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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007217 | Arrangement for the backlining or the headbanding of a book block spine An arrangement performs backlining or headbanding of a spine of a book block conveyed on a conveying section of a book production line through a backlining station. A feeding device feeds backlining material in a transfer direction perpendicular to a book block conv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7686557 | Device for backing book blocks A device for backing rounded book blocks (2) clamped near the spine, by a pressing beam (9) and a slide (7) that accommodates the pressing beam (9) and can be alternately displaced along arc-shaped races (6) in a swinging fashion b... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7325799 | Method and apparatus for booklet production A stack of sheets of sheet material is stapled along an axis and fed to a position from which it is folded along the axis by a blade to form a booklet having a curved spine. The blade also inserts the booklet into a position between clamping jaws and determines its ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6951531 | Device and method for embossing book covers The invention relates to a method for notching covers (3) for a book body (2), whereby at least two notches (5, 6) which delimit the spine are made in the cover by means of a notching tool. The invention provides that a set of automatic book bod... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6817605 | Method and apparatus for creating a pillowless booklet An apparatus for creating a pillowless booklet, comprising: a means for accumulating a plurality of sheets to form a bundle; a means for fastening said plurality of sheets in said bundle operatively connected to said accumulating means; a means for forming a booklet... | 11/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6607070 | Method and device for transferring book blocks into a transport device belonging to a bookbinding machine A method for transferring book blocks or the like into a transport device of a bookbinding machine. The book block is first clamped in a force-locking manner. At least one corner of the back edge or of the front edge of the book block is aligned with a po... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6450749 | Arrangement 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 |
| 6171045 | Device for backing book blocks A device for the mechanical pressing of rounded book blocks held clamped in the region near the back is presented. The device includes a molding tool, which acts upon the book block back with a pressing force. A carriage is provided which receives the mol... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6053684 | Folded product A method and a device for the production of folded products utilizes a row of folding jaws and a row of counter folding jaws. A signature to be cross-folded is inserted between the jaws by a folding blade. The folding jaws and counter folding jaws form a ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5658111 | Apparatus for rounding the spines of book blocks Apparatus for rounding the spines of book blocks comprises rounding elements that act on the sides of the book block, the action of these rounding elements being due to a defined rotation and pressure, the rounding elements consisting of rounding segments... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5556244 | Method of and apparatus for backing book blocks The backing of a previously rounded book block is accomplished, while the book block is clamped between oppositely disposed gripping jaws, by subjecting the spine region of the book block to composite forces resulting from imparting a swinging motion alon... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5114293 | Method and apparatus for rounding the backs of book blocks The rounding of the backs of book blocks in a bookbinding machine is accomplished through the use of rotatable rounding rollers which acquire the book blocks from continuously moving clamping devices of a block transport system, the rounding rollers movin... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5104275 | Method of and apparatus for backing book blocks In a method of backing book blocks, simultaneous backing operations are performed on the two halves of the block back by two backing elements which simultaneously execute a rolling movement on the block back in opposite directions starting from its center... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4747740 | System for setting the vertical position of the rounding bar in a book block rounding and backing machine In a system for setting the vertical position of the rounding bar in a book block rounding and backing machine which possesses a support bearing unit, within which the rounding bar that acts on the spine of the book block reciprocates, the support-bearing... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4237569 | Bookbinding machine Bookbinding machine with a horizontal turntable 2 which carries pairs of clamping jaws (3, 4) and transports the pairs of clamping jaws past work stations (A-E), wherein a disc cam (16) is provided coaxially with the turntable to open and close the pairs ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4014732 | Device for drying and setting the adhesive on backs of books A device for drying and setting of backing adhesive material applied to backs of books comprising a feeder adjacent a book binding machine including a conveyor belt on which the back of the books are disposed and a gripper for holding the books in a feedi... | 03/29/1977 |
