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US 6,802,502 B2Granted
Document binding apparatus
AssigneeMax Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakao Hasegawa, Katsunori Manabe
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Abstract
A document binding apparatus is formed to be mounted on an upper surface of a laser beam printer or the like. A paper discharged from the printer is fed to a paper guide, and a paper detecting sensor is turned ON to start the document binding apparatus. The paper is fed to a binding table through a paper lead-in roller, and a paper arranging pusher and a paper arranging rotation brush arrange the paper put on the binding table and an electromotive stapler binds the paper. After the staple process, a paper discharge roller holds the paper and discharges it to a stack tray.
Claims36
A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper;
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper
- further comprising a binding table receiving the paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- wherein a surface of said binding table is provided with non-slip treatment preventing misalignment of the arranged paper.
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A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper further comprising:
- a paper detecting sensor for detecting the pager discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper lead-in starter for starting said paper lead-in roller mechanism in response to an ON signal of said paper detecting sensor;
- a paper arranging starter for starting said paper arranging mechanism in response to an OFF signal of said paper detecting sensor;
- a comparator for comparing an OFF continuation time taken after said paper detecting sensor is turned OFF with a reference time;
- a binding starter for starting said paper binding mechanism when the OFF continuation time exceeds the reference time;
- and
- a discharge starter for starting said paper discharge roller mechanism after binding by said paper binding mechanism;
- and
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper;
- wherein said paper lead-in roller mechanism includes a paper lead-in roller, and said paper discharge roller mechanism includes a paper discharge roller, a paper discharge gear and a paper discharge driven roller, and said document binding apparatus further comprising:
- a paper feeding motor;
- a gear train for driving said paper lead-in roller and a paper discharge roller by said paper feeding motor;
- a rotatable link arm including a shaft;
- a torque limiter;
- a gear attached to said shaft of said link arm through said torque limiter and engaged with said paper discharge gear;
- and
- a power transmitting member,
- wherein said paper discharge roller is attached to a tip portion of said link arm, and said paper discharge roller and said gear attached to said shaft of said link arm are coupled through said power transmitting member, and
- wherein, when said paper feeding motor is rotated in a forward direction, said paper lead-in roller is rotated in a forward direction to lead in a paper and a tip of said link arm is rotated in such a direction as to separate from a paper feeding path so that said paper discharge roller separates from said paper discharge driven roller, and
- wherein, when said paper feeding motor is rotated in a reverse direction, the tip of said link arm is rotated in a direction of the paper feeding path so that said paper discharge roller comes in contact with said paper discharge driven roller, and said paper discharge roller is rotated in a forward direction, thereby discharging the paper.
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A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper;
- and
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper,
- wherein
- said paper lead-in roller mechanism includes a paper lead-in roller and a paper lead-in gear, and
- said paper discharge roller mechanism includes a paper discharge roller and a paper discharge gear, and
- said document binding apparatus further comprising:
- a paper arranging rotation brush;
- a paper arrangement gear;
- a main case provided with said paper lead-in gear, said paper discharge gear and said paper arrangement gear;
- an openable cover assembled into said main case and provided with said paper lead-in roller, said paper discharge roller and said paper arranging rotation brush;
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- gear provided on respective shafts of said paper lead-in roller, said paper discharge roller and said paper arranging rotation brush, and respectively engaged with said paper lead-in gear, said paper discharge gear and said paper arrangement gear in order to transmit a power in a state that said cover is closed.
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A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper;
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper;
- and
- a binding table receiving the paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- wherein said binding table includes a right wall surface and a left wall surface, and
- wherein said paper arranging mechanism includes:
- a paper arranging pusher formed to be protruded from one of said right wall surface and said left wall surface into said binding table and to be retreated therefrom;
- a cam mechanism for reciprocating said paper arranging pusher;
- a paper arranging rotation brush mechanism provided between said right wall surface and said left wall surface;
- a motor;
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- a gear train for driving said cam mechanism and said paper arranging rotation brush mechanism by said motor;
- wherein a side surface of the paper introduced into said binding table is pushed by said paper arranging pusher to carry out alignment in a transverse direction, and a surface of the paper is swept by said paper arranging rotation brush to carry out alignment in a longitudinal direction.
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A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper;
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper,
- wherein said paper binding mechanism is a electromotive stapler including a clincher and a driver and fixed into such a position that a staple hits on a corner portion of the paper put on said binding table, and
- wherein a side edge portion of the paper enters a portion between said clincher and said driver and runs during lead-in of the paper, and the corner portion of the paper accumulated on said binding table is bound by said electromotive stapler;
- an openable cover including a paper guide provided on a back face thereof for controlling an upper limit position of the side edge portion of the paper, said cover covering said electromotive stapler and said binding table,
- wherein the side edge portion of the paper is guided to a portion between said clincher and said driver by said paper guide.
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A document binding apparatus for externally attaching to a printer apparatus, comprising:
- a paper lead-in roller mechanism for leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- a paper arranging mechanism for aligning a position of the paper;
- a paper binding mechanism for binding the paper;
- a paper discharge roller mechanism for discharging the paper,
- wherein said paper binding mechanism is a electromotive stapler including a clincher and a driver and fixed into such a position that a staple hits on a corner portion of the paper put on said binding table,
- wherein a side edge portion of the paper enters a portion between said clincher and said driver and runs during lead-in of the paper, and the corner portion of the paper accumulated on said binding table is bound by said electromotive stapler, and
- wherein a surface of said binding table is provided with non-slip treatment preventing misalignment of the arranged paper.
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A method of binding a document by a document binding apparatus externally attached to a printer apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- leading a paper discharged from the printer apparatus;
- aligning a position of the paper;
- binding the paper;
- and
- discharging the paper,
- wherein said steps of leading the paper, aligning the position of the paper, binding the paper and discharging the paper are sequentially executed,
- wherein said document binding apparatus includes a paper feeding motor;
- said step of leading the paper is executed when the paper feeding motor is rotated in a forward direction;
- and
- said step of discharging the paper is executed when the paper feeding motor is rotated in a reverse direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.