Sheet post-processing device and image forming system
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsTakuya Nishimura, Seiichi Shirasaki, Yasunori Ueno, Takehiko Okada, Keisuke Egawa, Yusuke Takano, Terumitsu Noso
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Abstract
When performing an alignment process on a sheet loaded on the processing tray in a state where a front end of the sheet is protruded from a discharge outlet above a discharge tray, the control unit performs a front end alignment process in which a pair of discharge tray cursors sandwich the front end of the sheet protruded above the discharge tray in the width direction, and a rear end alignment process in which the pair of processing tray cursors sandwich a rear end of the sheet on the processing tray in the width direction.
Claims8
A sheet post-processing device comprising:
- a processing tray on which a sheet is loaded;
- a post-processing section that performs predetermined post-processing on the sheet;
- a discharge outlet through which the sheet on the processing tray is discharged;
- a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged through the discharge outlet is loaded;
- a discharging member that conveys the sheet on the processing tray toward the discharge outlet and discharges the sheet onto the discharge tray through the discharge outlet;
- a pair of processing tray cursors that are movable above the processing tray in a reciprocation manner in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, and sandwich the sheet in the width direction so as to align the sheet;
- a pair of discharge tray cursors that are movable above the discharge tray in a reciprocation manner in the width direction, and sandwich the sheet in the width direction so as to align the sheet;
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- a control unit, wherein
- when performing an alignment process on the sheet loaded on the processing tray, in a state where a front end of the sheet is protruded from the discharge outlet above the discharge tray, the control unit performs a front end alignment process in which the pair of discharge tray cursors sandwich the front end of the sheet protruded above the discharge tray in the width direction, and a rear end alignment process in which the pair of processing tray cursors sandwich a rear end of the sheet on the processing tray in the width direction,
- an interval between the pair of discharge tray cursors in the width direction when performing the front end alignment process is larger than an interval between the pair of processing tray cursors in the width direction when performing the rear end alignment process, and
- the control unit performs the rear end alignment process after performing the front end alignment process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.