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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123450 | Apparatus for pressing a book casing against the adhesive-coated outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in a casing-in machine A saddle plate is disposed on a circulating conveyor which moves the saddle plate vertically upward. The saddle plate is arranged to receive a book block in a straddle like fashion with first and second adhesive-coated outside surfaces of book block being exposed. A... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7658585 | Binding-in and pressing machine A binding-in and pressing machine (1) with a plurality of pressing stations (60) and heated joint forming rails situated on a reciprocating carriage (50). An alignment station (20) is provided for aligning the book case joints (2 | 02/09/2010 |
| 7380580 | Printing arrangement with an adhesive application station A printing arrangement includes a driving station configured to drive print media along a path. An adhesive application station is arranged to be in alignment with the path so as to apply adhesive to the print media. A printing station is arranged to be in alignment... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7326018 | Method in glue-binding and a band for use in glue-binding The invention relates to a method for glue-binding a bundle of paper to form a book, booklet, or similar, by using a band, to be glued to the spine of the bundle, and which extends for a limited distance to the sides of the bundle, and which is intended to shape the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326019 | Method for binding a sheet stack into a binder, binding apparatus for carrying out that method, and a binder suitable therefor A method for binding a sheet stack into a binder comprises a binder spine having an adhesive strip present on its inner side. The sheet stack is inserted into the binder in such a way that the stack's end face comes into contact with the adhesive strip. Thereafter t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7285084 | Folded back portion flattening device, sheet processor, and image forming apparatus A folded back portion flattening device includes a gripper and a presser. The gripper grips a sheet bundle formed into a booklet with the folded back portion protruding from the gripper. The presser presses the folded back portion of the sheet bundle gripped by the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7147598 | Folded back portion flattening device, sheet processor, and image forming apparatus A folded back portion flattening device includes a gripper and a presser. The gripper grips a sheet bundle formed into a booklet with the folded back portion protruding from the gripper. The presser presses the folded back portion of the sheet bundle gripped by the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147422 | Method and device for making the covers of a book or equivalent A method and a device for making book covers using surface material and cover pieces to be glued onto it. Cover pieces are positioned in the desired location in clamp, that can be rotated around axis, and the pieces are supported by means of stoppers into the desire... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7073551 | Stack pressing apparatus with integral glue dispenser In order to avoid the necessity of cropping the pages of a bound volume, uniformly sized printed pages having pre-glued edge surfaces are aligned within a stack and a press then presses the edge of the stack so as to compress the glue and adhere the pages together. | 07/11/2006 |
| 7008503 | Method of binding pages of a volume In order to avoid the necessity of cropping the pages of a bound volume, uniformly sized printed pages having pre-glued edge surfaces are aligned within a stack and a press then presses the edge of the stack so as to compress the glue and adhere the pages together. | 03/07/2006 |
| 6705604 | Pre-folding machine for covers and wrappers The novel pre-folding machine for book covers and/or wrappers, has two symmetrical units each provided with two parallel axes on which marking disks and counteracting cylinders are installed. One of the two symmetrical units is fixed, while the other is positioned o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698988 | System and method for building multiple edges of a calendar Calendars, posters and the like have slides applied to spaced top and bottom edges in an efficient and cost effective manner without diminishing production output levels nor requiring operator manipulation and involvement. The system includes a first and ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692208 | Method of and apparatus for producing booklets A booklet of sheets folded to create a curved spine is fixedly held by clamping jaws adjacent to the spine and a forming roller is passed one or more times along the length of the protruding spine with sufficient pressure to produce a flattening of the cu... | 02/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6632059 | Method for adhesive attachment of a cover provided with a binding strip and device for performing the method In a method for adhesive attachment of a cover and a binding strip on the flanks of a spine of an book block comprised of bound printed sheets, the book block is transported in a transport direction on a circulating transport device. A binding strip is pl... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6506008 | Device and method for automatically trimming the open side edges of bound printed products An apparatus is provided for automatically trimming tree open side edges of printed products bound along a fourth edge to a desired format for each printed product. The printed products are transported in a transport direction along a surface of a trimmin... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485606 | Apparatus for binding sheet media A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material.... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6364590 | Book cover preparation system An apparatus for forming scorelines in a book cover includes a pair of scoring counter-bars and a pair of scoring tools. Each of the scoring counter-bars include a longitudinal indentation provided therein and each of the scoring tools include a scoring p... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6186721 | Device for pressing a book cover onto the adhesive-coated outer surfaces of inner books to be inset into book covers by means of an insetting machine An arrangement for pressing a book cover onto adhesive-coated outer surfaces of an inner book to be inset into a book cover in an insetting machine, moving inner books on saddle plates of a circulating conveyor vertically upwardly, has a pressing device w... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186720 | Structure of a multiple punch-bind machine A structure of a multiple punch-bind machine includes a cutter set, linking plate, wire binding device and plastic ring binding device, and which are mounted on a base equipped with arm, the arm has more than a cutter set, one of which is linked to the ar... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6168363 | Device for rounding and backing book blocks A device for rounding and pressing book blocks with a conveying device for the book blocks. The device includes rounding rollers, pressing jaws or similar clamping elements, which are displaceable relative to one another, which act to receive the book blo... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6158940 | Device for the back rounding of book blocks A device for the back rounding of book blocks in a book binding machine cooperating with a conveyor device. The device includes a driving arrangement and rounding elements driven in rotation by the driving arrangement. The rounding elements taking up the ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6048152 | Binding apparatus A binding apparatus includes a cutting mechanism for cutting a primary continuous form vertically into two equal sheets of secondary continuous form, a primary pasting mechanism for pasting a side edge of one of the secondary continuous form sheets in the... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6024524 | Method of manufacturing book blocks from various printed sheets having several quarto sheets which are inserted into one another A method and an apparatus for manufacturing book blocks from various printed sheets composed of a plurality of quarto sheets which are inserted into one another, wherein the printed sheets are successively pulled fold first along a conveying path from a s... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5961268 | Method and device for adhesive binding of printed products According to the inventive method for joining product parts by means of a glued spine, the juxtaposed edges of the stacked product parts which form the spine area (2) of the product in process are pre-treated with a tearing tool (4) e.g. with a rotating b... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5417535 | Method of and apparatus for making books, brochures and the like Books or brochures are produced by transporting a series of elongated piles of superimposed paper sheets longitudinally through at least one bonding station where certain marginal portions of the sheets of each pile are adhesively connected to each other,... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5295775 | Method of and apparatus for making books Books or brochures are produced by transporting a series of elongated piles of superimposed paper sheets longitudinally through at least one stitching station where the sheets of each pile are mechanically connected to each other, thereupon sideways throu... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5141377 | Book shaping and pressing machine A book shaping and pressing machine comprises a plurality of uniformly spaced pressing appliances which are propelled along an endless path, each of these pressing appliances possessing a pair of pressing plates which face each other across a gap that can... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5061138 | System cover breaker In a flat gathering binding system it is necessary to use a cover breaker to apply pressure to the book and cover to form a sharp square fold on each side. A cover breaker control system includes a motor which is coupled to a cover breaker carriage for va... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4592651 | Copier with bookbinding function A copier capable of binding copy papers at their center or their edge as desired. A bookbinding device is operatively connected to a paper outlet of the copier. To bind the papers at their center, a folding mechanism of the bookbinding device is activated... | 06/03/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4522542 | Apparatus for producing finished booklets Apparatus for producing finished booklets from a plurality of sheets includes an assembly station where a set of sheets are assembled together to form a booklet and a collection station for receiving booklets produced in the assembly station. A door on th... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4507036 | Inner book clamp An inner book clamp for clamping and conveying inner books in an inner book processing machine includes a pair of clamp jaws having parallel clamp plates, the jaws being movable together in a first direction and one of said jaws being movable in a second ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4077078 | Book cover applicator 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 includes clamps for securing the filler and cover at a cover application stat... | 03/07/1978 |
