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US 7,740,237 B2Granted
Sheet post-processing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichiro Mano
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus that is set beside an image forming apparatus and applies staple processing to sheets subjected to image formation and folds the sheets to manufacture a booklet includes a hooking control mechanism that is provided on the opposite side of center folding rollers across a sheet bundle and pushes the sheet bundle in a stapler direction to prevent a bent staple from hooking on an edge of an anvil.
Claims14
A sheet post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a stapling device having a stapler that strikes a staple into a sheet bundle and an anvil that bends the struck staple;
- center folding rollers that fold the sheet bundle subjected to staple processing in the center thereof;
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- a hooking control mechanism that is located on an opposite side of the center folding rollers across the sheet bundle, is formed on a spring having a curved surface in an end portion thereof coming into contact with the sheet bundle, is provided in a position other than a path through which the staple subjected to the staple processing passes when the sheet bundle is conveyed to a center folding position, and pushes the sheet bundle in a direction of the stapler to prevent the bent staple from hooking on an edge of the anvil.
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A sheet post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a stapling device having a stapler that strikes a staple into a sheet bundle and an anvil that bends the struck staple;
- center folding rollers that fold the sheet bundle subjected to staple processing in the center thereof;
- a sheet aligning member that aligns the sheet bundle and conveys the sheet bundle;
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- a hooking control mechanism that is located on an opposite side of the center folding rollers across the sheet bundle, is formed on a spring having a curved surface in an end portion thereof coming into contact with the sheet bundle, is provided in a position other than a path through which the staple subjected to the staple processing passes when the sheet bundle is conveyed to a center folding position, and pushes the sheet bundle in a direction of the stapler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.