Sheet bundle folding apparatus
AssigneeCanon Aptex Inc.
InventorsAkira Fukui, Yoshihiko Kitahara
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Abstract
A sheet bundle folding apparatus causes a bundle of sheets to be rolled into a pair of fold rollers thereby folding the bundle of sheets. The apparatus is provided with a drive source for rotating the pair of fold rollers in a normal direction to roll in the bundle of sheets and in a reverse direction to return the rolled-in bundle of sheets.
Claims20
A sheet bundle folding apparatus for causing a bundle of sheets to be rolled into a pair of fold rollers to thereby fold the bundle of sheets, comprising:
- drive means for rotating said pair of fold rollers in a normal direction to roll the bundle of sheets thereinto, a reverse direction to return the rolled bundle of sheets, and then in the normal direction to pass the folded bundle of sheet therethrough.
An image forming apparatus provided with a sheet bundle folding apparatus according to one of 1, 2, 7 and 8;
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- an image forming portion for forming images on the sheets to be treated by said sheet bundle folding apparatus.
A sheet bundle folding apparatus for causing a bundle of sheets to be rolled into a pair of fold rollers to thereby fold the bundle of sheets, comprising:
- driving means having a first mode for rotating said pair of fold rollers in a normal direction to roll the bundle of sheets thereinto and to pass therethrough, and a second mode for rotating said pair of fold rollers in a normal direction to roll the bundle of sheets thereinto in a reverse direction to return the bundle of sheets, and then in a normal direction to pass the folded bundle of sheets therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.