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US 2026/0299502 A1Published application
Post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsHiroshi Yamaguchi, Masayuki Watanabe, Kenji Izumiya, Hitoshi Asano, Hiroshi Oyama, Akira Okamoto, Shota Igo
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Abstract
Provided is a post-processing apparatus that includes: a cutter that cuts a sheet, which is to be conveyed, in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction to generate waste; and a sheet processor that is capable of processing the sheet to be conveyed and processes and deforms a region in the sheet, where the region become the waste after being cut by the cutter.
Claims13
A post-processing apparatus, comprising:
- a cutter that cuts a sheet in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction to generate waste, the sheet being a sheet to be conveyed;
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- a sheet processor that is capable of processing the sheet to be conveyed and processes and deforms a region in the sheet, the region becoming the waste after being cut by the cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.