Patent ID: 11945676
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A folding apparatus comprising:
a first folding unit configured to fold and transport a recording medium;
a second folding unit provided on a downstream side in a transport direction of the recording medium with respect to the first folding unit, and configured to fold and transport the recording medium; and
a third folding unit provided on the downstream side in the transport direction of the recording medium with respect to the second folding unit, and configured to fold and transport the recording medium,
wherein each of the first folding unit, the second folding unit, and the third folding unit has a folding roller pair and a pressing member, and
the folding apparatus further comprises a controller configured so as to execute control to move each of the pressing members to press a folding target portion of the recording medium into between a corresponding folding roller pair,
each folding roller pair is configured to fold the recording medium while transporting the recording medium in an intersecting direction with a surface of the recording medium before being folded, and
in a case where the recording medium is to be folded twice, the folding apparatus is configured such that a folding process of the recording medium is to be performed in an order of the first folding unit and the third folding unit,
wherein the folding apparatus further comprises:
a transport unit configured to transport the recording medium to the downstream side along the transport direction by the folding roller pair of the third folding unit, and the folding apparatus does not include a transport unit configured to transport the recording medium to the downstream side along the transport direction by the folding roller pair of the second folding unit to discharge the recording medium to an outside of the folding apparatus.