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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 45/12 (2006.01); B31F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/10 (2013.01); B65H 45/12 (2013.01); B65H 2511/415 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A creasing device forms a crease in a to-be-folded portion of a sheet. The creasing device includes a sheet-information reading unit that reads any one of sheet information and binding information; a determining unit that determines a surface, on which the crease is to be formed, of the sheet according to the one of the sheet information and the binding information read by the sheet-information reading unit; and a creasing unit that forms the crease on the surface determined by the determining unit.