Patent ID: 9284142
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a first roller; a driving member that has a drive source for generating a driving force and which rotates the first roller by the driving force of the drive source; a first opposite roller that forms a first nip portion along with the first roller; a second roller provided on a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction from the first roller; a second opposite roller that forms a second nip portion along with the second roller; and a load unit that applies a load torque to the first roller, wherein at least one of the first nip portion and second nip portion is shorter than a maximum length of a sheet that can be conveyed in a main body of the apparatus in a width direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, and the load unit applies a tension in the sheet feeding direction to the sheet fed between the first and second nip portions after the sheet fed by the first nip portion is nipped in the second nip portion.