Sheet post-processing apparatus and image formation apparatus
AssigneesSharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Nisca Corporation
InventorsJinichi Nagata, Hidetoshi Kaneko, Hideo Yoshikawa, Sei Takahashi, Mamoru Akiyama, Tomohisa Shimizu, Shin Tsugane
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes an ejection path that successively feed sheets each with an image found thereon from an ejection outlet. A processing tray is disposed under the ejection outlet to temporarily store sheets fed from the ejection path. A port processing unit performs post processing such as binding and punching. The post processing unit is located under the ejection path and is provided with a cooling fan that sends air toward the post processing unit.
Claims10
A sheet post-processing apparatus comprising:
- an ejection path that successively feeds sheets each with an image formed thereon from an ejection outlet;
- a processing tray that is disposed to temporarily store the sheets fed from the ejection path;
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- a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the sheets on the processing tray, the post-processing including binding processing, punching processing, or both binding processing and punching processing;
- wherein the post-processing unit is located under the ejection path, disposed to move in a sheet lateral direction perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction, and is provided with a cooling fan positioned in the sheet lateral direction from the post-processing unit to send air toward the post-processing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.