JP2007070094A5

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Publication number: JP2007070094A5
Application number: JP2005261369A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-09-08
Publication date: 2008-10-23

Claims

An image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
An image forming apparatus comprising: a processing unit capable of receiving and processing a sheet image-formed by the image forming unit and performing at least a bookbinding process ;
The processing means is housed in a housing structure housed in a plane of the image forming means, and is disposed so as to overlap with the image forming means, and the processed sheet stacking space is housed in the plane. Provided,
The image forming apparatus, wherein the stacking space is capable of taking out processed sheets from the front side.

The processing means is arranged close to the left and right sides as seen from the front side in the plane,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stacking space corresponding to substantially the entire height of the housing structure is secured by being shifted to the opposite side of the processing unit in the plane.

The processing means can perform a plurality of types of processing on the sheet,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the stacking space is a space for stacking sheets subjected to different types of processing in common.

A discharge roller member is disposed at an upper position on the processing means side in the stacking space,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein sheets subjected to different types of processing are discharged to the stacking space through the common discharge roller member.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the stacking space is a space that is open to both a side surface and a front side that are close to each other.

The processing means, the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that both the end binding process of the sheet bundle formed by overlapping the sheets and the binding process are possible mechanisms.

The processing means is arranged to be shifted to the left side,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the stacking space is shifted to the right side.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is disposed on the image forming unit.

The image forming unit is housed in a casing structure that is housed in a plane of a reading unit that reads a document image, and is disposed so as to overlap the reading unit.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit is disposed between the reading unit and the image forming unit.

The image forming unit has a sheet stacking unit on an upper surface for stacking the image-formed sheets as they are,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is disposed below the image forming unit.

The image forming unit has a sheet stacking unit on an upper surface for stacking the image-formed sheets as they are,
Said processing means from said sheet stacking means at a distance, the image forming apparatus that claims 1 to 7 any one of claims, characterized in that is supported above said image forming means.

An image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
An image forming apparatus comprising: a processing unit capable of receiving and processing a sheet image-formed by the image forming unit and performing at least a bookbinding process ;
The image forming apparatus, wherein the processing unit is housed in a plane of the image forming unit and unitized, and is disposed so as to overlap the image forming unit.

A sheet processing apparatus that is housed in a housing structure having a planar outline that matches an image forming unit, and that can be placed on top and bottom of the image forming unit,
A sheet stacking means disposed on the inner side of the housing structure biased to one side of the left and right as viewed from the front side,
A conveyance path that guides the sheet received from the opposite side of the sheet stacking unit in the planar contour to the sheet stacking unit in the left-right direction;
A bundle forming unit that is disposed on the entrance side of the transport path and forms a sheet bundle by stacking sheets received from the image forming unit;
A discharge unit that is disposed on the exit side of the conveyance path and discharges the sheet bundle formed by the bundle forming unit to the sheet stacking unit;
A needle binding means that is arranged on the downstream side of the bundle forming means in the conveyance path and performs saddle stitching on the folding line of the sheet bundle formed by the bundle forming means;
Folding means for folding the sheet bundle that has been saddle-stitched by the needle binding means into two at the fold line;
A sheet processing apparatus , comprising: a discharge path that guides the sheet bundle folded in half by the two-folding means to the discharge means .

A transport unit that is disposed along the transport path, transports the sheet bundle formed by the bundle forming unit, and is capable of delivering to both the discharge unit and the bi-fold unit;
The conveying means can further convey the sheet bundle to an end binding position by the needle binding means,
Accordingly, the sheet bundle binding process and the edge binding process can be selected and executed by sharing the transport path, the bundle forming unit, the staple binding unit, the transport unit, and the discharge unit. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 13 .

The bundle forming means has a clamping means for clamping the upstream end of the sheet,
The sheet received in the transport path is transported to the downstream side of the sandwiching means and then reversely run and sandwiched by the sandwiching means, thereby forming a bundle while resisting transport of the subsequent sheet in the transport path. The sheet processing apparatus according to any one of claims 13 and 14 .