# US 11,077,694 B2 · Post-processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,694 B2 - Document ID: US11077694B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/365,720 - Filed: 2019-03-27 - Published: 2019-10-10 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-06 - Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Terumitsu Noso; Tadahisa Kishimoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077694B2 ## CPC - B42C 1/12: Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures - B41J 13/0045: {concerning sheet refeed sections of automatic paper handling systems, e.g. intermediate stackers (printing on both faces B41J3/60)} - B42C 3/00: Making booklets, pads, or form sets from multiple webs - B65H 29/22: and introducing into a pile - B65H 31/02: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates - B65H 31/36: Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled - B65H 31/38: Apparatus for vibrating or knocking the pile during piling - B65H 37/04: for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18) - B65H 45/18: Oscillating or reciprocating blade folders (carried on rotary members B65H45/16) - G03G 15/6544: {Details about the binding means or procedure} - B65H 2301/4212: of articles substantially horizontal - B65H 2301/4213: of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles - B65H 2301/5114: coating - B65H 2404/1114: Paddle wheel - B65H 2405/11152: with surface inclined downwardly in transport direction - B65H 2701/18292: Stapled sets of sheets - B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines - B42C: BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44) - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY ## Abstract A post-processing device includes a carrying roller, a conveying member, a transporting member and a processing part. The carrying roller is configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction. The conveying member is configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray. The conveying member has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray. The contact piece is made of elastic material. The conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A post-processing device comprising: a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction; a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray; a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position, wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray, each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material, and the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The post-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first conveying member and the second conveying member are synchronously rotated at the same speed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The post-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the first conveying member. ### Claim 4 A post-processing device comprising: a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction; a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray; a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position, wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray, each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material, the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray, and the contact piece of the second conveying member has a length longer than the contact piece of the first conveying member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The post-processing device according to claim 4, wherein the rotation shaft of each of the first and the second conveying members is rotated such that the contact piece is separated from the sheet carried to the processing tray when the transporting member transports the stack of the sheets to the binding position and the folding position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The post-processing device according to claim 4, wherein the contact piece is fixed to an outer circumferential face of the rotation shaft in a manner to extend along a tangential direction of the outer circumference and arranged at the downstream side of the rotation shaft in the conveyance direction in a posture where the contact piece extends toward the processing tray from the rotation shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The post-processing device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one first conveying member includes a plurality of first conveying members, the at least one second conveying member includes a plurality of second conveying members, a number of the plurality of second conveying members is larger than a number of the plurality of first conveying members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The post-processing device according to claim 4, wherein a friction force of the contact piece of the second conveying member to the sheet is higher than a friction force of the contact piece of the first conveying member to the sheet. ### Claim 9 A post-processing device comprising: a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction; a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray; a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position, wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray, each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material, the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray, and a sheet conveyance force of the second conveying member is larger than a sheet conveyance force of the first conveying member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The post-processing device according to claim 9, wherein the second conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the first conveying member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The post-processing device according to claim 9, wherein the contact piece of the second conveying member has a length longer than the contact piece of the first conveying member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The post-processing device according to claim 9, wherein the at least one first conveying member includes a plurality of first conveying members, the at least one second conveying member includes a plurality of second conveying members, a number of the plurality of second conveying members is larger than a number of the plurality of first conveying members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The post-processing device according to claim 9, wherein a friction force of the contact piece of the second conveying member to the sheet is higher than a friction force of the contact piece of the first conveying member to the sheet.