Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and pair of pressing members
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki AWANO, Hiroaki MOGI
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a pressing unit and a shifting unit. The pressing unit has a protrusion and presses the protrusion against a fold section of a sheet. The fold section extends in one direction. The shifting unit moves at least one of the protrusion of the pressing unit and the sheet so as to shift a pressing position, at which the fold section is pressed by the protrusion, in the one direction or in a direction opposite to the one direction.
Claims10
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a pressing unit that has a protrusion and that presses the protrusion against a fold section of a sheet, the fold section extending in one direction;
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- a shifting unit that moves at least one of the protrusion of the pressing unit and the sheet so as to shift a pressing position, at which the fold section is pressed by the protrusion, in the one direction or in a direction opposite to the one direction.
A pair of pressing members that nip a fold section of a sheet from opposite sides and press against the fold section,
- wherein each pressing member is provided with a protrusion that faces the fold section, and wherein the pair of pressing members performs pressing on the fold section by pressing the protrusions against the fold section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.