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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Toshifumi Kakutani, Abiko, JP;
Takeyuki Suda, Nagareyama, JP;
Yousuke Hata, Ichikawa, JP;
Hirohisa Kato, Toride, JP;
Shinya Suzuki, Toride, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet binding processing apparatus for avoiding the residual of binding member is provided. The sheet binding processing apparatus comprises a sheet insertion port through which a sheet bundle formed of a plurality of sheets S is inserted, a movable stapler for binding the sheet bundle inserted through the sheet insertion port, and a manual stapling sheet sensor for detecting, at a predetermined detection time interval, existence or non-existence of the sheet bundle in the sheet insertion port. When the manual stapling sheet sensor detects the existence of the sheet bundle, the sheet binding processing apparatus gives permission to bind the sheet bundle by the movable stapler.