Patent ID: 7962088
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. Bookmaking apparatus comprising: a sheet conveyance path, a stacking tray for receiving sheets transferred from the sheet conveyance path through a first discharge path and stacking the sheets substantially horizontally, gripping conveyance means for holding the sheets on the stacking tray as a sheet bundle, said gripping conveyance means moving the sheet bundle in a substantially vertical position at a predetermined adhesive application position and conveying the sheet bundle from the adhesive application position downwardly in a substantial vertical direction; adhesive application means for applying adhesive to the sheet bundle at the adhesive application position; a cover sheet conveyance path for transferring a cover sheet from the sheet conveyance path to a position below the adhesive application position; cover sheet conveyance means for conveying the cover sheet through the cover sheet conveyance path to the position below adhesive application position; a second discharge path provided at a downstream side of the cover sheet conveyance path; a stacker provided at a downstream side of the second discharge path, said stacker stacking a printed sheet transferred through the cover sheet conveyance path and the second discharge path in a printing process mode; and aligning means formed separately from the cover sheet conveyance means, said aligning means aligning the cover sheet in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the cover sheet conveyance means to be located at a binding position, wherein the sheet bundle transferred by the gripping conveyance means is bound to the cover sheet at the binding position, wherein the adhesive application means is configured to start applying adhesive to the sheet bundle after the cover sheet is set at the binding position by the cover sheet conveyance means.