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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to transport a sheet bundle including multiple sheets in a sheet conveyance direction and a binding device including a clamping unit. The clamping unit includes multiple projections and multiple recesses to engage the respective projections to clamp the sheet bundle inserted therebetween. At least one of the multiple projections includes an inclined portion facing a sheet conveyance direction, and an inclination of the inclined portion is 45 degrees or smaller relative to a face parallel to the sheet conveyance direction.