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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984896 | Sheet folding apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same A sheet folding apparatus includes: a fold roller pair which forms a nipping portion and inserts the center of a sheet bundle into the nipping portion to form a fold in the sheet bundle; a folding blade which moves from a standby position and presses the center of t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7950641 | Sheet creaser, sheet conveyer, sheet finisher, and image forming apparatus In a sheet creaser, when a sheet is conveyed to a folding unit by a conveyer unit, the folding unit folds the sheet and a pressing unit presses the folded sheet by sliding in a direction substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction. A switching unit sw... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931259 | Sheet presser unit for folding unit A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet supporting member which has an inclined surface to support a stack of sheets, a sheet position adjuster which adjusts a position of the stack of sheets along the inclined surface, a sheet pressing unit which presses the sta... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909316 | Sheet folding apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same A sheet folding apparatus includes: a fold roller pair which forms a nipping portion and inserts the center of a sheet bundle into the nipping portion to form a fold in the sheet bundle; a folding blade which moves from a standby position and presses the center of t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905473 | Sheet creaser including a cam guided pressing unit A pressing unit includes a pressure roller that slides on the folded side while rotating, an elastic biasing unit that presses the pressure roller in a thickness direction of the stack of sheets, and a driving unit that slides the pressure roller in a direction subs... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883079 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus including: a stack tray on which a sheet successively delivered from a delivery port is stacked, the stack tray including: a folding route receiving the sheet from the delivery port; a sheet folding device provided in the folding route t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7866644 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding unit and image forming apparatus A sheet folding apparatus, including: a stacker configured to stack a plurality of sheets; a first folding roller configured to rotate around a first axis; a second folding roller configured to rotate around a second axis which is parallel with the first axis and bi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862015 | Sheet folding device, and paper post-processing device and image forming system provided therewith In a sheet folding device 1 provided with a folding part 70 for folding a sheet S carried into the device, a discharge part 80 for discharging a sheet S already subjected to folding processing, and a discharge tray 74 for receiving a shee... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850155 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet folding apparatus including: a conveyance device having a first pair of rollers for nipping and conveying a paper sheet; a folding device disposed downstream of the conveyance device in a paper sheet conveyance direction, the folding device having a second p... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832715 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method There is provided a technique in which a retracting operation of a bundle of sheets from a stapler after a staple process can be stably performed irrespective of the number of sheets constituting the bundle of sheets or the transport resistance. When the bundle of s... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7770876 | Creasing device, post-processing apparatus equipped therewith, creasing method, image forming apparatus and crease-added printing method A creasing device includes a feeding mechanism, a creasing mechanism, sensors, and an aligning mechanism. The feeding mechanism conveys paper on which an image has been formed in a post-processing apparatus main body direction. The creasing mechanism makes a crease ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762536 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus This invention can improve the appearance quality of a pamphlet produced by suppressing a swell of a folded sheet bundle and prevent a drop in productivity without enlarging the size of a sheet processing apparatus. A sheet bundle receiving position is changed depen... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758032 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus configured to bind a sheet bundle includes a folding portion configured to fold the sheet bundle, a sheet processing portion provided upstream of the folding portion and configured to form a groove at a fold position of at least one shee... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7744073 | Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold rein... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7726638 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus Provided is a sheet processing apparatus for performing a bookbinding process by folding a sheet stack, including: a folding roller pair including a first roller and a second roller brought into press contact with the first roller to be contacted/separated with/from... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7712732 | Sheet-folding apparatus and image-forming system equipped with the same Sheets after having been sequentially folding-processed are stowed neatly without becoming dog-eared, wrinkled, etc. in the course of being transported to a stacker. A folding process unit folds sequentially fed copy paper or other sheets, and a sheet stacking unit ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712733 | Bookmaking apparatus A bookmaking apparatus includes: a first path for horizontally conveying a sheet bundle; a second path for vertically conveying a cover sheet; a joining stage for joining the cover sheet and sheet bundle; a gripping conveyance device at an upstream side of the joini... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703757 | Sheet processing apparatus A conveying apparatus includes a regulating portion which regulates the opening of the folded sheet bundle, and a conveying portion which pushes the sheet bundle from an upstream side in a conveying direction in a state that the regulating portion regulates the open... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7686288 | Method and device for further processing of sheets to produce multi-page printed products A method and a device for further processing of sheets to produce multi-page printed products, several initial sheets (19) are each folded into a folded sheet (20) and subsequently collated one on top of the other such that the fold areas lie at the to... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7673862 | Sheet processor and image-forming apparatus A sheet processor includes a holding unit for holding a folded batch of sheets, a pressing member for pressing against a folded portion of the batch of sheets, a nipping member for nipping portions of the batch adjacent to the folded portion so as to nip the batch o... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7618033 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus for covering a sheet bundle with a cover sheet includes a creasing unit for making a crease along an end portion of the cover sheet adjacent the edge of the sheet bundle opposite the spine edge of the sheet bundle. The sheet processing a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7604225 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus This invention can improve the appearance quality of a pamphlet produced by suppressing a swell of a folded sheet bundle and prevent a drop in productivity without enlarging the size of a sheet processing apparatus. A sheet bundle receiving position is changed depen... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7530559 | Booklet maker Various embodiments and methods relating to a booklet maker are disclosed. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7431274 | Sheet processor and image-forming apparatus A sheet processor includes a holding unit for holding a folded batch of sheets, a pressing member for pressing against a folded portion of the batch of sheets, a nipping member for nipping portions of the batch adjacent to the folded portion so as to nip the batch o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431273 | Spine folded portion flattening apparatus, sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet bundle spine folded portion flattening apparatus is provided with a conveying portion which conveys the folded sheet bundle with the spine folded portion of the folded sheet bundle at a head, a sheet bundle moving device for moving it in a direction along th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429037 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same The sheet processing apparatus is equipped with a process tray on which sheets conveyed are stacked, a return belt which moves the sheets stacked on the process tray, a trailing edge stopper which receives an end portion of the sheets moved by the return belt, and a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416177 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus for an image forming apparatus is configured so as to be capable of preventing the misalignment of the end edge of sheets to be scooped and transported from an intermediate tray, and reliably preventing the so-called displacement of end ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410158 | Image forming apparatus and method A copy machine achieves a reduction in power consumption when performing a saddle-stitching operation. An image forming unit forms visible images on recording sheets in accordance with image data stored in a memory device. A post-processing unit collects the recordi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7374160 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus has a stapler for stapling a center of plural stacked sheets; a sheet folding mechanism for folding a set of the stapled sheets in half; a sheet recognizing portion for recognizing the number of sheets forming the set of sheets; a sheet ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364148 | Sheet combining device and a method for combining sheets A sheet combining device includes at least one former, at least one longitudinal cutter, and at least two partial web guide routes. A respective partial sheet of partial cut webs can be conveyed on each of the at least two partial web guide routes. These sheets can ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344130 | Sheet processing apparatus and image processing apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet processor apparatus comprising: a sheet stack portion on which a sheet is stacked; a sheet conveyance path for conveying a sheet stacked on the sheet stack portion; a sheet conveyor for conveying to the sheet conveyance path ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328892 | Binding apparatus, paper processing apparatus and image forming system A paper processing apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a first and second convey mechanism, a first and second alignment mechanism, and a folding mechanism, where the second alignment mechanism is configured to align a paper bundle conveyed by th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328893 | Finisher and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A finisher for finishing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets, includes: a detector for detecting an end on a side of a folded portion of the booklet: a moving device for conveying the booklet by movement thereof; a controller for controlling the moveme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318875 | System and method for manufacturing a publication A method of manufacturing a publication including uniting a printed paper web with a printed film web to form a combined web, forming at least one signature sheet from the combined web, and folding the signature sheet to form a signature, wherein the signature compr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311263 | Method and apparatus for handling cards In an apparatus and a method for handling cards, wherein the cards comprise a memory element that may be read out in a contactless manner via a transponder, and pass through a plurality of handling stations, a card and a card carrier are initially brought together a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290703 | Method and apparatus for providing multiple transaction cards in assembly A transaction card assembly and method for forming a transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include two or more transaction cards that are each useable with different issuers. A first transaction card may be useable only with a first issuer, an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288059 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray on which sheets are stacked in a bundle form, an intermediate portion stapler which staples the intermediate portion of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, a sheet bundle conveying member which con... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264236 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having such sheet processing apparatus A pressing member is provided on a shutter member provided in a main body of an apparatus and adapted to open and close a folded sheet discharging port upon upward and downward shifting movement of sheet stacking means in such a manner that, after folding processing... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261288 | Postprocessing apparatus with two or more finishing devices A postprocessing apparatus stops and positions an image recording sheet delivered from an image forming apparatus at a predetermined position, punches the sheet with a punching unit, and thereafter folds the sheet with a folding unit. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255337 | Oscillating transport unit for post-processing device A post processing apparatus for processing image-recorded sheets, having: a transporting unit for transporting a booklet comprising a plurality of image-recorded sheets; a trimming section for trimming the booklet; and an oscillating mechanism for oscillating the tr... | 08/14/2007 |
