Post-processing apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorRyuji Sato
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus includes a movable portion and an opposing portion that are arranged to be opposite to each other with a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed interposed between the movable portion and the opposing portion, and a restricting member that has a holding surface including an abutment surface against which a sheet abuts, is capable of changing a posture between a first posture in which the holding surface closes the conveyance path and a second posture in which a clearance is formed in at least part of the conveyance path and is attached to a side where the opposing portion is located with respect to the conveyance path, wherein the movable portion processes a sheet positioned at the abutment surface by the restricting member having the first posture by moving toward the opposing portion.
Claims7
A post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a movable portion and an opposing portion that are arranged to be opposite to each other with a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed interposed between the movable portion and the opposing portion;
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- a restricting member that has a holding surface including an abutment surface against which a sheet abuts, is capable of changing a posture between a first posture in which the holding surface closes the conveyance path and a second posture in which a clearance is formed in at least part of the conveyance path, and is attached below the conveyance path such that conveyance force exerted by a sheet on the restricting member lowers the holding surface to the second posture, in which clearance is formed in at least part of the conveyance path, from the first posture, in which the restricting member is in a state of receiving only gravitational force from external, wherein
- the movable portion processes a sheet positioned at the abutment surface by the restricting member having the first posture by moving toward the opposing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.