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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927056 | Casing-in machine with book delivery The invention pertains to a book casing device with support plates of a circulation conveyor that transport the books astraddle in a vertical position and with a book delivery unit consisting of a stripping element that is arranged in the plane of motion of the supp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7748940 | Apparatus for the perfect binding of print products to form print articles An apparatus for perfect binding of unbound print products to form bound print products comprises at least one processing station arranged along a circulating path between a feed station for the unbound print products and a delivery station for the bound print produ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7374385 | Method of making a hardcover book and hardcover apparatus A method of fabricating a book from a stack of sheets and a hardcover assembly having first and second relatively rigid cover sections separated by a spine region. A layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed over the inner surfaces of the cover sections, with... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367442 | Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351024 | Apparatus and method for binding a book A book binding apparatus for binding a stack of sheets, including a cover element having a first cover section that corresponds to the dimensions of the sheets and a first section of pressure sensitive adhesive and an associated release liner disposed along a first ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7246981 | Apparatus and method for making hardcover book A method and apparatus for binding a stack of sheets which can be carried out using a conventional perfect binding machine. A stack to be bound is positioned between a pair of end leafs. Molten hot melt adhesive is then applied to the edge of the stack and to the fi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7182567 | Method and device for additional pressing during a page nipping event A method and device for additional pressing during a page nipping event in the adhesive binding of books or corresponding objects. One part of the cover (1) and the spine of the book are folded around the block (2) formed by the book's pages and glued ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7134822 | Guide apparatus for use in making a hardcover book A guide apparatus for applying a cover to a bound stack of sheets, including a base unit which defines a book receiving surface and a first alignment member having a lower cover stop disposed along a reference line, and a first upper cover stop also disposed along t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134823 | Book pressing machine A book pressing machine (1) comprises a pressing station for pressing the book cover (2b) on to the book block (2a), which pressing station includes a pressing table (4) and a pressing plate (5) movable perpendicularl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6726424 | Method and device for conducting books out of a book casing-in machine For a book casing-in machine, there is provided a method in which, while being conducted out, the books are shaped in the fold and pressed over their entire area and are held in a force-locking manner until they are deposited in the lying-flat condition. The device ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6685415 | Bookbinding method A bookbinding structure and method. The bookbinding structure is used to bind pages together in existing, commercially available binding machines. The bookbinding structure has a heat activated adhesive matrix for binding the pages. To attach a wrap-aroun... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676354 | Process for casing a book block or paper-cover block into a cover, and device for performing the process In a process for casing a book block or paper-cover block into a cover during the manufacture of adhesively bound books, paper covers or magazines in an adhesive binding machine in which the block is transported, with a hanging-out portion, in a block cla... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6575445 | Jacket-laying-on device for bookbinding machines The bookbinding machine with a transport system for continuously conveying stacks of sheets at cyclical intervals having a jacket-laying-on device with a chain conveyer, and transporters which engage behind the jackets and feed them to the stacks of sheet... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6497544 | Machine for casing inner books into book cases A machine for casing inner books into book cases by gluing the outer end papers of an inner book to the inner surfaces of the covers of a book case, having a conveyor, which at cyclical intervals feeds successive inner books with the spine directed upward... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6428260 | Bookbinding system and method A bookbinding system and method of binding books including a cover/spine assembly having a relatively rigid cover section with a length and width at least as great as that of the stack of sheets to be bound and a spine section having a width greater than ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6379094 | Apparatus for tucking hard book covers An apparatus (20) for facilitating folding of a cover material (6) about a spine (4) and a pair of panels (2) to form a hard book cover (8). The apparatus (20) comprises an infeed table assembly (22) for supporting the cover material (6), the spine (4) an... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6155763 | Bookbinding system and method A bookbinding system and method of binding books including a cover/spine assembly having a relatively rigid cover section with a length and width at least as great as that of the stack of sheets to be bound and a spine section having a width greater than ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6099225 | Booklet maker A low cost, high speed, high resolution laser printer method and apparatus for re-writable media is presented. A method for finishing of printed sheets into booklets is described. Novel mechanical operations permit the manufacture of a very low-cost, off-... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5980182 | Case-in device of adhesive bookbinder A case-in device of an adhesive bookbinder includes a base inside which two shafts are rotatably mounted to be driven by a motor to rotate in opposite directions. A binding platform is pivotally mounted to the base and has two clamping plates movably supp... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5868539 | Process and device for the manufacture of a book In the manufacture of a book, the book consisting of a cover and an inner book, the book cover is permanently shaped by the formation of folds in the articulation region thereof prior to being joined to the inner book. In the course of forming the folds i... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5692866 | Bookbinding method and apparatus A method and apparatus for binding books wherein a stack of pages are collated and aligned together. This stack is covered, top and bottom, with end pages which now comprise the first and last pages of the stack. Each end page includes a self-adhesive or ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5340155 | Case-bound hot-melt binding system This invention is a binding case for use in an office-type, small-volume, binding operation employing the hot-melt adhesive binding method. The invention is a design and method which cause the excess hot-melt adhesive which expresses laterally from each s... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5288192 | Image-forming apparatus provided with bookbinding device A device is disclosed for use with an image-forming apparatus, and includes a binder receiving portion for receiving a binder having papers and an adhesive therein, and a heating member for causing heating and melting of the adhesive in the binder when th... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5252018 | Sheet binder A sheet material binding apparatus for binding sheet materials with a cover material by a heat-adhesive bonding agent includes a heating plate on which the spine of the covering material having the bonding agent is placed, the heating plate being used for... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5219453 | Sheet binder A sheet binder for binding sheets by adhering the sheets to a back of a cover member by a heat-fusible adhesive. The sheet binder includes a supporting member for supporting the cover member having the back, to an inner surface of which the heat-fusible a... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5174705 | Apparatus and method for rubbing the spines of case bound books An apparatus and method for rubbing down spines of case bound books includes at least one case-in wing that carries case bound books. Each case-in wing includes a leading edge on which the spine of each case bound book is positioned. The case-in wing is m... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5044857 | Casing-in machine The apparatus and case are used with a core formed of sheets and end sheets covered on their exteriors with pressure sensitive material initially protected by release paper all bound together by narrow plastic binding strips along the spine edges of the c... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5026236 | Photograph binding apparatus In an apparatus for making a booklet or album formed of a plurality of photographs bound by a cover sheet, many photographs are inserted between a pair of nipping plates in an insertable situation and are held loosely in an upright state on a photograph r... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4978267 | Device for casing inner books in book covers A device is used for casing inner books in book covers. The device reciprocates in a vertical direction synchronously with an inner book conveyor. A feed roll system is provided for enclosing the inner book in the book cover. A clamping mechanism is provi... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4906156 | Method of binding a book A method of binding a book which includes gathering and binding a plurality of signature pages into a book block, connecting first and second upper end pages by a buckram hinge strip, connecting third and fourth lower end pages by a buckram hinge strip, s... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4710256 | Apparatus for attaching flap-over covers to stacks of paper sheets or the like Adhesive coated front edge faces of successive stacks of paper sheets are bonded to downwardly folded marginal portions of flap-over covers at an aligning station which receives stacks from a first source along a first path wherein the stacks are caused t... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4650216 | Paperback-hardcover conversion insert A paperback-hard cover conversion insert and a method for using same. The insert is usable with a hard book cover having two spaced-apart stiff panel portions and a flexible hinge portion therebetween. The insert includes a flexible sheet attachable to th... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4569620 | Book turn-around and stack accumulator apparatus In apparatus for manufacturing and packaging bound books a turnover device is provided for turning over alternate books fed by a conveyor from a building-in machine and leading to a stacking device where such books are accumulated in stacks and delivered ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4565477 | Method of casing-in books A method for bookbinding on a continuously-moving, constant-speed conveyer belt operation with the case or back-strip being centrally located on the axis of motion. As the case is formed between opposing rotary irons, glue or paste is then applied to the ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4505629 | Book binding machine A book making machine comprising casing-in instrumentalities and, optionally, building-in instrumentalities arranged so that the operations required to wrap a book with a cover are effected rectilinearly in succession comprising a cover feeder for deliver... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4491448 | Jacket application device for a book binding machine In a book binding machine, covers are individually brought into registration with and subsequently adhesively bonded to moving book blocks. The registration is accomplished by first moving the covers along a path parallel to the path of motion of the bloc... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4294469 | Book binders and books made with said binders Book binders and books made with said binder, said binders comprising integral moldings of a spine having a substantially planar, longitudinal panel and a front cover panel and a rear cover panel respectively hingedly mounted on opposite, longitudinal sid... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4153963 | Cover breaker mechanism A cover breaker mechanism which functions to shape a cover to the back of a book which is moving in one direction. The cover breaker mechanism includes a bottom plate for engaging the bottom portion of the cover which forms the back of the book and a pair... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4150453 | Method and apparatus for applying a book cover The book cover applicator is suitable for use in applying covers to multiple sheet fillers which have been secured together along the spine by a hotmelt adhesive. The applicator comprises means for holding the filler and cover at a bonding station and bon... | 04/24/1979 |
