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Alignment control for post-processing apparatus and image forming system having the same

US10046940B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 2014
Grant dateAug 14, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00848
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a post-processing apparatus capable of performing conveying to and storing at a predetermined stack tray without causing sheet jamming even when a sheet having larger size than a standard size is introduced. The present invention comprises a post-processing apparatus as a processing tray on which sheets conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction are stacked into a bundle shape, an aligning device which aligns the sheets conveyed to the processing tray, a binding device which performs a binding process on the sheets aligned by the aligning device, and a controller which controls the aligning device so that a sheet is aligned at a position being apart from the binding device by a predetermined distance when the sheet conveyed to the processing tray has a predetermined size or larger.

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