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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Hiroki Honmochi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Kubo, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshiaki Nochi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Ken Yonekawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yuji Ueno, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Keiichi Nagasawa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Nakagomi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Hiroki Honmochi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Kubo, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshiaki Nochi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Ken Yonekawa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yuji Ueno, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Keiichi Nagasawa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Nakagomi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Canon Finetech Inc., Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.