摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE: To make it needless to provide a siding mechanism of an aftertreatment apparatus by moving and setting an aftertreatment tray to and on a sheet storage stage to store recording sheets, an aftertreatment stage to carry out aftertreatment and a sheet offtake stage to take off a sheet bundle. CONSTITUTION: An aftertreatment tray 40 of an aftertreatment station 2 is sequentially moved and set to and on each stage of sheet storage, stapling treatment, punching treatment and sheet offtake stages S1 , S2 , S3 , S4 from below. Recording sheets are discharged to the aftertreatment tray 40 from a first transport passage 32 on the sheet storage stage S1 . Additionally, a stapler 100, a puncher 200 and a sheet offtake means 220 are arranged in a housing 21 facing against the stapling treatment, punching treatment, sheet offtake stages S2 , S3 , S4 . When a sheet bundle is taken off from the aftertreatment tray 40 at the sheet offtake stage S4 after finishing a series of stapling and punching treatment, the aftertreatment tray 40 is reset at the sheet storage stage S1 .</p> |