Binding apparatus and method.

摘要

Binding apparatus and method for binding copy sheets (12) having a heat-sealable material along an edge thereof into booklets by arranging the sheets (12) in a stack and heating the heat-sealable material so as to adhere adjacent sheets (12) together. The heating operation is accomplished by a heating shoe (56) and a patterned heating bar (62) after each group of a few sheets (12) is received from a copier/duplicator so that the finisher operation may be carried on at the same rate as copies are produced by the copier/duplicator.