ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,134, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Booklet forming device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Taisuke Minagawa (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kenji Takagi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A booklet forming device includes a sheet support portion, and a bonding unit including a pressurizing member and configured to form a bonding layer. In a case of forming a first booklet including a first number of sheets, the bonding unit is operated under a first operation condition so that a thickness of the bonding layer positioned closest to the pressurizing member in the first booklet becomes a first th...