Postprocessing apparatus and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9302879-B2
Application number	US-201314021560-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2013
Priority date	Mar 19, 2013
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A postprocessing apparatus includes a support unit that supports a sheet that is transported, an abutment unit against which a leading end of the sheet supported by the support unit abuts, a postprocessing unit that performs a postprocessing operation on the sheet abutting against the abutment unit, a detection unit that detects an image formed at a predetermined position on the sheet and detects a position of the image when the sheet abuts against the abutment unit, and a changing unit that changes a position of the abutment unit relative to the postprocessing unit on the basis of the position of the image detected by the detection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A postprocessing apparatus comprising:
a support unit that supports a sheet that is transported;
an abutment unit against which a leading end of the sheet supported by the support unit abuts;
a postprocessing unit that performs a postprocessing operation on the sheet abutting against the abutment unit;
a detection unit that detects an image formed at a predetermined position on the sheet and detects a position of the image when the sheet abuts against the abutment unit;
a changing unit that changes a position of the abutment unit relative to the postprocessing unit on the basis of the position of the image detected by the detection unit;
a first driving unit that moves the abutment unit closer to or away from the support unit in a vertical direction; and
a second driving unit that moves the detection unit in a region located above the postprocessing unit, which performs the postprocessing operation on the sheet in the support unit, wherein the detection unit faces an upper end side of the support unit and is located above a middle of portion of the support unit.

2. The postprocessing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection unit detects an image formed on a region of the sheet supported by the support unit, the region being located below an upper end of a portion of the sheet, the portion being supported by the support unit.

3. The postprocessing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection unit detects an image formed on a region of the sheet supported by the support unit, the region being located above a portion of the sheet, the postprocessing unit performing the postprocessing operation on the portion of the sheet.

4. The postprocessing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection unit detects a portion of an image formed on the sheet, the portion extending in a direction that intersects a sheet transport direction in which the sheet is transported to the abutment unit.

5. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet;
a transport unit that transports the sheet on which the image forming unit has formed an image;
a support unit that supports the sheet transported by the transport unit;
an abutment unit against which a leading end of the sheet supported by the support unit abuts;
a postprocessing unit that performs a postprocessing operation on the sheet abutting against the abutment unit;
a detection unit that detects an image formed at a predetermined position of the sheet and detects a position of the image when the sheet abuts against the abutment unit;
a first driving unit that moves the abutment unit closer to or away from the support unit in a vertical direction on the basis of the position of the image detected by the detection unit; and
a second driving unit that moves the detection unit in a region located above the postprocessing unit, which performs the postprocessing operation on the sheet in the support unit, wherein the detection unit faces an upper end side of the support unit and is located above a middle of portion of the support unit.

6. An image forming system according to claim 5 ,
wherein, the postprocessing unit performs the postprocessing operation on a first portion of the sheet supported by the support unit, the first portion being located below an upper end of a second portion of the sheet, the second portion being supported by the support unit.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Masashi

Classifications

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H2301/4505

  Folding bound sheets, e.g. stapled sheets · CPC title

• G03G15/6582

  Special processing for irreversibly adding or changing the sheet copy material characteristics or its appearance, e.g. stamping, annotation printing, punching · CPC title

• B65H2511/22

  Distance · CPC title

• B65H2553/81

  on a movable element · CPC title