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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Asami, Machida, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Kiichiroh Gotoh, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Asami, Machida, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Kiichiroh Gotoh, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An spine formation device includes a sheet conveyer that conveys the bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets forming a front end portion of the bundle of folded sheets, a spine formation unit disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction for forming the spine of the bundle of folded sheets by squeezing the folded portion of the bundle from a folded leading side, a front side, and a back side of the bundle, a discharge unit to discharge the bundle of folded sheets outside the spine formation device, disposed downstream form the spine formation unit in the sheet conveyance direction, and a controller to cause the spine formation unit to operate in one of multiple selectable control modes for controlling the spine formation unit in accordance with at least one of multiple predetermined sheet-related variables.