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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Emiko Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hagiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kojiro Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Awano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku,Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding device includes a first pushing member that includes protrusions along one direction and that pushes a recording-material bundle as a result of pushing the protrusions against one of surfaces of the recording-material bundle, the protrusions disposed side by side in a direction that intersects the one direction; and a second pushing member that includes protrusions along the one direction and that pushes the recording-material bundle as a result of pushing the protrusions against the other surface of the recording-material bundle, the protrusions disposed side by side in the direction that intersects the one direction, wherein, in at least one end portion in the one direction of each protrusion of at least one of the first pushing member and the second pushing member, a hollow is disposed in a top portion of each protrusion.