Bookbinding unit and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeong Yeon PARK, Byung Sun Ahn
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Abstract
Disclosed are a bookbinding unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The bookbinding unit includes a bookbinding unit main body, a pair of stack trays disposed in the bookbinding unit main body so as to support print media on the upper surfaces of the stack trays and a folding knife movable in the space between the pair of the stack trays to fold the print media on the stack trays and to move the folded print media into the space between the pair of the stack trays. The pair of the stack trays is rotatable in conformity with the movement of the print media into the space between the stack trays to provide a surface contact guiding of the folded print media.
Claims20
A bookbinding unit, comprising:
- a pair of stack trays having respective receiving surfaces capable of receiving thereon one or more print media;
- and
- a folding knife configured to move through a space between the pair of the stack trays so as to cause the one or more print media received on the receiving surfaces of the pair of the stack trays to be folded and to move into the space between the pair of the stack,
- wherein at least one of the pair of the stack trays is rotatable in response to the movement of the print media into the space between the stack trays.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form images on print media and to output image bearing print media on which the images have been formed;
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- a bookbinding unit configured to receive the image bearing print media from the image forming unit, the bookbinding unit comprising:
- a pair of stack trays having respective receiving surfaces capable of supporting thereon the image bearing print media;
- and
- a folding knife configured to move through a space between the pair of the stack trays so as to cause the image bearing print media supported on the receiving surfaces of the pair of the stack trays to be folded and to move into the space between the pair of the stack,
- wherein at least one of the pair of the stack trays is rotatable in response to the movement of the image bearing print media moving into the space between the stack trays.
An apparatus for folding sheets of print media for bookbinding thereof, comprising:
- a pair of stack trays defining respective receiving surfaces on which to receive the sheets of print media, the pair of stack trays being movable between at least an original position and a folding position, a first angle between the respective receiving surfaces of the pair of stack trays when the pair of stack trays is in the original position being different from a second angle between the respective receiving surfaces of the pair of stack trays when the pair of stack trays is in the folded position;
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- a folding knife configured to move toward the pair of the stack trays to come into a pressing contact with, and to thereby cause folding of, the sheets of print media received on the receiving surfaces of the pair of the stack trays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.