Sheet storing apparatus and image forming system having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9567184-B2
Application number	US-201414572174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

To provide an apparatus capable of stably performing a binding process on a sheet bundle which is set from the outside as having a setting portion arranged at an external cover of a sheet storing apparatus. In an apparatus including a setting portion arranged at an external cover as being capable of setting a sheet bundle from the outside, the setting portion includes a opening, a setting face on which sheets inserted through the opening are placed, and an abutting-regulating face which performs positioning of end edges of the sheets inserted, the opening is arranged at an open-close cover of the external cover, and the abutting-regulating face are arranged at an apparatus frame which is located at the inner side of the open-close cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet binding apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus frame;
a cover which covers the apparatus frame;
a setting portion which is arranged to set a sheet bundle; and
a binding processing device which performs a binding process on a sheet bundle set at the setting portion,
wherein the setting portion includes an opening through which sheets are inserted, a setting face on which sheets inserted through the opening are placed, and an abutting-regulating face which performs positioning of end edges of the sheets inserted through the opening,
an openable-closable open-close cover is arranged at least at a part of the cover,
the opening is formed at the open-close cover, and
the abutting-regulating face is arranged at the apparatus frame separately from the open-close cover.

2. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a height of a sheet bundle in a thickness direction capable of being inserted to the opening is set larger than a height of a sheet bundle in the thickness direction capable of being set on the setting face.

3. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a height of a sheet bundle in a thickness direction capable of being inserted to the opening is set smaller than a height of a sheet bundle in the thickness direction capable of being set on the setting face.

4. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising an open-close sensor which detects an opened state of the open-close cover,
and a controller which transmits a signal to stop power supply to the binding processing device when the open-close sensor detects the opened state.

5. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a stack portion on which sheets conveyed from a sheet conveying portion are stacked,
wherein the binding processing device binds sheets stacked on the stack portion.

6. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the binding processing device is attached to the apparatus frame as being movable between a first binding position where sheets on the stack portion are to be bound and a second binding position where sheets inserted through the opening are to be bound.

7. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the open-close cover is supported by a hinge connecting device in a openable and closable manner, and
the hinge connecting device is arranged at the apparatus frame so that the open-close cover is capable of supporting sheets which are supported on the setting face.

8. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the open-close cover forms an operation space for replenishing staples to the binding processing device in the opened state.

9. An image forming system, comprising:
an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet; and
a sheet storing apparatus which stores sheets fed from the image forming apparatus,
wherein the sheet storing apparatus is the sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 .

10. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the setting face is arranged at a position to support sheets approximately on a same plane as a sheet placement face of the stack portion.

11. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the binding processing device is arranged at the apparatus frame.

12. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a sheet bundle manually inserted from an outside of the sheet binding apparatus is set in the setting portion.

13. A sheet binding apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus frame;
a moving portion having an opening through which a sheet bundle is inserted, and being movable relative to the apparatus frame, the opening being movable relative to the apparatus frame;
a regulating portion to which a sheet bundle inserted from the opening abuts to regulate a position of the sheet bundle; and
a binding unit which binds a sheet bundle inserted through the opening and positioned by the regulating portion,
wherein the regulating portion is arranged at the apparatus frame separately from the moving portion.

14. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the binding unit is arranged at the apparatus frame.

15. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising
a stack portion on which sheets conveyed from a sheet conveying portion are stacked,
wherein the binding unit binds sheets stacked on the stack portion.

16. The sheet binding apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the opening receives a sheet bundle manually inserted from an outside of the sheet binding apparatus.

Assignees

• Kanemaru Yuki
• Canon Finetech Inc
• Nisca Corp

Inventors

• Kanemaru Yuki

Classifications

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H2407/21

  Manual feeding · CPC title

• G03G2215/00544

  Openable part of feed path · CPC title

• B65H2402/442

  with openings for introducing material to be handled, e.g. for inserting web rolls · CPC title