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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Awano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Nobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Tetsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding apparatus includes: a first toothed part including teeth arranged in one direction; and a second toothed part that includes teeth arranged in the one direction and is configured to mesh with the first toothed part and to press a bundle of sheets, wherein at least one first groove is formed between adjacent teeth of the first toothed part, the first groove has cross-sectional areas at central and end portions in a direction orthogonal to the one direction and a direction in which the first and second toothed parts mesh with each other, the one direction and the orthogonal direction are normal to the cross-sectional areas, and the cross-sectional area at the end portion is larger than the cross-sectional area at the central portion.