US5320335A
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Control method for sheet discharger with stapler method of stapling a group a discharged sheets into sub-groups having up to n sheets
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1992-09-30
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Granted: 1994-06-14
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Expires: 2012-09-30
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus with a sheet binding device, wherein the absence or shortage of binding materials is detected and the sheet discharging operation continues even after the absence or shortage of binding materials is detected. When a given discharge sheet materials is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains at least two and no more than N sheet materials, the binding device is operated after the last of the sheet materials of the set is discharged, but when the set contains more than N sheet materials, the binding device is operated to bind the sheets of the set N at a time until no more than N sheets remain unbound.
Inventors
- 👤 Masakatsu Iwata
- 👤 Takeyoshi Kobashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:32
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6538; G03G15/6541; B; B42; B42B; B42B4/00; B65; B65H; B65H29/00; B65H29/26; B65H29/36; B65H31/00; B65H31/04; B65H31/06; B65H31/34; B65H31/36; B65H37/00; B65H37/04; B65H43/00; B65H43/06; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/40; B65H2301/42; B65H2301/421; B65H2301/4214; B65H2301/42146; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00789; G03G2215/00822; G03G2215/00827
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus having recording means for reproducing information sent by communication with an external machine and recording it on sheets and having sheet binding means, a number of sheets of each communication not being known until reception of one communication of the external machine is completed, said method, comprising the steps of: accommodating each of plural sheet materials sequentially discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus; and operating the sheet material binding means for every set of a predetermined number of recorded sheets discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus during the one communication.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus having recording means for reproducing information sent by communication with an external machine and recording it on sheets and having sheet binding means, a number of sheets of each communication not being known until reception of one communication of the external machine is completed, said method, comprising the steps of: accommodating each of plural sheet materials sequentially discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus; and operating the sheet material binding means for every set of a predetermined number of recorded sheets discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus during the one communication.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein when only one sheet remains after said operating step is carried out, said operating step does not operate for the remaining sheet, and when the number of the sheets remaining after said operating step is not less than two and not more than the predetermined number, said operating step is carried out.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined number is a maximum bindable number of sheets of the binding means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number is a maximum bindable number of sheets of the binding means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of preparing a sheet counter, and resetting the counter after each operation of the binding means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
92 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of preparing a counter for counting the number of the sheets discharged by said discharging apparatus; discriminating completion of one communication when no continuing information is sent from the external machine; and ending information receiving operation without operation of binding means when the count of the counter is not more than one at the completion of one communication and ending the information receiving operation and operating the binding means when the count is at least two at the completion of one communication.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of preparing a counter for counting the number of the sheets discharged by said discharging apparatus; wherein the counter is reset for every predetermined count of the counter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
92 words
A method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of: preparing a counter for counting the number of the sheets discharged by said discharging apparatus; discriminating completion of one communication when no continuing information is sent from the external machine; and ending information receiving operation without operation of binding means when the count of the counter is not more than one at the completion of one communication and ending the information receiving operation and operating the binding means when the count is at least two at the completion of one communication.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of preparing memory, and starting the recording operation after information for each line is stored in the memory.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
286 words
A method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus with sheet material binding means, comprising the steps of: accommodating each of plural sheet materials sequentially discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus; operating the sheet material binding means to bind at a position where the sheet materials are accommodated by said accommodating step, two or more of the plural sheet materials discharged by the discharging apparatus, the sheet materials being aligned and overlaid with one another; detecting an absence or shortage of a binding material with which the binding means binds the sheet materials; permitting continuously the sheet discharging operation when the absence or shortage of the binding material is detected; wherein when a given discharged sheet material is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains at least two and no more than N sheet materials (N being a predetermined integer greater than one), the binding means is operated after the last of the sheet materials of the set is discharged, and when the discharged sheet material is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains more than N sheet materials, the binding means is operated to bind the sheets of the set N at a time until no more than N sheets of the set remain unbound, to provide plural divided sets each including up to N sheet materials, and if the last divided set contains only one sheet, the binding means is not operated on the last divided set, and when the last divided set contains not less than two sheet materials, the binding means is operated to bind the last divided set.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
286 words
A method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus with sheet material binding means, comprising the steps of: accommodating each of plural sheet materials sequentially discharged from the sheet material discharging apparatus; operating the sheet material binding means to bind at a position where the sheet materials are accommodated by said accommodating step, two or more of the plural sheet materials discharged by the discharging apparatus, the sheet materials being aligned and overlaid with one another; detecting an absence or shortage of a binding material with which the binding means binds the sheet materials; permitting continuously the sheet discharging operation when the absence or shortage of the binding material is detected; wherein when a given discharged sheet material is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains at least two and no more than N sheet materials (N being a predetermined integer greater than one), the binding means is operated after the last of the sheet materials of the set is discharged, and when the discharged sheet material is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains more than N sheet materials, the binding means is operated to bind the sheets of the set N at a time until no more than N sheets of the set remain unbound, to provide plural divided sets each including up to N sheet materials, and if the last divided set contains only one sheet, the binding means is not operated on the last divided set, and when the last divided set contains not less than two sheet materials, the binding means is operated to bind the last divided set.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 10, further comprising displaying the absence of shortage of the binding material after termination of the sheet discharging operation.
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