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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1990
Yukihiro Ito, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Shigemura, Takarazuka, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Sakai, JP;
Hideo Umezawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Yano, Takatsuki, JP;
Junichi Oura, Hirakata, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus is provided with a bookbinding device having a binder receiving portion. The binder receiving portion is provided with a heat source for heating an adhesive or with an electrode for electrifying the electric heating member on a bottom portion thereof so that a plurality of papers disposed in a binder can be adhered to the inner surface of the back cover of the binder by heating and melting the adhesive with the heat source or the electric heating member. A binder-insertion hole of the binder receiving portion is provided with a cover to prevent foreign matter from entering the binder receiving portion.