Patent ID: 6059504
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B42B

Abstract:
A binding device for binding a stack of sheets with a bind member in which at least one leg of the bind member perpendicularly extends away from a straight portion of the bind member, the straight portion of the bind member defining a first axis and the at least one leg of the bind member defining a second axis, said binding device comprising:a driver plate which drives said bind member in a direction along an axis substantially parallel to said second axis;a shaping block with at least one shaping guide groove to guide said at least one leg of said bind member about an axis substantially parallel to said first axis; andat least one fulcrum member to displace an end of said at least one leg of said bind member along an axis substantially parallel to said first axis,wherein said at least one leg of said bind member is formed into a substantially ring-like shape, with said end of said at least one leg of said bind member being passed through at least one opening in said stack of sheets, thereby binding said stack of sheets with said bind member.