Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet folding apparatus, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet folding method
- Patent Title (中): 片材折叠装置,使用其的成像装置和折页方法
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Application No.: US13271062Application Date: 2011-10-11
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Publication No.: US08177211B2Publication Date: 2012-05-15
- Inventor: Ken Iguchi , Takahiro Kawaguchi
- Applicant: Ken Iguchi , Takahiro Kawaguchi
- 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: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: B31F1/10
- IPC: B31F1/10

Abstract:
A sheet folding apparatus includes: a saddle-stitching unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle; a folding unit configured to fold the sheet bundle at the center to form a fold; a loading base onto which the sheet bundle conveyed from the folding unit is loaded; a nipping plate configured to be pressed to and separated from the loading base in parallel to the loading base and to nip the sheet bundle loaded onto the loading base; and first and second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of the sheet bundle nipped by the nipping plate to reinforce the fold. Here, a surface, which faces the loading base, of the nipping plate is provided with an elastic member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120028781A1 SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SHEET FOLDING METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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