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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6544 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5161 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00848 (2013.01);
Abstract
A binding device includes a pressing member that has a first tooth, which forms unevenness in a recording material bundle, and a second tooth, which is paired with the first tooth and forms unevenness in the recording material bundle, and presses the recording material bundle with the recording material bundle sandwiched between the first tooth and the second tooth and a control unit that performs control such that pressing is released after a timing when a load on the pressing member decreases from start of pressing of the recording material bundle by the pressing member.