| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 412037000 |
Adhesive applier
| 34 |
| 412038000 |
Perforated sheet binder
| 19 |
| 412035000 |
Sewing means | 5 |
| 20100254782 | Sheet Cutting Apparatus and sheet Post-Processing Apparatus Having the Same, and Image Forming System - A sheet cutting apparatus, including: a conveying member configured to convey a half-folded sheet bunch in a conveyance path in which the conveying member is provided; a registration member which comes into contact with a leading edge portion of the sheet bunch to correct a skew feed of the sheet bunch; a cutting member positioned upstream of the registration member to cut a trailing edge portion of the sheet bunch; and a discharging member provided at an outlet of the conveyance path to discharge the sheet bunch, wherein the leading edge portion of the sheet bunch is positioned outside the discharging member when, after the skew feed is corrected, the sheet bunch is conveyed downstream in the conveying direction by the conveying member and the trailing edge portion of the sheet bunch is conveyed to a cutting position of the cutting member to cut the trailing edge portion. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20120269601 | CONVEYING DEVICE, SPINE FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A conveying device that conveys a sheet bundle with a flattened back-face portion includes a first conveying unit, a driving unit, and a second conveying unit. The first conveying unit retracts to a position where no driving force is exerted on the sheet bundle before a leading end of the sheet bundle formed in a flat spine shape enters, and abuts on the sheet bundle to exert conveying force after the leading end of the sheet bundle passes a conveying position. The driving unit moves the first conveying unit to retract to the position and to abut on the sheet bundle. The second conveying unit is positioned on an upstream side of the first conveying unit in a sheet bundle conveying direction and conveys the sheet bundle towards the first conveying unit. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140308096 | POST-PROCEESING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The image forming system contains an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus. The post-processing apparatus includes a flattening unit that flattens a back portion of a booklet, an elevating mechanism that moves the flattening unit operating together with a conveyance of the booklet and a post-processing control portion that controls the flattening unit to perform flattening processing which flattens the back portion of the booklet during the conveyance of the booklet by the elevating mechanism. The elevating mechanism elevates a booklet-holding mechanism including the flattening unit operating together with a conveyance of the booklet. The booklet-holding mechanism and the flattening unit moves up and down between cut-off processing portion and discharging portion operating together with the conveyance of the booklet. A square back roller reciprocatively moves along the back portion of the booklet together with the movement of roller moving mechanism. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150110580 | DEVICE FOR FORMING BOOK BLOCKS - A device for forming book blocks is disclosed. The device includes a first conveying device which accepts signatures printed in a printing press located upstream. The device further includes at least one signature switch assigned to the first conveying device, multiple second conveying devices, and multiple book block formers, where each second conveying device is assigned a book block former and where each book block former can be supplied with signatures belonging to the same book block dependent on a position of the or each signature switch. The device further includes multiple placers, where each book block former is assigned a placer which accepts the book blocks formed in the respective book block former, and a third conveying device, onto which the book blocks can be placed with the help of the placers and which feeds the book blocks to a delivery device. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150117983 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a sheet processing device that performs saddle stitching processing that binds a bundle of stacked paper sheets at a position around a center thereof and then folds in half the paper sheet bundle at the binding portion, the device being capable of selectively performing both saddle stitching using a metallic staple and saddle stitching not using the metallic staple for environmental protection and capable of reducing a size. | 04-30-2015 |
| 412036000 |
Lace, ribbon, or adhesive tape applier | 2 |
| 20090136324 | TAPE TYPE BINDING APPARATUS AND PAPER STAPLE - A tape type binding apparatus includes a cutter portion formed in a U-shape inside which a paper staple is held, a paper table formed with a drawing hole through which cutter blades of the cutter portion can be inserted, a pair of pressing members arranged on respective sides of the drawing hole, and a pressing piece arranged below the center of the drawing hole. The cutter blades and leg portions of the paper staple penetrate a stack of sheets placed on the paper table by moving down the cutter portion, the pair of pressing members folds the leg portions of the paper staple to inner sides by moving toward the center of the drawing hole through rectangular holes formed on respective cutter blades, and the pressing piece presses and bonds the folded leg portions by relatively moving up with respect to the paper table. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090169338 | Tape binding device - A tape binding device includes a loop forming mechanism for forming a loop for winding a material to be bound at an end of a tape. The loop forming mechanism includes a plurality of belt conveying mechanisms arranged in a polygonal shape in a conveyance direction for absorbing the tape by air suction and conveying the tape. Each of the belt conveying mechanisms includes a plurality of endless conveying belts extending parallel to the conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction with a space for air suction provided therebetween. | 07-02-2009 |
| 412034000 |
Deformable strip applier | 1 |
| 20140255128 | BINDING SYSTEM USING A RELEASABLE FASTENING STRIP - A binding system for binding a set of media sheets using a binding strip and a plurality of pinching devices adapted to fasten together the binding strip and the set of media sheets by pinching them together in their respective spine portions. The binding strip includes a spine portion, a wraparound portion and a fastening portion having a releasable fastening strip. The binding system is adapted to bind the set of media sheets by aligning the spine edges of the set of media sheets and the binding strip, using the pinching devices to fasten together the set of media sheets and the binding strip along the spine edges, wrapping the wraparound portion of the binding strip around the spine edges of the fastened media sheets, and bringing the releasable fastening strip into operative contact with the back media sheet. | 09-11-2014 |
| Entries |
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| 20080206019 | Document Cover Assembly Configured For Volume Production - The present invention comprises a document binder assembly which may be printed commonly available office equipment, which results in a document binder assembly with exponentially wider distribution, use and much lower cost to the user when compared to the prior art. A slide and spacer in the document binder assembly operate to attach a cover to a bound document. Said cover may be received by a standard printer, wherein a user may print text, logos, graphics, or other desired material onto the cover. Optionally, an adhesive strip may be mounted to the spine of the document to reinforce the strength of the document binder assembly. The result is a document binder assembly useful for making short run full dress documents may be printed on commonly available office equipment, singly or in quantity, and offering highly desirable combination of low cost, professional appearance, and ease of decoration on all surfaces. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090185882 | PUNCHING DEVICE AND BOOKBINDING DEVICE - A punching device to form a notch on a sheet by cutting away a portion of a sheet edge, having a punch having a double projection section at an anterior end thereof, wherein the portion of the sheet edge is cut away without apexes of the double projection section coming in contact with the sheet. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090202320 | Binding Device - A binding device ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090202321 | PUNCHING AND BINDING SYSTEM AND ELEMENTS THEREOF - An apparatus for punching and binding a stack of papers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a paper clamp and a binding element insertion device that are movable relative to each other. The binding element insertion device is configured to receive and detect binding elements of different sizes. The apparatus also includes a punching mechanism, a controller, and a user interface. The controller controls movement of the paper clamp and the binding element insertion device based on the size of the binding element needed to bind the stack of papers together. The user interface is configured to provide information to a user of the apparatus and to receive input from the user before, during, and after the punching and binding operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090290959 | NOTCH FORMING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A control section of a notch forming apparatus shifts a position of a notch in the first direction for every single sheet or for every plural sheets. When number of the sheets on which the notch is formed reaches at a criterion number, the position of the notch is shifted to a second direction which is an opposite direction in respect to the first direction. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090311078 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING THE PROJECTING SPINE OF A BOOK BLOCK SUSPENDED FROM A CIRCULATING CLAMP ON A BOOKBINDING MACHINE - A device for processing a spine of a book block suspended from a circulating clamp on a conveyor of a bookbinding machine includes a processing device positioned opposite the clamp and facing the spine of the book block. A tensioning device is includes a fixed support roller to act perpendicularly on one side of the clamp and an overhang of the book block, and an adjustable pressing roller to act perpendicularly on another side of the clamp and the overhang of the book block. A controlled adjusting device is connected to the adjustable pressing roller. The controlled adjusting device adjusts the adjustable pressing roller based on a thickness of the book block. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100061826 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE AND COIL FORMING DEVICE - A paper-sheet-handling apparatus | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100150682 | FORMING, INSERTION AND END CRIMPING OF HELICAL COILS FOR BOOKBINDING - Apparatus for binding a book with a helical plastic coil includes a forming mandrel for forming helical coils from a heated elongate plastics material with the coils being cooled on the mandrel and cut to length before being discharged onto an accumulator tray. The coils are individually transported at high speed from a discharge edge of the tray to the insertion device where the coils are inserted into aligned holes at an edge of respective collated books for binding the books. The coils on the tray are heated by a contact heater on the surface of the tray and/or by air blown over the tray to be kept at a temperature above 25 degrees C. to improve crimping of the ends after cutting of the coil to length in the book. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100239393 | Spine formation device, saddle-stitch bookbinding apparatus, sheet-edge cutting apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus - A spine formation device includes a sheet conveyer, a presser, and a spine formation member. The sheet conveyer conveys a bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle of sheets forming a front end portion of the bundle of sheets. The presser is disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction in which the sheet conveyer conveys the bundle of sheets. The presser is movable to press opposed sides of the front end portion of the bundle of sheets. The spine formation member is movably disposed downstream from the presser in the sheet conveyance direction. The spine formation member includes a groove portion that contacts and positions the bundle of sheets to define an amount by which the bundle of sheets protrudes from the presser and a spine formation face that forms a spine at the folded portion of the bundle of sheets. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100254781 | SHEET BINDING DEVICE AND BINDING METHOD - A sheet binding device and a binding method capable of binding stable sheets independently of sheet shape dimensions. The device operates by feeding a paper strap by strap feed rollers and a tape catcher, whereby the paper strap is clamped and rotated along a locus. In synchronization with this rotation, one hundred sheets are conveyed from left to right. The paper strap is wound round the one hundred sheets. A strap has a contact portion at its end, and the contact portion is permitted to make contact with the paper strap, and a cylindrical body is rotated at an angle formed between the one hundred sheets and the paper strap can be adjusted. If the angle of the binding portion exceeds one hundred sheets, the excess page count is equalized to an allowable value by the strap, thus preventing the curling of the sheets. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100303585 | Spine formation device, post-processing apparatus, and spine formation system - An spine formation device includes a sheet conveyer to transport a bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets forming a front end portion, a sandwiching member to sandwich and squeeze the bundle of folded sheets in a direction of thickness of the bundle of folded sheets, and a spine formation unit disposed downstream from the sandwiching member in the sheet conveyance direction, to flatten the folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets held by the sandwiching member. The spine formation unit presses the folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets projecting a predetermined length from the sandwiching member in the sheet conveyance direction in a reverse direction of the sheet conveyance direction while moving in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100310340 | Spine formation device, post-processing apparatus, spine formation system, and spine formation method - An spine formation device includes a sheet conveyer that conveys the bundle of folded sheets in a sheet conveyance direction with a folded portion of the bundle forming front end portion thereof, first and second sandwiching units disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer, a contact member disposed downstream from the second sandwiching unit, against which the folded portion of a bundle of folded sheets is pressed, and a controller. The controller stops the sheet conveyer after the bundle is transported a predetermined distance from a contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle, causing the bundle to bulge, and causes the first and second sandwiching units to squeeze the bulging of the bundle of folded sheets in a thickness direction sequentially with the folded portion of the bundle pressed against the contact member to form a spine of the bundle. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110097179 | EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING AN ALBUM CORE AUTOMATICALLY - The present utility model relates to an equipment for making an album core automatically, which comprises automatic feeding mechanisms for feeding an album paper and an interlayer, a creasing mechanism for creasing the middle of the album paper to form a crease, a folding mechanism for folding the album paper along the crease and a pasting mechanism for pasting the album or the interlayer by coating glue, wherein the automatic feeding mechanisms include an album paper feeding mechanism, an interlayer feeding mechanism and a control mechanism connected to the two feeding mechanisms. The equipment in the utility model has higher automaticity and can select the kinds of album papers freely. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110110749 | Notepad Forming Method and Apparatus Therefor - Theres is disclosed a device ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110236158 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes a first supplying unit, a second supplying unit, an image forming unit, a stacking unit, first and second binding units, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The image forming unit forms images on recording materials supplied from the first or second supplying unit. The stacking unit is for stacking, as a bundle, the recording materials having the images formed thereon. The first binding unit binds, by a first binding operation, first edge portions of the bundle. The second binding unit binds, by a second binding operation, second edge portions of the bundle. The obtaining unit obtains an instruction regarding binding positions of the first and second binding operations with respect to the bundle. The controller performs control to supply the recording materials from the first or second supplying unit, on the basis of the binding positions of the first and second binding operations. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110255939 | Device for manufacturing perfect-bound products - In a machine ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110262248 | Binding Plant For Hardcover Books And Binding Method For These Books - A binding plant for hardcover books comprising a binding equipment and a false cover forming equipment. The false cover forming equipment carries out false covers, by positioning a pair of endpapers in correspondence of lateral binding flaps of a respective backstrip, arranging folds of the endpapers at a pre-assembling distance associated with the thickness of the text block and gluing margins of past-down sheets of the endpapers with binding edges of the backstrip. The binding equipment is feedable, at a cover input “IC”, with the false covers for carrying out book blocks by gluing the backstrips of the false covers with the binding edges of corresponding text blocks and refolding the pairs of endpapers on the respective text blocks. An electronic processing unit is settable for the control of the false cover forming equipment and the binding equipment as a function of the dimensions of the hardcover book to be bound. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110274517 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet post-processing apparatus is provided that includes a first delivery path that guides a sheet to a first post-processing portion, a delivery holding path having a first holding path which branches off from a branch point of the first delivery path and a second holding path which is formed to be continuous with the first holding path and joins together with the first delivery path; a second delivery path that branches off from a branch point of the first holding path and guides the sheet to the second post-processing portion; a first path switching portion that is provided at the branch point of the first delivery path; and a second path switching portion that is provided at the branch point of the first holding path. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120045295 | RECORDING MEDIUM POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a recording medium stacking unit on which recording media are stacked; a binding section that binds the recording media by deforming the recording media in a thickness direction, and retracts to the outside of the stacking area of the recording media after binding the recording media; a reference member that functions as a position reference used for aligning the recording media; and an alignment unit that aligns end portions of the recording media facing the reference member by moving the recording media to a position where the recording media come into contact with the reference member from a position where the recording media are separated from the reference member. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120148372 | MOLD SET FOR PAPER BINDING - Provided is a die set to be used, not only by general consumers but also by producers, in a paper sheet binding device for paper products, the die set being free from use of metal staples, glues, or the like, being excellent in safety, productivity, and cost performance, and facilitating disposal of paper sheets. The paper sheet binding die set includes a pair of dies ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120163942 | BOOK BINDING MACHINE WITH A BOOK BLOCK TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND LUBRICATION CLAMP FOR A BOOK BLOCK TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN A BOOK BINDING MACHINE - A book binding machine includes a book block transport system and a plurality of clamps for clamping stacks of leaves. The clamps are disposed at a distance from each other and are guided in guide tracks of a machine frame. The book block transport system includes a clamp, which is also referred to as a lubrication clamp, having a device for lubricating the guide track. An applicator is assigned to each track roller of the clamp, and the lubricant is transferred to the track rollers through the use of a respective applicator such as a brush. The track rollers transfer the lubricant to contact surfaces of the guide track. A lubrication clamp for a book block transport system in a book binding machine, is also provided. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120269600 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a post-processing control unit, an adding control unit, and a control unit. The post-processing control unit performs control to perform binding processing for binding a print product. The adding control unit performs control to add, to the print product, a sheet representing an area where printing has been interrupted due to occurrence of an interruption factor. The control unit performs control not to perform the binding processing for the print product to which the sheet has been added by the adding control unit. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130121790 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a holding portion which holds a booklet containing a two-folded sheet; and a pressing portion which presses a spine of a booklet into shapes during movement along the spine of the booklet held by the holding portion. The pressing portion can decrease, or release a pressing force to be applied to the booklet spine within a predetermined area of a moving range in which the pressing roller moves along the booklet spine. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130183120 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REDUCING PRINT TIME AND MEMORY - It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, a printing apparatus, a printing system, and a printing control method which can reduce a memory amount used in the printing apparatus and shorten a time required for printing. An information processing apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether a print mode is a print mode via a server capable of performing communication via a network, and a printing control unit configured to send print data including drawing data received from a pass-through application and divided in page units and control data regarding printing of the drawing data to the server device when the determination unit determines that the print mode is the print mode via the server, and to send the control data to a printing apparatus capable of performing communication via the network. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140161565 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A staple-less binding unit including a pair of upper and lower teeth binds a sheet bundle which is discharged to an intermediate processing tray by a sheet discharge portion and whose one edge abuts against a rear edge stopper. A control portion switches a binding mode of the staple-less binding unit that implements the binding process on the sheet bundle in a first binding mode of binding the sheet bundle without any staple such that the pair of upper and lower teeth bite across an edge of the sheet bundle and in a second binding mode of binding the sheet bundle without any staple such that the pair of upper and lower teeth do not bite across any edge of the sheet bundle. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140212242 | Booklet Making Machine - A booklet making machine is provided, comprising a stapling arrangement ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140255127 | RECORDING MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A recording medium processing apparatus includes a folding position setting unit. The folding position setting unit sets, on the basis of a cutting position at which a recording medium is to be cut, a folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150016922 | SHEET BUNDLE BINDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet bundle binding processing apparatus which can be structured small and compact while a setting portion for manually setting a sheet bundle from the outside is arranged at an external casing. The present invention comprises a sheet bundle binding processing apparatus including a manual setting portion to which a sheet bundle is inserted, a binding device which binds a sheet bundle inserted to the manual setting portion, a first driving portion, and a second driving portion; the first driving portion and the second driving portion being arranged respectively at the upper side and the lower side as sandwiching the manual setting portion. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150023765 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a sheet processing apparatus with improved visibility of a sheet bundle discharged without post-processing thereto. The CPU circuit receives the conveyed sheet, drives and controls the sheet-returning paddle, the rack part, the rear end regulation part, the alignment plate and the like and forms sheet bundle comprising of a plural number of sheets as received. Further, the CPU circuit drives and controls the alignment plate when discharging the sheet bundle S from the processing tray, the sheet bundle S exceeding the number of sheets which can be post-processed by the stapler. Therefore, the sheet bundle S which includes sheets equal to the allowable number of sheets for post-processing of the sheet processing unit is discharged to the second discharge position which is different from the first discharge position. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150030414 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING CRIMPING MEMBERS, SHEET BINDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is concerning a method for attaching a pair of crimping members in a sheet binding device that binds a sheet bundle by engagement of the pair of crimping members, wherein at least one of the crimping members is attached to a member to which the one of the crimping members is to be attached in a state where the pair of crimping members is in engagement. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150037119 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet; a sheet stacking member on a placing surface of which the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit is stacked; an edge aligning unit that aligns edges of sheets in a sheet conveying direction on the sheet stacking member; a first binding unit that binds the sheets aligned by the edge aligning unit using a binding member; and a second binding unit that binds the sheets aligned by the edge aligning unit without using a binding member. The sheet processing apparatus selects either of the first binding unit and the second binding unit and performs binding processing on the sheets. The first binding unit and the second binding unit are integrally constructed. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150037120 | SHEET BINDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet binding processing apparatus capable of promptly performing a binding process for binding a sheet bundle set at a manual setting portion and a sheet bundle set at a processing tray. The present invention comprises a sheet binding processing apparatus including a processing tray on which introduced sheets are stacked into a bundle shape, a manual tray at which a sheet bundle is set from the outside of the apparatus, a binding device which performs a binding process on the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray and the sheet bundle set at the manual tray, a moving portion which moves the binding device to a first binding position for performing the binding process on the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray and a second binding position for performing the binding process on the sheet bundle set at the manual tray, and a controller which causes the binding device, in a case that the binding process is not performed on the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, to wait due to the moving portion at the second binding position side as being at the outside of a sheet introducing area where sheets are introduced to the processing tray. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150043998 | PRINT MEDIA MOISTURIZING UNIT - Print media moisturizing unit, comprising a first print media guidance member and a second print media guidance member, said first print media guidance member and second print media guidance member defining a print media transport path for transporting subsequent print media sheets at a distance from each other, further comprising a first substantially planar spray assembly for supplying a spray in a first plane and a second substantially planar spray assembly for supplying a spray in a second plane, wherein the first substantially planar spray assembly and the second substantially planar spray assembly are configured such that the first plane and the second plane intersect outside the print media transport path. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150093214 | PAPER BINDING DEVICE, PAPER PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A paper binding device comprises: a pair of binding members that has a pair of teeth portions, and presses to bind a bundle of paper sheets; a moving unit that causes one of the pair of binding members to move along with the other of the pair of binding members between a binding position at which the bundle of paper sheets is bound and a retracted position; a separating unit that moves coordinating with movement of the one of the pair of binding members, and when the one of the pair of binding members moves from the binding position to the retracted position, that contacts with the bundle of the paper sheets and causes the bundle of paper sheets to separate from the one of the pair of binding members; and a restricting member that stops the separating unit at a restricting position between the binding position and the retracted position, when the one of the pair of the binding members moves from the binding position to the retracted position. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150093215 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BINDERY SYSTEMS - Imaging apparatus and methods for bindery systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a platform and a separator coupled to the platform. The separator to receive a signature assembly, the separator includes an end to engage the signature assembly to separate a first page from the signature assembly, a first guide to direct the first page toward the platform and a second guide to direct a second page of the signature assembly toward a side of the platform. The apparatus includes a printer positioned above the platform. The printer is to image the first page when the first page is disposed on the platform. The apparatus includes a pump fluidly coupled through the platform to draw the first page toward the platform. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150147139 | BINDING DEVICE FOR BINDING MACHINES AND A PUNCHING AND BINDING INTERGRATIVE MACHINE - This invention discloses a binding device for binding machines and a punching and binding integrative machine. The binding device includes a base fixing plate, a support arranged on the said base fixing plate, a pushing block arranged on the said support, and a clip holder arranged on the said base fixing plate and a mounting slot arranged on the said clip holder to accommodate binding clips. The pushing block is equipped with a binding clip press-in slot in a position corresponding to the said mounting slot, and a size deviation compensation device adapted to different specifications of binding clips. The invention is equipped with a size deviation compensation device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150338814 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A staple processing device includes a staple tray, a staple unit, a rear reference plate, a front reference plate, and an interlocking mechanism. The staple unit performs a staple process on a plurality of sheets loaded on the staple tray. The staple unit is movable along the ends of the sheets in a sheet width direction. The rear reference plate and the front reference plate abut the ends of the plurality of sheets and aligns the plurality of sheets. The interlocking mechanism moves the rear reference plate and the front reference plate in the sheet width direction in interlock with the movement of the staple unit. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160041516 | BINDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an aspect of the invention, a binding device includes a first rotary member including a first serrated portion on its circumferential surface, a second rotary member including, on its circumferential surface, a second serrated portion to be engaged with the first serrated portion at an engaging position and configured to perform a binding process by rotating together with the first rotary member with a bundle of sheets pinched therebetween to form serrations in the sheet bundle in thickness direction and bring the sheets into engagement with each other while relatively moving the sheet bundle in a predetermined moving direction, and a clamping unit configured to, when the binding process is performed, clamp the sheet bundle at a clamping position upstream of the engaging position to apply a predetermined pulling force acting in a direction opposite to the moving direction to the sheet bundle. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160107409 | SHEET BINDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention is to provide a binding processing apparatus that prevents easy unbinding regardless of thickness of a sheet bundle to be bound and that lessens influence of damage on sheets. In the present sheet binding processing apparatus, a pair of pressurizing faces for pressure-nipping a sheet bundle are formed to have tooth forms each having a convex shape and a concave shape, the tooth forms being engaged with each other along a predetermined tooth width, and the tooth forms are shaped so that an engagement depth between a tooth top and a tooth root is varied along a tooth width direction toward a sheet end edge. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160136917 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a binding portion binding a plurality of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion as a bundle by deforming the sheets without a staple. The sheet processing apparatus further includes a moving member moving the sheet bundle bound at a binding position by the binding portion from the binding position and a restricting member restricting the move of the sheet bundle such that a distance between the sheet bundle and the moving member is kept to be less than a predetermined distance in moving the sheet bundle by the moving member. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160185149 | BINDING MECHANISM CARTRIDGE, BINDING DEVICE BODY AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A binding mechanism cartridge is detachably held by a binding device body instead of a staple cartridge which is detachable into the binding device body. The binding mechanism cartridge includes a body portion, an upward-and-downward moving portion and a base portion. The body portion is detachably held by the binding device body. The upward-and-downward moving portion is on the body portion to move close to or away from one surface of a bundle of sheets by moving upward and downward by interlocking with a drive mechanism of the binding device body. The base portion is on the body portion to face the upward-and-downward moving portion and supports the other surface of the bundle of sheets. The upward-and-downward moving portion includes a binding mechanism which is partially in pressure contact with the one surface according to a movement of the upward-and-downward moving portion to binds the bundle of sheets. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160193802 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160200543 | SUPPORT MECHANISM FOR PROCESSING UNIT IN SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20170233213 | STAPLER APPARATUS | 08-17-2017 |
