Patent ID: 8960660
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B31F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit; a binding unit that binds the bundle of sheets that has been aligned by the first and second alignment units, wherein the pressing unit presses an end of the bundle of sheets on a side to be bound by the binding unit; and a moving unit that moves the binding unit in the direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction, wherein the pressing unit moves in the same direction in synchronization with the movement of the binding unit by the moving unit.