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Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus

US7185883B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 2004
Grant dateMar 6, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2513/512
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet treating apparatus including, a conveying device for conveying sheets, a sheet stack tray for stacking the sheets conveyed by the conveying device, a sensor detecting the sheets conveyed to the sheet stack tray, a pressure-contact conveying device for conveying the sheets on the sheet stack tray in pressure contact with the sheets, a pressure-contact device for bringing the pressure-contact conveying device into pressure-contact with the sheets, and a controlling device for varying a time from when the sensor detects the sheets to when the pressure-contact device starts operating according to a sheet conveyance speed of the conveying device.

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