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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2003
Ryuichi Oota, Naga-gun, JP;
Ryuichi Oota, Naga-gun, JP;
Duplo Seiko Corporation, Kinokawa-Shi, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
In a bookbinding apparatus () comprising an adhesive tank () for retaining therein an adhesive melted by heat, a roller () ratatably supported with the adhesive tank so as to dip a lower portion thereof in the adhesive retained in the adhesive tank, for applying the adhesive to a sheet stack along a lateral edge thereof, and a holding unit () capable of holding the sheet stack, an adhesive tank carrier (), the movably constituted adhesive tank () and the roller () are disposed at a stand-by position located outside a longitudinal end face of the sheet stack held by the holding unit () in a stand-by stage so that the adhesive tank is contactlessly heated to melt the adhesive, and are moved together from the stand-by position in a longitudinal direction of the sheet stack substantially through an entire area under a back face thereof in a bookbinding stage.