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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 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 apparatus includes: a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one side of the recording-medium stack; a second pressing member that faces the first pressing member and presses the recording-medium stack from the other side of the recording-medium stack; and a suppressing part provided in at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member, the suppressing part suppressing damage to recording media that may be caused when a recording-medium stack including a smaller number of sheets than the maximum number of sheets that can be bound is bound with the first pressing member and the second pressing member.