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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120032388 | PAPER DISCHARGE APPARATUS Disclosed is a paper discharge apparatus of optimizing the moving path of a stapler provided at the rear of the paper discharge apparatus by effectively constructing the structure of the paper discharge apparatus that discharges paper onto a stacker tray. The paper disc... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034009 | RECORDING MEDIUM POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes a recording medium stacking member; a first binding member that moves to an inside of a stacked area, binds the recording media by deforming the recording media, and moves to an outside of the stacked area after bind... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025440 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM An image forming system includes: a ring bookbinding section which perform a ring bookbinding to a bundle of sheets by using a binder provided with a spine portion and a plurality of finger portions; and a judging section, wherein a last page is firstly fed immediately ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018943 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms images on sheets; a stack portion on which the sheets with the images are stacked as a bundle of the sheets with first end parts of the sheets aligned; a first binding unit that binds the first end par... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110304089 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD A sheet processing apparatus includes a support unit on which sheets are stacked together as a sheet stack, first and second binding units that bind the sheet stack as first and second sheet stacks, respectively, an arranging unit that arranges the first and second shee... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110266738 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes pairs of rollers being sheet conveying units that convey recording sheets that are sheet media, a binding tray in which a plurality of recording sheets conveyed by the pairs of rollers are stacked and the recording sheets are retain... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266737 | CALCULATING BOOKLET SHEET LENGTH USING TONER THICKNESS A booklet is produced including an outer sheet and an inner sheet folded and nested together. A print image having a thickness is printed where it is between the two sheets when they nest together. A cut length is calculated using the thicknesses of the sheets and the t... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110241275 | PAPER-SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE In a paper-sheet post-processing device, a paper-sheet aligning unit has: a main unit; a paper-sheet holding part which holds paper-sheets supported on a paper-sheet supporting unit; a cam mechanism which places the paper-sheet pressing part close to and separate from t... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110233842 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A sheet post-processing apparatus implements a tilted edge-binding process by a movable table rectilinearly driving portion that moves a stapling unit rectilinearly via a movable table, and rotating the stapling unit to drive a staple near a sheet corner when the staple... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110215514 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, MOVING MECHANISM FOR SAME APPARATUS, AND MOVING METHOD FOR SAME APPARATUS Certain embodiments provide a sheet finishing apparatus including: a machine body; a finishing mechanism; a frame structure; a base; plural first holders pivotally supported on the base and turn around vertical pivots; plural first wheels pivotally supported on the plur... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215515 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD A sheet finishing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a discharge opening from which a sheet is discharged in an operation mode other than a manual stapling mode, and through which a bundle of sheets is manually inserted inside the discharge opening in the man... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215513 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FINISHER CONNECTING METHOD According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes: a finisher connectable to an image forming apparatus; a first castor attached to a bottom surface of the finisher and configured to support the finisher; a finishing unit provided in the finisher and co... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110170126 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a second print job that r... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110150550 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM A sheet post-processing apparatus including, a sheet receiving section to receive sheets, a punching device to punch sheets; an accumulating section to accumulate sheets; a stitching device to stitch the sheets accumulated in the accumulating section; a sheet dischargin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140340 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PRINTED PRODUCTS MADE OF MULTIPLE PAPER SHEETS AS WELL AS A PERFORATING KNIFE A method and device for processing printed products made of multiple paper sheets is disclosed. The paper sheets are moved in the direction of a leading open edge and the paper sheets are connected to each other in a detachable manner in the region of the edge.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110103863 | Conveying device, spine forming device, and image forming system A conveying device that conveys a sheet bundle with a flattened back-face portion includes a first conveying unit, a driving unit, and a second conveying unit. The first conveying unit retracts to a position where no driving force is exerted on the sheet bundle before a... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110095468 | RECONFIGURABLE STITCHER FOR BINDING CONSECUTIVE VARIABLE THICKNESS COLLATIONS A stitcher for binding variable thickness collations including a means for determining the thickness of a multi-sheet collation, a stitch head operative to drive a stitch through the multi-sheet collation, an anvil operative to clinch the stitch to bind the sheets of th... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110095469 | STITCHER/STAPLER FOR BINDING MULTI-SHEET COLLATIONS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME A system for binding variable thickness multi-sheet collations includes first and second processing stations including a stitcher and stapler, respectively and a means for determining the thickness of a multi-sheet collation. A processor is responsive to a thickness val... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110079949 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD A sheet finishing apparatus includes an inlet roller to receive a sheet conveyed from an image forming apparatus, a sheet introduction unit to guide the sheet received by the inlet roller to a finishing unit, a sheet ejection unit to guide the sheet performed to a post ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110067586 | Spring loaded corrugated stitcher head and method of stitching A stitching head is provided for stitching books or printed products. The stitching head includes a supporter and a driver. The supporter has a corrugated supporter surface including first ridges and first grooves. The driver interacts with the supporter and has a chann... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110062646 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus in which even if the apparatus includes a gripping apparatus gripping one side of a sheet bundle to be stapled, the sheet bundle can be stapled in a portion thereof in which the g... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110037216 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located down... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033218 | STAPLING APPARATUS, FINISHING APPARATUS, AND STAPLING METHOD A stapling apparatus includes: a stapler having an opening, into which plural sheets are inserted while being laid one on top of another, and configured to staple one end of the sheets; first and second switches configured to be turned on when the sheets are inserted in... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031675 | STAPLING UNIT, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, AND STAPLING METHOD Certain embodiments provide a stapling unit including a stapler, a processing tray, a stapler moving mechanism, a sensor configured to scan sheets in a sheet width direction, and a controller configured to drive the stapler. The controller measures sheet width of the sh... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110012298 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD A sheet finishing apparatus includes a punch unit to punch a sheet, and a saddle unit to bundle and to fold the sheets. A position and an inclination angle of a puncher are changed according to a skew amount of the sheet, the puncher is controlled to form punch holes in... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100320671 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Provided is a sheet processing apparatus including a gripper unit which is moved to a retreat region along long grooves in advance when moving a stapler unit to any one of first and second binding positions. The stapler unit is moved to the binding position by being gui... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320673 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE A sheet post-processing device includes a stacker for stacking and storing sheets therein, a feeder for receiving sheets and feeding the sheets toward the stacker, a folder for folding a set of sheets stored in the stacker, a preparatory processor, which is located upst... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314820 | DOCUMENT OBFUSCATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS Document obfuscation devices and systems are disclosed for obfuscating paper documents so as to prevent dissemination of sensitive information without shredding in order to increase recycling potential. Certain obfuscation devices include a pair of rollers, at least one... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316425 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE MECHANISM CONNECTING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD A connecting apparatus includes a rotation conveyance section whose end is positioned below a recording medium discharge port of a recording medium discharging apparatus, and which is constructed separately from an inlet roller to nip and convey a recording medium and i... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308526 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A sheet processing apparatus that forms asperity on a sheet bundle, which includes plural sheets, so as to bind the sheet bundle, includes: a pair of rotating members having a concave and convex portions on the outer periphery; a moving portion that moves at least one o... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING POST-PROCESSING INCLUDING PUNCHING AND STAPLING ON RECORDING PAPER An image forming apparatus, used with a post-processing apparatus performing a punching process and a stapling process allowing setting of position and number of staples, includes: a detecting device detecting a request in the post-processing unit based on request infor... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301541 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS A sheet processing apparatus including: a stapler capable of performing a staple processing for sheets with plural staple modes; and a control section that determines a maximum number of sheets that can be processed in single staple processing with one staple mode of th... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100289205 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A sheet finishing apparatus includes a conveyance section to convey a recording medium supplied from an image forming section in a paper discharge direction, and a finishing section which protrudes to a conveyance path from a side, parallel to the paper discharge direct... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100258995 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS A sheet processing apparatus nicely performs an aligning operation for a sheet conveyed onto a process tray with a simple configuration. A switching member performs an operation of switching an aligning member from a non-contact state to a contact state before the sheet... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100252983 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS A sheet processing apparatus equipped with a saddle stitch stapler is provided with: a driver unit (1) configured to drive a staple; a clincher unit (2) configured to clinch the staple driven by the driver unit (1); a saddle portion (3) integ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100237553 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MULTI-PIECE PRINTED PRODUCTS An apparatus and method for collating printed products. The apparatus includes a collating drum rotatably driven about a horizontal axis of rotation and at least functionally subdivided into axial sections, provided with separate compartments or saddle-shaped supports t... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232910 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An apparatus includes an instruction unit configured to give an instruction for executing divided stapling, an acquisition unit configured, when the instruction is given, to acquire a number of staplable sheets, a determination unit configured to determine a location at... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225041 | Image forming system An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus that that forms an image on a paper sheet and a sheet finishing device that performs finishing on a paper sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus. The sheet finishing device is disposed beneath the im... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219576 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD A sheet processing apparatus includes a stapler that applies post-processing to sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus, a vertical aligning unit that conveys the sheets to the stapler and brings an edge of the sheets into contact with a movable stopper arranged... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100202814 | SHEET BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A sheet binding apparatus which forms concavity and the convexity on a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets in a thickness direction so as to bind the sheet bundle, the sheet binding apparatus includes: a pair of concave-convex members, each of which has concave... | 08/12/2010 |
