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Sheet processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and image forming apparatus

US7954811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 2009
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus which is cable of moving a sheet without applying extra load to the movement of the sheet in the case of laterally moving the sheet for sorting after completion of punching of holes in the sheet. A sheet is conveyed toward an abutment member. The sheet comes into abutment with the abutment member, whereby skew of the sheet is corrected. A punching unit punches holes in the sheet in abutment with the abutment member. A shift unit shifts the punched sheet that has been punched by the puncher in a direction intersecting with a conveying direction of the conveying unit. A controller causes the shift unit to start shifting the sheet in response to separate between the punched sheet and the abutment member.

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