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US 11,027,567 B2Granted
Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system comprising the same
AssigneeCanon Finetech Nisca Inc.
InventorAkira Sugiyama
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sheet-binding apparatus. The apparatus has two sheet binding units, each configured to bind the sheets manually inserted from outside. The sheet binding units operate independently, each at the timing appropriate for a specific need.
Claims14
A sheet-binding apparatus for binding sheets together, comprising:
- a first insertion section having a slit through which parts of sheets are manually inserted from outside;
- a staple-binding mechanism for staple-binding the sheets inserted into the first insertion section;
- a second insertion section having a slit through which parts of sheets are manually inserted from outside;
- and
- a non-staple binding mechanism for binding the sheets inserted into the second insertion section, without using staples,
- wherein the first insertion section is arranged above the second insertion section.
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A sheet-binding apparatus for binding sheets together, comprising:
- a transporting unit for transporting sheets;
- an automatic processing section in which sheets are automatically set by the transporting unit;
- an ejecting section for ejecting the sheets processed in the automatic processing section;
- an accumulating section for accumulating the sheets ejected by the ejecting section;
- a first manual processing section arranged at a position different from that of the automatic processing section, wherein sheets are manually set from outside;
- a first binding mechanism for binding the sheets set in the automatic processing section and first manual processing section;
- a second manual processing section in which sheets are manually set from outside;
- and
- a second binding mechanism for binding the sheets set in the second manual processing section.
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An image forming system comprising:
- a reading apparatus for reading images;
- an image forming apparatus for forming, on a sheet, an image read by the reading apparatus;
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- a sheet processing apparatus for performing a post-processing on the sheet having an image formed by the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the sheet processing apparatus comprises:
- a first insertion section having a slit through which sheets may be inserted from outside;
- a first manual binding section for binding the sheets inserted into the first insertion section;
- a second insertion section having a slit through which sheets may be inserted from outside;
- and
- a second manual binding section for binding the sheets inserted into the second insertion section, and
- wherein the first manual binding section of the sheet processing apparatus is arranged in a space between the image forming apparatus and the reading apparatus, and the second manual binding section of the sheet processing apparatus is arranged outside the space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.