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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Applicants:
Ken Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/14 (2013.01); B65H 2220/08 (2013.01); B65H 2511/224 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.