# US 9,751,711 B2 · Bookbinding apparatus with sheet inserter

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- Number: US 9,751,711 B2
- Document ID: US9751711B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/749,346
- Filed: 2015-06-24
- Published: 2015-12-31
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-06-30
- Assignees: Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Applicants: Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Inventors: Hideaki Ogawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751711B2

## CPC

- B65H 33/04: by inserting marker slips in pile or stream
- B42C 1/12: Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures
- B42C 11/04: Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books (B42C11/06 takes precedence)
- B42C 19/02: starting with single sheets
- B65H 5/06: by rollers {or balls, e.g. between rollers (transport by suction rollers B65H5/226)}
- B65H 7/20: Controlling associated apparatus
- B65H 31/26: Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile
- B65H 37/04: for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18)
- B65H 39/02: Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
- B65H 43/06: detecting, or responding to, completion of pile (B65H43/08 takes precedence)
- G03G 15/6514: {Manual supply devices}
- G03G 15/6538: {Devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form}
- B65H 2301/4381: Bringing a cover
- B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines
- G03G 2215/00561: Aligning or deskewing
- G03G 2215/00869: Cover sheet adding means
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B42C: BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

An aligning unit stores a paper bundle that is formed by inserting a medium that is different from printed body text paper sheets conveyed from a printer into the printed body text paper sheets. A manual paper feeding unit stores a medium that is manually fed. A conveyance control unit makes the medium be conveyed from the manual paper feeding unit to the aligning unit after the body text paper sheets that include a page specified by a print job are stored in the aligning unit and before the body text paper sheet conveyed from the printer immediately afterwards is stored in the aligning unit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bookbinding apparatus comprising:
a storing unit that stores a paper bundle that is formed of printed body text paper sheets conveyed from a printer and a medium that is inserted into the body text paper sheets and that is different from the body text paper sheets;
a storage unit that stores the medium that is manually fed;
a conveyance unit that conveys the medium from the storage unit to the storing unit;
a trial paper feeding control unit that performs a trial conveyance in which the medium is conveyed from the storage unit to a prescribed position;
a determination unit that determines, according to a result of the trial conveyance, whether the medium can be conveyed from the storage unit before the body text paper sheets that include a specified page are stored in the storing unit, the specified page being a page specified by a print job; and
a control unit that controls the conveyance unit so as to insert the medium into the body text paper sheets based on the specified page,
wherein when the determination unit determines that the medium can be conveyed, the control unit controls the conveyance unit so as to convey the medium from the storage unit to the storing unit after the body text paper sheets that include the specified page are stored in the storing unit and before the body text paper sheet conveyed from the printer immediately afterwards is stored in the storing unit,
wherein the storage unit includes a conveying roller that conveys the medium, and a driving unit that drives the conveying roller, and
wherein in performing the trial conveyance, the trial paper feeding control unit controls the driving unit so as to revolve the conveying roller during a prescribed time period at a lower speed than a speed when the medium is conveyed in order to convey the medium to the storing unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The bookbinding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a notification unit that notifies a user that the medium cannot be conveyed when the determination unit determines that the medium cannot be conveyed; and
a manual storage permission unit that enables the user to directly store the medium in the storing unit.