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US 10,059,025 B2Granted
Stapling apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeS-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-jin Baek, Tae-hong Kim, Seoung-uk Han, Eiji Fukasawa, Dong-sun Jung
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Abstract
A stapling apparatus capable of performing stapling on various positions by varying a moving path of a stapler is provided. The stapling apparatus includes a stapler, a driver configured to be coupled to the stapler and move the stapler, and a guide part configured to selectively switch a moving path of the stapler.
Claims20
A stapling apparatus, comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver to be coupled to the stapler and to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part to selectively change a configuration of a moving path so as to define the moving path along which the stapler can be moved by the driver, the guide part including:
- a main slot,
- first and second branch slots branched from one end portion of the main slot, and
- a switching lever to rotate about a shaft so that one end portion of the switching lever selectively opens or closes one side of each of the first and second branch slots connected to the one end portion of the main slot to selectively change the configuration of the moving path, the shaft being disposed at an other end portion of the switching lever.
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A stapling apparatus, comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver to be coupled to the stapler and to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part to selectively change a configuration of a moving path so as to define the moving path along which the stapler can be moved by the driver, the guide part including:
- a main slot,
- an extension slot to be extended from the main slot, and
- a switching lever to be rotatably disposed in the extension slot, having opposite end portions in selective contact with inner sidewalls of the extension slot to partition the extension slot into a first branch slot and a second branch slot.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a body having an image former;
- and
- a stapling apparatus to staple printing media discharged from the image former, the stapling apparatus including:
- a stapler;
- a driver to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part to guide the stapler when the driver moves the stapler, the guide part including:
- a main slot,
- first and second branch slots to be branched from one end portion of the main slot, and
- a switching lever to rotate about a shaft so that one end portion of the switching lever selectively opens or closes one side of each of the first and second branch slots connected to the one end portion of the main slot so that the driver can selectively move the stapler from the main slot to the first and second branch slots, the shaft being disposed at an other end portion of the switching lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.