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US 6,887,024 B2Granted
Scoring of bound sheets in imaging systems
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRoland Boss
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Abstract
A binding system in an imaging system includes an accumulator in which sheet material is accumulated in respective jobs to be bound. The binding system includes a binding assembly adapted and constructed to bind the sheet material together. A scoring member is connected to the binding assembly. The scoring member is adapted and constructed to form respective score patterns in sheet material received in the accumulator. The binding assembly can include a thermally low-mass heating element and a thermally high-mass cooling element.
Claims18
A binding system, comprising:
- a binding assembly adapted and constructed to bind sheet material together, the binding assembly including a heating element and a cooling element that is displaceable between a first position in which the cooling element is separated from the heating element to a second position in which the cooling element contacts the heating element;
- and
- a scoring member connected to the binding assembly that is adapted and constructed to form respective score patterns in sheet material received by the system.
A method of binding sheet material, comprising:
- receiving a first sheet of material in a binding system;
- scoring the first sheet of material;
- receiving a second sheet of material in the binding system at a position adjacent the first sheet of material;
- scoring the second sheet of material;
- and
- binding the second sheet of material to the first sheet of material in the binding system.
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