Patent ID: 6981697
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a stapling device that staples a sheet bundle comprising a plurality of sheets; a discharge device that discharges the sheet bundle; a driving device that drives said discharge device; and a controller that controls said driving device, wherein said controller controls discharge of the sheet bundle in different ways between a case where said stapling device staples the sheet bundle at one point thereof and a case where said stapling device staples the sheet bundle at two points thereof, wherein said controller is operable when the sheet bundle stapled at one point thereof is to be discharged, for causing said discharge device to accelerate the sheet bundle at a first predetermined acceleration and then causing said discharge device to discharge the sheet bundle at a first predetermined speed, and wherein said controller is operable when the sheet bundle stapled at two points thereof is to be discharged, for causing said discharge device to accelerate the sheet bundle at a second predetermined acceleration greater than the first predetermined acceleration, and then causing said discharge device to discharge the sheet bundle at the first predetermined speed.