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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 37/06 (2006.01); B42C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B42C 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 37/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/6541 (2013.01); B65H 2408/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet-stapling apparatus mounts a center-fold booklet and staples the booklet at a fold of the booklet by a staple. The sheet-stapling apparatus has a supporting member that mounts the center-fold booklet, pushing members that push the booklet to the supporting member, a stapler that penetrates the staple through the booklet and a clincher that clinches legs of the staple to bind the booklet. Each pushing member has a pushing recess portion for pushing the fold of the booklet. The pushing recess portion spreads from a booklet-positioning angle to a booklet-pushing angle to prevent the booklet from shifting.