Sheet processing device and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorAkira TSUNODA
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Abstract
A sheet processing device includes a cutter including a movable unit moving toward or away from a predetermined position and cutting a sheet held in the predetermined position, a door provided to a housing having an opening, the door opening and closing the opening for an operation for the cutter. The sheet processing device further includes the housing holding the cutter, a locking member locking and unlocking the door closing the opening and a locking mechanism mechanically connecting the movable unit to the locking member and causing the locking member to lock or unlock the door depending on a position of the movable unit relative to the predetermined position.
Claims7
A sheet processing device comprising:
- a cutter including a movable unit which moves toward or away from a predetermined position and cuts a sheet held at the predetermined position;
- a door provided to a housing having an opening, the door opening and closing the opening for an operation for the cutter, the housing holding the cutter;
- a locking member which locks and unlocks the door closing the opening;
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- a locking mechanism which mechanically connects the movable unit to the locking member and causes the locking member to lock or unlock the door depending on a position of the movable unit relative to the predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.