Patent ID: 6074151
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B26D,B26F,B42B

Abstract:
A binding apparatus for the binding of documents comprising a paper pile and a ring binder with teeth which engage in holes provided in the paper pile, comprising:a housing including a lower housing portion;a punching unit mounted to said housing for punching the holes in the paper pile;a binding unit mounted to said housing for closing the ring binder in the holes of the paper pile to form the document; andan actuating element mounted to said housing for actuating both said punching unit and said binding unit, wherein:said punching unit includes a movable perforator plate having a plurality of punches, and a counterplate rigidly connected to said lower housing portion, said counterplate having openings engaged by said punches, andsaid binding unit includes a first and second generally parallel clamping plates, with said first clamping plate being rigidly connected to said lower housing portion, and with said second clamping plate being rigidly connected to said punches in an essential vertical alignment to said punches.