Patent ID: 11891260
Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A sheet post-processing apparatus provided in an in-body space between a reading unit that reads an image of a document and an image forming unit configured to form the image read by the reading unit on a sheet, the sheet post-processing apparatus comprising:
an introducing port which introduces the sheet on which the image is formed;
a conveying device configured to convey, in a conveying direction, the sheet introduced from the introducing port;
a processing tray on which the sheet conveyed by the conveying device is placed;
a manual inserting unit provided at a position different from the processing tray and capable of manually inserting a sheet from the outside of the sheet post-processing apparatus;
a binding processing device configured to perform a binding process on the sheet placed on the processing tray or the sheet inserted into the manual inserting unit;
a slide mechanism capable of pulling out, in the conveying direction, the sheet post-processing apparatus from a fixing position where the sheet post-processing apparatus is fixed in the in-body space;
a fixing unit configured to fix the slide mechanism into the in-body space and to fix the slide mechanism to a conveying position where the sheet is conveyed to the conveying device; and
a release lever provided at a position overlapping with a placing range of the sheet set on the manual inserting unit and configured to release the fixing unit.