Patent ID: 6382614
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:an intermediate stacking portion for aligning a sheet sent; a reference wall, disposed on one side in a width direction intersecting a conveying direction of the sheet, for serving as a reference for positioning the sheet; a stapler for performing a binding operation on one side in the width direction of the sheet with respect to a sheet bundle aligned by the reference wall; delivery means for delivering the sheet bundle from the intermediate stacking portion; a sheet stacking portion for stacking the sheet bundle delivered from the delivery means; and guide means provided above the sheet stacking portion and at an end portion on the stapler side of the end portions in the width direction of the sheet, wherein the guide means supports an end portion on the stapler side of the sheet bundle when the sheet bundle is delivered from the delivery means in a staple mode in which the binding operation is performed with respect to the sheet bundled.