JP2015013725A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (13)

Sheet stacking means on which sheets are stacked;
Sheet conveying means for conveying a sheet to the sheet stacking means;
A regulating means for regulating a position of the sheet in the sheet conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet conveyed in the sheet conveying direction by the sheet conveying means;
An alignment unit having a pair of alignment members provided so as to be independently movable in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and aligning the sheet regulated by the regulation unit;
Binding means for receiving a plurality of sheets in the receiving unit and binding them as a bundle;
A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control a plurality of sheets aligned by the regulating unit and the alignment unit to be transferred to a receiving unit of the binding unit by the alignment unit.   The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the aligned sheets to be transferred to a binding position in a receiving unit of the binding unit by the alignment unit. A transfer means for transferring a plurality of sheets aligned by the regulating means and the alignment means in a sheet conveying direction;
The controller, when transferring the aligned sheets to the binding position of the binding means, transfers the plurality of sheets to the receiving portion of the binding means by the alignment means, and then transfers the binding by the transfer means. the sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the aligning means and the transfer means so as to transfer the binding position of the unit.   The said control part controls the said alignment means to transfer in the state which pinched | interposed the several sheet | seat with the said pair of alignment member, when conveying the several aligned sheet | seat in the width direction, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Item 4. The sheet processing apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 3.   The controller, when transferring a plurality of aligned sheets in the width direction, moves one alignment member on the binding means side of the pair of alignment members to a position corresponding to the binding position in the width direction, The sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the aligning means is controlled to move a plurality of sheets by moving the other aligning member toward the one aligning member. Processing equipment.   6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the aligned plurality of sheets are transported in the width direction, the aligning unit transports the plurality of sheets using the restricting unit as a transport guide. The sheet processing apparatus according to the description.   4. The transfer unit according to claim 3, wherein when transferring the aligned plurality of sheets in the sheet conveying direction, the transfer unit transfers the plurality of sheets using at least one of the pair of alignment members as a transfer guide. 5. Sheet processing equipment.   The sheet stacking unit includes another binding unit that receives the sheet conveyed to the receiving unit and binds a plurality of sheets aligned by the regulation unit and the alignment unit as a bundle, and the binding unit includes the other binding unit. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet processing apparatus is disposed on an outer side in the width direction than the means. Guide means provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction between a guide position for guiding a plurality of sheets transferred in the width direction by the aligning means to a receiving portion of the binding means and a retracted position retracted from the guide position. Prepared,
When performing the binding process by the binding unit, the guide unit is moved to the guide position so that the binding unit side end of the guide unit is lowered, and a plurality of sheets are bound by the binding unit side end of the guide unit. the sheet processing apparatus in any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that for guiding the receiving portion of the. Including other binding means for receiving a sheet conveyed to the sheet stacking means in a receiving portion and binding a plurality of sheets aligned by the restriction means and the alignment means as a bundle;
The binding means is arranged on the outer side in the width direction than the other binding means,
The other binding means is movable in the width direction, and when the binding process is performed by the binding means, the other binding means is moved, the guide means is pressed, and the guide means is moved. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 9. The other binding means performs a binding process using a binding needle on a bundle of sheets received in the receiving portion, and the binding means does not use a binding needle on a bundle of sheets received in the receiving portion. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 10 , which performs a binding process. 12. The sheet processing according to claim 10 , wherein an interval in the thickness direction of the sheet of the receiving portion of the binding means is narrower than an interval in the thickness direction of the sheet of the receiving portion of the other binding means. apparatus.   An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit; and the sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 that performs binding processing on a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit.