Patent ID: 6779790
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:sheet stacking means for stacking a sheet to be conveyed and bound; conveying means for conveying the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking means so as to change sheet binding positions; and sheet binding means for binding a sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacking means, wherein, in case of an end binding mode, a moveable stopper aligns an end of the sheets to be a sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacking means and the sheet bundle is bound at the end of the sheets, and wherein, in case of a central binding mode, the moveable stopper aligns an end of the sheet to be a sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacking means, the conveying means conveys the sheet bundle in certain distance to position the center of the sheet bundle at the sheet binding means, and the sheet binding means binds the sheet bundle.