Patent classifications
B42C9/0093
SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT BONDS PLURALITY OF SHEETS TOGETHER, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to a loading board; a bonding unit configured to execute bonding processing for bonding together a plurality of loaded sheets loaded on the loading board, with use of an adhesive image formed on the plurality of loaded sheets; and a control unit configured to control the bonding processing executed by the bonding unit in order to create a bundle of sheets from a designated number of sheets designated by a job, wherein the control unit is further configured not to execute the bonding processing with respect to the plurality of loaded sheets in a case where a thickness of the plurality of loaded sheets exceeds a first threshold.
Sheet thermocompression apparatus and post-processing apparatus
Provided is a sheet thermocompression apparatus for bonding a plurality of sheets to one another, the sheet thermocompression apparatus including: a loading portion in which sheets having adhesion toner formed thereon are loaded in a loading direction; and a thermocompression unit including a pressing member elongated in a longitudinal direction, for pressing the sheets loaded in the loading portion in the loading direction, and a heating source for heating the pressing member. In a case where the pressing member is viewed from the loading direction, the pressing member overlaps a region of a sheet loaded in the loading portion from one end portion to the other end portion in the longitudinal direction. The heating source is capable of heating an end portion and a center portion of the pressing member in the longitudinal direction to different temperatures.