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(11) EP 0 427 279 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/20

(21) Application number: 90121432.0

(22) Date of filing: 08.11.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B42C 19/02, B42C 11/02, B42C 1/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 09.11.1989 JP 290100/89
09.11.1989 JP 290103/89

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nakayama, Tomobumi
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Nakamura, Shinichi
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Tahara, Hisatsugu
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kuroyanagi, Satoshi
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Iwamoto, Osamu
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Image forming apparatus with book bind device


    (57) A book bind device has supply means for supplying a front sheet used in a book bind operation of sheet members; convey means for guiding a plurality of sheet members on which an image is formed into the front sheet; and book bind means for performing the book binding operation by coupling the supplied front sheet and the bundle of sheet members therein.







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