Patent ID: 7413179
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
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 for collecting the sheet bundle; an adhesive applying portion that applies an adhesive to an end face of the sheet bundle allowed to stand in a substantially vertical direction; a first transport means for conveying the sheet bundle in a substantially vertical direction from the sheet receiving portion to the adhesive applying portion; a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion, while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction; a second transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path; and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.