Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method
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Application No.: US12104496Application Date: 2008-04-17
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Publication No.: US07922161B2Publication Date: 2011-04-12
- Inventor: Ken Iguchi , Katsuya Sasahara , Takahiro Kawaguchi , Hiroyuki Taguchi , Katsuhiko Tsuchiya
- Applicant: Ken Iguchi , Katsuya Sasahara , Takahiro Kawaguchi , Hiroyuki Taguchi , Katsuhiko Tsuchiya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: B65H37/04
- IPC: B65H37/04

Abstract:
A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, in which printed sheets are bundled, with a staple, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a reinforce roller and moves along a direction of the fold line while applying pressure by the reinforce roller to the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit, a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the fold line, and a control unit configured to control a movement speed of the roller unit, and the control unit causes the roller unit to move at a first speed in an outside of a specified range including the edge of the staple, and causes the roller unit to move at a second speed not higher than the first speed in the specified range including the edge of the staple.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080315484A1 SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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