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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding apparatus includes a pair of pressing members to sandwich and press a sheet bundle to bind the sheet bundle, a rotator to rotate to periodically separate and contact the pressing members with each other, a detector to detect whether the rotator is between a first position at which the pressing members are separated from each other and a second position downstream from the first position in a forward rotation direction of the rotator, and control circuitry. The second position is upstream in the forward rotation direction from a peak position at which a pressing force between the pressing members is maximum. The control circuitry is configured to rotate the rotator in a reverse direction to the forward rotation direction to move the rotator to the first position when the detector detects that the rotator is between the first position and the second position in the forward rotation direction.