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US 2008/0258371 A1Published application
Aftertreatment apparatus, and controlling method, program and storage medium therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTSUYOSHI MORIYAMA, Norifumi Miyake, Takayuki Fujii, Yasuo Fukatsu, Takako Hanada
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Abstract
Sheet thickness data obtained from the output of a sheet thickness detecting sensor are calculated to thereby calculate a sheet bundle thickness. When the sheet bundle thickness reaches a predetermined value, other aftertreatment differing from a set aftertreatment is executed.
Claims1
An aftertreatment apparatus comprising:
- a common conveying path for conveying sheets having images formed thereon by an image forming unit and a sheet to be inserted into the sheets in an order in which the sheets have been carried in;
- an aftertreatment unit for forming a sheet bundle of the sheets conveyed through said common conveying path, and performing a set aftertreatment on the sheet bundle;
- a sheet thickness detecting sensor for detecting a thickness of each sheet conveyed on said common conveying path;
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- a controller for accumulating the thicknesses of the sheets detected by said sheet thickness detecting sensor to calculate a thickness of the sheet bundle, and controlling said aftertreatment unit so as to change the set aftertreatment to another aftertreatment when the calculated thickness of the sheet bundle reaches a predetermined value.
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