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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Awano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kojiro Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyasu Yukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding device includes a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one surface side of the recording-medium stack, a second pressing member disposed at a position opposed to the first pressing member to press the recording-medium stack from the other surface side of the recording-medium stack, and a reduction part provided in at least one pressing member of the first pressing member and the second pressing member to reduce creases in recording media of the recording-medium stack in a binding operation when a number of the recording media in the recording-medium stack is smaller than a maximum number of recording media to be bound by the first pressing member and the second pressing member.