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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Yuuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a first pair of conveying members that convey a sheet; a second pair of conveying members that receive the sheet conveyed by the first pair of the conveying members and further conveys the sheet to a subsequent stage; and a third pair of conveying members that fold the sheet by rotating the second pair of the conveying members in a reverse direction while the sheet is held by the first pair of the conveying members and the second pair of the conveying members. One of the conveying members of the second pair serves as one of the conveying members of the third pair.