Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and sheet processing method
US8444133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00848
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a support unit on which sheets are stacked together as a sheet stack, first and second binding units that respectively perform first and second binding processes to bind the sheet stack as first and second sheet stacks, a transporting unit that transports the first and second sheet stacks toward first and second paths, respectively, which are in opposite directions, a reversing-and-transporting unit disposed at the second path to transport the second sheet stack such that upper and lower sides thereof are reversed, a first transported-sheet-stack support unit that is disposed at the first path and on which the first sheet stack transported by the transporting unit is placed, and a second transported-sheet-stack support unit that is disposed at the second path and on which the second sheet stack reversed and transported by the reversing-and-transporting unit is placed.
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