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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Kiyoshi Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a flexure forming unit configured to flex sheets to include a portion on which no fold line is formed in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction; a first pressing member pair configured to press a flexure portion of the flexed sheets to form a fold line thereon; and a moving unit configured to move a pressing position of the first pressing member pair in the direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction.