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US 2018/0111285 A1Published application
Stapling apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeS-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-jin BAEK, Tae-hong KIM, Seoung-uk HAN, Eiji FUKASAWA, Dong-sun JUNG
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Abstract
A stapling apparatus capable of performing stapling on various positions by varying a moving path of a stapler is provided. The stapling apparatus includes a stapler, a driver configured to be coupled to the stapler and move the stapler, and a guide part configured to selectively switch a moving path of the stapler.
Claims20
A stapling apparatus, comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver configured to be coupled to the stapler and to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part configured to selectively change a configuration of a moving path so as to define the moving path along which the stapler can be moved by the driver.
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A stapling apparatus, comprising:
- a stapler;
- a driver configured to be coupled to the stapler and to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part configured to selectively change a configuration of a moving path so as to define the moving path along which the stapler can be moved by the driver, the guide part including a main slot, an extension slot configured to be extended from the main slot, and a switching lever configured to be rotatably disposed in the extension slot to partition the extension slot into a first branch slot and a second branch slot.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a body configured to include an image former;
- and
- a stapling apparatus configured to staple printing media discharged from the image former, the stapling apparatus including:
- a stapler;
- a driver configured to move the stapler;
- and
- a guide part configured to guide the stapler when the driver moves the stapler, the guide part including a main slot, first and second branch slots configured to be branched from one end portion of the main slot, and a switching lever configured to selectively open or close the first and second branch slots so that the driver can selectively move the stapler from the main slot to the first and second branch slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.