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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128331 | Methods and apparatus to score book covers Apparatus and methods to score book covers are described. An example scoring apparatus includes a first scoring roll to oppose a corresponding second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location on a first side of the cover, and a third scoring roll to oppose... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123449 | Single axis apparatus for manufacturing hard book cover An apparatus for producing hard book cases (covers) can make cases including tucked and folded corners. The apparatus can track the progress of the book case throughout the assembly process and can accurately align the unfinished assembly with the tucking and foldin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7753635 | Method and device for manufacturing the covers of a book or similar A method and device for manufacturing the covers of a book using a surface material and cover pieces glued to it. In order to glue the cover pieces to the surface material, a device equipped with a work table is used, on top of which the surface material is position... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7236934 | Tailored method and system for custom manufactured books A book on demand system for manufacturing a set books. The system includes an order placement system and a book manufacturing system. The order placement system includes a computer and a database for storing books in an electronic form. A customer can operate the co... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6769676 | Apparatus for feeding spine inserts for the mechanical manufacture of book covers An apparatus for feeding spine inserts for a machine for manufacturing book covers having a take-off roller system for withdrawing in clocked synchronism a material web cut to width by further means from a screening roll, having a cutting device for cutting off a po... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6698796 | Cover for an album and the like and a binding method using the same This is to provide a cover suitable to hollow-backed binding and provide a binding method for an album and the like for obtaining a well-bound appearance using the cover at low cost and easy to turn over. A cover is composed of a decoration cloth, a pair ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6632060 | Pre-registration system for board placement The present invention provides an apparatus and method for pre-registering boards for use in, for example, the manufacture of looseleaf binders and packaging products. Boards are dropped onto the base plate by an automatic process. Spine guides enable the... | 10/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6394729 | Unibody binder and the process of making the binder The invention includes novel unibody binder constructions and the process of making same. The binder is composed of two plastic sheets comprising such material as polyvinyl chloride, polyolefin, polypropylene, polyvinyl acetate or other similar plastics. ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6257622 | Cloth bookcover The improved cloth book cover according to the invention has a spine area, and a front and back cover portion having pockets at the two lateral edges in which the front cover and the back cover of a book may be inserted. The cover is made from an elastic ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6142721 | Apparatus for and method of binding a book A system for the perfect binding of a book block (14) within a soft paper cover is disclosed in which the center portion (18) of the cover is sized relative to the thickness of the book to be bound. An activatable adhesive is applied to the inner surface ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5876143 | Document binder with cover pocket for custom title sheet A document binder is formed with front and back covers hinged together in articulated fashion with a spine located therebetween. An overlay is provided across the outer surface of at least the front cover and the spine and is secured by fusion to inner an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5827033 | Case making dies and systems, and methods of adjustment, alignment and use thereof Disclosed are adjustable size dies for use in case making systems. Also disclosed are methods of adjustment, alignment and of use of the adjustable size dies in case making systems which are especially well suited for use in the practice of book binding. ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5800110 | Book case joint forming method and apparatus Hinge joints are impressed in a book cover through the use of a heated tool, having the profile of the desired joint, and the joint is thereafter immediately stabilized. Joint stabilization is accomplished by rapid reduction of the temperature of the join... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5575504 | File folder A file folder which remains neatly open and neatly closed is comprised of a front, a back cover and a spine made in one piece and connected along two folds, and a groove milled along at least one of these folds.... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5413446 | Book cover assembly apparatus A book cover formation machine has feeder stations for the cover cloth and cover boards, a glue-application station for the cover cloth, and an assembly station for mating the cover cloth and cover boards. The machine also has a turn-in station with turn-... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5409341 | Book cover assembly apparatus A book cover assembly apparatus includes a cover table and a transport arm. The transport arm has a vertically moveable suction head which carries cover boards to the cover table which is initially in an inclined acquiring position. The transport arm esta... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5364215 | Method and apparatus for preparing book covers Apparatus and method are disclosed for preparing a preprinted book cover for application to a book block in a perfect binding system A double-walled tubular attachment strip is adhesively attached to the cover spine portion of successive covers in a conti... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5127786 | Binder method A method of making a reinforced book or binder cover of polymer or paper covered panels includes feeding a planar panel such as a paperboard panel into a plurality of cutters, then cutting parallel cuts through the panel with pairs of adjacent parallel cu... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5120176 | Fabrication of bound documents A bound document is made by placing one or more sheets of paper to be bound inside a binder having a hot-melt adhesive and then exposing the binder to microwave energy for a sufficient period of time to cause the hot-melt adhesive to melt bond onto an edg... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5066182 | Apparatus and method for assembling a cover case and binder An apparatus for assembling a cover case and a channel binder includes a hopper containing several cover cases. An applicator for applying adhesive on cover cases is positioned adjacent the hopper. A channel placer is adjacent the adhesive applicator. A p... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4986713 | Apparatus for applying hard and soft covers to bound or unbound documents A bindery system captures pages of a bound or unbound book in a hard or soft cover case by crimping a metal U-shaped channel which is bonded to the inside spine surface of the hard or soft covers.... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4923351 | Bookbinding and its products A method of bookbinding. Sheets to be bound have at least an edge portion which is formed of thermoplastic. A thermoplastic portion of a spine is placed against these arranged edges. Urging the spine against these edges while causing relative reciprocatio... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4898506 | Method and apparatus for making a book-binding The method of manufacturing a book-binding comprises the steps of providing a book-binding sheet, providing a length of hot-melt strip material, orienting a portion of the material relative to the sheet, securing the portion to the sheet, and severing the... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4889461 | Wrapping apparatus for a book cover production machine Wrapping apparatus for use in the production of book covers employs wrapping systems for folding an overlay sheet around the leading and trailing edges of a cover board and subsequently clamping the folded-over overlay and cover board together for a defin... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4863331 | Method of making half-binding hard covers for books and a machine for the implementation thereof In order to form a hard book binding having a middle covering and two side coverings, a unitary covering is first formed by securing the side coverings onto the middle covering; thereafter, a spine member and two coverboard members are attached, in mutual... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4718969 | Apparatus for manufacturing a binding An apparatus for the manufacture of a binding comprising a mold consisting of a bottom, at least one side wall, and an opening, means for positioning an adhesive in said mold, a stamp for forcing said binding into said opening, and said bottom of said mol... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4667983 | Paper block or pad and a method of producing it A block or pad comprising a folder with two covers (1,2) joined to each other by a spine (3), on the inside of which a thermosetting binder in the form of a strip (6) has been attached and also comprising a sheaf of papers (8), one side edge of which is j... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4600346 | Binder cover and method of manufacture thereof Loose-leaf binder cover has a unitary web of thermoplastic sheet material wrapped about and adhesively bonded to the opposite surfaces of a plurality of stiffener panel inserts with the longitudinal side edge of the sheet material being overlapped. The pa... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4575122 | Cover structure for books, diary books, and the like The cover comprises, in a single body of a plastics material, two substantially rigid cover panels held together by a flexible spine whereto the spine edge of the stack of sheets forming the book, diary book or the like is connected by glueing.... | 03/11/1986 |
