Patent ID: 7134654
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet finisher comprising: processing means configured to execute preselected processing with either one of a sheet and a sheet stack; switching means located at a position where a plurality of paths branch away for selectively steering the sheet or the sheet stack processed or not processed by said processing means toward said first path or said second path, the switching means including a second guide member spaced from a surface of a conveyor roller by a gap; and control means for selectively controlling said switching means to a first position assigned to a first path, a second position assigned to a second path, or a third position between said first position and said second position and also assigned to said second path, wherein the gap between the second guide member and the surface of the conveyor roller is greater in the third position than in the second position.