US 12,005,675 B2
Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same
Takamasa Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP); and Yasushi Tsuruoka, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Takamasa Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP); and Yasushi Tsuruoka, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,112.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-015683 (JP), filed on Feb. 3, 2022; and application No. 2022-190398 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241860 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B31F 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC B31F 5/02 (2013.01) [B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5142 (2013.01); B65H 2553/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium processing apparatus, comprising:
a crimper configured to press and deform a part of a medium bundle, which is a plurality of sheet-shaped media bundled, to bind the medium bundle;
a liquid applier configured to apply liquid to a position on the media at which binding is to be performed by the crimper;
a driving source configured to operate the crimper; and
a binding load detector configured to detect a load of the crimper during the binding,
the liquid applier configured to adjust an amount of the liquid to be applied to the media in accordance with a magnitude of the load during the binding detected by the binding load detector.