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US 2018/0056538 A1Published application
Scoring apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyoshi Watanabe
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Abstract
A scoring apparatus includes a scoring portion having a first plate member and a pair of second plate members arranged to sandwich the first plate member therebetween. The apparatus is configured to form a score on a sheet by making an end portion of the first plate member and end portions of the pair of second plate members engage with the concave portion. The end portion of the first plate member is positioned closer to the concave portion than the end portions of the pair of second plate members.
Claims8
A scoring apparatus comprising:
- a concave portion;
- and
- a scoring portion including a first plate member and a pair of second plate members arranged to sandwich the first plate member therebetween, and configured to form a score on a sheet placed between the concave portion and the scoring portion by making an end portion of the first plate member and end portions of the pair of second plate members engage with the concave portion,
- wherein the scoring portion is configured so that the end portion of the first plate member is positioned closer to the concave portion than the end portions of the pair of second plate members.
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A scoring apparatus comprising:
- a concave portion;
- and
- a scoring portion configured to form a score on a sheet placed between the concave portion and the scoring portion,
- wherein the scoring portion includes:
- a first plate member an end portion of which is configured to contact the sheet;
- and
- a second plate member an end portion of which is configured to contact the sheet,
- wherein the scoring portion forms a score on the sheet placed between the concave portion and the scoring portion by making an end portion of the first plate member and an end portion of the second plate member engage with the concave portion, and
- wherein positions of the end portions of the first plate member and the second plate member are shifted from each other.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a scoring apparatus configured to form a score on a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit, the scoring apparatus comprising:
- a concave portion;
- and
- a scoring portion including a first plate member and a pair of second plate members arranged to sandwich the first plate member therebetween, and configured to form a score on a sheet placed between the concave portion and the scoring portion by making an end portion of the first plate member and end portions of the pair of second plate members engage with the concave portion,
- wherein the scoring portion is configured so that the end portion of the first plate member is positioned closer to the concave portion than the end portions of the pair of second plate members;
- and
- a folding unit configured to fold a sheet at a position of a score formed by the scoring apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.