US 6,000,894 AGranted

Bookbinding apparatus

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKatsunari Suzuki, Hideto Kohtani, Daisuke Ishizuka

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Abstract

A binding apparatus is provided with a tape reel on which a bind tape of a small tape width size is wound, and a tape reel on which a bind tape of a large tape width size is wound. When the tape reels and are set, the width size of each bind tape is read by means for detecting a width size discrimination mark (ring) formed on each tape reel and is memorized by width size memory means. The thickness of a bundle of sheets is measured by the use of a clamp member for clamping the bundle of sheets aligned on an aligning tray, and is memorized by thickness memory means. A bind tape of a tape width size corresponding to the thickness memorized by the thickness memory means is selected from among the sizes memorized by the width size memory means, and a carriage is moved to the tape reel on which a bind tape of the same size is wound.

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Dependent claims

A bookbinding apparatus for binding a bundle of sheets by the use of a bind tape, comprising:

a plurality of bind tape supporting means for supporting a plurality of kinds of bind tapes differed in a tape width size;
width size information output means for outputting a width size information of the bind tape supported by each of said bind tape supporting means;
thickness information output means for outputting a thickness information of a bundle of sheets to be bound;
tape selecting means for selecting a bind tape of an optimum size capable of binding the bundle of sheets on the basis of the information from each of said width size information output means and said thickness information output means;
binding means for binding the bind tape selected by said tape selecting means and the bundle of sheets together;
and
width size memory means for memorizing a width size of the tape selected by said tape selecting means, wherein during a continuous mode for continuously effecting the bookbinding of a plurality of volumes, the second and subsequent binding operations are performed by the bind tape of the width size memorized by said width size memory means.

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