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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437983 | Book skew clamping device A trimmer producing a profiled spine in a book. The device includes a first clamp element and a second clamp element contacting the second side and an actuating device moving the first clamp element with respect to the second clamp element so as to skew the spine. A... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7384039 | Registration apparatus for a sheet material article handler A method for registering a sheet material article in a sheet material article handler includes sequentially engaging, using a movable backstop, a leading edge portion of a sheet material article moving in a direction of movement of the sheet material article along a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328893 | Finisher and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A finisher for finishing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets, includes: a detector for detecting an end on a side of a folded portion of the booklet: a moving device for conveying the booklet by movement thereof; a controller for controlling the moveme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7255337 | Oscillating transport unit for post-processing device A post processing apparatus for processing image-recorded sheets, having: a transporting unit for transporting a booklet comprising a plurality of image-recorded sheets; a trimming section for trimming the booklet; and an oscillating mechanism for oscillating the tr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213493 | Infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer An infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a pusher element for moving a sheet material article to be trimmed on a front table of the trimmer and into engagement with a backstop of the front table. The pusher element is moved by a driver which... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201089 | Feeder, gatherer-stitcher and method for index punching A feeder for feeding flat products to a conveyor device includes a magazine for storing the products, a separating device for separating the products from the magazine and a device for producing an index in the products. A gatherer-stitcher includes a plurality of t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7137625 | Sheet finisher including means for setting cutting position image forming system including the sheet finisher A sheet finisher includes means for cutting a non-folded edge of at least one folded sheet. Means are used for setting a cutting position in accordance with a preselected length of the at least one folded sheet in a direction of sheet conveyance and a sensed length ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7048269 | Systems and methods of edge preparation for binding a text body A system for binding sheets into a bound text body includes a non-linear sheet cutter configured to cut sheets to form pairs of sheets each sheet in the pair having a non-linear edge. A sheet collector forms a text body from the pairs of sheets with the non-linear e... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021185 | Registration apparatus for a sheet material article handler A registration device for a sheet material article handler includes a movable backstop which sequentially engages a leading edge portion of a sheet material article as the article moves in a direction of movement along a path of movement in the sheet material articl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018499 | Method of manufacturing a multi-page booklet from a single sheet A new form of printed material, referred to herein as a booklet, provides printed information concerning commercial products, such as drug products and the like. The booklet is preferably formed from a single sheet of material that is printed, folded, glued and trim... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966552 | Binding system with sheet-wise formation of features The system and method for binding documents as described creates documents having features such as tabs, finger indexes, tear-out cards, and windows. These features are desirable for both their appearance and functionality and are easily added to a document during s... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964413 | Booklet forming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for folding a single sheet of paper into a booklet. The method includes depositing adhesive along a linear path on the single sheet of paper and folding the sheet by making a plurality of folds parallel to a first direction, thereby forming a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6929256 | Post processing device with saddle stitching An image forming apparatus integrally having a sheet post-processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a center folding unit for creasing, a stack unit which has an angular shape, and a pushing unit which pushes up the paper sheets stacked on said stack... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910686 | Paper processing apparatus and cutter unit A paper processing apparatus that includes: a paper carry-in port, which is disposed at one side surface of the paper processing apparatus; a center-bound paper discharge port, which is disposed at another side surface opposite from the paper carry-in port; a center... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895847 | Three knife trimmer A three knife trimmer has a front knife and two lateral knives. A drive device drives the front knife and the two lateral knives such that a front cut and at least one lateral cut are performed with phase displacement by the front knife and at least one of the two l... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6827346 | Method and apparatus for making booklets This invention relates to a method and apparatus for making booklets. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a saddle, a plurality of skis, and a cutting mechanism to retain and cut individual sheets of media and, subsequent, fasten the individual sheets to... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6810778 | Book skew clamping method and device A method for producing a profiled spine in a book having a first side defining a first plane, a second side defining a second plane and a spine. The method includes clamping the book using a first clamp element contacting the first side and the second clamp element ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805347 | Deskew mechanism and method The skew of a sheet of print media is precisely controlled by intentionally inducing print media deformation, so that cooperative mechanical and gravitational forces may be used to align the leading edge of the sheet. The sheet is driven into a nip region of deskew ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6769675 | Booklet forming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for folding a single sheet of paper into a booklet. The method includes depositing adhesive along a linear path on the single sheet of paper and folding the sheet by making a plurality of folds parallel to a first direction, thereby forming a ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6715749 | Booklet maker and method of manufacturing a booklet maker A sheet wise booklet maker includes adjustable elements to allow adjustment of the parallelism of the booklet maker elements to produce quality booklets. The booklet maker includes a sheet trimmer, a folding apparatus, and a paper drive. Orientations of at least two... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6708967 | Method and apparatus for making booklets Method and apparatus for assembling sheets of printing media for booklets. In one aspect of the sheets are folded, sheet-by-sheet, and in another aspect the sheets are collected, sheet-by-sheet, and registered on a fold in each sheet. In still another aspect printed... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6692424 | Rotary trimmer apparatus and method A rotary trimmer apparatus and signature trimming method are provided that enable operators to set a gap spacing between a rotating knife and an anvil at different predetermined sizes in an easy and accurate manner. The operator chooses the optimum knife/... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6676121 | Gather-stitcher machine and method for producing a thumb-tab index on printed or other volumes to be stapled together Gather-stitcher machine for joining and stapling a plurality of stacks of sheets of a magazine, and method for producing a thumb-tab index on magazines to be stapled by means of the gather-stitcher machine. In order to make it possible for a thumb-tab ind... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6615699 | Method and device for cutting continuously conveyed, flat objects The described method serves for trimming or cutting during conveyance in a conveying direction (F) substantially in parallel to their main surfaces, flat objects along predetermined cutting lines parallel to the conveying direction (F). The objects are co... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6612213 | Double-cut lobed belt diverter A method and device for diverting signatures is disclosed. A first cutting device partially cuts a web, while a second cutting device downstream of the first cutting device fully cuts the web so as to form a plurality of signatures. At least one first bel... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6602175 | Process for manufacturing brochures and device for performing the process A process for manufacturing brochures, books or like products, having a jacket constructed with turned-in flaps, the folded edges of the flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or terminating flush with the latter in which (a) leaves... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6575447 | Sheet cutting device and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A sheet cutter for finishing a booklet by cutting, with a cutter, edges of a bundle of sheets folded double, wherein it is possible to load booklets on a booklet stand of a booklet storing section that stores a plurality of booklets which have been subjec... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572093 | Gather-stitcher machine and method for producing a header index for print materials of papers which are filed by means of a gather-stitcher machine Gather-stitcher machine for joining and stapling a plurality of stacks of sheets of a magazine, and method for producing a thumb-tab index on magazines to be stapled by means of the gather-stitcher machine. In order to make it possible for a thumb-tab ind... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6536319 | Cutting machine for automatically trimming printed products such as brochures, magazines or books A cutting machine for trimming three sides of printed products includes blades that are moved up and down in a first cutting station for trimming the front, and in a second cutting station for trimming the top and bottom of the printed products. A transpo... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532856 | Paper cutting apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention concerns a paper sheet cutting apparatus which cuts the front end portion opposite to the fold, where both the leading edge and trailing edge get together by center folding, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the paper shee... | 03/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6460844 | Cut sheet streamer and merger An apparatus for selectively streaming and merging side-by-side sheets is provided. In general, sheets enter in a side-by-side orientation onto an input feed surface and are directed selectively upwardly or downwardly onto overlying upper and lower feed s... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6447231 | Clamping device The subject invention is an improved paper clamping and insertion device. The clamping device comprises of two members connected by an elastic material where each member together with the elastic material can fit through a hole punched by the insertion de... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6419218 | Streamfeeder signature long tail trimmer A streamfeeder for the untrimmed, folded cover signatures includes an uphill streamfeeder with the cover signatures disposed between a pair of conveyor belts with a jogger being on the side of the folded signatures opposite the long tail. The preferred cu... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6357952 | Two-up loose-leaf binder covers A two-up process for manufacturing one-piece binder covers including the steps of cutting a panel having opposed pairs of parallel sides; perforating the panel between two of its parallel sides to form a separating line to provide two rectangles connected... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6302007 | Method for trimming the exposed lateral edges of printed bound documents conveyed individually or in quires and apparatus for carrying out the method For trimming the exposed lateral edges of printed bound documents (4 to 6) conveyed individually or in quires, such as books, brochures or magazines, which are held at the bound lateral edge (23) and conveyed to a trimming device (2) through a rotational ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6273411 | Booklet forming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for folding a single sheet of paper into a booklet. The method includes depositing adhesive along a linear path on the single sheet of paper and folding the sheet by making a plurality of folds parallel to a first direction, thereby... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6193458 | System for and method of binding and trimming a perfect bound book A binder/trimmer is disclosed in which a book block is placed in a carriage, jogged to align the pages, and then transported to a milling station in which the spine of the book block is milled to roughen the spine, then to an adhesive application station ... | 02/27/2001 |
