Sheet processing device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiaki Oshiro
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Abstract
A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a conveyance path, a stacker, a post processing section, and vertical alignment members. The conveyance path conveys sheets in a conveying direction and stacks the sheets. The stacker restricts a leading end of the conveyed sheets. The stacker is movable in the conveying direction. The post processing section processes the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction than a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members feed the sheets in the conveying direction toward the stacker. The vertical alignment members are enabled to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker. The vertical alignment members are movable in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker.
Claims17
A sheet processing device, comprising:
- a conveyance path for conveying sheets in a conveying direction and stacking the sheets;
- a stacker configured to restrict a leading end of the conveyed sheets and movable in the conveying direction;
- a post processing section configured to process the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction relative to a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker;
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- vertical alignment members configured to feed the sheets in the conveying direction toward the stacker, enabled to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker, and movable in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker,
- wherein the vertical alignment members come into contact with the bundle of the sheets from both a front side and a rear side.
A sheet processing method, comprising:
- conveying sheets along a conveyance path in a conveying direction and stacking the sheets;
- restricting a leading end of the conveyed sheets by a stacker movable in the conveying direction;
- processing the sheets on an upstream side in the conveying direction relative to a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker;
- feeding the sheets with vertical alignment members in the conveying direction toward the stacker, enabling the vertical alignment members to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker and moving the vertical alignment members in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker;
- and
- contacting the vertical alignment members with the bundle of the sheets from both a front side and a rear side.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming component;
- and
- sheet processing device, comprising:
- a conveyance path for conveying sheets in a conveying direction and stacking the sheets;
- a stacker configured to restrict a leading end of the conveyed sheets and movable in the conveying direction;
- a post processing section configured to process the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction relative to a position where the sheets are supported by the stacker;
- and
- vertical alignment members configured to feed the sheets in the conveying direction toward the stacker, enabled to come into contact with a bundle of the sheets supported by the stacker, and movable in the conveying direction integrally with the stacker,
- wherein the vertical alignment members come into contact with the bundle of the sheets from both a front side and a rear side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.