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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1993
Masakatsu Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Takeyoshi Kobashi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a sheet material discharge apparatus with a sheet material binder includes, during discharge of sheet materials which form a set, the binding means operates to bind the set without waiting for a trailing edge of the last one of the sheet materials of the set to be discharged, once a leading edge of the last sheet is discharged and aligned in a sheet accommodating step, and after operating a binding means to bind a set, detecting a resetting of the binding means to a stand-by state, and permitting the operation of the sheet discharging operation when the resetting is not detected within a predetermined period after operation of the binding means is instructed.