Patent ID: 9102185
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B42B,B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a stacking unit that stacks conveyed sheets; an aligning unit that aligns the sheets stacked on the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a binding unit that moves along an end portion of a bundle of the sheets on a binding portion side and performs a binding process for the bundle of the sheets that have been aligned by the aligning unit; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of the sheets at the end portion thereof on the binding portion side, wherein the pressing unit includes a first pressing member and a second pressing member, when the binding unit moves in one direction, the binding unit engages with the first pressing unit by an engaging unit and moves the first pressing unit in the one direction; and when the binding unit moves in another direction, the binding unit engages with the second pressing unit by the engaging unit and moves the second pressing unit in the another direction; and a moving mechanism that, when one of the first pressing member or the second pressing member moves in engaging with the binding unit, moves another one of the first pressing member or the second pressing member to be symmetric to the one of the pressing members.