US 11,840,417 B2
Sheet bonding apparatus
Kohei Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP); Kentaro Kawata, Shizuoka (JP); Taku Watanabe, Shizuoka (JP); Atsushi Toda, Shizuoka (JP); and Shun Sato, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,124.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108390 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002184 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 37/04 (2013.01) [B65H 37/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51614 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet bonding apparatus comprising:
a first casing;
a second casing mounted on a top of the first casing;
an electrophotographic unit accommodated in the first casing and configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process;
a folding portion accommodated in the second casing and configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit; and
a bonding portion accommodated in the second casing and configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive,
wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit,
wherein the second casing includes an overhang portion overhanging to an outside of a range occupied by the first casing as viewed in a vertical direction, and
wherein at least part of the bonding portion is disposed in the overhang portion.