Post-processing apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorYasuhide Kokura
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Abstract
A post-processing apparatus configured to collect printed sheets ejected from an image forming apparatus and to handle the printed sheets. The post-processing apparatus has: a stacker configured to collect and stack a plurality of printed sheets with one end of each of the printed sheets placed down; a movable stopper configured to stop each of the printed sheets sliding down in the stacker at a specified position; a motor configured to move the stopper along the stacker and stops the stopper; and a control unit configured to control the motor. The control unit increases a current supplied to the motor in preparation for a collision between each of the printed sheets and the stopper.
Claims16
A post-processing apparatus configured to collect printed sheets ejected from an image forming apparatus and to handle the printed sheets, the post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a stacker configured to collect and stack a plurality of printed sheets with one end of each of the printed sheets placed down;
- a movable stopper configured to stop each of the printed sheets sliding down in the stacker at a specified position;
- a motor configured to move the stopper along the stacker and stop the stopper;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the motor,
- wherein the control unit increases a current supplied to the motor in preparation for a collision between each of the printed sheets and the stopper.
An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus configured to form images on a plurality of printed sheets sequentially;
- a post-processing apparatus configured to collect printed sheets ejected from an image forming apparatus and to handle the printed sheets, the post-processing apparatus comprising a stacker configured to collect and stack a plurality of printed sheets with one end of each of the printed sheets placed down, a movable stopper configured to stop each of the printed sheets sliding down in the stacker at a specified position, and a motor configured to move the stopper along the stacker and stops the stopper;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the motor,
- wherein the control unit increases a current supplied to the motor in preparation for a collision between each of the printed sheets and the stopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.