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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Kohji Yoshie, Sagamihara, JP;
Riichi Hama, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiro Kaneko, Hino, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Kohji Yoshie, Sagamihara, JP;
Riichi Hama, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiro Kaneko, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bookbinding apparatus for bookbinding such that a cover sheet forms a front and a back cover by bonding the cover sheet to a spine portion of a bundle of sheets, the bookbinding apparatus including a cover-sheet outfitting device which can be raised and lowered for holding and conveying a cover sheet to the cover sheet bonding position where the cover sheet is bonded to a bundle of sheets and a cover-sheet trimming device for trimming a cover sheet conveyed from the cover-sheet outfitting device, to a predetermined length prior to bonding the cover sheet to the bundle of sheets wherein the cover-sheet outfitting device is integrally formed with the cover-sheet trimming device.