Patent ID: 7448837
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. A bookbinding apparatus comprising: a movable adhesive tank constituted of a material containing a ferromagnetic material for retaining therein an adhesive melted by heat; a roller rotatably supported with the adhesive tank so as to dip a lower portion thereof in the adhesive retained in the adhesive tank, for applying the adhesive to a sheet stack along a lateral edge thereof; a holding unit capable of holding the sheet stack; an adhesive tank carrier for disposing the adhesive tank and the roller at a stand-by position located outside a longitudinal end face of the sheet stack held by the holding unit in a stand-by stage, and moving the adhesive tank and the roller together from the stand-by position in a longitudinal direction of the sheet stack substantially through an entire area under a back face thereof in a bookbinding stage; and a non-contact heater provided with an electromagnetic induction heating coil for contactlessly heating the adhesive tank, and the non-contact heater is immovably placed at the stand-by position to melt the adhesive.