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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a pair of squeezing members having a projection and a recess to engage each other, to squeeze a sheet bundle inserted therebetween in a direction of thickness of the sheet bundle, and a pressure applying unit to apply pressing force to the squeezing members to squeeze and bind the sheet bundle. The pressing force generated between the squeezing members by the pressure applying unit increases in strength as a relative distance between the squeezing members decreases.