Patent ID: 9010744
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B26F,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a first stacking portion on which sheets to be processed are sequentially stacked; a binding unit configured to implement a binding process to a sheet bundle composed of a plurality of sheets stacked on the first stacking portion; a sheet bundle moving portion configured to discharge the sheet bundle to which a binding process has been implemented by the binding unit out of the first stacking portion; a second stacking portion configured to stack the sheet bundle discharged out of the first stacking portion by the sheet bundle moving portion; a restricting member configured to abut against an end portion in a moving direction of the sheet bundle discharged and moving on the second stacking portion to align a position in the moving direction of the sheet bundle; and a projection forming unit configured to form a guide projection on a top surface of the sheet bundle such that the guide projection guides an end portion in the moving direction of a succeeding sheet bundle moving toward the restricting member above a binding portion of the sheet bundle on the second stacking portion.