IP Library Granted Patent US 12686586
Granted Patent B2
US 12686586 · App. 18/429,458 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Post-processing device and image forming apparatus

Inventors: Eri Fukui (Kanagawa, JP); Takayuki Fukamachi (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Kawano (Kanagawa, JP); Yuki Mizuno (Kanagawa, JP); Ryota Izumi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
B65H45/18B65H29/125B65H29/70B65H31/02B65H31/26G03G15/6502G03G15/6555G03G15/6567H04N1/00639B65H2301/16B65H2301/36B65H2404/64B65H2408/12B65H2513/40B65H2701/13212B65H2801/03B65H2801/27G03G2215/00067G03G2215/00742G03G2215/00877G03G2215/0487
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Patent No.
US 12686586
App. No.
18/429,458
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A post-processing device includes: a loading section that has a loading surface directed obliquely upward and in which a recording medium is loaded on the loading surface in a state where one end of the recording medium is directed downward; a supporting section that supports the one end of the recording medium loaded on the loading surface; a transporting mechanism that transports a plurality of recording media transported one by one toward the loading section by shifting and stacking the recording media in a transport direction, and sets an amount of shift of the recording media on the basis of a predetermined condition; and a transporting section that bends each of the plurality of recording media transported from the transporting mechanism by applying a transport force to an upper end of each of the recording media opposite to the one end in a state where the one end is in contact with the supporting section, and separates one by one the recording media and loads the recording media on the loading surface.

Claims (32)

1 . A post-processing device comprising:

a loading section that has a loading surface directed obliquely upward and in which a recording medium is loaded on the loading surface in a state where one end of the recording medium is directed downward;

a supporting section that supports the one end of the recording medium loaded on the loading surface;

a transporting mechanism that transports a plurality of recording media transported one by one toward the loading section by shifting and stacking the recording media in a transport direction, and sets an amount of shift of the recording media on the basis of a predetermined condition; and

a transporting section that bends each of the plurality of recording media transported from the transporting mechanism by applying a transport force to an upper end of each of the recording media opposite to the one end in a state where the one end is in contact with the supporting section, and separates one by one the recording media and loads the recording media on the loading surface.

2 . The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined condition is a density of an image formed on the recording medium.

3 . The post-processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the transporting mechanism

sets the amount of shift as a first amount in a case where the density of the image is a first density, and

sets the amount of shift as a second amount greater than the first amount in a case where the density of the image is a second density higher than the first density.

4 . The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined condition is a basis weight of the recording medium.

5 . The post-processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the transporting mechanism

sets the amount of shift as a first amount in a case where the basis weight is a first basis weight, and

sets the amount of shift as a second amount greater than the first amount in a case where the basis weight is a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight.

6 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; and

the post-processing device according to claim 1 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming section forms the image.

7 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; and

the post-processing device according to claim 2 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming section forms the image.

8 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; and

the post-processing device according to claim 3 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming section forms the image.

9 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; and

the post-processing device according to claim 4 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming section forms the image.

10 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; and

the post-processing device according to claim 5 that executes post-processing on the recording medium on which the image forming section forms the image.