Patent ID: 7905476

Claim:
A paper-sheet handling device for handling a plurality of paper-sheets each being perforated at predetermined positions in a row along one edge of the paper-sheet, wherein the paper-sheet handling device comprises: pressing means for guiding each of the plurality of paper-sheets to a predetermined position, in which the perforations in the respective sheets are aligned, and pressing the paper-sheets together to form a bundle of paper-sheets, whereby aligned perforations in the sheets form corresponding holes in the bundle of paper-sheets, the holes being in a row along one edge of the bundle of paper-sheets and the bundle of paper-sheets having first and second opposite sides; a guide-and-sandwich structure comprising first and second guide members for engaging the bundle of paper-sheets at the first and second sides respectively and sandwiching the bundle of paper-sheets; an alignment pin for penetrating a first hole in the bundle of paper-sheets; and a binding means for binding a binding component to the bundle of paper-sheets by inserting first and second tip portions of the binding component into a second hole in the bundle of paper sheets from the first and second sides respectively of the bundle, and wherein the alignment pin is positioned relative to the guide members such that when the alignment pin penetrates the first hole in the bundle of paper-sheets each guide member covers a portion of the second hole in the bundle of paper-sheets at its respective side of the bundle of paper-sheets, whereby the first and second tip portions of the binding component contact the first and second guide members respectively while being inserted in the second hole in the bundle of paper-sheets.