Patent ID: 7694948
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: B26D,B42C,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet bundle cutting device comprising: a gripping portion for gripping a sheet bundle of a plurality of sheets and for letting the sheet bundle stand in a substantially vertical direction at a cutting position; a cutting blade for cutting an end portion of the sheet bundle at the cutting position; a shifting portion for shifting the cutting blade between the cutting position and a standby position; the gripping portion including a rotatable gripper for holding the sheet bundle, a gripper driving mechanism for rotating the rotatable gripper, and a controller for controlling the rotatable gripper and the gripper driving mechanism, and wherein the controller sets the sheet bundle at the cutting position by rotating the rotatable gripper and lets the cutting blade cut an upside portion, an end portion, or a downside portion of the sheet bundle.