Sheet processing apparatus
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYuichi Saito, Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus comprises a heating unit configured to heat a sheet when the sheet is conveyed between a pair of rollers, a first guide unit that supports and guides movement of the heating unit in a first direction towards a predetermined position exterior to the sheet processing apparatus, and a second guide unit that supports and guides further movement of the heating unit in the first direction in cooperation with the first guide unit, the second guide unit including an abutment section configured to stop movement of the heating unit in the first direction when the heating unit reaches the predetermined position.
Claims20
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a heating unit configured to heat a sheet when the sheet is conveyed between a pair of rollers;
- a first guide unit configured to support and guide movement of the heating unit in a first direction towards a predetermined position exterior to the sheet processing apparatus;
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- a second guide unit configured to support and guide further movement of the heating unit in the first direction in cooperation with the first guide unit and including an abutment section configured to stop movement of the heating unit in the first direction when the heating unit reaches the predetermined position.
A method of removing a heating unit in a sheet processing apparatus, the heating unit including a pair of rollers for conveying and heating a sheet, the method comprising:
- moving the heating unit in a substantially horizontal first direction towards a predetermined position exterior to the sheet processing apparatus as the heating unit is supported and guided by a first guide unit;
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- moving the heating unit further in the first direction as the heating unit is supported and guided by a second guide unit in cooperation with the first guide unit until the movement of the heating unit is stopped in the first direction by an abutment section on the second guide unit when the heating unit reaches the predetermined position;
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- removing the heating unit from the sheet processing apparatus in a substantially vertical direction.
An apparatus for facilitating removal of a heating unit from a sheet processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a first guide unit configured to support and guide movement of the heating unit in a first direction towards a predetermined position exterior to the sheet processing apparatus;
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- a second guide unit configured to support and guide further movement of the heating unit in the first direction in cooperation with the first guide unit and including an abutment section configured to stop movement of the heating unit in the first direction when the heating unit reaches the predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.