Recording-medium binding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173859-B2
Application number	US-201715469638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A recording-medium binding device includes first and second tooth groups. The first tooth group includes first and second tooth rows. The second tooth group includes third and fourth tooth rows. The third tooth row to be engaged with the first tooth row forms, together with the first tooth row, a first tooth row pair. The fourth tooth row to be engaged with the second tooth row forms, together with the second tooth row, a second tooth row pair. A second engaging height in the second tooth row pair is smaller than a first engaging height in the first tooth row pair. A second effective tooth top width in the second tooth row pair is larger than a first effective tooth top width in the first tooth row pair.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording-medium binding device comprising:
a first tooth group comprising:
a first tooth row comprising a plurality of first teeth arranged in a first tooth arrangement direction; and
a second tooth row comprising a plurality of second teeth arranged in a second tooth arrangement direction and which is disposed adjacent to the first tooth row in a tooth width direction; and

a second tooth group comprising:
a third tooth row comprising a plurality of third teeth arranged in a third tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the third tooth row is configured to be engaged with the first tooth row, and
wherein the third tooth row forms, together with the first tooth row, a first tooth row pair; and

a fourth tooth row comprising a plurality of fourth teeth arranged in a fourth tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to be engaged with the second tooth row,
wherein the fourth tooth row forms, together with the second tooth row, a second tooth row pair,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to cooperate with the first tooth group so as to pinch recording media to bind the recording media,

wherein, in the first tooth row pair, an engaging height, in a tooth height direction, is a first engaging height and a width, in a tooth width direction perpendicular to the first tooth arrangement direction, the second tooth arrangement direction and the tooth height direction, of an effective tooth top is a first effective tooth top width, and
wherein, in the second tooth row pair, the engaging height, in the tooth height direction, is a second engaging height that is smaller than the first engaging height and a width, in the tooth width direction, of an effective tooth top is a second effective tooth top width that is larger than the first effective tooth top width.

2. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first teeth has a top end portion, a tooth top, and a tooth bottom, and, when seen in the first tooth arrangement direction, at least the top end portion has a trapezoidal shape having a width increasing from a tooth top side toward a tooth bottom side,
wherein each of the plurality of second teeth has a top end portion, a tooth top, and a tooth bottom, and, when seen in the second tooth arrangement direction, at least the top end portion has a trapezoidal shape having a width increasing from a tooth top side toward a tooth bottom side,
wherein each of the plurality of third teeth has a top end portion, a tooth top, and a tooth bottom, and, when seen in the third tooth arrangement direction, at least the top end portion has a trapezoidal shape having a width increasing from a tooth top side toward a tooth bottom side, and
wherein each of the plurality of fourth teeth has a top end portion, a tooth top, and a tooth bottom, and, when seen in the fourth tooth arrangement direction, at least the top end portion has a trapezoidal shape having a width increasing from a tooth top side toward a tooth bottom side.

3. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the trapezoidal shape of each of the plurality of first teeth, the plurality of second teeth, the plurality of third teeth, and the plurality of fourth teeth has an inclined side inclined at 60° or larger relative to a height direction.

4. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the first teeth and a number of the second teeth are the same.

5. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein a first height of the plurality of first teeth equals a second height of the plurality of second teeth.

6. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein a second height of the plurality of second teeth equals a third height of the plurality of third teeth.

7. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 5 , wherein a third height of the plurality of third teeth equals the second height.

8. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein a first tooth top width of the plurality of first teeth equals a second tooth top width of the plurality of second teeth.

9. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 1 , wherein a second tooth top width of the plurality of second teeth equals a third tooth top width of the plurality of third teeth.

10. The recording-medium binding device according to claim 8 , wherein a third tooth top width of the plurality of third teeth equals the second tooth top width.

11. A recording-medium binding device comprising:
a first tooth group comprising:
a first tooth row comprising a plurality of first teeth arranged in a first tooth arrangement direction; and
a second tooth row comprising a plurality of second teeth arranged in a second tooth arrangement direction and which is disposed adjacent to the first tooth row in a tooth width direction; and

a second tooth group comprising:
a third tooth row comprising a plurality of third teeth arranged in a third tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the third tooth row is configured to be engaged with the first tooth row, and
wherein the third tooth row forms, together with the first tooth row, a first tooth row pair; and

a fourth tooth row comprising a plurality of fourth teeth arranged in a fourth tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to be engaged with the second tooth row,
wherein the fourth tooth row forms, together with the second tooth row, a second tooth row pair,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to cooperate with the first tooth group so as to pinch recording media to bind the recording media,

wherein, in the first tooth row pair, an engaging height is a first engaging height and a width of an effective tooth top is a first effective tooth top width,
wherein, in the second tooth row pair, the engaging height is a second engaging height that is smaller than the first engaging height and a width of an effective tooth top is a second effective tooth top width that is larger than the first effective tooth top width, and
wherein a first height of the plurality of first teeth equals a second height of the plurality of second teeth.

12. A recording-medium binding device comprising:
a first tooth group comprising:
a first tooth row comprising a plurality of first teeth arranged in a first tooth arrangement direction; and
a second tooth row comprising a plurality of second teeth arranged in a second tooth arrangement direction and which is disposed adjacent to the first tooth row in a tooth width direction; and

a second tooth group comprising:
a third tooth row comprising a plurality of third teeth arranged in a third tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the third tooth row is configured to be engaged with the first tooth row, and
wherein the third tooth row forms, together with the first tooth row, a first tooth row pair; and

a fourth tooth row comprising a plurality of fourth teeth arranged in a fourth tooth arrangement direction,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to be engaged with the second tooth row,
wherein the fourth tooth row forms, together with the second tooth row, a second tooth row pair,
wherein the fourth tooth row is configured to cooperate with the first tooth group so as to pinch recording media to bind the recording media,

wherein, in the first tooth row pair, an engaging height is a first engaging height and a width of an effective tooth top is a first effective tooth top width,
wherein, in the second tooth row pair, the engaging height is a second engaging height that is smaller than the first engaging heigh

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Makita Takuya
• Awano Hiroaki
• Nakano Yoshinori
• Tsutsumi Kojiro
• Harada Katsumi
• Yukawa Toshiyasu
• Hirota Junichi
• Kusumoto Yasuhiro
• Hagiwara Hiroshi
• Shiraishi Emiko

Classifications

• B65H37/04 Primary

  for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18) · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• G11B7/256

  of layers improving adhesion between layers · CPC title

• B65H2301/51616

  involving simultaneous deformation of parts of the material to be bound · CPC title

• G11B7/24024

  Adhesion or bonding, e.g. specific adhesive layers · CPC title