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Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and image forming apparatus

US9415560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 2014
Grant dateAug 16, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00843
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet fastening unit of a pressing fastener method in which a bundle of sheets is fastened by using a pair of pressing fastener members; a conveying unit that conveys the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit; a separating unit that, after the sheet fastening unit performs a fastening operation on the bundle of sheets, moves both one and the other pressing fastener members, between which the bundle of sheets is interposed, so as to separate a sheet that adheres to the pressing fastener member; and a control unit that, after the separating unit finishes an operation to separate the sheet, controls the conveying unit so as to convey the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit.

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