Post-processing apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorZen Kayaba
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus includes a support member that supports a center-folded booklet by being inserted into the booklet along a fold of the booklet, a pair of clamp members that are disposed so as to face outer surfaces of the booklet supported by the support member and that clamp the booklet by moving closer to each other, and a post-processing mechanism that performs a post-processing operation on the booklet clamped by the pair of clamp members. The pair of clamp members clamp the booklet while moving relative to the booklet in a direction (up-down direction in the figure) so as to move away from the fold of the booklet, the direction being perpendicular to both of a clamp direction of the booklet and a direction in which the fold of the booklet extends.
Claims7
A post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a support member that supports a center-folded booklet by being inserted into the booklet along a fold of the booklet;
- a pair of clamp members that are disposed so as to face outer surfaces of the center-folded booklet supported by the support member and that clamp the booklet by moving closer to each other;
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- a post-processing mechanism that performs a post-processing operation on the booklet clamped by the pair of clamp members,
- wherein the support member and the pair of clamp members are relatively movable in opposite directions so that the pair of clamp members move away from the fold of the booklet while sliding along the outer surfaces of the center-folded booklet, and so that the booklet clamped by the clamp members may thereafter be operated on by the post-processing mechanism.
An image forming system comprising:
- a post-processing apparatus including:
- a support member that supports a center-folded booklet by being inserted into the booklet along a fold of the booklet,
- a pair of clamp members that are disposed so as to face outer surfaces of the center-folded booklet supported by the support member and that clamp the booklet by moving closer to each other, and
- a post-processing mechanism that performs a post-processing operation on the booklet clamped by the pair of clamp members,
- wherein the support member and the pair of clamp members are relatively movable in opposite directions so that the pair of clamp members move away from the fold of the booklet while sliding along the outer surfaces of the center-folded booklet, and so that the booklet clamped by the clamp members may thereafter be operated on by the post-processing mechanism;
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- an image forming apparatus that outputs printed sheets for forming the booklet and supplies the printed sheets to the post-processing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.