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Class 412/25 - Book working apparatus


Subclass of Class 412 - Bookbinding: process and apparatus
Definition: Apparatus specifically adapted for operating upon a book(*)
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 03/13/2012


NumberTitleIssue Date
8132995Book binding machine with a book block transport system and lubrication clamp for a book block transport system in a book binding machine
A book binding machine includes a book block transport system and a plurality of clamps for clamping stacks of leaves. The clamps are disposed at a distance from each other and are guided in guide tracks of a machine frame. The book block transport system includes a...
03/13/2012
7281706Gatherer stitcher
A gatherer stitcher having a gatherer chain configuration includes roof segments forming a ridge region and drivers having respective stop surfaces and being mounted so as to be adjustable between an operating position and a position pivotable away therefrom. An aux...
10/16/2007
7210887Bookbinding machine
A bookbinding machine for processing inner books includes a transport system with a multiplicity of inner-book clamps continually movable in a closed continuous track. Each of the inner book clamps is articulated to a circulating roller chain and has a rear-edge sto...
05/01/2007
7134823Book 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
7033123Booklet maker
A booklet maker, including a pivotable collecting device including two supporting sides formed as a saddle shape, and a rotatable transferring device including a displaceable clamping component, where the transferring device delivers a folded sheet material to the c...
04/25/2006
6966553Device 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
6672815Apparatus and method of binding soft cover book
Apparatus for scoring a cover to be applied to a bound stack of sheets to form a book. A base unit is provided having a surface for receiving the cover, an lower die holder disposed below the surface and an upper die holder disposed above the surface. A l...
01/06/2004
6641345Systems and methods of increasing binding strength of a bound text body
Systems and methods are described for increasing the binding strength of a bound text body by increasing the spinal surface area exposed for adhesive penetration greater than an area corresponding to the product of the sheet height dimension, the sheet th...
11/04/2003
6589000Apparatus and method for folding and binding sheet media
The invention combines the binding techniques described in application Ser. No. 09/320,060 titled Binding Sheet Media Using Imaging Material with a buckle chute type folding device to form self mailers and other folded and bound or sealed document. The de...
07/08/2003
6514028Device and method for side wire binding
A side wire stitching binder includes at least one side wire stitcher for stitching a book through a side of the book, a cover station for applying a cover over a spine of the book, and a clamping device including a clamp for transferring the book from th...
02/04/2003
6450749Arrangement for applying an adhesive onto outer surfaces of an inner book to be inset into a book cover by means of an inset machine
An arrangement for applying an adhesive to outer surfaces of an inner book to be inset into a book cover by an insetting machine, moving inner books on saddle plates of a circulating conveyor vertically upwardly. The arrangement has an adhesive applying d...
09/17/2002
6250868Book production line
A book production line which has a plurality of processing stations and a transportation device for receiving the book blocks from an intake and conveying the book blocks to the processing stations is presented. The book production line includes individua...
06/26/2001
6168363Device 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
6158940Device 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
6099224Mechanism 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
6019560Apparatus for supplying paper to book producing machine
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 ...
02/01/2000
5820325Saddle bindery apparatus with make-ready referencing
A method of make-ready of a bindery apparatus includes the steps of providing indicia relating to the size of the signature on the apparatus to locate inner and outer ends of pocket guides for pocket machines to obtain a proper bow of the signatures and a...
10/13/1998
5318398Book delivery device for book binding machine
A delivery device for a book binding machine is provided with a first conveyor belt (19) arranged for movement in a vertical direction between a book delivery station and a book transfer station and a second conveyor belt (40) located in a fixed position ...
06/07/1994
4907822Rounding of hard cover books
Rounded, hard covered books are bound using a specific class of low viscosity reactive urethane hot melt adhesive compositions which provide a coating which will remain sufficiently flexible and thermoplastic so as to be capable of accepting and maintaini...
03/13/1990
4872797Book opening apparatus
An apparatus for opening a book having a plurality of pages held in assembled relation with adjacent foredges substantially in contact with one another. The apparatus includes a rotatable pin for initiating separation of pages of the book by contacting an...
10/10/1989
4708561Apparatus for accumulating and transporting stacks of paper sheets and the like
Successive stacks of signatures which are accumulated on a turntable are transferred onto a first or onto a second removing conveyor by a pusher which is reciprocable by a carriage along a straight guide rail and is pivotable relative to the carriage so t...
11/24/1987
4639177Book sewing machine with automatic separation of books
A book sewing machine has an inserter for plates for indicating the planes of separation between the books. Each plate is disposed in the separation plane in correspondence with the top of the adjacent face of the contiguous books on that side of the book...
01/27/1987
4522542Apparatus 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
 
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