Patent ID: 8490957
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B31F,B42B,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A creasing apparatus that performs a creasing process on a sheet, the creasing apparatus comprising: a first conveying path on which a creasing unit is located, the creasing unit performing a creasing process on a sheet conveyed therein; a second conveying path that conveys a sheet conveyed therein to a downstream side without any process being performed on the sheet; and a control unit that, while the first conveying path conveys a sheet so that the creasing unit performs the creasing process on the sheet, causes a subsequent sheet to be conveyed to the downstream side from the second conveying path, wherein, when the creasing process is performed on an cover of a booklet, the control unit first causes the cause of the booklet to be received by the first conveying path so that the creasing process is performed and, while the creasing process is being performed, causes subsequent sheet to be sequentially received by the second conveying path.