US Patent 7658584 Bookbinding apparatus

Patent 7658584 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Konica Minolta

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7658584

Date of Patent

February 9, 2010

Patent Application Number

11453905

Date Filed

June 16, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Dana Ross

Patent abstract

There are provided bookbinding apparatuses that wrap a bundle of sheets with a cover and form back corners, and have a detecting unit for detecting a wave amount of a bundle of sheets. A type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a time period to form back corners, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit. Another type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a pressure applied to form back corners, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit. Still another type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a time period and pressure applied to form back corners, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit.