Patent ID: 7490820
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet bending apparatus which bends a sheet in a standing state, the apparatus comprising: an information obtaining section that obtains a sheet information indicating the type of the sheet; a sheet moving member that includes an abutting section capable of abutting the bottom edge of the sheet in a standing state and of freely moving vertically and vertically moves the sheet by causing the abutting section to move vertically; a sheet bending section that is disposed within a range of movement of the sheet moved by the sheet moving member, has a pushing member extending laterally and intersecting the vertical direction of the sheet, and bends the sheet by causing the pushing member to push a predetermined position of the sheet moved by the sheet moving member, the predetermined position of the sheet being in the vertical direction of the sheet; and a controlling section that controls an amount of movement of the abutting section using a correction value according to the type of the sheet indicated by the sheet information obtained in the information obtaining section so as to allow the abutting section to abut the predetermined position of the sheet, wherein the information obtaining section obtains the sheet information indicating the type of the sheet based on the rigidity of the sheet.