US 6,705,603 B1Granted

Binding apparatus

AssigneeOMRON Corporation

InventorsKoji Kirino, Takeshi Katoh

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Abstract

A binding apparatus has a switching flapper 15 switching a feed path for feeding papers to either an upper discharge port or a lower discharge port, a discharge roller 20 provided on the upper discharge port, and a shutter 13, a stapler 14 and a discharge roller 12 provided on the lower discharge port. The discharge roller 12 can feed the papers in a direction opposite to a general paper feed direction, and the shutter 13 stops the papers on a specified position and positions the same when the papers are fed in the opposite direction. The stapler 14 staples the positioned papers. The discharge roller 12 presses the papers against the shutter 13, registers the papers, and discharges the papers in the general paper feed direction after the papers are stapled. Consequently, a miniature paper binding apparatus having a simple structure can be provided.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A binding apparatus comprising:

first discharge means for discharging a single or plurality of first papers:
positioning means for stopping said single or plurality of first papers and a second paper on a specified position and positioning said single or plurality of first papers and said second paper;
binding means for binding said single or plurality of first papers and said second paper positioned on said position;
second discharge means located under said first discharge means for discharging said second paper and thereafter pressing said second paper against said positioning means while pressing said single or plurality of first papers discharged by said first discharge means against said positioning means and discharging said single or plurality of first papers and said second paper after said single or plurality of first papers and said second paper are pressed by said pressing means;
and
switching means for switching a path for feeding said single or plurality of first papers or said second paper toward either said first discharge means or said second discharge means.

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Facts

Application: 09/831,864Filed 26 Jul 2001
Priority: JP 10-33056520 Nov 1998
Granted: 16 Mar 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B65H 31/3027
Arrangements for removing completed piles: by the nip between moving belts or rollers
B42C 1/12
Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts: machines…
B65H 29/60
Article switches or diverters: diverting the stream into alternative paths
B65H 39/06
Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources: from delivery streams