Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiro Funakoshi

Takeshi Aoyama

Daijiro Kato

Shoko Magata

Toshiyuki Hayashi

Takayuki Kato

Akihiro Shimizu

Shinsuke Ubayashi

Masaaki Saito

Katsuaki Hirai

Ikuo Takeuchi

Yasuyoshi Yamamoto

Hideaki Miyazawa

Naoya Kikkawa

Masataka Isomoto

Tsutomu Yoshihara

Takashi Kusanagi

Akihisa Shiozaki

Daisuke Suga

Akio Okubo

Shigeharu Kurita

Akio Ohkubo

The invention is to provide a miniaturized sheet processing apparatus in that a conveying length a conveying distance need not be increased even though the number of sheets per bundle increases. A glue applying bookbinder that partially glues sheets and performs a pressing process to form a sheet bundle. The glue applying bookbinder includes a processing tray that stacks sheets, a glue applying portion that applies a glue on the sheets on the processing tray, and pressing portions that press the sheets on the processing tray. The glue applying portion is arranged such that the glue applying portion can be moved from a first standby position outside the sheets stacked on the stacking portion to a second standby position, different from the first standby position, outside the sheets through an upper surface of the sheets, and the pressing portions are moved integrally with the glue applying portion.

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

The invention is to stabilize an amount of application of a glue to sheets, to stabilize adhesive force between the sheets, and to further improve the productivity of a glued sheet bundle. A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing traythat stacks a sheet discharged by a pair of discharge rollers, an attitude changing unitthat displaces the aligned sheet bundle on the processing trayto partially expose sheet surfaces, an adhesive agent delivery devicethat applies a glue to the exposed parts of the sheet surfaces of the displaced sheet bundle on the processing trayand a sheet bundle aligning portion such as aligning platesandthat aligns the glued sheet bundle.

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

Provided is a bookbinding apparatus including: a conveying unit which sequentially conveys sheets; a gluing unit which glues the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; a stacking unit which sequentially stacks the sheets glued by the gluing unit; a pressurizing unit which pressurizes glued portions of the sheets stacked on the stacking unit; and a control unit which temporarily stops a stacking process carried out by the conveying unit onto the stacking unit and causes the pressurizing unit to execute a pressurizing process on the sheets stacked on the stacking unit when an operation interrupting event occurs during the stacking process.

Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system

It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus with a small installation area. In order to attain this object, an image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a recording material unit which stores recording materials; an image forming unit which is arranged above the recording material unit and forms an image on the recording material supplied from the recording material unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the image forming apparatus, in which the power supply unit is constituted as a unit integral with the recording material unit and is arranged below the image forming unit.

Image forming apparatus with integral recording material supply and power supply units

A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the part processed in the processing step on the apparatus.

Recycling method and image forming apparatus manufactured using recycling method

A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus, and a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.

Recycling method using a modified part and image forming apparatus manufactured using the recycling method

Image forming apparatus

A multifunctional image processing apparatus which is capable of coping with changes expected to take place in office environment in the future, includes image forming means for forming an image on a sheet, image reading means, disposed above the image forming means with a void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, for reading image information from an original having the image information recorded thereon, and a sheet delivery part arranged to deliver the sheet having the image formed thereon by the image forming means into the void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, wherein the image reading means is supported by a support part provided on a frame body in which the image forming means is housed, and is arranged to be horizontally swingable around the support part.

Image processing apparatus

The present invention provides an image reading apparatus comprising a transparent plate, a convey means for conveying an original onto the transparent plate, a light source for illuminating the original, a light receiving element for reading an image of the original illuminated by the light source through the transparent plate, the light receiving element being shifted in a first mode in which the original stopped on the transparent plate is read and being kept stationary in a second mode in which the original being shifted by the convey means is read, and a control means for controlling a light amount of the light source in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.

Image reading apparatus

A heat transfer recording apparatus which is arranged to transfer ink from a heat transfer printing medium to a recording medium by selective application of heat while transporting the heat transfer printing medium and the recording medium. The apparatus is provided with a winding mechanism for winding the heat transfer printing medium, a rewinding mechanism for rewinding the heat transfer printing medium, a transporting mechanism for transporting the heat transfer printing medium and the recording medium, a discharging mechanism for discharging the recording medium, a cutter for cutting the recording medium after completion of image recording, and a driving-force transmitting mechanism for selectively transmitting the driving force of a common drive source to the winding mechanism, the rewinding mechanism, the discharging mechanism, and the cutter.

Heat transfer recording apparatus with common drive source for driving

There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus capable of regulating the amount of transport of ink sheet according to the selected recording sheet, thereby maintaining uniform quality of image recording. The apparatus is provided with an ink sheet transporting mechanism, a recording sheet transporting mechanism, a thermal recording head, a selector for selecting the recording sheet, and a controller for regulating the transport amount of ink sheet according to the selected recording sheet. For a recording sheet with rougher recording surface, the transport amount of ink sheet is so regulated to increase the amount of transferred ink, thereby better covering the rougher recording surface.

Thermal transfer recording apparatus

A heat transfer recording apparatus for transmitting the ink of a heat transfer medium to a recording medium to thereby record an image on the recording medium has conveying member for conveying the recording medium, winding member for winding the heat transfer medium after image recording, a cutter for cutting the recording medium after image recording, a drive source, first force transmitting member for transmitting the drive force of the drive source to the winding member and second force transmitting member for transmitting the drive force of the drive source to the cutter.

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Toride, Japan

Masahiro Funakoshi