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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123448 | Apparatus and methods for automatically binding a stack of sheets with a nonspiral binding element The present invention includes an automated binding machine configured for binding a stack of perforated sheets with a binding element. The automated binding machine includes a support member supporting the stack of perforated sheets, a binding element feeder, a plu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7744326 | Bind processing method, bind processing device, and binder cartridge A binder cartridge (51) that can accommodate a large number of binders (61), which are connected in parallel to each other by an engaging mechanism. A right angle crank-shaped guide groove (55) is formed in a gate portion (54) at the fron... | 06/29/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7090252 | Folded integral composite image product and method of making A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077394 | Method of and apparatus for gathering stacks of sheets and the like The method and the apparatus of the invention serve to shift at least some sheets of successive stacks of overlapping sheets so that the originally straight holes which are provided along one marginal portion of each stack are converted into arcuate passages adapted... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6994338 | Method of and apparatus for pivotably coupling stacked sheet-like commodities with each other Deformable metallic or plastic connectors of the type having an elongated bridge carrying two mirror symmetrical rows of substantially C-shaped prongs can be assembled with successive stacks of overlapping sheets, wherein the spine of each stack is provided with a r... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994215 | Sleeve retainer clip for a compact disc binder A inverted U-shaped retainer clip is provided for securing sleeves to a binder for storing and protecting disc type objects. One embodiment of the retainer clip includes a body portion as well as downwardly extending legs on each end. Each leg terminates in a coupli... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966108 | Wrap-around notebook technique A system for assembling a wrap-around type binder includes a riveting apparatus including a riveting station, for assembling a ring/shield/frame/hinge plate assembly to binder covers. The ring assemblies are moved to the riveting station along one path, and the bind... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942441 | Method and apparatus for inserting a spiral binder Sheets of paper are commonly held together with a spiral coil, which coil is inserted by a machine with at least one rotating spindle thereon. The spindle receives a spiral binder in a male to female relationship. As the spindle rotates the spiral binder, the spiral... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923590 | Paper binding structure and method of forming same A binding structure for binding together sheets of paper having multiple openings along a margin thereof is provided. The structure comprises a male connector panel having multiple openings along its edge and a female connector panel fastened to the back panel of a ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6739817 | Binding device and method of binding Binding device wherein a support structure (2) houses a pack of sheets provided with through-holes (133) aligned along a rectilinear edge of the pack. The structure moreover carries a binding member comprising a flat sheet-like rectangular member (1... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682285 | Sheet-wise hole punching after folding in booklet maker A hole-punching process for a sheet-wise booklet maker, including a hole punching device, a clamp, and a drive system. While a folded booklet sheet is being held stationary on its leading side, the drive system advances the trailing side of the folded she... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6502813 | Coupon booklet and method A method of making a booklet having a plurality of removable portions is provided. The method comprises conveying a plurality of webs, bringing the webs into registry and attaching the webs to one another along a central portion of the webs. The method in... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6340178 | Printable kit for making an original holder for flat objects A kit for making an original holder is disclosed. In the kit, a holder 10 of A4 size with a paper fastener 7 is divided into two and provided as two members 11 and 12. The member 11, consisting of a front panel 1 isolated from other portions of the holder... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6328519 | Method and device for producing printed products A method is disclosed for fabricating printed products, such as newsprint, brochures and the like, from folded signatures by partially joining the signatures together at the folded edges with an adhesive to form a bound spine. The signatures are moved ast... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6312204 | Semi-automatic plastic spiral binding machine A binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate a flexible plastic spiral element into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6074152 | Binding machine, particularly for index-books, notebooks and the like A binding machine, particularly for index-books, notebooks and the like, comprising a section for binding sheets by means of a plurality of mutually aligned disks having a double-T cross-section; means suitable to arrange a plurality of sheets stacked wit... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062792 | Binding apparatus An elongate binding member 10 is initially open. A series of loops extend along the open edges and these are suspended from a row of holding teeth 12. The other loops are exposed and pages 9 are threader over the exposed loops to be suspended downwardly f... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6010157 | Two-piece cover for binding a plurality of sheets A two-piece cover for binding a stack of loose sheets into a booklet or brochure is disclosed. The cover includes a front cover panel and a rear cover panel. The rear cover panel includes a cover portion and a spine portion. The spine portion includes a f... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5957502 | Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making A unitary dual sided album leaf and method of making. The method includes the steps of: providing a image retaining media having an image forming side and a back side; printing a plurality of images on the image forming side of the image retaining media, ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5791692 | Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making A unitary dual sided album leaf and method of making the same. The method includes the steps of: providing an image retaining media having an image forming side and a back side; printing a plurality of images on the image forming side of the image retaini... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5672030 | Method of making books A stack of unbonded perforated book signatures receives cold pva adhesive applied to the spine and hot eva adhesive is promptly applied in not more than approximately ten minutes prior to setting of the cold adhesive to permit the fabrication of a book of... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5464312 | Automatic binder An apparatus and method for installing binder elements onto a stack of pre-punched paper including a platform for holding the paper, reciprocating guide fingers for inserting through the pre-punched holes to engage free ends of curled fingers of the binde... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5431519 | Spreading device for a binding apparatus and combined punch and binding apparatus A spreading device is provided for a spreading and binding machine, to which several fixed spreading fingers are arranged at the side. These spreading fingers cooperate with corresponding spreading hooks of a movable plate, in order to move the spreading ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5299898 | Method of and apparatus for binding stacks of superimposed sheets Successive stacks of overlapping paper sheets are delivered by tongs to an assembling station where the sheets of successive stacks are connected to each other by circular binders including rims having a T-shaped or an L-shaped cross-sectional outline and... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5249902 | Loose-leaf binder assembly process and apparatus An improved method and apparatus enable automated assembly of loose-leaf books, preferably photo albums from snap-ring binders of the slant D configuration and pages with peel-back overlays on mounting sheets. The apparatus comprises: a binder conveyor ad... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5061139 | Method 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 with a metal U-shaped channel which in turn is bonded to the inside spine surface of the hard or soft covers.... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5051050 | Cartridge system for tool insertion type binding machine A cartridge system for carrying an edge binder and for use with a binding apparatus is disclosed for use in preparing bound booklets from prepunched sheets, usually paper. The cartridge is constructed to cooperate with the binding apparatus to carry and d... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5017071 | Machine for automatically binding books with flexible stud binding strips Apparatus is used with two binding strips, the first having at least four studs projecting therefrom which are flexible and the second having holes complementary to the studs and for each hole a groove extending therefrom toward the center of the second s... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5015138 | Machine for bookbinding using flexible strips Supplies used with the machine include sheets with holes at intervals, first plastic strips having flexible studs at the same intervals and second strips having holes at the same intervals. The outside surface of said second strip is formed with grooves t... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4997208 | Security binding A security binder for positively and permanently securing a plurality of sheets of thin material having apertures along one edge, wherein one or more backbone elements are provided with lateral projecting members each having angled projections permitting ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4941804 | Plastic multi-ring paper binding system using one piece cover A binder apparatus for use in binding together sheets of paper, each correspondingly pre-apertured with multiple openings along a margin includes a three panel one piece cover with a front and rear cover connected by a smaller cover spine portion with par... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4927310 | Method for automatically justifying, assembling, and binding books Male and female book binding strips are packaged in cassettes and the respective cassettes are stacked in male and female hopper stations. Punched sheets are deposited in a staging station. The components of the book are then assembled in an assembly stat... | 05/22/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4906157 | Bending apparatus for flexible studs of bookbinding strips One type of bookbinding strip consists of a male strip with plural flexible studs projecting therefrom and a female strip with complementary holes and grooves in the outer surface thereof extending from each hole. The studs are inserted through holes in t... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4902183 | Method and apparatus for binding materials with a curled-finger ring-type binder An apparatus and cartridge for use in binding prepunched sheets into a booklet using curled-finger ring-type edge binders. The binders include an opening tool which is drawn through the binder for spreading curled binder finger from the binder spine to fo... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4846616 | Apparatus and method for automatically, justifying, assembling, and binding sheets into books Male and female book binding strips are packaged in cassettes and the respective cassettes are stacked in male and female hopper stations. Punched sheets are deposited in a staging station. The components of the book are then assembled in an assembly stat... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4730972 | Book binding method, paper sheets binder and adjustable spine A two-part binding system includes one or more bifurcated posts integrally extending from a clamping strip or member. The posts are inserted into one or more apertures in a stack of punched paper or other material and a second clamping strip having one or... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729708 | Method of and apparatus for turning cover sheets of stationery products The rear cover sheets of successively bound exercise pads and similar stationary products, wherein the sheets are pivotably held together by a spiral or comb-like binder, are located in front of the front cover sheets immediately following completion of t... | 03/08/1988 |
