Patent ID: 6846280
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet post-processing apparatus comprising: stacking means for stacking at least one sheet; transport means for transporting the sheet from the stacking means; folding rotating members for folding the sheet by rotation in a state that the folding rotating members nip the sheet transported from the transport means; a sheet pushing member for pushing the sheet transported by the transport means toward the folding rotating members by movement relative to the folding rotating members; first load means for transferring the sheet and providing a load to the sheet when the sheet pushing member pushes the sheet by contacting the sheet at an upstream side of the folding rotating bodies in a direction that the transport means transports the sheet; and second load means for providing a load to the sheet when the sheet pushing member pushes the sheet by contacting the sheet at a downstream side of the folding rotating members in the direction that the transport means transports the sheet, said second load means being located lower than the first load means so that the second load means grips the sheet hanging downwardly from the first load means to thereby hold the sheet between the first and second load means.