US 12,434,501 B2
Sheet bonding apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus
Yasuhiro Nakahara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,800.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-187696 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174016 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B42B 5/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B42B 5/00 (2013.01) [B65H 37/04 (2013.01); G03G 15/6541 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
a pressurizing member configured to pressurize a sheet stack;
a receiving member configured to receive a pressurizing force of the pressurizing member and nip the sheet stack together with the pressurizing member;
a heating portion configured to heat the pressurizing member;
a pressurizing mechanism configured to press the pressurizing member against the sheet stack; and
an inclination correction mechanism configured to correct relative inclination between the pressurizing member and the receiving member in a case where the pressurizing member pressurizes the sheet stack,
wherein the inclination correction mechanism includes a support mechanism configured to support the receiving member so as to allow the receiving member to tilt about an axis extending in a first direction intersecting with a pressurizing direction of the pressurizing member.