Sheet processing device and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10974923-B2
Application number	US-202016872795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A sheet processing device includes a conveying unit, a presser, an end detector, and a setting unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet having a crease formed therein. The presser presses the crease in the sheet. The end detector detects an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction. The setting unit sets a crease position where the crease is to be formed. Upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the conveying unit conveys the sheet to a position where the crease faces the presser, on the basis of the crease position set by the setting unit. The presser presses the crease in the conveyed sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet processing device comprising:
a conveyer configured to convey a sheet having at least one crease;
a presser configured to press the crease in the sheet; and
an end detector configured to detect an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction, wherein
the conveyer is configured to convey the sheet to a downstream position in the conveying direction of the sheet by a distance from a position of the end detector to a position where the end in the conveying direction faces the presser, and
the presser is configured to press the crease conveyed by the conveyer.

2. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set a crease position where the crease is to be formed, wherein
the conveyer is configured to convey the sheet based on the crease position set by the setting unit.

3. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the presser includes
a shaft, and
a part arranged in a spiral manner around the shaft, and over less than a full circumferential extent of the shaft, the part to rotate together with the shaft, and

the part has a spiral pattern, and over all of an axial extent of the shaft on which the spiral pattern is arranged, the spiral pattern does not repeat itself.

4. The sheet processing device of claim 3 , wherein
the part is symmetrically arranged with respect to a center of the part in an axis direction of the shaft.

5. The sheet processing device of claim 3 , wherein the part has a continuous helical shape in an axis direction.

6. The sheet processing device of claim 3 , wherein the part is provided toward both ends of the predetermined axial extent in an axis direction of the shaft with respect to a reference part between the both ends.

7. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the presser includes
a shaft, and
a press structure arranged around the shaft, wherein

the press structure includes a part whose pressing position in a rotational direction of the shaft is different along an axis direction of the shaft.

8. The sheet processing device of claim 7 , wherein the part is symmetrically arranged with respect to a center of the part in an axis direction of the shaft.

9. The sheet processing device of claim 7 , wherein the part has a continuous helical shape in the axis direction.

10. The sheet processing device of claim 7 , wherein the part is provided toward both ends of the predetermined axial extent in an axis direction of the shaft with respect to a reference part between the both ends.

11. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
when the crease to be pressed is formed on the end in the conveying direction, the conveyer is configured to convey, upon detection of the end in the conveying direction, the sheet to the position where the end in the conveying direction faces the presser.

12. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , further comprising a shifting unit configured to shift the presser in the conveying direction of the sheet, wherein
the shifting unit is configured to shift the presser to a position where the presser faces the crease, based on fold information about a fold type and sheet information about a size of the sheet in the conveying direction, and
the presser is configured to press the crease in the sheet at a position to which the presser is shifted.

13. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , further comprising a plate member facing the presser.

14. An image forming system, comprising:
an image forming device configured to form an image on the sheet; and
the sheet processing device according to claim 1 , the sheet processing device pressing the crease in the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming device.

15. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the crease in the sheet is positioned at the end in the conveying direction of the sheet.

16. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the sheet has at least two creases.

17. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein
the presser is a rotator, and
a position at which the presser presses the sheet moves along a direction of the crease as the rotator rotates.

18. The sheet processing device of claim 1 , wherein the presser presses the crease while the sheet is stopped.

19. A sheet processing device comprising:
a conveyer configured to convey a sheet having a plurality of creases;
a presser configured to press a first crease and a second crease in the sheet; and
an end detector configured to detect an end in a conveying direction of the sheet at a position upstream of the presser in the conveying direction, wherein
the presser is configured to press the first crease downstream in the conveying direction and press the second crease upstream of the first crease in the conveying direction, and
when the second crease is not formed on an upstream end in the conveying direction of the sheet,
the conveyer is configured to convey the sheet to a downstream in the conveying direction by a distance between the first crease and the second crease after the presser presses the first crease, and
the presser is configured to press the second crease.

20. The sheet processing device of claim 19 , further comprising a plate member facing the presser.

21. An image forming system, comprising:
an image forming device configured to form an image on the sheet; and
the sheet processing device according to claim 19 , the sheet processing device pressing the crease in the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming device.

22. The sheet processing device of claim 19 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set a crease position where the crease is to be formed, wherein
the conveyer is configured to convey the sheet based on the crease position set by the setting unit.

23. The sheet processing device of claim 19 , wherein
the presser includes
a shaft, and
a part arranged in a spiral manner around the shaft, and over less than a full circumferential extent of the shaft, the part to rotate together with the shaft, and

the part has a spiral pattern, and over all of an axial extent of the shaft on which the spiral pattern is arranged, the spiral pattern does not repeat itself.

24. The sheet processing device of claim 23 , wherein
the part is symmetrically arranged with respect to a center of the part in an axis direction of the shaft.

25. The sheet processing device of claim 23 , wherein the part has a continuous helical shape in the axis direction.

26. The sheet processing device of claim 23 , wherein the part is provided toward both ends of the predetermined axial extent in an axis direction of the shaft with respect to a reference part between the both ends.

27. The sheet processing device of claim 19 , wherein
the presser includes
a shaft, and
a press structure arranged around the shaft, wherein

the press structure includes a part whose pressing position in a rotational direction of the shaft is different along an axis direction of the shaft.

28. The sheet processing device of claim 27 , wherein the part is symmetrically arranged with respect to a center of the part in an axis direction of the shaft.

29. The sheet processing device of claim 27 , wherein the part has a continuous helical shape in the

Assignees

• Suzuki Michitaka
• Furuhashi Tomohiro
• Hoshino Tomomichi
• Saito Satoshi
• Watanabe Takahiro
• Watanabe Takao
• Suzuki Yuji
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Michitaka
• Furuhashi Tomohiro
• Hoshino Tomomichi
• Saito Satoshi
• Watanabe Takahiro
• Watanabe Takao
• Suzuki Yuji

Classifications

• B65H45/14 Primary

  Buckling folders · CPC title

• B65H45/30 Primary

  Folding in combination with creasing, smoothing or application of adhesive (folding or adhesive application in article or web delivering B65H37/00) · CPC title