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Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system

US12344499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 2022
Grant dateJul 1, 2025
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2044

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00818
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction, a punching unit configured to punch a hole to the sheet being conveyed by the conveyance unit, a moving unit configured to move the punching unit in an intersecting direction intersecting the sheet conveyance direction, a detection unit arranged upstream of the punching unit in the sheet conveyance direction and configured to change an output value based on a position of an edge portion, in the intersecting direction, of the sheet being conveyed, a cleaning portion configured to clean the detection unit, and an interlocking portion configured to move the cleaning portion so as to clean the detection unit by interlocking with a movement of the punching unit in the intersecting direction.

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