Abstract: A booklet stacking apparatus including a booklet receiving device receiving a booklet bound by a booklet binding apparatus in a booklet receiving position, a booklet stacking device capable of stacking plural booklets received by the booklet receiving device and including a transporting mechanism transporting the booklet, and a driving mechanism driving a booklet conveyance device receiving the booklet stacked on the booklet stacking device from the transporting mechanism, when a movable cart detachable from the booklet stacking apparatus and including the booklet conveyance device, is attached to the booklet-stacking apparatus, wherein the booklet receiving device includes, a receiving mechanism transporting the booklet received in the booklet receiving position to a predetermined position, and a delivery mechanism for transporting the booklet having been transported to the predetermined position, downward from the predetermined position, for handing the booklet over to the booklet stacking device, and for r

Abstract: There are provided bookbinding apparatuses that wrap a bundle of sheets with a cover and form back corners, and have a detecting unit for detecting a wave amount of a bundle of sheets. A type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a time period to form back corners, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit. Another type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a pressure applied to form back corners based on a result of detection by the detecting unit. Still another type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a time period and pressure applied to form back corners, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit.

Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus for bookbinding such that a cover sheet forms a front and a back cover by bonding the cover sheet to a spine portion of a bundle of sheets, the bookbinding apparatus including a cover-sheet outfitting device which can be raised and lowered for holding and conveying a cover sheet to the cover sheet bonding position where the cover sheet is bonded to a bundle of sheets and a cover-sheet trimming device for trimming a cover sheet conveyed from the cover-sheet outfitting device, to a predetermined length prior to bonding the cover sheet to the bundle of sheets wherein the cover-sheet outfitting device is integrally formed with the cover-sheet trimming device.

Abstract: By controlling the recording position of images on the cover sheet by the image recording section based on the thickness information of the bundle of sheets, image recording at the appropriate position has been made possible irrespective at the amount of trimming of the cover sheet that is trimmed to an appropriate length in accordance with the thickness of the bundle of sheets to be wrapped and bound with the cover sheet.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus capable of carrying out a plurality of post-processing operations, wherein for carrying out a post-processing operation, a tray for some other post-processing operations can also be utilized, without a special-purpose buffer tray being provided for each of the post-processing operations.

Abstract: A data bus structure, a driver therewith, and a display with a driver capable of low power consumption are provided herewith. In the proposed structure, data lines of the data bus corresponding to a plurality of output channels are divided by alternatively inserting isolating elements. By controlling these isolating elements, current will be alternatively isolated from a portion of the bus and power consumption is significantly reduced. In the proposed structure, different function and settings can be determined in advance in consideration of where data is taken into the bus line.

Abstract: As a pet food produced to contain no proteins that can become allergens, a pet food that contains 1 or more types of amino acids or salts thereof instead of protein raw materials that can become allergens or a pet food produced to contain, in addition to the above amino acid(s), 1 or more types of protein raw materials with low allergenicity selected from any of potato, sweet potato, rice, foxtail millet, barnyard millet, kaoliang, corn, pea, brewer's yeast, and baker's yeast is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet postprocessing apparatus for executing postprocessing including a punching process, folding process, binding process, and the like, midway along a sheet convey path, for sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, and a folding method. This sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a sheet folding section having the first and second folding sections which are arranged in series in a sheet convey direction to execute folding processes for sheets. The sheet folding section is configured such that the first folding section performs the first folding process in a Z-fold process, the first folding process in an internal three-fold process, and a center folding process with an image-transferred surface facing outside, and the second folding section performs the second folding process in the Z-fold process, the second folding process in the internal three-fold process, and a center folding process with an image-transferred surface facing inside.

Abstract: A sheet cutting device, including a cutting blade for cutting a bundle of sheets, while moving in a slanted direction compounded by a direction perpendicular to the surface of sheet and a direction parallel to the sheet surface; a supporting member for supporting the bundle of sheets in the vicinity of a cutting position; a pressing section to press the bundle of sheets against the supporting member in a direction reverse to a moving direction of the cutting blade and perpendicular to the sheet surface, and the pressing section to receive the cutting blade at the time when the cutting blade cuts the bundle of sheets; a cutting blade driving section to drive the cutting blade; a pressing section driving section to drive the pressing section; and a control section to release pressing of the bundle of sheets and retract the cutting blade, after the bundle of sheets is cut.

Abstract: A sheet cutting device, including a cutter blade to cut a bundle of sheets by moving at a slant whose component is a compound of moving perpendicular to the surface of the bundle of sheets and simultaneously parallel to the surface of the bundle of sheets, a supporting member to support the bundle of sheets for cutting, wherein the supporting member includes a supporting surface to support the bundle of sheets and an edge section perpendicular to the supporting surface; and a pressing member to press the bundle of sheets on the supporting member, wherein the cutter blade moves along the edge section and protrudes beyond the supporting surface so that the cutter blade cuts through the whole bundle of sheets, and wherein the clearance between the edge section and the cutter blade is 0.0 to 0.5 mm.

Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus includes: a cutting blade for cutting an edge of a sheet bundle conveyed to a cutting position of the sheet bundle; a cutting blade moving section for moving obliquely the cutting blade with respect to a sheet surface of the sheet bundle; a fixed supporting table for supporting the sheet bundle in a vicinity of the cutting position; a blade receiving member for pressing the sheet bundle and receiving the cutting blade in the vicinity of the cutting position; and a blade receiving member moving section for ascending or descending the blade receiving member. A center position of a load application action of the blade receiving member by the blade receiving member moving section, is set to a position upstream of the sheet cutting position in a conveying direction of the sheet bundle, and in the vicinity of the sheet cutting position.

Abstract: Replacement time for the cutting board used in the sheet cutting apparatus is detected. A sheet cutting apparatus has a cutting blade to cut a set of sheets by moving in an oblique direction which includes first component of a perpendicular direction to a face of the set of sheets and as second component of a parallel direction to the face, a cutting board to receive the cutting blade, a movable unit to move the cutting board to a face of the cutting blade, and an end detector to detect a moveble end of the cutting board.

Abstract: There is described a paper cutting device which is suitably used as a part of an image forming system, a paper processing device including the paper cutting device, and an image forming system. The paper cutting device includes a cutter blade having a long shape, being provided slidablly in a longitude direction thereof; a cutter blade driving device to move the cutter in a direction traverse to a surface of the set of sheets for cutting. The cutter blade driving device is provided at one side of the cutter blade and the cutter blade is changeable from the other side of the cutter blade.

Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus includes: a cutting blade for cutting a sheet; an inserting device for inserting the sheet into a cutting position to be cut by the cutting blade; a taking out device for taking out the sheet from the cutting position after the sheet has been cut by the cutting blade; and an airflow generating device provided downstream of the cutting position in a direction of taking out the sheet by the taking out device for supplying an airflow to the cutting position.

Abstract: A sheet trimming apparatus comprising a trimming blade to trim a bundle of sheets, a blade receiving member to receive the trimming blade and a sheet supporting member located in a position facing the blade receiving member to hold the bundle of sheets when the bundle of sheets is trimmed with the trimming blade, at least one of the blade receiving member and the sheet supporting member has an electrically conductive surface which comes into contact with a bundle of sheets.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a paper stacker for use with an image forming apparatus of a high copying speed. The paper stacker comprises a paper conveying means for conveying a paper with an image recorded thereon to a stacking position, a top end stopper provided reciprocatively movably along a conveying path of the paper, a paper receiving plate disposed below the conveying path of the paper for receiving a paper, a rear end stopper for defining the rear end position of the paper on the paper receiving plate, and an elevating device for changing the height of the paper receiving plate, wherein the top end stopper and the rear end stopper are provided movably in the same direction in the conveyance direction per a given number of papers. The papers are stacked only by shifting the top end stopper and the rear end stopper in the conveyance direction so that the stacker configuration is extremely simplified so as to enable a high speed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for punching a hole in a paper with a punching unit in a paper post-processing apparatus. The paper is nipped and transported with a transporting roller system arranged downstream of the punching unit in a paper transport direction to make at least a leading edge of the paper pass through an aligning unit. An actuator is activated to end the nipping of the paper by the transporting roller system, and the aligning unit aligns the paper in a width direction thereof that is perpendicular to the paper transport direction. The activation of the actuator is ended to resume the nipping of the paper, and a stopper member is inserted into a paper transport path upstream of the punching unit. A trailing edge of the paper is then caused to hit the stopper member, and the paper is punched by the punching unit.

Abstract: A paper post-processing apparatus for folding a paper ejected from an image forming apparatus at a paper folding process section, having a pair of folding rollers; a pair of fold/transporting rollers each of which contacts with each of the pair of folding rollers; a driving unit; a folding roller moving unit; and a drive direction switching unit. When transporting a paper without folding the paper, the holding roller moving unit moves the folding rollers to a releasing position, and the drive switching unit switches the folding rollers to the same rotation direction with each other; and when folding the paper, the holding roller moving unit moves the folding rollers to the pressure contact position, and the drive switching unit switches the folding rollers to the reverse rotation direction with each other.

Abstract: An image forming system enabling a cost reduction by decreasing the number of components and having enough performance levels of individual postprocessing functions, comprising: an image forming apparatus body and at least one postprocessing unit, the postprocessing unit selectable from a plurality of types of postprocessing units, wherein a single-sheet processing machine is provided as one of the plurality of types of postprocessing units and wherein the single-sheet processing machine has a plurality of types of single-sheet processing functions for postprocessing in units of a sheet and a sheet attachment function of attaching a cover sheet or an insert sheet to an output sheet bulk.

Abstract: A paper post-processing apparatus for folding a paper ejected from an image forming apparatus at a paper folding process section, having a pair of folding rollers; a pair of fold/transporting rollers each of which contacts with each of the pair of folding rollers; a driving unit; a folding roller moving unit; and a drive direction switching unit. When transporting a paper without folding the paper, the holding roller moving unit moves the folding rollers to a releasing position, and the drive switching unit switches the folding rollers to the same rotation direction with each other; and when folding the paper, the holding roller moving unit moves the folding rollers to the pressure contact position, and the drive switching unit switches the folding rollers to the reverse rotation direction with each other.