Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371295-B2
Application number	US-202318354049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2023
Priority date	Jul 25, 2022
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

In a case where a binding unit performs a binding process at the corner portion on a first end side in a width direction of the sheet in the second posture, an abutment operation of conveying the sheet and abutting the downstream end edge of the sheet in a conveyance direction against the abutment portion, and a shift operation of moving the sheet to a position where the sheet does not contact a back side surface of the binding unit when the binding unit is in the second posture, on a second end side in the width direction with respect to a position of the sheet conveyed to the placement portion are performed. Then a movable turning unit turns the binding unit from a first posture to the second posture, and the binding process is performed by the binding unit in the second posture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a tray configured to stack a sheet one by one for forming a sheet bundle;
a stopper against which an end edge of a respective sheet abuts on the tray;
a rotary device configured to convey a respective sheet on the tray toward the stopper;
a shift mechanism configured to shift a respective sheet in a width direction of the sheet;
stapler configured to perform a side stitch binding process and an oblique binding process on the sheet bundle with an edge of the sheet bundle being abutted against the stopper;
a turning mechanism configured to turn the stapler to a first posture for performing the side stitch binding process and a second posture for performing the oblique binding process, the second posture being inclined with respect to the first posture; and
a controller configured to control the rotary device, the shift mechanism, the stapler, and the turning mechanism,
wherein in a case where the stapler performs the oblique binding process at a corner on a first side in the width direction of the sheet bundle formed of sheets each of which is a sheet having a maximum size capable of being stapled in the width direction, the controller is configured to execute a sheet bundle forming operation of repeating a conveying operation of conveying a respective sheet until the sheet abuts the stopper by the rotary device and a shifting operation of shifting the sheet toward a second side opposite to the first side in the width direction by the shift mechanism, and execute an operation of turning the stapler to the second posture by the turning mechanism after the sheet bundle forming operation and performing the oblique binding process by the stapler.

2. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the turning mechanism is configured to turn the stapler from the first posture to the second posture in a case where the stapler performs the oblique binding process on the first side of the sheet bundle.

3. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the shift mechanism is configured to contact with an edge on the first side of the sheet to move the sheet on the tray toward the second side in the width direction.

4. A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a tray configured to stack a sheet one by one for forming a sheet bundle;
a stopper against which an end edge of a respective sheet abuts on the tray;
a rotary device configured to convey a respective sheet on the tray toward the stopper;
a shift mechanism configured to shift a respective sheet in a width direction of the sheet;
a stapler configured to perform a side stitch binding process and an oblique binding process on the sheet bundle with an edge of the sheet bundle being abutted against the stopper;
a turning mechanism configured turn the stapler to a first posture for performing the side stitch binding process and a second posture for performing the oblique binding process, the second posture being inclined with respect to the first posture; and
a controller configured to control the rotary device, the shift mechanism, the stapler, and the turning mechanism,
wherein in a case where the stapler performs the oblique binding process at a corner on a first side in the width direction of the sheet bundle formed of sheets each of which is a sheet having a maximum size capable of being stapled in the width direction, the controller is configured to execute the oblique binding process at the corner on the first side of the sheet bundle by the stapler in the second posture after a sheet bundle forming operation, the sheet bundle forming operation being an operation of repeating a shifting operation of shifting a respective sheet toward a second side opposite to the first side in the width direction by the shift mechanism and a conveying operation of conveying the sheet until the sheet abuts the stopper by the rotary device, and
wherein the conveying operation is executed after the shifting operation in the sheet bundle forming operation.

5. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the shift mechanism is configured to contact with the edge on the first side of the sheet to move the sheet on the tray toward the second side in the width direction.

6. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to execute a turning operation of the stapler before the sheet bundle forming operation, the turning operation being an operation of turning the stapler to the second posture by the turning mechanism.

7. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
a tray configured to stack a respective sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit one by one for forming a sheet bundle,
a stopper against which an end edge of a respective sheet abuts on the tray;
a rotary device configured to convey a respective sheet on the tray toward the stopper;
a shift mechanism configured to shift a respective sheet in a width direction of the sheet;
a stapler configured to perform a side stitch binding process and an oblique binding process on the sheet bundle with an end edge of the sheet bundle being abutted against the stopper;
a turning mechanism configured to turn the stapler to a first posture for performing the side stitch binding process and a second posture for performing the oblique binding process, the second posture being inclined with respect to the first posture; and
a controller configured to control the rotary device, the shift mechanism, the stapler, and the turning mechanism,
wherein in a case where the stapler performs the oblique binding process at a corner on a first side in the width direction of the sheet bundle formed of sheets each of which is a sheet having a maximum size capable of being stapled in the width direction, the controller is configured to execute a sheet bundle forming operation of repeating a conveying operation of conveying a respective sheet until the sheet abuts the stopper by the rotary device and a shifting operation of shifting the sheet toward a second side opposite to the first side in the width direction by the shift mechanism, and execute an operation of turning the stapler to the second posture by the turning mechanism after the sheet bundle forming operation and performing the oblique binding process by the stapler.

8. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming unit configured to an image on a sheet;
a tray configured to stack a respective sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit one by one for forming a sheet bundle;
a stopper against which an end edge of a respective sheet abuts on the tray;
a rotary device configured to convey a respective sheet on the tray toward the stopper;
a shift mechanism configured to shift a respective sheet on the tray in a width direction of the sheet;
a stapler configured to perform a side stitch binding process and an oblique binding process on the sheet bundle with an end edge of the sheet bundle being abutted against the stopper;
a turning mechanism configured to turn the stapler to a first posture for performing the side stitch binding process and a second posture for performing the oblique binding process, the second posture being inclined with respect to the first posture; and
a controller configured to control the rotary device, the shift mechanism, the stapler and the turning mechanism,
wherein in a case where the stapler performs the oblique binding process at a corner on a first side in the width direction of the sheet bundle formed of sheets each of which is a sheet having a maximum size capable of being stapled in the width direction, the controller is con

Assignees

• Canon Finetech Nisca Inc

Inventors

• Kubo Mamoru
• Katsumata Toshiyuki
• Kobayashi Takuma
• Mitsui Yusuke
• Kanda Koji

Classifications

• B65H2701/1311

  leading edge · CPC title

• B65H2301/51611

  involving at least a binding element traversing the handled material, e.g. staple · CPC title

• B65H2301/4213

  of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• G03G15/6544 Primary

  Details about the binding means or procedure · CPC title