Trimming device, post-processing device, and image forming apparatus with post-processing device
US11446838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00814
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A trimming device includes: a moving unit including a transport unit that transports a booklet which includes one or more sheets and which is folded in half at a center portion of the booklet, with a folded portion of the booklet at a front, a correction unit that corrects a posture of the booklet in response to a leading end of the booklet transported by the transport unit abutting against the correction unit, the correction unit being capable of advancing to an abutting position on a path of the booklet and retracting from the path, and an upper guide unit that extends at least between the transport unit and the correction unit, the upper guide unit that guides an upper surface of the booklet, the moving unit being movable in a transport direction between (i) a predetermined upstream position and (ii) a downstream position downstream of the upstream position in the transport direction; a lower guide unit that guides a lower surface of the booklet transported by the transport unit; and a cutting unit that cuts a downstream fore edge portion of the booklet in the transport direction, the cutting unit being capable of advancing to the path of the booklet and retracting from the path…
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