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US 2009/0290959 A1Published application
Notch forming apparatus, bookbinding apparatus and bookbinding system
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorKiyoshi HATA
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Abstract
A control section of a notch forming apparatus shifts a position of a notch in the first direction for every single sheet or for every plural sheets. When number of the sheets on which the notch is formed reaches at a criterion number, the position of the notch is shifted to a second direction which is an opposite direction in respect to the first direction.
Claims5
A notch forming apparatus, comprising:
- a notch forming section to form a notch at an edge of a sheet;
- a move section to move a position of the notch to be formed through the notch forming section on the sheet;
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- a control section to control at least the move section so that the position of the notch to be formed is moved in a first direction every time the notch is formed on the single sheet or a plurality of the sheets, and when number of sheets on which the notch is formed reaches at a criterion number, the position of the notch to be formed is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
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