US 12,378,092 B2
Sheet postprocessing apparatus that performs postprocessing on plurality of sheets stacked, and image forming system including same
Takehiko Okada, Osaka (JP); Yusuke Takano, Osaka (JP); Keisuke Egawa, Osaka (JP); Yasunori Ueno, Osaka (JP); Seiichi Shirasaki, Osaka (JP); Terumitsu Noso, Osaka (JP); and Takuya Nishimura, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/419,737.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-012222 (JP), filed on Jan. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253940 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01); B65H 39/10 (2006.01); B65H 45/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 39/10 (2013.01) [B65H 9/04 (2013.01); B65H 45/12 (2013.01); B65H 2701/175 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet postprocessing apparatus comprising:
a table configured to receive a plurality of sheets delivered thereto, and inclined downward toward a downstream side in a sheet delivery direction;
a leading edge cursor provided on a far side on the table in the delivery direction, and configured to align respective leading edges of the sheets abutted against the leading edge cursor;
a postprocessing device including a stapling device that binds a central portion in the delivery direction, of the sheets stacked on the table, and a center folding device that folds the sheets along the central portion,
wherein the table includes an upper face region that allows the sheet to slide thereon, and a plurality of slip sheets of a belt-like shape, each extending on the upper face region along the delivery direction, with a clearance between each other in a width direction orthogonal to the delivery direction,
the sheet postprocessing apparatus further comprising a PET sheet adhered to a flat upper face of the table,
wherein the slip sheets are adhered to the table on a side of the upper face, via the PET sheet.