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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Awano, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Makita, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Hirota, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Hagiwara, Ebina, JP;
Emiko Shiraishi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kojiro Tsutsumi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyasu Yukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Harada, Yokohama, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a binding member. An upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials. A lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in a cross section shape of the toothed part, the recesses of the toothed part have depressed areas depressed from virtual lines which are extensions of inclined surfaces of the toothed part.