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US 2010/0247203 A1Published application
Sheet processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoto Watanabe, Manabu Yamauchi, Takayuki Fujii, Shunsuke Nishimura, Yushi Oka, Toshiyuki Miyake, Takashi Yokoya, Hidenori Matsumoto
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus which has a flattening processing unit which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to flatten the folded end, and cutting units which cut and align edges of the booklet bundle, wherein the edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut by the cutting unit and the folded end of the booklet is then flattened by the flattening processing unit.
Claims12
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge of the booklet bundle;
- wherein edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut by the cutting processing portion and the folded end of the booklet is then deformed by the deforming processing portion.
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A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle and edges crossing the folded end;
- wherein after the edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut, the folded end of the booklet is deformed, and the edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle is then cut.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet;
- a folding processing portion which folds a bundle of a plurality of image-formed sheets in two;
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge of the booklet bundle;
- wherein edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut by the cutting processing portion and the folded end of the booklet is then deformed by the deforming processing portion.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet;
- a folding processing portion which folds a bundle of a plurality of image-formed sheets in two;
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle and edges crossing the folded end;
- wherein after the edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut, the folded end of the booklet is deformed, and the edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle is then cut.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus body which has an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet;
- and
- a sheet processing apparatus which has a folding processing portion which folds a bundle of a plurality of sheets output from the image forming apparatus body in two,
- the sheet processing apparatus including:
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge of the booklet bundle;
- wherein edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut by the cutting processing portion and the folded end of the booklet is then deformed by the deforming processing portion.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus body which has an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet;
- and
- a sheet processing apparatus which has a folding processing portion which folds a bundle of a plurality of sheets output from the image forming apparatus body in two,
- the sheet processing apparatus including:
- a deforming processing portion which presses a folded end of a folded booklet bundle to deform the folded end;
- and
- a cutting processing portion which cuts an edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle and edges crossing the folded end;
- wherein after the edges crossing the folded end of the booklet bundle are cut, the folded end of the booklet is deformed, and the edge opposite the folded end of the booklet bundle is then cut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.