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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Hata, Ichikawa, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Toshifumi Kakutani, Abiko, JP;
Takeyuki Suda, Nagareyama, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Abiko, JP;
Hirohisa Kato, Toride, JP;
Shinya Suzuki, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a sheet material binding apparatus capable of shortening a user's waiting time required to bind sheets through a manual operation with a movable stapler. A CPU () of a sheet material binding apparatus () monitors whether or not an image forming apparatus () can execute image formation processing. When the image forming apparatus () can execute the image formation processing, the movable stapler is arranged at a standby position close to the image forming apparatus (). When the image forming apparatus () cannot execute the image formation processing, on the other hand, the movable stapler is arranged at a position for performing the manual operation, to thereby bind the sheets through the manual operation immediately.