Sheet finishing apparatus, sheet finishing method, image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShogo OZAWA, Yoshiaki SUGIZAKI
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Abstract
A sheet finishing apparatus includes a bonding unit including a supply section configured to sequentially supply each of binding tapes, at one ends of which an adhesive is applied, to a conveyed sheet and a bonding section configured to bond a surface of the supplied binding tape, on which the adhesive is applied, to an end face of the conveyed sheet.
Claims20
A sheet finishing apparatus comprising:
- a conveying mechanism configured to convey a sheet;
- a bonding unit including a supply section configured to sequentially supply each of binding tapes, at one ends of which an adhesive is applied, to the conveyed sheet and a bonding section configured to bond a surface of the supplied binding tape, on which the adhesive is applied, to an end face of the conveyed sheet;
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- a discharge mechanism configured to discharge the sheet to which the binding tape is bonded by the bonding unit.
A sheet finishing method for a sheet finishing apparatus including a bonding unit configured to bond each of binding tapes, at one ends of which an adhesive is applied, to a sheet conveyed thereto, the method comprising:
- conveying the sheet to the bonding unit;
- sequentially supplying, with the bonding unit, each of the binding tapes to the conveyed sheet;
- bonding a surface of the supplied binding tape, on which the adhesive is applied, to an end face of the conveyed sheet;
- and
- discharging the sheet to which the binding tape is bonded.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming section;
- a conveying mechanism configured to convey a sheet fed from the image forming section;
- a bonding unit including a supply section configured to sequentially supply each of binding tapes, at one ends of which an adhesive is applied, to the conveyed sheet and a bonding section configured to bond a surface of the supplied binding tape, on which the adhesive is applied, to an end face of the conveyed sheet;
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- a binding section arranged on a downstream side of the bonding unit and configured to apply binding to the binding tape bonded by the bonding unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.