Patent ID: 9260268
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B31F,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a pressing unit including a first pressing member and a second pressing member, the pressing unit being configured to sandwich and press a fold part of a folded sheet bundle between the first pressing member and the second pressing member; a moving unit configured to move a position pressed by the pressing unit in a direction of a fold of the sheet bundle; and an elastic member configured to press the first pressing member in a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein a position pressed by the first pressing member on the sheet bundle and another position pressed by the second pressing member on the sheet bundle are shifted with respect to each other in the direction of the fold of the sheet bundle, the first pressing member is movable in the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and the second pressing member is not movable, relative to the first pressing member in the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, the first pressing member and the second pressing member are a same size, and the entirety of the elastic member is provided over the first pressing member.