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US 10,934,124 B2Granted
Stapling apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTae-jin Baek, Tae-hong Kim, Seoung-uk Han, Eiji Fukasawa, Dong-sun Jung
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Abstract
A stapling apparatus includes a stapler, a driver to move the stapler, and a guide part to define a moving path along which the stapler is to move in response to selection of the moving path among a plurality of moving paths along which the stapler is movable.
Claims15
A stapling apparatus comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part to define a moving path, among a plurality of paths, along which the stapler is to move, in response to selection of the moving path, through a switching lever to open or close a path of the plurality of paths.
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A stapling apparatus, comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part to define a moving path, among a plurality of moving paths, along which the stapler is to move, in response to selection of the moving path, the guide part including:
- a main slot to define a main path among the plurality of moving paths,
- an extension slot to be extended from the main slot, to define an extension path among the plurality of moving paths, and
- a switching lever to be rotatably disposed in the extension slot to partition the extension slot into a first branch slot and a second branch slot, to define a first branch path and a second branch path, among the plurality of moving paths.
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