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Medium processing device and image forming apparatus

US12054350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 2023
Grant dateAug 6, 2024
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2404/741
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A medium processing device includes a plurality of crimping teeth and circuitry. The plurality of crimping teeth presses and deforms a position on a sheet bundle to bind the sheet bundle. The sheet bundle is a bundle of stacked sheet-shaped media. The plurality of crimping teeth flattens the position pressed and deformed to unbind the sheet bundle. The circuitry causes the plurality of crimping teeth to sandwich the position on the sheet bundle.

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