A sheet conveying apparatus includes first and second roller members fixed to a rotatable shaft, a first follower roller that cooperates with the first roller member to form a conveying nip, and a second follower roller that cooperates with the second roller member to form a conveying nip. The first and second roller members have outer periphery cut-away parts and the first and second follower rollers are moveably supported and can be biased to home positions. If the first roller member cut-away part faces the first follower roller, the first follower roller is biased to move toward a home position while the nip of the second roller member nips and conveys a sheet. If the second roller member cut-away part faces the second follower roller, the second follower roller is biased to move toward a home position while the nip of the first roller member nips and conveys a sheet.

A recording device capable of preventing an occurrence of a transport wrinkle in a transport path is provided. A recording medium transport device includes a driving roller (111) and a driven roller (112) arranged such that a roller axial direction of the driving roller and a roller axial direction of the driven roller are parallel to each other, a recording medium (1) being transported by driving the driving roller (111) with the recording medium (1) held between the driving roller (111) and the driven roller (112), and the driven roller (112) is movably supported from a predetermined position in the roller axial direction, and in a case where the driven roller (112) is separated from the driving roller (111) without holding the recording medium (1) between the driven roller and the driving roller (111), the driven roller (112) moves to the predetermined position in the roller axial direction.

The invention relates to a device (30) for separating at least two strands of material (12a, 12b) from the cutting of a strip of material moving continuously, characterized in that the device includes a spreader (32, 33) for spreading the strands of material apart in a transverse direction (v) extending in the movement plane (P2) of the strands of material, perpendicularly to the movement direction of said strands of material.

A paper sheet transport apparatus (10) includes transport member that is slidable along the widthwise direction of a transport path (11) (e.g., a drive roller (36) and a driven roller (38)), and a paper sheet detection unit (inlet-side paper sheet detection sensor (70)) that is arranged on an upstream side of the transport member in the paper sheet transport direction along the transport path (11) and detects the position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path (11). A control unit (80) calculates an amount of movement of the transport member based on the position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path (11) detected by the paper sheet detection unit and a previously set predetermined position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path (11).

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a guide, a conveyance roller and a movement mechanism. The image forming section forms an image on an image receiving medium. The guide is arranged at a downstream side of the image forming section in a conveyance direction of the image receiving medium. The guide guides the image receiving medium. The conveyance roller is arranged at the downstream side of the image forming section in the conveyance direction of the image receiving medium. The conveyance roller conveys the image receiving medium along the guide. The movement mechanism moves at least one of the guide or the conveyance roller in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the image receiving medium.

A processing machine includes at least one further processing unit following at least one processing unit configured as an application unit in a transport direction of a substrate. At least one transport unit is arranged between the at least one processing unit configured as an application unit and the at least one succeeding processing unit. The at least one transport unit includes a plurality of transport elements arranged one behind the other in the transport direction. The plurality of transport elements are individually axially adjustable, or the plurality of transport elements are groupwise axially adjustable.

A processing machine includes at least one processing unit configured as at least one shaping unit following, in a transport direction of a substrate, at least one processing unit configured as at least one application unit. Additionally, at least one transport unit is arranged between the at least one application unit and at least one succeeding processing unit. The at least one transport unit includes a plurality of transport elements that are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction. At least one transport element is axially adjustable based on detection of at least one image-producing element of a substrate by at least one sensor for substrate alignment.

A conveyor configured to transport sheets along a transport path from an input end to a discharge end includes a main frame, an upper conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of belts and a lower conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of wheels. The transport path is defined by the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts in the first contact region and the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels in the second contact region, and the conveyor is configured such that the sheets make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts and make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels when the sheets move along the transport path. The wheels are shiftable in the third direction relative to the belts and relative to the main frame.

In order to enable a press-bound sheet bunch to be easily peeled away from press teeth, the present invention is to provide a sheet bunch processing apparatus with a needleless binding apparatus which includes a pair of press tooth members where a plurality of press teeth extending in a ridge-line direction is formed parallel, presses a part of a sheet bunch between the pair of press tooth members, and thereby performs press binding processing, and with a peeling mechanism which applies a force in a direction substantially parallel with the ridge-line direction of the press teeth to the sheet bunch, and thereby peels the sheet bunch subjected to the press binding processing away from the press teeth of the press tooth members.

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus comprises a processing tray, a longitudinal alignment mechanism, a horizontal alignment mechanism and an interlocking mechanism. The processing tray can stack a sheet. The longitudinal alignment mechanism includes a rotatable paddle. The longitudinal alignment mechanism can align the sheets stacked on the processing tray in a sheet conveyance direction. The horizontal alignment mechanism includes a horizontal alignment plate movable in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction. The horizontal alignment mechanism can align the sheets placed on the processing tray in the sheet width direction. The interlocking mechanism interlocks the paddle in the sheet width direction in synchronization with the movement of the horizontal alignment plate in the sheet width direction.