Binding apparatus and image forming system
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United States of America Patent
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Apr 30, 2019
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Sep 27, 2018
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Sep 8, 2017
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Mar 22, 2017
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Abstract
A binding apparatus includes: a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one side of the recording-medium stack; a second pressing member that faces the first pressing member and presses the recording-medium stack from the other side of the recording-medium stack; and a suppressing part provided in at least one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member, the suppressing part suppressing damage to recording media that may be caused when a recording-medium stack including a smaller number of sheets than the maximum number of sheets that can be bound is bound with the first pressing member and the second pressing member.
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- 2017 Application Filing Year
- B31F Class
- 116 Applications Filed
- 92 Patents Issued To-Date
- 79.32 % Issued To-Date
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