| US 7,537,209 B2 | ||
| Sheet stacking-aligning apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus | ||
| Katsuhito Kato, Ibaraki (Japan); Daisaku Kamiya, Chiba (Japan); and Daiju Yoshino, Ibaraki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/748,839. | ||
| Application 11/748839 is a division of application No. 11/288138, filed on Nov. 29, 2005, granted, now 7,264,237. | ||
| Application 11/288138 is a division of application No. 10/429804, filed on May 06, 2003, granted, now 6,994,339. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-143060 (JP), filed on May 17, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0210510 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 31/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—220 [271/221; 271/233] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A sheet aligning apparatus comprising:
a conveyor, including a conveying rotary member, configured to convey a sheet or a sheet bundle; and
an aligning unit configured to press an end of the sheet or an end of the sheet bundle in a conveying direction to align the
sheet or the sheet bundle conveyed to the aligning unit by the conveyor;
wherein the aligning unit is provided with the conveying rotary member, and
wherein the aligning unit presses the end of the sheet or the end of the sheet bundle in a process of moving from a first
position to a second position, and the aligning unit moves from the second position to the first position after the conveyor
has conveyed the sheet or the sheet bundle to the aligning unit.
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