Patent ID: 7783245
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. A book-binding apparatus comprising: a reception vessel to hold glue in a liquid form; an application section to apply the glue in the reception vessel to a sheet; a hopper to receive a raw material of the glue for refilling; a refilling section to refill the raw material of the glue from the hopper to the reception vessel; and a control section to control the refilling section, which refills the raw material of the glue into the reception vessel based on whether the glue application to a predetermined number of the sheets is completed by using the flue in the reception vessel in a period where glue application is not carried out after glue application is completed wherein the control section controls the refilling section to stop refilling the raw material of the glue when a predetermined refilling time is over.