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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Mitsuhiro Ishihara, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Takashi Saito, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Isao Kondo, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Mitsuhiro Ishihara, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Takashi Saito, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Isao Kondo, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato-Shi, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a sheet bundle binding device having both a staple binding unit and a staple-free binding unit, capable of performing binding in two stages of proper binding and temporary binding so as to obtain a desired binding force and to easily remove some sheets from a bound sheet bundle. A binding control section determines, based on user's settings, whether or not to perform first binding in which a first sheet bundle Sbis subjected to the proper binding using the staple binding unit or staple-free binding unit and determines whether or not to perform second binding in which a second sheet bundle obtained by accumulating additional sheets on the first sheet bundle is subjected to the temporary binding using the staple-free binding unit so as to control binding forces with which the first and second sheet bundles are bound.