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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Norio Motoi, Moriya, JP;
Kenji Toppada, Noda, JP;
Hiroki Hommochi, Moriya, JP;
Yoshihiko Kitahara, Ushiku, JP;
Norio Motoi, Moriya, JP;
Kenji Toppada, Noda, JP;
Hiroki Hommochi, Moriya, JP;
Yoshihiko Kitahara, Ushiku, JP;
Canon Finetech Inc., Misato-shi, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a sheet processing apparatus which can perform a punching process while suppressing decrease in productivity, and an image forming apparatus including the sheet processing apparatus. In a third carry-in route Rbranching from a first carry-in route, a discharge roller and a buffer roller convey a sheet for which the punching process has been performed by a punching unit, so that an upstream end in a sheet conveyance direction of the sheet for which the punching process has been performed precedes an upstream end in the sheet conveyance direction of a succeeding sheet following the sheet for which the punching process has been performed.