Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clamping binding device
- Patent Title (中): 夹紧装订装置
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Application No.: US13862676Application Date: 2013-04-15
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Publication No.: US09102492B2Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Takashi Saito , Katsuhiro Kosuge , Shingo Matsushita , Yuusuke Shibasaki , Satoshi Saito , Makoto Hidaka , Akihiro Musha , Takuya Morinaga , Ikuhisa Okamoto , Shohichi Satoh , Nobuyoshi Suzuki
- Applicant: Takashi Saito , Katsuhiro Kosuge , Shingo Matsushita , Yuusuke Shibasaki , Satoshi Saito , Makoto Hidaka , Akihiro Musha , Takuya Morinaga , Ikuhisa Okamoto , Shohichi Satoh , Nobuyoshi Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2012-093146 20120416; JP2013-015766 20130130
- Main IPC: B65H37/04
- IPC: B65H37/04 ; B65H39/00 ; B42C1/12 ; B65H29/58 ; B65H31/26 ; B65H39/10

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to transport a sheet bundle including multiple sheets in a sheet conveyance direction and a binding device including a clamping unit. The clamping unit includes multiple projections and multiple recesses to engage the respective projections to clamp the sheet bundle inserted therebetween. At least one of the multiple projections includes an inclined portion facing a sheet conveyance direction, and an inclination of the inclined portion is 45 degrees or smaller relative to a face parallel to the sheet conveyance direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130270762A1 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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