Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshimasa Suzuki, Wataru Kawata
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Abstract
The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion, wherein the sheet conveying portion includes a sheet conveying unit having a sheet intake port, a sheet discharge port, and a linear sheet conveying path for conveying the sheet from the sheet intake port to the sheet discharge port, and a plurality of sheet conveying units are disposed in parallel such that respective sheet conveying paths thereof are positioned on the substantially same plane and in a rearrangeable fashion.
Claims16
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of sheet processing units for processing a sheet;
- a plurality of sheet feeding units for sending out a sheet;
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- a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet sent out from said sheet feeding units to the sheet processing units, wherein:
- the sheet conveying portion comprises a plurality of sheet conveying units, each of said plurality of sheet conveying units has a sheet intake port, a sheet discharge port, and a linear sheet conveying path for conveying the sheet from the sheet intake port to the sheet discharge port, and said plurality of sheet conveying units are a same structure and disposed in parallel such that respective sheet conveying paths thereof are positioned on the substantially same plane and in a re-arrangeable fashion;
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- the sheet processing units and said sheet feeding units are each detachably attached to the sheet conveying units.
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of sheet processing units for processing a sheet;
- a plurality of sheet feeding units for sending out a sheet;
- a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet sent out from said feeding units to the sheet processing units;
- wherein the sheet conveying portion comprises a plurality of sheet conveying units, each of said plurality of sheet conveying units has a sheet intake port, a sheet discharge port, and a linear sheet conveying path for conveying the sheet from the sheet intake port to the sheet discharge port, and said plurality of sheet conveying units are a same structure and disposed in parallel such that respective sheet conveying paths thereof are positioned on the substantially same plane and in a re-arrangeable fashion, and
- the sheet processing units and said sheet feeding units are each detachably attached to the sheet conveying units, and
- an image forming portion disposed between the sheet conveying units to which the sheet feeding unit is attached and the sheet processing unit for forming an image on a sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.