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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tanoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Itou, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shohichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tanoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Itou, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a first binding unit configured to bind a sheet bundle; a second binding unit with greater number of bindable sheets than number of bindable sheets of the first binding unit; and a number-of-sheets determining unit configured to determine whether number of to-be-bound sheets exceeds the number of bindable sheets of the first binding unit. The first binding unit moves to a binding position, and if the number-of-sheets determining unit determines that the number of to-be-bound sheets exceeds the number of bindable sheets of the first binding unit, the first binding unit moves away from the binding position. When the number-of-sheets determining unit determines that the number of to-be-bound sheets exceeds the number of bindable sheets of the first binding unit, the second binding unit moves to the binding position.