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US 5,966,579 AGranted
Image forming apparatus having a folding unit
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Asai, Hiroharu Tanaka, Takeshi Morikawa, Hiroyasu Ito
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Abstract
An image forming system has a folding unit which can fold in two a sheet of paper at a position being slightly offset from the center of the sheet of paper. When an index mode is designated and a location where an index sheet is to be inserted, an index sheet which size is twice the size of a sheet of regular paper is supplied and fed to the folding unit, then is folded and fed to a tray where sheets of regular paper are stacked.
Claims14
An image forming system, comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
- folding means for folding in two a sheet at a position being slightly offset from the center of the sheet;
- designating means for designating a location where an index sheet is to be inserted between sheets ejected from the image forming means;
- feeding means for feeding an index sheet to the folding means;
- and
- control means for controlling the folding means and feeding means so that the index sheet is fed to the folding means in accordance with a timing designated by the designating means and the index sheet is folded in two by the folding means at the position being slightly offset from the center of the sheet.
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A sheet receiving unit, comprising:
- a tray which receives sheets of a first size from an image forming device;
- a sheet folder which folds in two a sheet at a position being slightly offset from the center of the sheet;
- and
- a feeder which feeds a sheet of a second size to said sheet folder and feeds the folded sheet by said sheet folder on the sheet of a first size stacked in said tray.
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An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
- accommodating means for accommodating sheets on which images have been formed by said image forming means;
- designating means for designating an insertion of an index sheet;
- folding means for folding in two the index sheet, which is fed based on a designation by said designating means, at a position being slightly offset from the center of the index sheet;
- and
- feeding means for feeding the folded index sheet to said accommodating means.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first cassette that houses first sheets;
- a second cassette that houses second sheets;
- image forming means for forming an image on a sheet fed from the first or second cassette;
- a tray that houses sheets on which an image has been formed;
- instructing means for instructing an insertion of one of the second sheets into the first sheets in said tray and a location where the one of the second sheets is to be inserted;
- supplying means for supplying the one of the second sheets from the second cassette in accordance with the location instructed by said instructing means;
- folding means for folding in two the one of the supplied second sheets at a position slightly offset from the center of the sheet;
- and
- feeding means for feeding the folded one of the second sheets to said tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.