Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet folding apparatus and image forming system
- Patent Title (中): 折页装置和成像系统
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Application No.: US12458499Application Date: 2009-07-14
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Publication No.: US08246030B2Publication Date: 2012-08-21
- Inventor: Noriaki Sekine
- Applicant: Noriaki Sekine
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2008-183378 20080715; JP2009-051469 20090305
- Main IPC: B41F13/64
- IPC: B41F13/64 ; B65H29/00

Abstract:
A sheet folding apparatus includes a first folding unit that folds a sheet of recording medium along first folds that extend orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, a second folding unit that folds the sheet along a second fold that extends orthogonal to the first fold, a folded-sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet folded by the first folding unit to the second folding unit, and a stacker unit. The stacker unit is arranged above the folded-sheet conveying unit. The sheet folding apparatus has a first exit through which a non-folded sheet is output, a second exit through which a fan-folded sheet is output, and a third exit through which a cross-folded sheet is output. Sheets output from the first exit and the second exit are stacked in the stacker unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100013139A1 Sheet folding apparatus and image forming system Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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