Patent ID: 6826374
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:sheet conveying means for conveying a sheet; sheet processing means for performing a predetermined process to the sheet conveyed by said sheet conveying means; sheet discharge means for performing a discharge process to the sheet processed by said sheet processing means; stack means for stacking the sheets discharged by said sheet discharge means; cover means for covering said stack means; open/close detecting means for detecting whether said cover means is opened or closed; and control means for immediately stopping, in a case where the discharge process to the sheet is performed by said sheet discharge means, driving of said sheet discharge means and said sheet conveying means according to the detection by said open/close detecting means that said cover means is opened, and for continuing, in a case where the discharge process to the sheet is not performed by said sheet discharge means, the driving of said sheet conveying means even when the detection by said open/close detecting means is that said cover means is opened.