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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1991
Kazuhiro Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Tagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenichi Iizumi, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet binding apparatus includes a supporting member for supporting a set of sheets; a punch for punching the set of sheets on the supporting member; a binder for supporting a ring member and for binding the sheets by penetrating the ring member through punched holes of the sheets punched by the punch; a detector for detecting a size of the ring member supported on the binder; a device for changing a punching condition by the punch in accordance with an output of the detector; and a conveyer for conveying the set of sheets punched by the punch to the ring member supported on the binder.