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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus performs predetermined processing on a sheet or a sheet bundle. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a sheet along a conveying path; an aligning unit that, each time a sheet is conveyed by the conveying unit, aligns the sheet; a stacking unit that reverses a conveying direction of a sheet to convey the sheet backward to a branch path branched from the conveying path, and stacks the sheet in the branch path; and a binding unit that binds a sheet bundle aligned by the aligning unit, in the conveying path.