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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhide Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Kumiko Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Uegane, Kanagawa, JP;
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 2301/5142 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A binding apparatus includes a binder configured to bind sheets of paper by advancing binding teeth toward the sheets of paper, a water supplier configured to supply a preset amount of water to the sheets of paper to be bound by the binder, and a processor configured to, if a specific condition is satisfied, make a setting to reduce the amount of water to be supplied to the sheets of paper by the water supplier.