A SHEET BINDING APPARATUS

摘要

Apparatus (108) for adhesively binding together a plurality of individual sheets to form a booklet. An adhesive applicator blade (120) extending from within a reservoir housing (111) is reciprocated into and out of contact with a marginal region of sheets as they are collected in sequence in a tray (93). The applicator blade thus forms a line of adhesive on the marginal region of each sheet along its full length. Successive sheets are overlayed in trays (93) and pressed together each time a new line of adhesive is applied. When the final sheet for a booklet is received in tray (93) the blade (120) can be retracted within the housing (111) so that on further reciprocation a portion (118) of the housing itself presses against the sheets to aid binding, but without applying adhesive.