Bookbinding apparatus and image formation processing system

摘要

There are provided a bookbinding apparatus that is simple in structure, compact in size, and allowed to perform bookbinding processing without the known problems of dripping of an adhesive, and an image formation processing system provided with such an apparatus. The bookbinding apparatus (B) has an adhesive applying portion (22) that applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle (S1) allowed to stand in a substantially vertical direction, a storage portion (34) that gathers and stores the sheet bundle (S1) which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion (22) while letting the sheet bundle (S1) stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle (S1) while letting the sheet bundle (S1) stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion (22) to the storage portion (34) along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion (23) which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion (22) and the storage portion (34), and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle (S1) while letting the sheet bundle (S1) stand in the substantially vertical direction.