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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Canon Finetech Nisca Inc., Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Katsumata, Yamanashi, JP;
Junya Nakajima, Yamanashi, JP;
Masaya Takahashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Mamoru Kubo, Yamanashi, JP;
Canon Finetech Nisca Inc., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A guide portion guides a binding unit in a first direction and a second direction. The guide portion includes a pair of first wall portions, a pair of second wall portions, a pair of third wall portions, and a restricting portion. A first protrusion is engageable between the pair of first wall portions and between the pair of second wall portions. A second protrusion is disposed upstream of the first protrusion in the first direction, and is engageable with the pair of first wall portions and the pair of third wall portions. The restricting portion restricts entry of the first protrusion from between the pair of first wall portions to between the pair of third wall portions and permits entry of the second protrusion from between the pair of first wall portions to between the pair of third wall portions.