Patent ID: 8657402
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B26D,B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet feed device to feed a sheet along a sheet feed path; a sheet cutting device including a cutter and a cutter holder to cut the sheet to a desired length, the cutter including opposed blades opposing each other to cut the sheet therebetween, the cutter holder holding the cutter and reciprocally movable in a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to a sheet feed direction in which the sheet is fed along the sheet feed path, and a controller to control the sheet feed device and the cutter holder, wherein the cutter holder, after cutting the sheet with the cutter, is movable in the width direction of the sheet with the cutter holder retracted away from the sheet feed path in a thickness direction of the sheet perpendicular to both the sheet feed direction and the width direction of the sheet, and the controller controls the sheet feed device to feed the sheet while the cutter holder moves in the width direction of the sheet with the cutter holder retracted away from the sheet feed path in the thickness direction of the sheet.