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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsunoda, Hachioji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus including: an accumulating section on which a sheet is accumulated; a staple inserting section which is provided above the accumulating section; a staple receiving section which is provided so as to face the staple inserting section across a sheet bundle accumulated on the accumulating section; and a movement section which moves an inserting unit or the accumulating section according to a thickness of the sheet bundle so that the inserting unit faces a predetermined position on an upmost sheet of the sheet bundle, wherein the staple inserting section includes the inserting unit which inserts a staple into the sheet bundle by rotating toward the sheet bundle.