Patent ID: 8342499
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B42B,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a support unit on which a plurality of sheets are stacked, each sheet including a first edge portion and a second edge portion that differs from the first edge portion, the sheets being stacked together as a sheet stack such that the first edge portions and the second edge portions of the sheets are aligned; a counter member disposed so as to face the first edge portions of the sheets stacked on the support unit; a pressing member that presses the first edge portions of the sheets stacked on the support unit against the counter member; a first binding unit that binds together the first edge portions of the sheets in the sheet stack by a first binding process, the first edge portion of each sheet being pressed against the counter member by the pressing member; and a second binding unit that binds together the second edge portions of the sheets in the sheet stack by a second binding process, the first edge portion of each sheet being pressed against the counter member by the pressing member, the bond formed by the second binding unit being more easily breakable than a bond formed by the first binding unit, wherein the second edge portions of the sheets are located on an edge of the sheets that is different than an edge on which the first edge portions of the sheets are located.