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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Niitsuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Niitsuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Konno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; and a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit.