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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Shoko Magata, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Aoyama, Abiko, JP;
Masahiro Funakoshi, Toride, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Toride, JP;
Daijiro Kato, Abiko, JP;
Shoko Magata, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Aoyama, Abiko, JP;
Masahiro Funakoshi, Toride, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Toride, JP;
Daijiro Kato, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a bookbinding apparatus including: a conveying unit which sequentially conveys sheets; a gluing unit which glues the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; a stacking unit which sequentially stacks the sheets glued by the gluing unit; a pressurizing unit which pressurizes glued portions of the sheets stacked on the stacking unit; and a control unit which temporarily stops a stacking process carried out by the conveying unit onto the stacking unit and causes the pressurizing unit to execute a pressurizing process on the sheets stacked on the stacking unit when an operation interrupting event occurs during the stacking process.