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US 7,396,008 B2Granted
Stapling device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyuichi Sato, Yoshiyuki Takaishi
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Abstract
A stapler unit has a staple section, a cutter section, and a receiving section. A stapling device further includes a staple recovery box which is disposed at a staple discarding position and which recovers the tip ends to be discarded from the receiving section; and a staple discarding mechanism which delivers the tip ends received in the receiving section of the stapler unit to the staple recovery box. One of the plural stapling positions is identical with the staple discarding position.
Claims11
A stapling device comprising:
- a stapler unit that travels over a path including a staple discarding position and a plurality of stapling positions, the stapler unit including:
- a staple section that performs stapling operation for binding a plurality of stacked sheets with a staple;
- a cutter section that cuts tip ends of the staple to be used for binding the sheets;
- and
- a receiving section that receives the tip ends cut by the cutter;
- the stapling device further comprising:
- a fullness detection sensor that detects whether or not the receiving section is fully filled with tip ends of staples;
- a stapler unit control section that controls the stapler unit to move to the staple discarding position when the fullness detection sensor detects that the receiving section is fully filled;
- a staple recovery box disposed at the staple discarding position and recovers the tip ends received by the receiving section;
- and
- a staple discarding mechanism that delivers the tip ends received in the receiving section of the stapler unit to the staple recovery box,
- wherein one of the plurality of stapling positions is identical with the staple discarding position.
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A stapling device comprising:
- a stapler unit that travels over a path including a staple discarding position and a plurality of stapling positions, the stapler unit including:
- a staple section that performs stapling operation for binding a plurality of stacked sheets with a staple to form a set of sheets, the sheets stacked as result of being sequentially fed;
- a cutter section that cuts tip ends of the staple to be used for binding the sheets;
- and
- a receiving section that receives the tip ends cut by the cutter at the plurality stapling positions;
- a staple recovery box disposed at the staple discarding position and recovers the tip ends received by the receiving section;
- a staple discarding mechanism that automatically discards the tip ends received in the receiving section from the stapler unit into the staple recovery box;
- and
- a tray that accumulates a number of the set of sheets that are sequentially ejected every time the set of sheets is formed, the tray being configured a maximum number of sets of sheets to be carried,
- wherein the stapling unit forms the set of sheets in accordance with a job that directs the stapling operation to be performed at one or a plurality of stapling positions selected from the plurality of stapling positions to form one or a plurality of sets of sheets, and
- wherein the receiving section has a volume greater than a volume for holding all of tip ends cut from staples of a number required to obtain the maximum number of sets of sheets formed by stapling a plurality of stacked sheets with staples at a maximum selectable number of the stapling positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.