Patent ID: 7484721
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet bundle conveyance apparatus comprising: a discharge path configured to sequentially convey a sheet; tray means for stacking sheets in a bundle conveyed from the discharge path; gripping conveyance means for conveying the sheet bundle from the tray means to a predetermined finishing position, said gripping conveyance means turning the sheet bundle from the tray means for a predetermined angle for conveying the sheet bundle in a turned posture; a reference member for aligning an edge of the sheet bundle after the sheet bundle is turned by the gripping conveyance means; and finishing means for finishing the sheet bundle gripped and turned in the turned posture by the gripping conveyance means; wherein the gripping conveyance means corrects a posture of the sheet bundle by abutting the sheet bundle to the reference member before finishing the sheet bundle by the finishing means, and said gripping conveyance means comprises first conveyance means for holding the sheet bundle and moving the sheet bundle horizontally downwardly, and second conveyance means situated near the first conveyance means, said second conveyance means receiving the sheet bundle from the first conveyance means and turning the sheet bundle for the predetermined angle.