Creasing device, image forming system, and creasing method
US8974360B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/27
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A creasing device forms a crease in a to-be-folded portion of a sheet. The creasing device includes a sheet-information reading unit that reads any one of sheet information and binding information; a determining unit that determines a surface, on which the crease is to be formed, of the sheet according to the one of the sheet information and the binding information read by the sheet-information reading unit; and a creasing unit that forms the crease on the surface determined by the determining unit.
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