B65H37/04

SHEET GUIDE DEVICES

An example sheet guide devices comprises a housing and a guide member coupled to the housing. The housing is to receive a stack of sheets to staple. The guide member includes a cylinder shaft, a counterbalance component, and guide arm. The cylinder shaft is rotatable and disposed within the housing. The counterbalance component is disposed with the cylinder shaft to shift a center of gravity of the guide member in a first direction. The guide arm is disposed off-center from a central axis of the cylinder shaft in a second direction.

SHEET GUIDE DEVICES

An example sheet guide devices comprises a housing and a guide member coupled to the housing. The housing is to receive a stack of sheets to staple. The guide member includes a cylinder shaft, a counterbalance component, and guide arm. The cylinder shaft is rotatable and disposed within the housing. The counterbalance component is disposed with the cylinder shaft to shift a center of gravity of the guide member in a first direction. The guide arm is disposed off-center from a central axis of the cylinder shaft in a second direction.

Sheet conveyor unit and image forming system including same

A sheet conveyor unit is connected to downstream side of an upstream side unit in a sheet conveying direction. The sheet conveyor unit includes a convey guide for receiving a sheet discharged from outlet of the upstream side unit. The convey guide is constituted of a pair of guide members disposed to face each other with a predetermined space therebetween. The guide members have the same shape and include base parts having guide surfaces that form a sheet conveying path when combined to face each other, and inclined parts bent to directions apart from the guide surfaces from one end of the base parts in the sheet conveying direction so as to form a receiving port. The convey guide is attached selectively to one of positions different in at least one of a height direction and the sheet conveying direction with respect to an apparatus main body.

Sheet conveyor unit and image forming system including same

A sheet conveyor unit is connected to downstream side of an upstream side unit in a sheet conveying direction. The sheet conveyor unit includes a convey guide for receiving a sheet discharged from outlet of the upstream side unit. The convey guide is constituted of a pair of guide members disposed to face each other with a predetermined space therebetween. The guide members have the same shape and include base parts having guide surfaces that form a sheet conveying path when combined to face each other, and inclined parts bent to directions apart from the guide surfaces from one end of the base parts in the sheet conveying direction so as to form a receiving port. The convey guide is attached selectively to one of positions different in at least one of a height direction and the sheet conveying direction with respect to an apparatus main body.

Post-processing device, method for controlling post-processing device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for controlling post-processing device

A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.

Post-processing device, method for controlling post-processing device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for controlling post-processing device

A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.

A HAND-HELD HANDLE DISPENSER
20180002050 · 2018-01-04 ·

A hand-held handle dispenser comprising: a main frame having a handle, an adhesive tape roll provided at a rear side of the main frame for delivering an adhesive tape, an application element provided at the front side of the main frame for applying the adhesive tape on a parcel and a cutting blade for cutting the adhesive tape, a cartridge for storing an insert strip roll and transport and affixing elements for conveying the insert strip from the cartridge to the application element and affixing it against the adhesive tape to form a handle.

SHEET BINDING DEVICE
20180001688 · 2018-01-04 ·

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet binding device comprises a sheet shift section, a tape attaching section, an information acquisition section and a controller. The sheet shift section shifts a plurality of sheets forming a sheet bundle from each other at an edge of the sheet bundle. The tape attaching section attaches a tape to the edge of the sheet bundle. The information acquisition section acquires information relating to at least one of the plurality of the sheets, the tape, and a binding method of the sheet bundle by the tape. The controller changes a shift amount between sheets in the plurality of the sheets that is shifted by the sheet shift section based on the information acquired by the information acquisition section.

SHEET BINDING DEVICE
20180001688 · 2018-01-04 ·

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet binding device comprises a sheet shift section, a tape attaching section, an information acquisition section and a controller. The sheet shift section shifts a plurality of sheets forming a sheet bundle from each other at an edge of the sheet bundle. The tape attaching section attaches a tape to the edge of the sheet bundle. The information acquisition section acquires information relating to at least one of the plurality of the sheets, the tape, and a binding method of the sheet bundle by the tape. The controller changes a shift amount between sheets in the plurality of the sheets that is shifted by the sheet shift section based on the information acquired by the information acquisition section.

ARCHITECTURAL COVERING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
20180002978 · 2018-01-04 ·

An architectural covering and a method of manufacturing the covering is provided. The panel may include multiple strips of material extending lengthwise across a width dimension of the panel. The strips of material may be overlapped and coupled to one another to define cells between adjacent strips of material. The panel may be retracted and extended across an architectural opening, and the strips of material may include a resilient support member to expand the cells as the panel is extended across the architectural opening. The panel may be manufactured by helically winding a continuous, elongate strip of material about a drum in an overlapped manner.