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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087865 | Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system provided therewith In a bookbinding apparatus provided with a coating device having a coating roller to coat an adhesive onto a spine of a sheet bundle by moving relatively the coating roller and the spine in both forward and backward movement while making the coating roller and the s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7963733 | Apparatus for and a method of binding of a perfect bound book Apparatus for binding perfect bound books of different thickness is disclosed where the amount of adhesive applied to the spine of the book block may be varied in relation to the thickness of the book block. An adhesive application station is provided which has a ro... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959394 | Glue applicator for applying an adhesive to the spine or adjacent areas of a book block being conducted past the glue applicator in a transport direction A glue applicator for applying an adhesive to the spine of a book block or to adjacent areas of a book block of stacked printed sheets being conducted past the glue applicator includes a tank holding liquid adhesive, into which at least one glue applicator roll dips... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7922436 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to the outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in a book casing inside a casing-in machine An apparatus for the application of adhesive to the outside surfaces of book blocks to be encased in a casing inside a casing-in machine, includes an adhesive application device having two application rollers arranged opposite each other in an adhesive application a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7819616 | Printer binding assembly with a glue wheel assembly for a printer The invention provides for a binding assembly for a printer. The binding assembly includes a chassis defining an inlet for receiving a sheet of paper from the printer, and an exit hatch from which bound sheets can be removed. The assembly also includes a glue wheel ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819617 | Wall-mountable printer with integral binding and glue wheel assemblies The invention provides for a wall-mountable pagewidth printer and binder assembly. The binder assembly includes a support structure defining a media path. Print engines are arranged on the support structure to print on sheets of media passing along the media path. A... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7699572 | Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system A bookbinding apparatus includes a coating device for moving relatively to a sheet bundle in the longitudinal direction thereof and for coating an adhesive on the spine of the sheet bundle, a driving device for the relative movement of the coating device, and a cont... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7527465 | Book-binding apparatus using adhesive agent A book-binding apparatus in which adhesive is used for binding a book includes a tank to store an adhesive which is heat-melted, a heater to heat the tank, a first temperature sensor mounted in the tank, a first controller to control the temperature based on a tempe... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7448837 | Bookbinding apparatus In a bookbinding apparatus (1) comprising an adhesive tank (23) for retaining therein an adhesive melted by heat, a roller (24) ratatably supported with the adhesive tank so as to dip a lower portion thereof in the adhesive retained in the adhes... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7416009 | Wall mounted printer with binding assembly A wall mounted printer comprising a main chassis, a pivoting media tray disposed on a front upper portion of the main chassis, a removable collection tray disposed at the base of the main chassis for receiving printed and bound media exiting from the main chassis, a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401989 | Printing arrangement with driving, printing, adhering and binding stations A printing arrangement includes a driving station configured to drive print media along a path. The driving station includes a pair of opposed pinch rollers between which the print media can be pinched when driven. A printing station is operatively arranged with res... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7377301 | Adhesive dispensing apparatus and image forming apparatus An adhesive dispensing apparatus for dispensing an adhesive on a sheet bundle includes a support device for supporting the sheet bundle, a dispensing device disposed adjacent to the support device for dispensing the adhesive on an edge of the sheet bundle supported ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7354233 | Bookbinding machine and prebinding apparatus In a bookbinding machine, an image forming apparatus, a prebinding apparatus and a bookbinding apparatus are coupled on line in this order. In the prebinding apparatus, a sheet aligning section, a slitting section which cuts off margins at both side portions of a sh... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7314075 | Adhesive dispensing apparatus and image forming apparatus An adhesive dispensing apparatus and image forming apparatus include a support device for supporting a sheet bundle, a dispensing device for dispensing an adhesive to an edge of the sheet bundle supported by the support device, and a transport device for transportin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314340 | Dual-module hole-punching and binding machine A dual-module hole-punching and binding machine includes a housing, a first hole-punching unit, a second hole-punching unit, a pressing unit, a measurement unit, an adjustment unit and a coil piece affixing unit. The first hole-punching unit and second hole-punching... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7285170 | Adhesive application mechanism for a printer An adhesive application mechanism for a printer is provided. The adhesive application mechanism comprises first and second adhesive applicators, the adhesive applicators being mutually opposed and configured to apply adhesive simultaneously onto opposite faces of sh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281559 | Binder strip cassette A binder strip cassette including a binder strip roll disposed within a cassette housing, with the roll including a multiplicity of elongated binder strips, each of said binder strips including a flexible substrate and an adhesive disposed on the substrate. The roll... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252472 | Individual bookbinding device, system, and associated methods A stack of pages is bound along a first edge to form a book using an elongated resistive strip having an adhesive in contact with at least a portion of a first side. The strip has two opposed ends and is dimensioned to substantially cover the first edge of the stack... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7237557 | Method of and apparatus for applying adhesive to webs of wrapping material Apparatus for the application of adhesive to one side of a running web of tipping paper for use in filter cigarette makers has a single source of adhesive or two or more sources containing identical or different adhesives, and one or more conduits leading from the s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217075 | Tape feeder and method of controlling the same A tape feeder and a method of controlling the same are disclosed, in which an automatic feeding tape and a manual feeding tape are selectively fed to a binding device. In the method of controlling a tape feeder comprising a tape feeding portion structured to selecti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7156601 | Systems and methods of binding a plurality of text bodies A binding system for binding a plurality of text bodies in a continuous manner includes an adhesive strip applier, a heating device, and a cooling device. A transporting system transports a plurality of text bodies to the adhesive strip applier which applies a prefo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152860 | Method of producing a printed, bound document A method of producing a bound document of printed sheets includes the step of sequentially feeding each sheet along a paper path. Each sheet is sequentially printed. An adhesive is applied to each sheet. The sheets are sequentially stacked to adhere to each other. | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153076 | Method of applying a wrap sheet to a book hardcover and related guide apparatus Apparatus for forming and applying a wrap sheet to a hardcover for a bound book, including a planar guide having a width and length selected such that the planar guide can be uses as a template for cutting the wrap sheet. A reticule is disposed on the planar guide, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7121540 | Method and device for the mechanical stitching of multipart printing products by means of wire staples A method and machine for stitching multipart printing products by means of wire staples (8, 26), in which the products (2, 22) are transported forwards continuously by a conveyer (4, 19, 23) and a wire staple (8, 26) is driven in by a sti... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7096552 | Ring presser for stapling papers A ring presser for stapling papers comprises a chassis and a clipping device. The clipping device is composed of lateral plates, a handle, an axial rod having gears on its both ends, a fixed pressing rod, a movable base, a clipping plate, and a cover. A fixed pressi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082980 | Adhesive applicator in a page printing and binding process A binding process includes the application of respective parts of a two-part binding adhesive as strips at either side of a page to be bound. Part A of a two-part adhesive is applied to one side of a page and Part B of the two-part adhesive is applied to the reverse... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6986631 | Systems and methods of binding a text body Systems and methods for binding a text body are described. A multi-function sheet binder is configured to heat a preformed solid hot melt adhesive to a melting temperature, form the melted adhesive by pressing the melted adhesive into a spine of a text body and fold... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6978990 | Binding assembly for binding sheets incorporating an alignment mechanism A binding assembly for generating bound documents includes a support structure that defines a floor onto which sheets to be bound are conveyed. A wall extends from the floor to define a stop for the sheets that are fed onto the floor. Each sheet has a strip of adhes... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966553 | Device for preparing adhesive bindings of blocks and brochures, especially for small print runs The present invention pertains to a device of compact design for preparing adhesive bindings of blocks and brochures as well as to a process that can be carried out by means of a device according to the present invention, wherein it has a linear conveying system wit... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964707 | Adhesive coating device The present invention relates to an adhesive coating device for sheet-binding provided with a roller 14, part of which is immersed in adhesive 10 stored in an adhesive reservoir 12, for applying hot-melted adhesive 10 in the above-mention... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960261 | Apparatus for applying fluid An apparatus for applying fluid onto a substrate, in particular for glueing inner books, books, magazines and other substrates that need to be bound. The apparatus comprises a first slot nozzle, connectable with a fluid source, for applying a fluid film onto one sid... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926056 | 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. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910842 | Bookbinding machine and method for individual bookbinding system A bookbinding machine binds a stack of pages along a first edge thereof to form a book using an adhesive having a melting temperature and an elongated resistive strip having an adhesive atop at least a portion of a first side. The strip has two opposed ends and an e... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908513 | Device for applying an adhesive to the spine of an inner book or to areas of the lateral faces adjacent thereto In a device (1, 51) for applying an adhesive to the spine (2a) or to areas (2b) of the lateral faces adjacent thereto of an inner book (2) having a projecting portion and conveyed past in a transport system (3), compr... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902367 | Binding machine with tape A binding machine with a tape enlarges a loop formed at an end of a tape to a predetermined size by the travel of the tape. The loop enlarged to the predetermined size is contracted, to bind a material to be bound in the loop. The binding machine comprises nick form... | 06/07/2005 |
