Stapring apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Sato
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Abstract
A staple apparatus of the present invention comprises a staple wire unit for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound, a feeding roller for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stacked amount of sheets, a cutting device for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding roller to form a staple, a conveying clip for conveying the staple formed by the cutting device to a predetermined position, and a stapling apparatus bending the staple conveyed by a conveying clip to the predetermined position to staple the stacked sheet materials.
Claims13
A stapling apparatus comprising:
- a storage section for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound;
- feeding means for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stack amount of sheet materials;
- cutting means for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding means to form a staple;
- conveying means for conveying the staple formed by the cutting means to a predetermined position;
- and
- stapling means for bending the staple conveyed by the conveying means to the predetermined position and stapling the stack of the sheet materials.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier for carrying an image;
- image forming means for forming an image on the image carrier;
- transferring means for transferring the image which is formed by the image forming means on the image carrier to a transfer medium;
- a discharging section for allowing the transfer medium with the image transferred by the transferring means thereto to be discharged;
- and
- a stapling apparatus provided on the discharging section and binding the transfer medium stacked on the discharging section by a staple, wherein
- the stapling apparatus comprises a storage section for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple, feeding means for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stack amount of transfer medium, cutting means for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding means to form a staple, conveying means for conveying the staple formed by the cutting means to a predetermined position, and stapling means for bending the staple which is conveyed by the conveying means to the predetermined position and stapling the stacked transfer medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.