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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Awano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyasu Yukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kojiro Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding apparatus includes a first pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the first pressing member presses a recording media stack from one side; and a second pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the second pressing member facing the first pressing member and pressing the recording media stack from the other side. At least one of the first and second pressing members has at least one lower projection whose apex in a projecting direction closer to the base part than the apexes of the other projections are, and the lower projection is provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other, or more lower projections are provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other.