US Patent 7699572 Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system

Patent 7699572 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on April, 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

7699572

Patent Inventor Names

Tsuyoshi Tsuchiya0

Masahiro Kaneko0

Date of Patent

April 20, 2010

Patent Application Number

11706246

Date Filed

February 15, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Dana Ross

Patent abstract

A bookbinding apparatus includes a coating device for moving relatively to a sheet bundle in the longitudinal direction thereof and for coating an adhesive on the spine of the sheet bundle, a driving device for the relative movement of the coating device, and a control device for controlling the driving device, and according to the thickness of a booklet, changes the number of times of coating of the coating device for one booklet, thereby controls the amount of coating of adhesive.