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US 2022/0070321 A1Published application
Post-processing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiaki Oshiro
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing tray, a post-processing section, a sensor, and a control section. A sheet supplied from an image forming apparatus is led into the processing tray through a lead-in path. The post-processing section applies post-processing to the sheet sent from the processing tray. The sensor detects an object passing a detection space in the lead-in path. The control section controls operation of the post-processing section based on a time in which the sensor detects the object.
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A post-processing apparatus, comprising:
- a processing tray into which a sheet supplied from an image forming apparatus is led through a lead-in path;
- a post-processing section configured to receive the sheet sent from the processing tray and apply post-processing to the sheet;
- a sensor comprising a transmission-type sensor including a light emitting section and a light receiving section that receives light emitted from the light emitting section, and the light emitting section and the light receiving section are arranged to face each other at intervals in the sheet width direction, the sensor configured to detect an object within a detection space formed in the sheet width direction of the lead-in path;
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- a control section configured to control operation of the post-processing section based on a result of the sensor detecting the object.
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A post-processing method, comprising:
- supplying a sheet from an image forming apparatus through a lead-in path to a processing tray;
- sending the sheet from the processing tray to a post-processing section and apply post-processing to the sheet;
- detecting an object within a detection space formed in a sheet width direction of a lead-in path a sensor comprising a transmission-type sensor including a light emitting section and a light receiving section that receives light emitted from the light emitting section, and the light emitting section and the light receiving section are arranged to face each other at intervals in the sheet width direction;
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- controlling operation of the post-processing section based on a result of the sensor detecting the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.