Sheet processing apparatus that binds sheets with an adhesive
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Taguchi
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet holding unit, a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a plurality of sheets one by one onto the sheet holding unit during sheet processing, wherein the plurality of sheets includes a first sheet and a second sheet that is conveyed immediately after the first sheet, an adhesive applying unit configured to apply an adhesive material on the first sheet held on the sheet holding unit before the second sheet is conveyed onto the first sheet, and a pressing unit configured to press the second sheet against the first sheet after the second sheet is conveyed onto the first sheet.
Claims18
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a sheet holder;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey a plurality of sheets to be bound, which are three or more, one by one onto the sheet holder;
- an adhesive dispenser;
- a sheet presser;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a total number of the sheets that are to be bound,
- control the adhesive dispenser to apply an adhesive material on a surface portion of each of the sheets that is held on the sheet holder before another one of the sheets that immediately follows is conveyed onto the sheet, except for last one of the sheets, and
- control the sheet presser to press each of the sheets except for first one of the sheets, against the surface portion of an immediately-preceding sheet with a pressing force determined based on the total number and for a pressing time period determined based on the total number, after the sheet is conveyed onto the immediately-preceding sheet,
- the pressing time period during which the last one of the sheets is pressed by the sheet presser being longer than the pressing time period during which any non-last one of the sheets is pressed by the sheet presser.
A method for processing sheets, comprising:
- conveying, along a conveyance path, a plurality of sheets to be bound, which are three or more, one by one onto a sheet holder;
- determining a total number of the sheets to be bound;
- applying an adhesive material on a surface portion of each of the sheets that is held on the sheet holder before another one of the sheets that immediately follows is conveyed onto the sheet, except for last one of the sheets;
- and
- pressing each of the sheets except for first one of the sheets against the surface portion of the an immediately-preceding sheet with a pressing force determined based on the total number and for a pressing time period determined based on the total number, after the sheet is conveyed onto the immediately-preceding sheet,
- the pressing time period during which the last one of the sheets is pressed being longer than the pressing time period during which any non-last one of the sheets is pressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.