Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11279586-B2
Application number	US-202017063803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	Oct 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance portion, a punching portion, a moving portion, a first detecting portion, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance portion, the punching portion and the moving portion, wherein the control unit is configured, for a target position of each of a plurality of holes to be formed to a single sheet, to cause the first detecting portion to execute a detection process, and to execute a moving process of moving the moving portion based on the output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the target position and a punching process of performing punching to the target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the moving process has been completed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction;
a punching portion configured to perform punching to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance portion, the punching portion comprising a punch that rotates around an axis extending in an intersecting direction intersecting the sheet conveyance direction;
a moving portion configured to move the punching portion toward the intersecting direction;
a first detecting portion arranged upstream of the punching portion in the sheet conveyance direction and configured to perform a detection process of outputting an output value based on a position of an edge portion in the intersecting direction of the sheet being conveyed; and
a control unit configured to control the conveyance portion, the punching portion and the moving portion,
wherein during punching performed to a first target position and a second target position of a single sheet, the control unit is configured to execute a first moving process of moving the moving portion based on a first output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the first target position, a first punching process of performing punching to the first target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the first moving process has been completed, a second moving process of moving the moving portion based on a second output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the second target position after the first moving process, and a second punching process of performing punching to the second target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the second moving process has been completed.

2. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein during the punching process, the punching portion performs punching to a sheet being conveyed by the conveyance portion.

3. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first detecting portion executes the detection process when the first target position and the second target position of the sheet being conveyed respectively reaches the first detecting portion.

4. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a moving distance of the punching portion in the first moving process based on the first output value and a position of the first target position in the intersecting direction, and to calculate a moving distance of the punching portion in the second moving process based on the second output value and a position of the second target position in the intersecting direction.

5. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second detecting portion that is arranged upstream of the first detecting portion in the sheet conveyance direction and that is configured to change an output value in a case where an upstream edge, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the sheet being conveyed passes through the second detecting portion.

6. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and the intersecting direction, the first detecting portion overlaps the first target position in a case where the first detecting portion outputs the first output value, and overlaps the second target position in a case where the first detecting portion outputs the second output value.

7. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a third detecting portion configured to change an output value based on a position, in a direction of rotation, of the punch.

8. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the output value of the third detecting portion varies between a period in which the punch is separated from the sheet and a period in which the punch is in contact with the sheet.

9. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first conveyance path configured to receive the sheet;
a reversing portion configured to reverse the sheet received from the first conveyance path;
a supporting portion on which the sheet reversed by the reversing portion is supported;
a second conveyance path extending below the first conveyance path, the second conveyance path being configured to receive the sheet reversed by the reversing portion and guide the sheet to the supporting portion;
a sheet discharge portion configured to discharge the sheet to an exterior of the sheet processing apparatus;
a third conveyance path extending toward the sheet discharge portion from the supporting portion and configured to guide the sheet to the sheet discharge portion; and
a rotary member pair arranged in the second conveyance path and configured to discharge the sheet to the supporting portion.

10. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the punching portion is arranged in the first conveyance path.

11. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
a conveyance portion configured to convey the sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming unit in a sheet conveyance direction;
a punching portion configured to perform punching to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance portion, the punching portion comprising a punch that rotates around an axis extending in an intersecting direction intersecting the sheet conveyance direction;
a moving portion configured to move the punching portion toward the intersecting direction;
a first detecting portion arranged upstream of the punching portion in the sheet conveyance direction and configured to perform a detection process of outputting an output value based on a position of an edge portion in the intersecting direction of the sheet being conveyed; and
a control unit configured to control the conveyance portion, the punching portion and the moving portion,
wherein during punching performed to a first target position and a second target position of a single sheet, the control unit is configured to execute a first moving process of moving the moving portion based on a first output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the first target position, a first punching process of performing punching to the first target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the first moving process has been completed, a second moving process of moving the moving portion based on a second output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the second target position after the first moving process, and a second punching process of performing punching to the second target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the second moving process has been completed.

12. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first detecting portion comprises a line sensor which extends in the intersecting direction and is disposed at a position corresponding to the edge portion of the sheet,
wherein there is no line sensor at a position corresponding to a second edge portion, opposing to a first edge portion as the edge portion in the intersecting direction, of the sheet.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nakahara Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B65H2553/412

  in barrier arrangements, i.e. emitter facing a receptor element · CPC title

• B65H35/08

  from or with revolving, e.g. cylinder, cutters or perforators · CPC title

• B65H7/02

  by feelers or detectors · CPC title

• B26D5/32

  with the record carrier formed by the work itself · CPC title

• B26D5/28

  the control means being responsive to presence or absence of work · CPC title