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

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8770569
APP PUB NO 20130113154A1
SERIAL NO

13660067

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A sheet processing apparatus is disclosed which includes front and back trailing-end reference fences that are movable and on which the sheet trailing-end abuts to align the sheet trailing-end; a side-stitching stapler that moves along the sheet trailing-end and binds a bundle of sheets aligned; a length-direction moving mechanism that moves the trailing-end reference fences in a sheet conveying direction; and a position changing unit that drives the length-direction moving mechanism to change the position of one of the trailing-end reference fences in the sheet conveying direction relative to the position of the other one. The front and back trailing-end reference fences are moved to change binding positions such that the distances from the sheet trailing-end to staple positions are made equal in front-side binding and in back-side binding.

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RICOH COMPANY LIMITEDTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Furuhashi, Tomohiro Kanagawa, JP 131 1665
Goto, Kiichiro Kanagawa, JP 38 456
Hoshino, Tomomichi Kanagawa, JP 57 879
Konno, Kazunori Miyagi, JP 27 435
Kunieda, Akira Tokyo, JP 94 1536
Nagasako, Shuuya Kanagawa, JP 99 3065
Nakada, Kyosuke Kanagawa, JP 31 527
Niikura, Yasuo Miyagi, JP 30 455
Shibasaki, Yuusuke Kanagawa, JP 68 750
Sugiyama, Keisuke Tokyo, JP 76 775
Suzuki, Junya Miyagi, JP 154 898
Tamura, Masahiro Kanagawa, JP 150 3467
Watanabe, Takahiro Kanagawa, JP 232 2355
Yamamoto, Kazuya Kanagawa, JP 164 2356
Yoshizaki, Tomohiro Saitama, JP 10 170

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