Patent ID: 8220791
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A spine formation device for forming a spine of a bundle of folded sheets, the spine formation device comprising: a sheet conveyer that conveys the bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets forming a front end portion of the bundle of folded sheets; a spine formation unit disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction in which the bundle of folded sheets is transported, the spine formation unit for forming the spine of the bundle of folded sheets by squeezing the folded portion of the bundle from a folded leading side, a front side, and a back side of the bundle; a discharge unit to discharge the bundle of folded sheets outside the spine formation device, disposed downstream form the spine formation unit in the sheet conveyance direction; and a controller operatively connected to the spine formation unit to cause the spine formation unit to operate in one of multiple selectable control modes for controlling the spine formation unit in accordance with at least one of multiple predetermined sheet-related variables, wherein