers to form a fold line for saddle stitching and a control section to control the nipping amount in the folding section. When carrying out square back processing to flatten the spine folded portion of a sheet bundle where a fold line for saddle stitching is formed, the post-processing apparatus allows the nipping amount in the folding section to be smaller than that in the case where the square back processing is not carried out.