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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Kambayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Kambayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a pressing member that presses a fold part of a bundle of folded sheets so as to perform fold-enhancing; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing member in a direction of a fold of the bundle of sheets. The moving unit starts pressing at an area located inside one end of the bundle of sheets while moving at a first velocity, and releases the pressing after passing through other end of the bundle of sheets during a forward movement, and starts pressing at an area located inside the other end of the bundle of sheets while moving at a second velocity that is higher than the first velocity, and passes through the one end of the bundle of sheets during a backward movement.