Post-processing device and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024300774-A1
Application number	US-202418430622-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 1, 2024
Priority date	Mar 9, 2023
Publication date	Sep 12, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A post-processing device includes: a loading section on which a bundle of recording media subjected to folding processing is loaded; a pushing section that moves in a thickness direction of the bundle of recording media, comes into contact with a surface, and pushes the bundle of recording media to form a folded portion; and a rotating section that starts an operation from a stopped state after the pushing section moves to a predetermined position, and sandwiches and rotates the folded portion of the bundle of recording media pushed by the pushing section to form a fold in the bundle of recording media.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A post-processing device comprising:
a loading section on which a bundle of recording media subjected to folding processing is loaded; a pushing section that moves in a thickness direction of the bundle of recording media, comes into contact with a surface, and pushes the bundle of recording media to form a folded portion; and a rotating section that starts an operation from a stopped state after the pushing section moves to a predetermined position, and sandwiches and rotates the folded portion of the bundle of recording media pushed by the pushing section to form a fold in the bundle of recording media.

2 . The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined position is determined on the basis of an amount of movement of the pushing section from an initial position.

3 . The post-processing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the amount of movement is determined on the basis of the number of loaded recording media and a basis weight of the recording media.

4 . The post-processing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the pushing section starts the operation after the amount of movement is determined.

5 . The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pushing section stops at the predetermined position and then starts the operation together with the rotating section.

6 . The post-processing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the pushing section moves to the predetermined position, and stops by the surface of the bundle of recording media coming into contact with the rotating section in the stopped state, and thereafter the movement of the pushing section and the operation of the rotating section are started.

7 . The post-processing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein in a case of forming the fold in the bundle of recording media, a pushing speed at which the pushing section pushes the bundle of recording media is faster than a rotation speed at which the rotating section sandwiches and rotates the folded portion of the bundle of recording media.

8 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 1 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

9 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 2 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

10 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 3 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

11 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 4 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

12 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 5 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

13 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 6 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

14 . An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and the post-processing device according to claim 7 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming apparatus forms the image.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Kawano Koji
• Fukamachi Takayuki
• Fukui Eri
• Mizuno Yuki

Classifications

• G03G2215/00742

  of sheet weight · CPC title

• G03G2215/00067

  on recording medium · CPC title

• G03G15/6555

  Handling of sheet copy material taking place in a specific part of the copy material feeding path · CPC title

• B65H2801/03

  Image reproduction devices · CPC title

• B65H2301/36

  Positioning; Changing position · CPC title