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US 6,550,513 B2Granted
Apparatus for binding sheet media
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorRoland Boss
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material.
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An apparatus for binding media sheets having a region of imaging material applied thereto for binding, comprising:
- a tray for collecting a plurality of media sheets;
- heating and cooling elements movable for each sheet output to the tray between a first position in which the heating element is aligned with a binding region of a sheet in the tray and the binding region is heated and a second position in which the cooling element is aligned with the binding region of the sheet and the binding region is cooled;
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- the tray is stationary throughout a period during which the elements move between the first and second positions.
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An apparatus for binding media sheets having a region of imaging material applied thereto for binding, comprising:
- a tray for collecting a plurality of media sheets;
- a heating element and a cooling element each disposed opposite the tray and each element
- stationary in a direction parallel to a plane defined by sheets collected in the tray,
- alternately rotatable into alignment with a binding region of sheets in the tray, and
- when each element is aligned with the binding region of sheets in the tray, the element is movable linearly toward and away from the tray such that each element alternately presses the binding region of the sheets against the tray.
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An apparatus for binding media sheets having a region of imaging material applied thereto for binding, comprising:
- a tray for collecting a plurality of media sheets;
- a heating element and a cooling element each disposed opposite the tray and each element
- movable linearly in a direction parallel to a plane defined by sheets collected in the tray into alignment with a binding region of sheets in the tray, and
- when each element is aligned with the binding region of sheets in the tray, the element is movable linearly toward and away from the tray such that each element alternately presses the binding region of the sheets against the tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.