Post-processing device and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9891571-B2
Application number	US-201615134611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 3, 2015
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A post-processing device includes a processing stacking portion that allows media to be stacked thereon; a binding member that performs a binding process on the media; a medium ejection portion on which the media ejected from the processing stacking portion are stacked and which moves upward and downward; and a pressing member that presses an upper surface of the media on the medium ejection portion. When media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, the pressing member and the media are brought into contact with each other. When media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, the pressing member and the media are disposed further away from each other than when media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A post-processing device comprising:
a processing stacking portion configured to allow a plurality of media transported from an upstream side to be stacked on the processing stacking portion;
a binding member configured to perform a binding process on the media stacked on the processing stacking portion;
a medium ejection portion on which the media ejected from the processing stacking portion are stacked,
wherein the medium ejection portion is configured to move upward and downward in accordance with an amount of the media stacked on the medium ejection portion; and

a pressing member configured to press an upper surface of the media stacked on the medium ejection portion,
wherein,
when media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, the pressing member and the media on the medium ejection portion are brought into contact with each other, and
when media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, the pressing member is moved to a position towards but without contacting the media that have been subjected to the binding process.

2. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a medium-ejection-portion control unit configured to:
move the medium ejection portion to a preset first position, at which the media on the medium ejection portion are in contact with the pressing member, when media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, and
move the medium ejection portion to a preset second position, which is below the first position and at which the media on the medium ejection portion are separated from the pressing member, when media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion.

3. The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pressing member is movable to a pressing position at which the pressing member is in contact with the upper surface of the media on the medium ejection portion and presses the media, a retracted position at which the pressing member is retracted from a region through which the media ejected from the processing stacking portion pass before being stacked on the medium ejection portion, and a close position at which the pressing member is separated from but close to the media stacked on the medium ejection portion, and
wherein the post-processing device further comprises:
a pressing-member control unit configured to:
move the pressing member from the retracted position to the pressing position when media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, and
move the pressing member from the retracted position to the close position when media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion.

4. The post-processing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pressing member is movable to a pressing position, at which the pressing member is in contact with the upper surface of the media on the medium ejection portion and presses the media, a retracted position at which the pressing member is retracted from a region through which the media ejected from the processing stacking portion pass before being stacked on the medium ejection portion, and a close position at which the pressing member is separated from but close to the media stacked on the medium ejection portion, and
wherein the post-processing device further comprises:
a pressing-member control unit configured to:
move the pressing member from the retracted position to the pressing position when media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion, and
move the pressing member from the retracted position to the close position when media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion.

5. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming apparatus body configured to record images on media; and
the post-processing device according to claim 1 that is connected to the image forming apparatus body and receives the media on which the images are recorded.

6. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein when media that have been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion and a trailing end of the media leans away from the medium ejection portion, the pressing member and the media subjected to the binding process are brought into contact with each other.

7. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a medium ejection control unit that is configured to, in response to the media not being subjected to the binding process, move the medium ejection portion to a first position, wherein the pressing member is brought into contact with the media subjected to the binding process stacked on medium ejection portion, and
in response to the media being subjected to the binding process, move the medium ejection portion to a second position, the second position being lower than the first position, wherein the pressing member is disposed to the area near but without contacting the media subjected to the binding process.

8. The post-processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the medium ejection control unit is further configured to move the medium ejection portion so that an upper surface of the media, not being subjected to the binding process and having been previously ejected, is at the first position.

9. The post-processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the medium ejection control unit is further configured to move the medium ejection portion so that an upper surface of the media, being subjected to the binding process and having been previously ejected, is at the second position.

10. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member is moved to the position towards but without contacting the media that have been subjected to the binding process further comprises the pressing member being disposed to a same position as when the media that have not been subjected to the binding process are stacked on the medium ejection portion but without contacting the media that have been subjected to the binding process.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Ryuichi
• Hishida Misa
• Noguchi Jun

Classifications

• B65H2405/11151

  with surface inclined upwardly in transport direction · CPC title

• B65H2301/163

  Bound or non bound, e.g. stapled or non stapled stacking mode · CPC title

• B65H31/36

  Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled · CPC title

• B65H29/125

  between two sets of rollers · CPC title

• B65H29/14

  and introducing into a pile · CPC title