Patent ID: 7954799
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B26D,B42C,G03G

Abstract:
1. A bookbinding apparatus which gathers a plurality of sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle and binds the sheet bundle, comprising: a sheet receiving portion which collects the sheet bundle; an adhesive applying portion which applies an adhesive to an end face of the sheet bundle allowed to stand in a substantially vertical direction; a first transport portion which conveys the sheet bundle in a substantially vertical direction from the sheet receiving portion to the adhesive applying portion; a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path under the adhesive applying portion, the cutting portion which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, and a second transport portion which conveys the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the cutting portion along a substantially vertical transport path.