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.
Claims22
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.
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.
A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
- an electrophotographic unit including a powder accommodating portion that accommodates powder adhesive and configured to apply the powder adhesive on a sheet;
- 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 a bottom portion of the powder accommodating portion is positioned below a lower end portion of the bonding portion in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.