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Patent No.:

US 9415560 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2014

Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and image forming apparatus

Applicants:

Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Ryuji Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Wataru Takahashi, Toyko, JP;

Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;

Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Ryuji Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Wataru Takahashi, Toyko, JP;

Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Akihiro Musha, Kanagawa, JP;

Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Leslie A Nicholson, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 5/02 (2006.01); B42C 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 39/06 (2006.01); B42F 3/00 (2006.01); B31F 1/07 (2006.01); B42B 4/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 5/02 (2013.01); B31F 1/07 (2013.01); B42B 4/00 (2013.01); B42C 13/00 (2013.01); B42F 3/003 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 39/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/6538 (2013.01); G03G 15/6544 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0712 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2601/255 (2013.01); B65H 2601/2532 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00843 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet fastening unit of a pressing fastener method in which a bundle of sheets is fastened by using a pair of pressing fastener members; a conveying unit that conveys the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit; a separating unit that, after the sheet fastening unit performs a fastening operation on the bundle of sheets, moves both one and the other pressing fastener members, between which the bundle of sheets is interposed, so as to separate a sheet that adheres to the pressing fastener member; and a control unit that, after the separating unit finishes an operation to separate the sheet, controls the conveying unit so as to convey the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit.

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