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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Koizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuyoshi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Momiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuga Oishi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An orientation correcting device includes a first transporting unit that nips and transports a sheet; a detecting unit that detects a tilt of the sheet that is transported by the first transporting unit; a second transporting unit that nips and transports the sheet that has been transported by the first transporting unit; a flexure forming unit that, with the second transporting unit stopped, forms a flexure in the sheet as a result of causing the sheet that is transported by the first transporting unit to strike against the second transporting unit; and a moving unit that, with the second transporting unit stopped and the flexure formed in the sheet by the flexure forming unit, moves the second transporting unit in a crossing direction that crosses a transport direction of the sheet in accordance with an amount and a direction of the sheet tilt detected by the detecting unit.