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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2014
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a first conveying member pair that folds a sheet; a second conveying member pair that conveys downstream the sheet folded by the first conveying member pair; and a third conveying member pair that further folds the sheet folded by the first conveying member pair. The second conveying member pair is rotatable forward and reversely when driven to convey, and is locked in one rotational direction but is rotatable in the other rotational direction when not driven.