Did You Know...
...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052135 | Book binding apparatus for perfect book binding While a book block (P) is nipped between a pair of clamping plates (1a, 1b) and passes through processing units (B to D) in succession, perfect book bind processing is carried out. Two or more of the processing units (B to D) have pairs o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7926798 | Saddle-stitched brochure removably holding small printed material and apparatus for making the same A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (P1 to P3) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (1a), characterized in that a small print... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7658308 | Sheet stitching apparatus In a sheet stitching apparatus in which a wire W reeled out from a wire reel 5 is cut only a predetermined length, the cut wire is bent into a U-shape and driven into a set of sheets S, both ends of the U-shaped wire are bent and the set of sheets are stitche... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7493840 | Three-side trimmer A three-side trimmer according to the present invention comprises a bound material feed unit (2) for feeding the bound material (1) one by one; a rotating table unit (3) for receiving the bound material (1) from the bound material feed un... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7428859 | Guillotine cutter A lower guillotine cutter blade (2) is mounted to a frame (1). A guillotine cutter-blade holder (3) holds an upper guillotine cutter blade (4) and vertically reciprocates with respect to the lower guillotine cutter blade (2). Rods ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7373707 | Milling apparatus The milling apparatus (10) is arranged in such a manner that the deep groove cutter (21) is attached to the milling cutter (20) and the rotational drive shaft (23a) is approximately orthogonal to a spine (16a) of a sh... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7261507 | Book binding method and system for saddle stitched bound booklet A book binding system for a saddle-stitched bound booklet comprises a sheet feeding section (1) feeding sheets or sets of sheets (P) one by one, a sheet folding section (3) sequentially receiving a sheet or a set of sheets (P) from the sheet feeding se... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7198264 | Sheet supplying device In a sheet supplying device for feeding a sheet from a sheet stack configured by stacking plural sets of sheets collated by page order, each of which corresponds to one volume, for each set of sheets, in a state where the sheets are superimposed on one another so as... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7077042 | Three-side trimmer The three-side trimmer comprises an alignment station (F) for receiving booklet bundle (32) and aligning the booklets, and a cutting station (D) for cutting the top, bottom and fore edges of the bundle, and a chuck mechanism (40) which holds the bundle... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6733010 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a first conveying path (22) and stacking up them in a sheet stack-feed station (S), a tray (24) for storing a stack of cover sheets (P), a second conveying path ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6520058 | Three-side trimmer A top edge trimming cutter, a bottom edge trimming cutter and a front edge trimming cutter are arranged to have predetermined distances from one another so as not to cause mechanical interference. The top edge trimming cutter, a first table element, a fir... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6497404 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a first conveying path (22) and stacking up them in a sheet stack-feed station (S), a tray (24) for storing a stack of cover sheets (P), a second conveying path (28... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6234474 | Paper accumulating device A paper accumulating device (20) according to the present invention comprises a paper bundle feeding port (31), a plurality of paper bundle receiving portions (33, 34) including paper bundle receivers (21, 22) for accumulating paper bundles respectively, ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6152439 | Collator system having sheet feeding error display function The present invention provides a collator system comprising a sheet collating device (1a) in which a plurality of sheet supply shelves (2a-2h) are provided, a stack of sheets to be collated are supported on each sheet supply shelf (2a-2h), the sheets are ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6099224 | Mechanism for connecting book binding and paper supplying machines A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6030165 | Book binding machine A sheet supply inlet (4) receives sheets (3) one by one from a printing machine (2). A sheet gathering and registering mechanism (20) comprises a pair of sheet feed rollers (24A, 24B) arranged in the neighborhood of the sheet supply inlet (4) for successi... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6019560 | Apparatus for supplying paper to book producing machine A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5813669 | Paper supplying device and a rotor therefor A paper supplying device has a shelf for placing sheets of paper to be supplied and a suction rotor disposed above the shelf. The suction rotor has suction openings on outer peripheral surfaces and can suck up the paper from the shelf by sucking in air th... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5738346 | Apparatus for stitching collated sheets An improved apparatus for stitching collated sheets is provided. Collated sleets to be stitched are transported along a first transport path portion (29) into a sheet stitching station (80) independently of different sheet stitching patterns. After sheet ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5429468 | Cover alignment apparatus for book binder According to the invention, an apparatus is provided for aligning a cover to the spine of a book block in a book binder, the binder including clamp means for clamping the block. The clamp means is movable along a track to transport the block in a substant... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5328162 | Collator with multiple rows of feeders A plurality of rows of sheet loading stations for receiving a supply of sheets to be collated are spaced in parallel with one another. A sheet receiving and transfering line having a plurality of sheet receiving stations aligned for receiving sheets from ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5318398 | Book delivery device for book binding machine A delivery device for a book binding machine is provided with a first conveyor belt (19) arranged for movement in a vertical direction between a book delivery station and a book transfer station and a second conveyor belt (40) located in a fixed position ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5304025 | Section feeder for book binding machine A section feeder for a book binding machine is provided with a pair of parallel guide plates (11A), (11B) attached to a base (10) in order to form a section conveying path therebetween, the section conveying path extending from a section supply station to... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5125635 | Collation error indication system for collator A collation error indication system for a collator is provided wherein first indication elements for indicating the paper feeding condition of the present collation cycle and second indication elements for indicating the paper feeding condition of at leas... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5052672 | Paper feeding device having a suction member driven by a four-bar linkage arrangement A paper feeding device for a collator is provided wherein a drive mechanism for moving suction heads between the upper surface of a stack on a paper supply shelf and feed rollers disposed at a paper feeding station in front of the paper supply shelf inclu... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4930763 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper feeding apparatus is provided wherein a paper supply shelf with a stack of paper sheets, from which the uppermost paper sheet of the stack is picked up, is guided for vertical movement and urged upwardly by the resilient force of a spring, and the... | 06/05/1990 |
