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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146904 | Sheet stacking apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet stacking apparatus includes an alignment roller which conveys a sheet to a sheet positioning member and an opening and closing shutter which is disposed so as to face a sheet stack surface of a sheet stack guide. The sheet positioning member abuts a sheet en... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146903 | Booklet maker with spaced crease rollers Embodiments described herein include as apparatus for folding printed sheets. The apparatus including first crease roller and a second crease roller longitudinally aligned with the first crease roller. A spacing device separating the first and second crease rollers ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146905 | Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle-stitching unit to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, a folding unit to fold the center and to form a fold, a first and a second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141861 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including: a conveying portion which conveys a sheet; a stacking portion which stacks the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion; a first processing unit which performs a process to the sheet at a first pr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8096541 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding method, and image forming apparatus A sheet folding apparatus including 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 st... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8028979 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding method, and image forming apparatus A sheet folding apparatus includes an adjuster which supports a stack of sheets stacked on an inclined surface of a sheet path and adjusts a position of the stack of sheets along the inclined surface, a stapler which staples the stack of sheets set at a stapling pos... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025280 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method There is provided a technique in which in a sheet processing apparatus including a switchback portion in a sheet transport path, a contribution can be made to the improvement of maintenance in the case where a sheet jam occurs in the vicinity of a switchback positio... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020846 | 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... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7997569 | 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... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7980542 | 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... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975999 | Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming system comprising the same A post-processing apparatus includes a sheet carry-in path along which sheets from a carry-in port are fed through a sheet discharging port to a downstream post-processing position, and a collecting guide, for setting and collecting the sheets into a bunch. The coll... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976000 | Sheet stacking apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and sheet stacking method A sheet stacking apparatus includes a first and a second guide plate having a guide surface inclined to a perpendicular plane to take an open state having a gap of a first interval in a direction crossing the inclination direction and a closed state of a second inte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7954795 | Post-processing apparatus for processing paper sheets on which images are formed and post-processing method A post-processing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a vertical conveying path and a horizontal conveying path. A stapling mechanism and a folding mechanism are arranged in the horizontal conveying path. When saddle processing is carried out, paper sheets s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954796 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus of the invention includes a folding mechanism that includes paired folding rollers, presses a sheet to a nip portion of the paired folding rollers from a direction orthogonal to a transport direction, and folds the sheet by rotating the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950642 | Sheet finishing apparatus and control method A sheet finishing apparatus including a finishing unit configured to perform finishing on a sheet conveyed from an image forming apparatus, a sensor group including device sensors that are operated by a power source voltage supplied from the image forming apparatus ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950643 | Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle-stitching unit to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, a folding unit to fold the center and to form a fold, a first and a second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946564 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method There is provided a technique in which in a case where a sheet folding process or a staple process is performed, even in the case where the size precision of a sheet used is not satisfactory, the high-precision staple process and folding process can be performed to ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946563 | Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming system comprising the same A post-processing apparatus for transferring sheets from a sheet carry-in port to a first post-processing section and a second post-processing section to execute post-processing such as stapling and sheet folding on the sheets, includes a sheet carry-in path located... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926798 | Saddle-stitched brochure removably holding small printed material and apparatus for making the same A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (P1 to P3) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (1a), characterized in that a small print... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7900899 | Creasing device in accordance with sheet kind A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a taking-in portion configured to support sheets conveyed with their leading edges in a conveying direction directed downward in a standing position and release the support of the sheets, a folding portion configured to cre... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7871065 | Sheet feeding device and post-processing apparatus and image forming system comprising the same A sheet folding device has a releasable clutch between a roll driving device and a pair of folding rolls for folding a sheet bunch so that when a folding blade inserts the sheet bunch to a nip position on the pair of folding rolls, the first and second folding rolls... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866646 | Sheet post-processing apparatus with protection cover A sheet post-processing apparatus of the invention includes a sheet guiding unit configured to have plural components including paper carrying components be attached thereto, a tray onto which a sheet of paper is discharged, and a protection cover attached to the sh... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866645 | Bookbinding apparatus and image forming apparatus A bookbinding apparatus comprises, a stacking unit on which sheets are stacked; a folding portion which folds the sheets stacked on the stacking unit; a humidifying unit which humidifies portions of the sheets to be fold lines of a booklet before folding by the fold... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862016 | Sheet stacking mechanism, sheet folding device, sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A receiving member for receiving the leading end of sheet on a sheet placing table is disposed movably along the upper surface of the sheet placing table within a specified range including a first position located at the other end of the sheet placing table and dist... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862017 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method There is provided a technique in which while the occurrence of a sheet jam is avoided, a pair of folding rollers for a folding process and a stapler for a staple process can be disposed to be close to each other, and a contribution can be made to the improvement of ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850156 | 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... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845625 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus Provided is a sheet folding apparatus for folding a sheet stack, including a sheet stack support member for supporting a sheet stack by being abutted against a lower edge of the sheet stack, an abutting member for folding the sheet stack by making the sheet stack su... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832716 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system A sheet processing apparatus including: a sheet supporting table that supports a sheet stack made of a plurality of sheets which have been folded; a stopper against which a first edge of the sheet stack which is a side to be cut of the sheet stack is pressed on the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7762537 | Sheet processing apparatus and method A sheet processing apparatus is operable to cut an edge portion of a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus is operable to calculate a sheet utilization efficiency based on an area of the sheet before cutting and an area of a sheet obtained by cutting the edge portio... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753353 | Vertical sheet compiling apparatus and methods of vertically compiling sheets A vertical sheet compiling apparatus and method compile sheets in a slot that accumulates a plurality of sheets. The slot includes a first baffle and a second baffle that each define generally vertical sides of a sheet path of the slot. The first and second baffles ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7740238 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention including a saddle-stitcher configured to fold and discharge a sheet supplied from an image forming apparatus, and an assisting mechanism arranged in a sheet carrier path extending from the image formin... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740237 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A post-processing apparatus that is set beside an image forming apparatus and applies staple processing to sheets subjected to image formation and folds the sheets to manufacture a booklet includes a hooking control mechanism that is provided on the opposite side of... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7722021 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus of the invention includes a folding mechanism that includes paired folding rollers, presses a sheet to a nip portion of the paired folding rollers from a direction orthogonal to a transport direction, and folds the sheet by rotating the ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7690633 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including stapling and folding mechanism A sheet processing apparatus may include a conveyance path and a tray. The conveyance path may convey sheets. The tray may receive the sheets conveyed from the conveyance path. The tray may include a stapler and a folding member. The stapler may staple the sheets. T... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690632 | Sheet bending apparatus and sheet postprocessing apparatus A sheet bending apparatus and a sheet postprocessing apparatus are provided for improved alignment of recording sheets during center-folding. A center-folding unit mounted in a sheet postprocessing apparatus performs a center-folding processing to a stack of recordi... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681872 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The sheet processing apparatus is provided with a second folding, conveying roller pair that discharges a folded sheet bundle with its folded portion being the leading edge and a folded bundle tray provided below the second folding, conveying roller pair on which th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673863 | Sheet post-processing apparatus In a sheet post-processing apparatus to perform a folding processing to a sheet bundle, a folding roller drive motor to drive a pair of folding rollers is PWM driven, and its speed is changed according to the sheet type or sheet size and between a period before a bl... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7658372 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus including: a stapler; a conveying path, which conveys a sheet to the stapler; a bundle forming device to form a sheet bundle in the conveying path, the bundle forming device having a pinch device, which successively pinches an upstream e... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7635120 | Booklet finishing apparatus, post-treatment apparatus and image forming system A booklet finishing apparatus has a clamping unit that flattens a booklet of folded sheets by clamping at least on portion adjacent to a back of the booklet from both surfaces of the booklet, a forming unit that flattens the back of the booklet by pressing the back ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7628388 | Postprocessing apparatus and image forming system A postprocessing apparatus includes: a housing to which a recording sheet is fed from a predetermined upstream device; a first postprocessing mechanism mounted in the housing and adapted for performing a predetermined first postprocessing to the recording sheet; a s... | 12/08/2009 |
