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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2019
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kikuo Mizutani, Izu Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B42C 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 26/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/00 (2013.01); B42C 9/0068 (2013.01); B42C 9/0075 (2013.01); B65H 26/06 (2013.01); B65H 29/12 (2013.01); B65H 35/0006 (2013.01); B65H 35/0066 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); G03G 15/6544 (2013.01); G03G 15/6547 (2013.01); B65H 2301/43821 (2013.01); B65H 2301/515 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51122 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00839 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00848 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00873 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet binding device includes a sheet shifting unit, a tape cutter, and a tape attachment unit. The sheet shifting unit has a guide and is configured to stack multiple sheets on the guide with edge portions that are shifted from each other to form a sheet bundle. The tape cutter cuts tape with a target length that is varied in accordance with a thickness of the sheet bundle. The tape attachment unit is configured to attach the cut tape having the target length to an edge portion of the sheet bundle.