| US 7,331,573 B2 | ||
| Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus | ||
| Yoshimi Mizuta, Chiba (Japan); Toshimasa Suzuki, Chiba (Japan); Masaaki Inoo, Tokushima (Japan); Daisaku Kamiya, Chiba (Japan); Hiromichi Tsujino, Ibaraki (Japan); Junichi Moteki, Chiba (Japan); and Shunsuke Nishimura, Ibaraki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/352,241. | ||
| Application 11/352241 is a division of application No. 10/233589, filed on Sep. 04, 2002, granted, now 7,021,616. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-272175 (JP), filed on Sep. 07, 2001; application No. 2001-272178 (JP), filed on Sep. 07, 2001; and application No. 2002-240238 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0125171 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 270—58.14 [270/58.08; 270/58.11; 270/58.12; 270/58.13; 270/58.15; 270/58.16; 270/58.17; 399/403; 399/410; 271/292; 271/294; 271/299] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A sheet treating apparatus to be disposed directly above an image forming portion of an image forming apparatus, said sheet
treating apparatus comprising:
a sheet post-treating portion which executes a post-treatment operation, while holding a sheet in a substantially vertical
state above the image forming portion;
a delivery portion provided substantially over and above the sheet post-treating portion which upwardly delivers the sheet
executed by said sheet post-treating portion; and
a delivery tray provided above the sheet post-treating portion, which receives the sheet substantially vertically as delivered
by said delivery portion.
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