Patent ID: 7080830
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of sheet processing units for processing a sheet; a plurality of sheet feeding units for sending out a sheet; and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet sent out from said sheet feeding units to the sheet processing units, wherein: the sheet conveying portion comprises a plurality of sheet conveying units, each of said plurality of sheet conveying units has a sheet intake port, a sheet discharge port, and a linear sheet conveying path for conveying the sheet from the sheet intake port to the sheet discharge port, and said plurality of sheet conveying units are a same structure and disposed in parallel such that respective sheet conveying paths thereof are positioned on the substantially same plane and in a re-arrangeable fashion; and the sheet processing units and said sheet feeding units are each detachably attached to the sheet conveying units.