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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, 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;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, 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 handling apparatus includes a sheet folding unit configured to perform folding on a sheet; and a sheet stacking unit configured to stack the folded sheet on a sheet stacking surface having an inclined surface and a horizontal surface in order from upstream to downstream in a sheet conveying direction. A downstream end of the inclined surface is higher than an upstream end of the inclined surface with respect to a horizontal plane. The sheet handling apparatus also includes a discharging unit configured to discharge the folded sheet to the sheet stacking unit; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the discharged sheet from the inclined surface to the horizontal surface; and a conveying force applying unit configured to apply a conveying force to the sheet in contact with an upper surface of the sheet from above the inclined surface.