Sheet cutting apparatus and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9889683
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15332178

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A sheet cutting apparatus includes a cutting position where a sheet is cut; a guillotine type cutter configured to move between the cutting position and a home position above the cutting position; a motor; a drive mechanism configured to transfer a drive force from the motor to the cutter to move the cutter between the home position and the cutting position; a drive control section configured to enable the cutter to fall from the home position to the cutting position when cutting a sheet by the cutter and then return the cutter to the home position; a determination section configured to determine whether or not a given period of time elapses from the last return completion of the cutter to the home position; and a return control section configured to return the cutter to the home position if the determination section determines that a given period of time elapses from the last return completion of the cutter to the home position.

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TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO 141-8562

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Masuda, Ken Mishima Shizuoka, JP 18 56

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