Recording material processing apparatus and image forming system

摘要

A recording-material processing apparatus includes a biding mechanism that moves along a predetermined movement path and binds a recording material stack; a recording-material transport path along which the recording material is transported, the recording-material transport path extending from a first area to a second area, which are next to each other with the movement path therebetween, and extending beside the movement path; a first transport member that is provided in the first area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material on the recording-material transport path to the second area; and a second transport member that is provided in the second area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material transported by the first transport member to the further downstream side.

主权项

1. A recording-material processing apparatus comprising:
a binding mechanism that moves along a predetermined movement path and binds a recording material stack; a recording-material transport path along which the recording material is transported, the recording-material transport path extending from a first area to a second area, the first area and the second area being next to each other with the movement path therebetween, and extending beside the movement path; a first transport member that is provided in the first area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material on the recording-material transport path to the second area; a second transport member that is provided in the second area, at a position away from the portion of the recording-material transport path extending beside the movement path, to transport the recording material transported by the first transport member to the further downstream side; a switching member that switches transportation destination to which the recording material transported in the recording-material processing apparatus is transported, the switching member being provided downstream of the first transport member and upstream of the second transport member in a recording-material transport direction beside the recording-material transport path, on the opposite side of the portion extending beside the movement path from the movement path; and a guide member provided beside the recording-material transport path to guide the recording material transported along the recording-material transport path, the guide member comprising a hinge, which allows the guide member to move toward and away from the recording-material transport path.