JP3061567B2 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus for sequentially storing sheets discharged after image formation from an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a laser beam printer, and a facsimile printer in a sheet tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a sheet processing apparatus installed in a discharge section of an image forming apparatus, for example, a shift tray or the like, a configuration is generally known in which a sheet bundle is shifted and stacked for each section and each section is identified. (See FIGS. 13 and 14 and FIG. 14).
Is an A view of FIG. 13).

The structure of the shift tray is such that a sheet tray 120 (hereinafter, referred to as a tray) for storing sheets to be discharged by a sheet discharging means 121 after image formation is moved in a direction (arrow C) orthogonal to a sheet discharging direction (arrow B). The shift driving is performed for each sheet bundle by a driving unit (not shown), and each sheet bundle can be identified as shown in FIG. Here, P1 to P4 are each sheet bundle.

[0004] As a further problem, when a plurality of sheet bundles are stacked, it is sufficient that the desired sheet bundle is located on the uppermost surface. However, if there is a sheet bundle at the bottom, it is very difficult to identify this. It will be difficult.

[0005]

However, if the output of fax, copy, printer, etc. can be output by one image forming apparatus, one tray is shifted to identify the bundle as follows. Problems occur.

For example, when a plurality of users use the image forming apparatus as a printer and offset each output bundle on one tray as described above, one user may select one of the bundles stacked on the tray. When two bundles are removed (bundle P2 in FIG. 14), the result is as shown in FIG. 16 (FIG. 16 is a view A in FIG. 15), and the sheet bundle P3 and the sheet bundle P
1 cannot be identified. Further, when the sheet bundle P6 is pulled out, a part P ′ of the upper and lower bundles may be pulled out together, which makes it more difficult to distinguish between the sheet bundles.

[0007] The same problem occurs when a plurality of users share one tray as a facsimile, and more particularly when used as a facsimile, a copy, or a printer.

According to the present invention, the first sheet or the sheet bundle includes:
By attaching the second sheet, subjected to sorting the first sheet or the sheet bundle, and a second sheet, with respect to the second feeding unit for supplying a second sheet detachably loaded It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet processing apparatus which is enabled.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention according to claim 1, the first sheet conveying a first sheet or the sheet bundle is conveyed from the first feeding section for feeding the first sheet A conveying section, a second feeding section for feeding a second sheet, and a first sheet or sheet of the first sheet conveying section for transferring the second sheet conveyed from the second feeding section. Partly overlaps the bundle
And a sheet sticking section for sending the sheet to a first sheet or a sheet bundle , wherein the second sheet is loaded in a cartridge,
The cartridge is detachable from the second feeding section .

[0010]

[0011]

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the second sheet is a roll sheet.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the second sheet is a cut sheet.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the second sheet in the second feeding portion, and the absence of the second sheet is detected by the sheet presence detecting means. In some cases, the operation of the sheet processing apparatus is stopped.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, after the second sheet is loaded in the second feeding section, the leading end of the second sheet is automatically conveyed to a predetermined position. I do.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the cartridge has a sheet cutter.

[Operation] Based on the above configuration, the first sheet or sheet bundle is conveyed from the first feeding section to the first sheet conveying section, and the first sheet conveying section further includes a second sheet conveying section. The second sheet is conveyed from the feeding unit, and is attached to the first sheet or the sheet bundle by the sheet attaching unit,
The first sheet or sheet bundle is sorted to be identifiable. The operability of the sheet processing apparatus is improved by enabling the second sheet to be removably loaded into the second feeding section. Further, the cartridge in which the second sheet can be loaded is placed in the second cartridge.
The operability of the sheet processing apparatus is further improved by making it detachable from the feeding section.

Further, when the absence of the second sheet in the second feeding section is detected by the sheet presence / absence detecting means, the operation of the sheet processing apparatus is stopped, so that the first unidentifiable sheet cannot be identified. The generation of sheets is prevented.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

<Embodiment 1> Hereinafter, as Embodiment 1 of the present invention,
A case where the present invention is applied to a sheet processing apparatus of an image forming apparatus will be described.

FIG. 1 is an overall view in which an image forming apparatus main body 300, a circulation type document processing apparatus 200, and a sheet processing apparatus 100 are combined.

The outline of the apparatus will be described.
Reference numeral 00 denotes a cassette 307 that stores a sheet (first sheet) P, a sheet feeding unit 301 that feeds the sheets in the cassette one by one, and a transfer unit (an image forming unit) that transfers toner to the conveyed sheet P. ) 303, a developing unit 302 for developing the toner on the transfer unit, an optical unit 304 for reading an image on the platen 308 and exposing on the transfer unit, a fixing unit 305 for fixing the toner transferred on the sheet to the sheet, It comprises a discharge section 306 for discharging the sheet outside the apparatus.

The recirculating document processing apparatus 200 includes a tray 201 for setting a document bundle, a paper feed roller 202 for feeding documents one by one from the bottom sheet of the document bundle, a separating unit 203, and a platen 308 for separating the separated documents. Roller 20 for conveying to
5. A transport belt 206 for transporting the original on the platen, belt rollers 207 and 208 for driving the transport belt, transport rollers 205 and 209 for reloading the original transported from the platen after reading on the tray, and a discharge roller 204 etc.

The sheet processing apparatus 100 receives a sheet sent from a discharge roller (discharge means) 306 of the image forming apparatus, and conveys and conveys the sheet.
2, a transport roller (first sheet transport unit) 103, a discharge roller (discharge unit) 121 for discharging and stacking sheets to a discharge tray (stacking unit) 120, and the like. Can be moved up and down in the direction of the arrow by a drive unit (not shown) according to the number of stacked sheets.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a roll sheet feeding section (second feeding section) which is a continuous sheet which is a feature of the present invention, and the details thereof will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the sheet feeding section 101, FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the back drive, FIG.
FIG. 6 is a view as viewed from B, and FIG.

The sheet feeding unit 101 includes a rail 161
Can be pulled out of the sheet processing apparatus 100. The continuous sheet roll 114 is a tape-shaped roll sheet (second sheet).

Further, a sheet roll 1 is provided at the sheet facing portion.
A sheet roll set detection sensor (sheet presence / absence detection means) S7 for detecting the presence / absence of the sheet roll 14 is provided. Further, a sheet feed roller 113 for feeding a sheet in cooperation with the pad 151 is provided downstream of the sheet roll 114.

After the conveyed sheet 114 has its leading edge detected by the first registration sensor S6, it passes through a printing device 111 and a gap roller 112 for ensuring a gap between the sheet and the printing device. Transported to The cutter of the cutter unit 110 is a rotary type intermittent cutter, and a blade is not formed so as not to obstruct the sheet conveyance at a predetermined angle. After reaching the second registration sensor S5, the sheet is conveyed by a predetermined amount, the sheet is stopped, and the cutter is rotated to cut the continuous sheet.

The printing device 111 will be described in more detail.

The printing apparatus according to the present embodiment employs the valve jet method which has been proposed, and the main scanning direction is set via the drive transmission units 119a, 119b and 119c using the printing motor M5 as a driving source. Shaft 11
The printing device 111 is controlled by moving the printing table 115 supported by the printer 6 in the direction of the arrow (FIG. 6).

In the sub-scanning direction of the printing device 111, the feeding units 120a, 120b, 120c,
The sheet feed amount is controlled by rotating each roller through the clutch 120d and the clutch CL1.

The printing device 111 is provided immediately before the cutter unit 110. This means that it is indispensable to keep the sheet as much as possible during printing for stable printing.However, when printing after cutting, the sheet length becomes short, making it difficult to restrain the sheet. To do so, the length of the sheet after cutting becomes long.

In addition, in order to improve the visibility of the printing surface for the user, the upper surface side becomes the printing surface when the tray is ejected. It is arranged to be.

With respect to the print area, in the present embodiment, the cut sheet is attached to the transfer paper (sheet P) from the back surface (the left side of the sheet in FIG. 1) (details will be described later).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7 for the sheet,
It is controlled so as to print in the area of l _2, depending on the amount of information to be printed, and print multiple lines, and is configured to be variable cut sheet length.

[0036] Here, when supplemented with regard continuous sheet of the cartridge, on the inner peripheral side of the sheet, the adhesive layer is applied to the entire circumference region of width l _1. In this adhesive layer, the capsule is crushed by pressurization and the adhesive inside leaks out,
Generates adhesion. In the present embodiment, in consideration of such a point, all the rollers in the continuous sheet feeding unit are configured not to pinch the adhesive layer.

In the case of an apparatus main body that conveys a sheet on the basis of the center, the position of the sheet end surface differs depending on the sheet size.
It is configured to be able to move in the orthogonal direction. For details, the drive transmission unit 118a,
The plate 117 is engaged with the belt 118a via the belts 8b and 118c, and the plate 117 fixed to the frame of the feeding unit is moved, thereby moving in the orthogonal direction. In addition, the detection sensor S8 detects the end face of the flag of the plate 117 using the plate 117, thereby determining a reference position, and driving a predetermined amount from the position to support various sheet sizes.

Next, details of the sheet processing apparatus will be described.

2 and 3, a transport path I formed by a fixed guide and a sensor S4 for detecting the leading edge of the sheet are disposed downstream of the transport roller 102.
Downstream of the path I, a transport path II formed by the swing guides 104 and 105 is connected.
Numeral 5 is swingable about the support shaft 105a, and is urged by an urging spring 107 in the direction of the arrow.

The swing guide 104 is provided with a guide hole 104a for engaging the link pin 108a of the link 108 with the swing motor M1 as a drive source.
Is rotated to swing the guide 104 about the support shaft 104a.

Further, sensors S2 and S3 for detecting the respective swing positions of the swing guides 104 and 105 are arranged so that the swing guides 104 and 105 can be stopped at an appropriate position.

The swing guide 104 is provided with a pressing roller 106 and is pressed against the guide 105 so that a cut sheet 602 described later is attached to the sheet P. The pressing roller 106 is disposed over the entire width of the sheet P so as not to become a load when the sheet P is formed into a loop as shown in FIG.

A roller 103 is disposed downstream of the transport path II, and a transport path III extending to the discharge roller 121 and a sensor S1 for controlling the above-described swing timing are disposed downstream of the roller 103. ing. In addition, each roller 10
2, 103 and 121 are driven by a transport motor M7 (not shown).

Next, the outline of the operation in each mode will be described with reference to flowcharts.

The basic flow is as follows. After the initial operation of each section is performed (FIG. 9A), the sheet transport operation is performed.

In this embodiment, there are three initial operations: a swing guide unit, a lifting tray unit, and a sheet feeding unit (FIGS. 9B and 9C).

To explain each part, the swing guides 104 and 105 can move to a home position (hereinafter referred to as HP) and a swing position in the swing guide portion, and sensors S2 and S3 for detecting respective positions. Based on this signal, the swing motor M1 is rotated and controlled to perform an initialization operation (FIG. 9B).

[0048] With respect to the sheet feeding unit, printing, and for performing registration of the continuous sheet cutting, positive reverse rotation of the motor M4 based on the signals of the sensor S6, S7, ON clutch Cl _1, the OFF, The position of the sheet is controlled and initialized (FIG. 9).
(C)).

When "absence" of the second sheet is detected by the cartridge set detection sensor S7, the operation of the sheet processing apparatus is controlled so as to be automatically stopped. Of the first sheet or sheet bundle is prevented. The description of the elevating tray will be omitted.

Next, regarding the sheet transport mode, the execution of the print mode is selected based on the presence or absence of the print designation.
Execution of the guide swing mode is selected based on whether the output bundle is the last sheet or not (FIG. 10D).

The print modes are a print motor, a transport motor,
The main and sub scanning are performed by controlling the clutch (FIG. 10E). In the guide swing mode for printing additional information on a continuous sheet, when the pasting mode is executed, it is determined whether swing is to be ended based on whether the sheet is the last sheet (FIG. 10F).

In the sticking mode, the swing motor M7 is turned on based on the sensor S3 to swing the swing guides 104 and 105, and at the same time, the continuous sheet is conveyed and stopped based on the sensor S5 and print information. , Cutter motor ON / OF
F, after cutting, by simultaneously turning on the conveyance motor M7 for the sheet P and the conveyance motor M4 for the continuous sheet, the cut sheet is pinched together with the sheet P by the roller 106,
The sheet P is adhered to the back.

The transport motor is turned off based on the sensor S5.
Then, based on the sensor S1, the swing guide is set to H. The swing motor is turned on to return to P, and the motor is controlled based on the sensor S2.

By repeating these operations, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to paste the cut sheet 602 on the sheet P for each copy and sort (partition) each sheet bundle, and at the same time, print additional information on the sorting sheet 602.

Next, the sheet roll 114 will be described.

The operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

[0057] As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the sheet roll 114 is composed of a seat portion 114 and the core portion 114R, the seat portion 114 is usually a width l _1, narrower in l ₂ near the end Has become.

[0058] When the sheet roll 114 is close to the end as shown in 114 'of FIG. 18, as shown in FIG. 19, the first resist sensor S _6, it is determined that no paper, the image forming apparatus main body operation portion ( (Not shown), a message "Please replenish the sheet roll" is issued.

Thereafter, the operation of the continuous sheet feeding unit 101 is stopped until the sheet roll is replenished. Sheet roll 1
As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the tip of 14 is controlled by the control means 90 so as to stop at the cutter unit 1100.

The rear end 114E of the seat portion 114 is
Adhering to 14R with strong force. As shown in FIG.
Both ends of the core portion 114 </ b> R are supported by the support member 152, and the support member 152 is separated from the core portion 11 by an elastic member 153.
It is urged to be horizontal with respect to 4R.

The user opens the door (not shown) of the post-processing device and pulls out the rail 171. As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the user pulls out the core 114R. Support member 1
52 rotates as shown in FIG.
R can be removed.

The user pushes a new sheet roll 114N into the support member 152 as shown in FIGS. The support member 152 rotates and enters the core 114R (FIG. 25). The user holds the sheet roll tip 114F
By turning the handle 113b of the feeding roller 113 against the feeding roller 113 shown in FIG.
4F is held between the feed roller 113 and the pad 151. In this state, the user closes the rail 171 and closes the door (not shown) of the post-processing device. The continuous sheet feeding unit 101 rotates the feeding roller 113, and when the sheet roll tip 114F reaches the sensor S6, the feeding roller stops, and waits until the next sheet sticking signal is output.

<Embodiment 2> As shown in FIG. 28, the sheet roll 114 is inserted into the cartridge 161, the cartridge 161 is configured to be removably mountable in the second sheet feeding portion 101, and after the cartridge is removed, The sheet roll 114 may be easily refilled in the cartridge.

The user holds the cartridge 161 and pulls it out, as shown in FIG. FIG. 30 shows the cartridge in this state. The user opens the lid 161F of the cartridge as shown in FIG. 31, puts a finger in the cartridge, and takes out the used sheet roll 114 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 33 shows a view of the cartridge as viewed from the direction indicated by the arrow A (FIG. 32). As shown in FIG. 34, the sheet roll support member 163 supports the core 114R of the sheet roll 114, and is urged by a spring 164 to be horizontal with respect to the core 114R. The user rolls the sheet roll 114
Is pulled, the support member 163 rotates as shown in FIG. 35, and the core 114 can be removed. The user inserts a new sheet roll 114N as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 38, the sheet roll 114 is lightly glued at a position separated by a predetermined distance l from the leading end in the initial state.

FIG. 38 shows a state in which a new sheet roll 114N is loaded. The user closes the lid 161F of the cartridge as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 40, the user inserts the cartridge 161 into the sheet feeding unit, and closes a door (not shown) of the post-processing device. The continuous sheet feeding unit 101 rotates the feeding roller 113, and when the leading end 114F of the sheet roll reaches the sensor S6, the feeding roller stops, and waits until the next sheet sticking signal is output.

<Embodiment 3> The cartridge type is the same as that of Embodiment 2 and the tip of the cartridge is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 43, a cutter 181 may be provided.

FIG. 41 is a view as seen from the arrow B in FIG. The user inserts the sheet roll 114 in the direction of arrow C as shown in FIG. The user pulls out the front end 114F of the sheet roll (FIG. 44). The user operates the cartridge lid 16.
1 is closed as shown in FIG. 45, and the leading end of the sheet roll is cut by the cutter 181 to adjust the length. Thereafter, the user inserts the cartridge into the sheet feeding unit 101 in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

<Embodiment 4> As shown in FIG. 46, a cut sheet 501 is loaded in a cartridge 500, and the cartridge 500 is fed to a feeding section 101 as in the second embodiment.
May be provided detachably. Details of the cut sheet 501 are shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 48, the user opens the lid 500F of the removed cartridge 500 and inserts the cut sheet 501. The cut sheet 501 is urged by a spring 502 toward the lid. The user closes the lid 500F and loads the second sheet into the sheet feeding unit 101.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the second sheet conveyed from the second feeding section is attached to the first sheet or sheet bundle conveyed from the first feeding section by the sheet attaching section, the first sheet Alternatively, the sheet bundle can be identified.

[0071] Further, since the second sheet to allow removably mounted to the second feeding portion, the operability of the sheet processing apparatus can be <br/> improved, further, the second sheet The operability of the sheet processing apparatus is further improved by allowing the stored cartridge to be loaded into the second feeding unit.

When the absence of the second sheet in the second feeding section is detected by the sheet presence detecting means, the operation of the sheet processing apparatus is automatically stopped. Can be prevented from being generated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of an image forming apparatus to which a sheet processing apparatus of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the sheet feeding unit.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal rear view of the sheet feeding unit.

4 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the continuous sheet.

FIG. 8 is an operation diagram of the swing guide.

9A is a flowchart showing a sheet processing operation mode, FIG. 9B is a flowchart of an initial mode, and FIG. 9C is a flowchart of an initial operation of the sheet feeding unit.

10 (d) is a flowchart of a sheet transport mode, FIG. 10 (e) is a flowchart of a print mode,
(F) is a flowchart of the guide swing mode.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a sheet pasting mode.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a sheet to which a cut sheet is similarly attached.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a tray unit according to a conventional sheet processing apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a stacked state of the shifted sheet bundle.

FIG. 15 is a side view of a tray unit according to the conventional sheet processing apparatus.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a state where one of the shifted sheet bundles is pulled out.

FIG. 17 is a front view of a second sheet and a core.

FIG. 18 is a side view of the seat of FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a view as viewed from A in FIG. 2, showing a second sheet and a cartridge set detection sensor unit.

FIG. 20 is a second view illustrating the operation of removing the core of the second sheet.
Rear view of the feeding unit.

FIG. 21 is a view showing a second sheet removing operation of the core of the second sheet.
Rear view of the feeding unit.

FIG. 22 (a) shows a roll sheet mounting portion,
(B) The figure is a front view showing the state at the time of removal.

FIG. 23 is a front view showing the operation of attaching the roll sheet.

FIG. 24 is a front view showing the operation of attaching the roll sheet.

FIG. 25 is a front view showing an attached state of the roll sheet.

FIG. 26 is a view of the second feeding unit, as viewed from A in FIG. 2, showing the second feeding unit to which the roll sheet is attached.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart when a roll sheet is replaced.

FIG. 28 is a front view of a second feeding unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a rear view of the second feeding unit showing the loading of the cartridge.

FIG. 30 is a side view of the cartridge.

FIG. 31 is a side view showing an operation of taking out a core portion of a roll sheet.

FIG. 32 is a side view showing the operation of taking out the core of the roll sheet.

FIG. 33 is a plan view of the cartridge.

FIG. 34 is a front view showing the support state of the core of the roll sheet.

FIG. 35 is a front view showing the operation of removing the core of the roll sheet.

FIG. 36 is a front view showing the operation of attaching the roll sheet.

FIG. 37 is a side view of a roll sheet.

FIG. 38 is a side view of the cartridge showing the loading operation of the roll sheet.

FIG. 39 is a side view of the cartridge showing the loading operation of the cartridge.

FIG. 40 is a rear view of the second feeding unit showing the loading operation of the cartridge.

FIG. 41 is a plan view of a cartridge having a cutter.

FIG. 42 is a side view of a cartridge having a cutter.

FIG. 43 is a side view of the cartridge showing the loading operation of the roll sheet.

FIG. 44 is a side view of the cartridge showing the loading operation of the roll sheet.

FIG. 45 is a side view of the cartridge showing the loading operation of the roll sheet.

FIG. 46 is a front view of a second feeding unit showing a loaded state of a cartridge containing cut sheets.

FIG. 47 is a perspective view of a cut sheet.

FIG. 48 is a side view of the cartridge showing the storing operation of the cut sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

P sheet (first sheet) S7 cartridge set detection sensor (sheet presence / absence detection means) 90 control unit (control means) 100 sheet processing apparatus 101 sheet feeding unit ( second feeding unit) 102 transport roller (first Feeding section) 103 Conveying roller (first sheet conveying section) 104, 105 Swing guide 106 Press roller (sheet attaching section) 110 Cutter section (cutting section) 111 Printing device 114 Roll sheet (second sheet) 114F Roll sheet leading end portion 114R Roll sheet core portion 120 Tray 121 Ejection roller 161 Cartridge 200 Circulating original processing device 300 Image forming apparatus main body 303 Transfer unit (image forming means) 306 Ejecting means of image forming apparatus

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Katsuaki Hirai, Inventor Canon, Inc. 3- 30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Yoshifumi Takehara 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon (56) References JP-A-5-278927 (JP, A) JP-A-63-60866 (JP, A) JP-A-63-57470 (JP, A) JP-A-6-16322 (JP, A A) Real opening 57-203048 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 37/00-37/06 B65H 33/04 G03G 15/00 534

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A one first feeding section for feeding the first sheet
First conveying the first sheet or the sheet bundle to be al conveyed
A sheet feeding section, a second feeding section for feeding a second sheet, and a second sheet fed from the second feeding section to the first sheet.
Part of the first sheet or sheet bundle of the sheet transport unit
And a sheet sticking section for sending the sheet to a first sheet or a sheet bundle , wherein the second sheet is loaded into a cartridge, and
The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge is detachably attached to the second feeding unit. Wherein said second sheet, the sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the roll sheet. Wherein the second sheet, the sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said that it is a cut sheet. 4. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect presence / absence of a second sheet of the second feeding unit; and when the presence / absence of the second sheet is detected by the sheet presence / absence detecting unit. claims 1, characterized in that stops the operation 3
The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1. After wherein loading the second sheet to the second feeding part, according to claim 2, wherein the conveying the leading edge of the sheet of the second to automatically position the seat Processing equipment. 6. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the cartridge has a sheet cutter. 7. A sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 to 6 any one of claims, the image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming means for forming an image on a first sheet, a.