Post-processing apparatus, and image formation apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9415966-B2
Application number	US-201414582673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A post-processing apparatus includes a sheet support device, a pair of side edge regulation members that engage in sheet opposite side edges on the sheet support device, and a shift device configured to shift a position of each of the side edge regulation members, and thereby causing the members to perform carry operation to shift the sheet on the sheet support device, wherein in executing the carry operation, the shift device sandwiches the sheet by the pair of side edge regulation members, and thereby makes a state in which pressure is applied to the sheet to execute.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A post-processing apparatus comprising:
a sheet support portion configured to place a sheet;
a pair of side edge regulation members that engages opposite side edges of a sheet on the the sheet support portion; and
a controller that controls to change a distance between the pair of side edge regulation members,
wherein the controller controls the pair of side edge regulation members to execute a carry operation of the sheet on the sheet support portion toward a carry direction in a state in which pressure is applied to opposite side edges of the sheet according to a length between the opposite side edges of the sheet.

2. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic member that is provided in at least one of the pair of side edge regulation members, to add elasticity to an engagement surface that contacts a side edge of a sheet on the sheet support portion to make the engagement surface elastically movable in executing alignment operation, and to make the engagement surface inelastically immovable in executing the carry operation.

3. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a transport path that transports the sheet,
wherein the controller controls the pair of side edge regulation members to align the sheet fed from the transport path in a predetermined reference position, next to shift the sheet to a predetermined processing position, and then, to perform realignment.

4. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a stopper configured to regulate a position of the sheet carried by the pair of side edge regulation members.

5. An image formation apparatus comprising:
an image formation section that forms an image on a sheet; and
a post-processing section that performs post-processing on the sheet fed from the image formation section,
wherein the post-processing section is comprised of the post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 .

6. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the pair of side edge regulation members to apply less pressure on the opposite side edges of the sheet after the sheet on the sheet support portion is in a state in which pressure is applied to the opposite side edges of the sheet.

7. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of side edge regulation members comprises a first regulation member and a second regulation member positioned downstream of the first regulation member in the carry direction of the carry operation, and
the controller controls the first regulation member to shift earlier than the second regulation member.

8. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of side edge regulation members comprises a first regulation member and a second regulation member positioned downstream of the first regulation member in the carry direction of the carry operation, and
the controller controls the first regulation member to shift faster than the second regulation member.

9. A post-processing apparatus comprising:
a sheet support portion configured to place a sheet;
a pair of side edge regulation members that engages opposite side edges of a sheet on the sheet support portion;
a shift device that shifts a position of each of the side edge regulation members, and thereby causing the members to perform carry operation to shift the sheet on the sheet support portion; and
a controller that controls the shift device to change a distance between the pair of side edge regulation members,
wherein in executing the carry operation, the shift device sandwiches a sheet on the sheet support portion by the pair of side edge regulation members, and thereby makes a state in which pressure is applied to the sheet to execute, and
in executing the carry operation, the controller returns the distance between the pair of side edge regulation members to a wide distance by first shifting one of the side edge regulation members positioned at the front in a carry direction to form a narrow distance, and first halting the other one of the side edge regulation members positioned at the rear.

10. A post-processing apparatus comprising:
a sheet support portion configured to place a sheet;
a pair of side edge regulation members that engage opposite side edges of a sheet on the sheet support portion;
a shift device that shifts a position of each of the side edge regulation members, and thereby causing the members to perform carry operation to shift a sheet on the sheet support portion; and
a controller that controls the shift device to change a distance between the pair of side edge regulation members,
wherein in executing the carry operation, the shift device sandwiches a sheet on the sheet support portion by the pair of side edge regulation members, and thereby makes a state in which pressure is applied to the sheet to execute, and
the controller returns the distance between the pair of side edge regulation members to a wide distance after forming a narrow distance using a difference in velocity between one of the side edge regulation members positioned at the front in a carry direction and the other one of the side edge regulation members positioned at the rear.

Assignees

• Nishi Yuki
• Shimizu Natsuki
• Canon Finetech Inc
• Nisca Corp

Inventors

• Nishi Yuki
• Shimizu Natsuki

Classifications

• B65H31/34 Primary

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  indicating that the input or output entities exclusively relate to machine elements · CPC title

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