Patent ID: 7165764
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: sheet holding means for holding a plurality of supplied sheets in a stack; first sheet stacking means on which sheets that have been held by said sheet holding means are stacked; second sheet stacking means, provided downstream of said first sheet stacking means with respect to a sheet conveying direction, on which sheets are stacked; first sheet conveying means for discharging the sheets stacked on said first sheet stacking means to said second sheet stacking means; and second sheet conveying means for conveying the sheets stacked on said first sheet stacking means toward said second sheet stacking means; wherein after the sheets stacked on said first sheet stacking means are conveyed by said second sheet conveying means toward said second sheet stacking means by a predetermined amount so that a downstream edge of the sheet stacked on said first sheet stacking means protrudes in a downstream side beyond a downstream edge of the sheets held by said sheet holding means, said first sheet conveying means conveys the sheets stacked on said first sheet stacking means and the sheets held by said sheet holding means to thereby discharge the sheets stacked on said first sheet stacking means to said second sheet stacking means and to stack the sheets held by said sheet holding means onto said first sheet stacking means.