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US 10,519,000 B2Granted
Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system including multiple folding members
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKen Sawada, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kuno, Takuya Fukuhara
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
Claims22
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a first pair of conveying members configured to convey a sheet;
- a second pair of conveying members configured to convey the sheet conveyed by the first pair of conveying members;
- a first pair of folding members configured to fold the sheet conveyed by reversing a rotation of the second pair of conveying members;
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- a second pair of folding members configured to further fold the sheet that has been folded by the first pair of folding members, wherein
- one of the folding members of the second pair of folding members serves as one of the folding members of the first pair of folding members.
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