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US 9,688,502 B2Granted
Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system for forming a folding line on a sheet
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKen Sawada, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kuno, Takuya Fukuhara
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
Claims19
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising:
- first and second folding rollers to form a folding line on a sheet by rotating the sheet while pinching respective surfaces of the sheet via the respective first and second folding rollers;
- and
- a first pressing unit to press a portion of the second folding roller against the first folding roller in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller in a groove formed in the revolving direction of the second folding roller.
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising:
- first and second folding rollers to form a folding line on a sheet by rotating the sheet while pinching respective surface of the sheet via the respective first and second folding rollers;
- and
- a first pressing unit to press a portion of the second folding roller against the first folding roller in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller,
- wherein a gap is formed in a revolving direction in at least one of the first folding roller and the second folding roller.
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