Patent ID: 8469201
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system, comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on sheets including envelopes; an enclosing unit that encloses, in the envelopes, the sheets on which the image is formed by the image forming unit; a weight measuring unit that measures a weight of the sheet-enclosed envelopes; and a sorting unit that sorts the sheet-enclosed envelopes, on the basis of weight data of each of the sheet-enclosed envelopes of which the weight is measured by the weight measuring unit, wherein the enclosing unit has a carrying unit that nips and carries the envelopes, the carrying unit has a pressure-contact releasing unit that releases a pressure-contact with respect to the envelopes, and when the weight of the sheet-enclosed envelopes is measured by the weight measuring unit, the carrying unit releases the pressure-contact with respect to the sheet-enclosed envelopes.