Binding apparatus and image forming system including the same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakuya Fukuhara, Hiroki Yoshida, Naoyuki Tamura, Tsubasa Hashimoto
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Abstract
A binding apparatus to bind sheets includes a binding device, a non-volatile memory, and control circuitry. The binding device is configured to bind a plurality of stacked sheets with a binding member. The non-volatile memory is configured to store a quantity of binding members in the binding device. The control circuitry is configured to control operation of the binding device. The control circuitry outputs an alert when the quantity of binding members stored in the non-volatile memory is equal to or less than a first predetermined value and cancels the alert when the quantity of binding members is equal to or less than a second predetermined value.
Claims16
A binding apparatus to bind sheets comprising;
- a binding device configured to bind a plurality of stacked sheets with a binding member;
- a non-volatile memory configured to store a quantity of binding members in the binding device;
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- control circuitry configured to control operation of the binding device,
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to display an alert upon the quantity of binding members stored in the non-volatile memory being equal to or less than a first value and being configured to cancel the display of the alert upon the quantity of binding members being less than a second value, the second value being less than or equal to zero.
A binding apparatus to bind sheets comprising;
- a binding device configured to bind a plurality of stacked sheets with a binding member;
- a non-volatile memory configured to store a quantity of binding members in the binding device;
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- control circuitry configured to control operation of the binding device,
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to display an alert upon the quantity of binding members stored in the non-volatile memory being equal to or less than a first value and being configured to cancel the display of the alert upon the quantity of binding members being less than a second value, the second value being less than the first value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.