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Abstract

A sheet post-processing apparatus is connected to or assembled in an image forming device such as a copying machine to automatically bind recorded or copied sheets successively given from the image forming device with one or more staples upon collating, aligning and binding or punching the given sheets in the proper order of page. The finished sheets bound are finally discharged perpendicularly to a reference transferring direction in which the recorded sheet is first sent out from the image forming device so as to be discharged to a discharge unit near an operation place defined in front of the image forming device, thus to allow an operator to easily take out the bound sheets from the sheet discharge unit without moving too much.

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First Claim