Tamping apparatus, post-processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsYuki MIZUNO, Eri FUKUI, Koji KAWANO
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Abstract
A tamping apparatus includes a loader that has a shape of a plate extending from a first end to a second end and having a cutout at the first end, and that is configured to load media on a loading surface that is one plate surface, a support that is disposed near the second end and supports the media loaded onto the loading surface, and a tamper that is disposed near the first end of the loader and is switchable between a tamping position where a movement member reciprocates along the loading surface to tamp ends of the media near the first end and a withdrawal position where the movement member is withdrawn to a back side of the loader relative to the loading surface through the cutout.
Claims20
A tamping apparatus comprising:
- a loader that has a shape of a plate extending from a first end to a second end and having a cutout at the first end, and that is configured to load media on a loading surface that is one plate surface;
- a support that is disposed near the second end and supports the media loaded onto the loading surface;
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- a tamper that is disposed near the first end of the loader and is switchable between a tamping position where a movement member reciprocates along the loading surface to tamp ends of the media near the first end and a withdrawal position where the movement member is withdrawn to a back side of the loader relative to the loading surface through the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.