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Image-forming apparatus provided with bookbinding device

US5143503A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1990
Grant dateSep 1, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S412/90
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An image-forming apparatus is provided with a bookbinding device having a binder receiving portion. The binder receiving portion is provided with a heat source for heating an adhesive or with an electrode for electrifying the electric heating member on a bottom portion thereof so that a plurality of papers disposed in a binder can be adhered to the inner surface of the back cover of the binder by heating and melting the adhesive with the heat source or the electric heating member. A binder-insertion hole of the binder receiving portion is provided with a cover to prevent foreign matter from entering the binder receiving portion.

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