Post-processing apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTsuyoshi Shiokawa
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus includes a suspension member that suspends 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 suspended by the suspension 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 clamp members. The suspension member includes an upwardly tapering portion whose thickness between opposing sheets of the booklet, into which the suspension member has been inserted, gradually decreases upward, and the suspension member supports an inner surface of the booklet with the upwardly tapering portion.
Claims12
A post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a suspension member that suspends 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 suspended by the suspension 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 clamp members,
- wherein the suspension member includes an upwardly tapering portion whose thickness between opposing sheets of the booklet, into which the suspension member has been inserted, gradually decreases upward, and the suspension member supports an inner surface of the booklet with the tapering portion,
- wherein the suspension member further includes a flat plate-shaped body that is disposed below the tapering portion and an expanded portion that is disposed between the tapering portion and the body and whose thickness between the opposing sheets of the booklet is greater than that of the tapering portion, and
- wherein the suspension member supports the inner surface of the booklet not only with the tapering portion but also with the expanded portion.
An image forming system comprising:
- a post-processing apparatus including:
- a suspension member that suspends 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 suspended by the suspension 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 clamp members,
- wherein the suspension member includes an upwardly tapering portion whose thickness between opposing sheets of the booklet, into which the suspension member has been inserted, gradually decreases upward, and the suspension member supports an inner surface of the booklet with the tapering portion,
- wherein the suspension member further includes a flat plate-shaped body that is disposed below the tapering portion and an expanded portion that is disposed between the tapering portion and the body and whose thickness between the opposing sheets of the booklet is greater than that of the tapering portion, and
- wherein the suspension member supports the inner surface of the booklet not only with the tapering portion but also with the expanded portion;
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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.