Patent ID: 7762540
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion which forms images on sheets; and a sheet processing apparatus which processes the sheets on which the images have been formed by said image forming portion, said sheet processing apparatus including: wherein when said plurality of conveying portions convey the sheet bundle bound by said binding unit, one conveying portion of said plurality of conveying portions is spaced apart from the sheet bundle while a bound portion of the sheet bundle, bound by said binding unit, passes said one conveying portion, and another conveying portion located downstream of said one conveying portion with respect to the sheet conveying direction conveys the sheet bundle so as to pass the bound portion through said one conveying portion spaced apart from the sheet bundle, and wherein the sheet processing apparatus is provided in an upper portion of said image forming portion.