Patent ID: 7798950
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for folding a sheet, the apparatus comprising: a folding unit that folds the sheet along a folding line thereby obtaining a folded sheet having a folded side; a pressing unit that presses the folded side of the folded sheet; a driving unit that causes the pressing unit to slide in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of the sheet; and a control unit that sets a number of slides at which the pressing unit is to slide on each of a plurality of sections of the folded side depending on a distance of each of the sections from a reference position, the number of slides at which the pressing unit slides on each of the respective plurality of section is decided independently thereof, and sets a length of each of the sections and controls the driving unit so as to slide in each of the sections for the number of slides set for the respective section.