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Sheet post treatment apparatus
Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKI KOGYO Co Ltd A CORP OF JAPAN
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Filing: 1990-09-05
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Granted: 1992-02-25
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Expires: 2010-09-05
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a sheet post treatment apparatus having receive means for receiving sheets, align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets and a moving member movable relative to the reference member to align the sheets, and control means for controlling the aligning means to cause the moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharged so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihiko Kitahara
- 👤 Kenji Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:23
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H31/00; B65H31/34; B65H31/38; B65H39/00; B65H39/10; B65H39/11; B65H2403/00; B65H2403/50; B65H2403/51; B65H2403/511; B65H2408/00; B65H2408/10; B65H2408/11; B65H2408/113; B65H2408/114; B65H2408/1141
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A sheet post treatment apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving sheets; align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets, and a moving member movable relative to said reference member to align the sheets; and control means for controlling said align means to cause said moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharged so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets, wherein assuming the width of the discharged sheets is W, the maximum width of the discharge sheets is Wmax, the distance from that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet to the end of the sheet is α, the distance from said reference member to the end of the sheet of the maximum width is β, and the distance from said reference member to that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet is x, said control means causes said moving member to wait at a position which satisfies the following relation: ##EQU2##
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A sheet post treatment apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving sheets; align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets, and a moving member movable relative to said reference member to align the sheets; and control means for controlling said align means to cause said moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharged so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets, wherein assuming the width of the discharged sheets is W, the maximum width of the discharge sheets is Wmax, the distance from that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet to the end of the sheet is α, the distance from said reference member to the end of the sheet of the maximum width is β, and the distance from said reference member to that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet is x, said control means causes said moving member to wait at a position which satisfies the following relation: ##EQU2##
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A sheet post treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means moves said moving member by a moving amount y toward said reference member during the aligning of the sheet, and said moving amount y satisfies: y=x-W.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sheet post treatment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein after the aligning of the sheet, said control means moves said moving member by the moving amount y away from said reference member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A sheet post treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said moving member is moved during the staple mode, and is not moved during the non-staple mode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
219 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: image forming means for forming an image on sheets; receiving means for receiving sheets on which said images have been formed by said image forming means; align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets, and a moving member movable relative to said reference member to align the sheets; and control means for controlling said align means to cause said moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharge so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets, wherein assuming the width of the discharged sheets is W, the maximum width of the discharged sheets is Wmax, the distance from that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet to the end of the sheet is α, the distance from said reference member to the end of the sheet of the maximum width is β, and the distance from said reference member to that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet is x, said control means causes said moving member to wait at a position which satisfies the following relation: ##EQU3##
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
219 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: image forming means for forming an image on sheets; receiving means for receiving sheets on which said images have been formed by said image forming means; align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets, and a moving member movable relative to said reference member to align the sheets; and control means for controlling said align means to cause said moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharge so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets, wherein assuming the width of the discharged sheets is W, the maximum width of the discharged sheets is Wmax, the distance from that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet to the end of the sheet is α, the distance from said reference member to the end of the sheet of the maximum width is β, and the distance from said reference member to that portion of said moving member which bears against the sheet is x, said control means causes said moving member to wait at a position which satisfies the following relation: ##EQU3##
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