Sheet storing apparatus and image forming system having the same
AssigneesCanon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
InventorYuki Kanemaru
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Abstract
To provide an apparatus capable of stably performing a binding process on a sheet bundle which is set from the outside as having a setting portion arranged at an external cover of a sheet storing apparatus. In an apparatus including a setting portion arranged at an external cover as being capable of setting a sheet bundle from the outside, the setting portion includes a opening, a setting face on which sheets inserted through the opening are placed, and an abutting-regulating face which performs positioning of end edges of the sheets inserted, the opening is arranged at an open-close cover of the external cover, and the abutting-regulating face are arranged at an apparatus frame which is located at the inner side of the open-close cover.
Claims16
A sheet binding apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus frame;
- a cover which covers the apparatus frame;
- a setting portion which is arranged to set a sheet bundle;
- and
- a binding processing device which performs a binding process on a sheet bundle set at the setting portion,
- wherein the setting portion includes an opening through which sheets are inserted, a setting face on which sheets inserted through the opening are placed, and an abutting-regulating face which performs positioning of end edges of the sheets inserted through the opening,
- an openable-closable open-close cover is arranged at least at a part of the cover,
- the opening is formed at the open-close cover, and
- the abutting-regulating face is arranged at the apparatus frame separately from the open-close cover.
A sheet binding apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus frame;
- a moving portion having an opening through which a sheet bundle is inserted, and being movable relative to the apparatus frame, the opening being movable relative to the apparatus frame;
- a regulating portion to which a sheet bundle inserted from the opening abuts to regulate a position of the sheet bundle;
- and
- a binding unit which binds a sheet bundle inserted through the opening and positioned by the regulating portion,
- wherein the regulating portion is arranged at the apparatus frame separately from the moving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.