公开(公告)号：US20200071116A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16549805

申请日：2019-08-23

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA

IPC: B65H37/04 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H29/12

Abstract: A paper sheet post-processing device includes a processing tray, an aligning member that aligns paper sheets on the processing tray, a swingable holder that supports the aligning member, a swinging mechanism that causes the holder to swing, and a control unit that controls the swinging mechanism. The swinging mechanism includes a rotation shaft inserted into a shaft insertion portion of the holder with play in a rotation direction. The control unit controls the rotation shaft to rotate and stop at a predetermined rotation angle position corresponding to a stack height of the sheets stacked on the processing tray, so that the holder is disposed at a contact position. At the contact position, the holder is allowed to swing in a retracting direction with respect to the rotation shaft within a predetermined play range. The play range is set to be larger in proportion to the stack height of the sheets.

公开(公告)号：US20240253940A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18419737

申请日：2024-01-23

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takehiko OKADA ,  Yusuke TAKANO ,  Keisuke EGAWA ,  Yasunori UENO ,  Seiichi SHIRASAKI ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Takuya NISHIMURA

IPC: B65H39/10 ,  B65H9/04 ,  B65H45/12

CPC classification number: B65H39/10 ,  B65H9/04 ,  B65H45/12 ,  B65H2701/175 ,  B65H2801/27

Abstract: A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a table configured to receive a plurality of sheets delivered thereto, and inclined downward toward a downstream side in a sheet delivery direction, a leading edge cursor provided on a far side on the table in the delivery direction, and configured to align respective leading edges of the sheets abutted against the leading edge cursor, and a postprocessing device including a stapling device that binds a central portion in the delivery direction, of the sheets stacked on the table, and a center folding device that folds the sheets along the central portion. The table includes an upper face region that allows the sheet to slide thereon, and a plurality of slip sheets of a belt-like shape, each extending on the upper face region along the delivery direction, with a clearance between each other in a width direction orthogonal to the delivery direction.

公开(公告)号：US20240253939A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18418662

申请日：2024-01-22

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takehiko OKADA ,  Yusuke TAKANO ,  Keisuke EGAWA ,  Yasunori UENO ,  Seiichi SHIRASAKI ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Takuya NISHIMURA

IPC: B65H37/04 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/34

CPC classification number: B65H37/04 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/34 ,  B65H45/00 ,  B65H2404/7412

Abstract: A sheet postprocessing device includes a saddle binding device configured to stack a plurality of recording sheets on a table, abut leading edges of the respective recording sheets against a leading edge cursor, thus to align the leading edges with each other, and bind the center of the recording sheets and fold the recording sheets, and a first pressing member supported so as to pivot in a direction toward and away from the table. The first pressing member is made to pivot toward the table by self-weight thereof, allows the leading edge of the recording sheet delivered to the table to pass toward the leading edge cursor, and presses a portion of the recording sheet in a proximity of the leading edge, at a position upstream of the leading edge cursor, in a delivery direction of the recording sheet.

公开(公告)号：US20240253935A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18420344

申请日：2024-01-23

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yasunori UENO ,  Keisuke EGAWA ,  Yusuke TAKANO ,  Takehiko OKADA ,  Takuya NISHIMURA ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Seiichi SHIRASAKI

IPC: B65H31/26 ,  B65H7/06

CPC classification number: B65H31/26 ,  B65H7/06 ,  B65H2301/4223 ,  B65H2511/17 ,  B65H2801/27

Abstract: A sheet discharger includes a sheet discharge outlet, a discharge member, a sheet discharge tray, a sheet hold-down member, a drive portion, and a control portion. The sheet discharge tray is disposed downstream from the sheet discharge outlet with respect to a discharge direction and is a tray on which a sheet discharged through the sheet discharge outlet is loaded. The sheet hold-down member is swingable between a hold-down position at which the sheet loaded on the sheet discharge tray is held down at an upstream part thereof in the discharge direction and a retracted position retracted upward from the hold-down position. The drive portion drives the sheet hold-down member. The control portion determines, in accordance with characteristics of the sheet, whether or not to execute a sheet hold-down operation in which the sheet hold-down member is moved to the retracted position and to the hold-down position.

公开(公告)号：US20240253934A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18414393

申请日：2024-01-16

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Terumitsu NOSO ,  Keisuke EGAWA ,  Yasunori UENO ,  Seiichi SHIRASAKI ,  Takehiko OKADA ,  Yusuke TAKANO ,  Takuya NISHIMURA

IPC: B65H31/26 ,  B65H33/00

CPC classification number: B65H31/26 ,  B65H33/00 ,  B65H37/04 ,  B65H2511/212 ,  B65H2557/24 ,  B65H2801/27

Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes: a loading assist mechanism including a flapping member, a pressing member, a first power transmission mechanism that pivots the flapping member from a first ready-to-pivot position, a second power transmission mechanism that pivots the pressing member from a second ready-to-pivot position, a rotary member that transmits, during rotation in a first direction, power to the first power transmission mechanism, and transmits, during rotation in a second direction, power to the second power transmission mechanism, and a drive source that rotates the rotary member; and a control device that controls the drive source to control an angle of rotation of the rotary member in the first direction, thus controlling an angle of pivoting of the flapping member, and controls the drive source to control an angle of rotation of the rotary member in the second direction, thus controlling an angle of pivoting of the pressing member.

公开(公告)号：US20240239119A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18410729

申请日：2024-01-11

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takuya NISHIMURA ,  Seiichi SHIRASAKI ,  Yasunori UENO ,  Takehiko OKADA ,  Keisuke EGAWA ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Yusuke TAKANO

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B65H31/26

CPC classification number: B41J13/0036 ,  B41J13/0054 ,  B41J13/0063 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B65H31/26 ,  B65H2404/68

Abstract: The sheet discharge device includes a sheet discharge port, a discharge member, a sheet discharge tray, a support member, a drive mechanism, and a controller. The discharge member conveys sheets in a discharge direction. On the sheet discharge tray, the sheets discharged from the sheet discharge port are to be stacked. The support member is movable by the drive mechanism between a projective position in which the support member is projected to above the sheet discharge tray so as to support the sheets, and a retractive position in which the support member has retracted from the projective position to an upstream side of the sheet discharge port. The controller is enabled to adjust at least one of a projective length of the support member in its projective position and a shift timing from the projective position to the retractive position in response to characteristics of the sheets.

公开(公告)号：US20230264922A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18111548

申请日：2023-02-18

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Yasunori UENO

IPC: B65H45/18 ,  B65H43/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: B65H45/18 ,  B65H43/00 ,  G03G15/6582 ,  B65H2301/452 ,  B65H2511/222 ,  B65H2513/512

Abstract: A postprocessing device includes a pair of folding rollers, a folding blade, a transport device, a roller driver, a blade driver, and a drive controller. The drive controller selectively performs one of a first rotation control, including controlling the roller driver to keep rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers constant, while the folding blade is moving away from a nip region, and a second rotation control, including controlling the roller driver to stop the rotation or slow down the rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers, while a tip portion of the folding blade is being withdrawn from a folded portion of a sheaf of sheets folded, and to restore the rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers to original rotation speed, after the tip portion of the folding blade has been removed from the folded portion of the sheaf of sheets folded.

公开(公告)号：US20230264492A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18109518

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA ,  Terumitsu NOSO ,  Yasunori UENO

IPC: B41J11/58

CPC classification number: B41J11/58

Abstract: A postprocessing device is attached to an image forming apparatus. The postprocessing device includes a processing tray, a sheet processor, and a fan. The processing tray is for stacking thereon sheets on which an image has been formed and which is transported from the image forming apparatus. The sheet processor performs predetermined postprocessing on the sheets stacked on the processing tray. The fan forms an air layer between an upper face of the sheets already stacked on the stacking surface of the processing tray and a lower face of a sheet newly placed on the processing tray, by emitting air in a transport direction of the sheet, from an upstream side in the transport direction toward the stacking surface.

公开(公告)号：US20220185613A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17544042

申请日：2021-12-07

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA ,  Kazuhisa IWAMOTO

IPC: B65H37/06 ,  B65H29/58 ,  B65H31/26

Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes a folding portion, a discharge portion, a stacking tray, a shift unit, a pair of alignment members, and a controller. The pair of alignment members include first and second alignment members at one and the other side of sheets stacked on the stacking tray. When a sheet bundle sorted and stacked on the stacking tray includes a folded sheet, executes a second alignment mode in which it performs, for sheets shifted to a first position at one side on the stacking tray, alignment with only the first alignment member and, for sheets shifted to a second position at the other side, alignment with only the second alignment member, or does not perform alignment process.

公开(公告)号：US20140140746A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-22

申请号：US14086609

申请日：2013-11-21

Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.

Inventor： Keisuke EGAWA

IPC: G03G15/00

CPC classification number: G03G15/6576 ,  B41J11/0005 ,  B65H2301/51256 ,  G03G2215/00662

Abstract: A decurler device corrects a curl of a sheet. The decurler device includes a first roller, a second roller and a support unit. The first roller rotates about a first rotational shaft as an axial center. Further, the first roller is elastically deformable. The second roller rotates about a second rotational shaft in parallel with the first rotational shaft as an axial center. Further, the second roller is pressed by the first roller to elastically deform the first roller, thereby forming a curved nip portion between itself and the first roller. The second roller rotates to convey a sheet. The support unit rotatably supports the first and second rollers. Further, the support unit is rotatable about a third rotational shaft in parallel with the first rotational shaft as an axial center. The support unit rotates when a sheet is conveyed with it nipped by the nip portion.

Abstract translation: 去卷曲器装置校正纸张的卷曲。 分卷器装置包括第一辊，第二辊和支撑单元。 第一辊绕作为轴向中心的第一旋转轴旋转。 此外，第一辊可弹性变形。 第二辊绕作为轴向中心的与第一旋转轴平行的第二旋转轴旋转。 此外，第二辊被第一辊按压以使第一辊弹性变形，从而在其与第一辊之间形成弯曲的夹持部。 第二辊旋转以传送片材。 支撑单元可旋转地支撑第一和第二辊。 此外，支撑单元可以围绕作为轴向中心的与第一旋转轴平行的第三旋转轴旋转。 当纸张被夹持部分夹持时，支撑单元旋转。