Sheet bonding apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohei Matsuda, Kentaro Kawata, Taku Watanabe, Atsushi Toda, Shun Sato
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Abstract
A sheet bonding apparatus includes an electrophotographic unit configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive, wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit.
Claims15
A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
- a first casing;
- a second casing mounted on a top of the first casing;
- an electrophotographic unit accommodated in the first casing and configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process;
- a folding portion accommodated in the second casing and configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit;
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- a bonding portion accommodated in the second casing and configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive,
- wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit,
- wherein the second casing includes an overhang portion overhanging to an outside of a range occupied by the first casing as viewed in a vertical direction, and
- wherein at least part of the bonding portion is disposed in the overhang portion.
A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
- an electrophotographic unit configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process;
- a folding portion configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit;
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- a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive,
- wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit,
- wherein the electrophotographic unit includes a powder accommodating portion configured to accommodate the powder adhesive,
- wherein a bottom portion of the powder accommodating portion is positioned below a lower end portion of the bonding portion in a vertical direction,
- wherein the sheet bonding apparatus further comprises a powder replenishment portion connected to the powder accommodating portion and configured to replenish the powder accommodating portion with the powder adhesive, and
- wherein a bottom portion of the powder replenishment portion is positioned below the lower end portion of the bonding portion in the vertical direction.
A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
- an electrophotographic unit configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process;
- a folding portion configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit;
- a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive;
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- a discharge tray onto which the sheet bonded by the bonding portion is discharged,
- wherein the discharge tray is disposed above a space in the electrophotographic unit where the powder adhesive is accommodated, and
- wherein the discharge tray overhangs to an outside of a casing accommodating the electrophotographic unit as viewed in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.