Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922435 | Sheet collecting device and bookbinding apparatus comprising the same A sheet collecting device includes a tray on which sheets are placed, a sheet discharging roller for transferring sheets to the tray, an abutment regulating device for regulating a leading end and a trailing end of the sheets on the stacking tray in a conveying dire... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7393171 | Device and method of binding books A binding device includes an L-shaped frame including two uprights, a crossbar-shaped platen interconnecting the upright, a central screw having a bottom end secured to the platen, and a rectangular table having two rear corners secured to bottoms of the uprights; a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7354233 | Bookbinding machine and prebinding apparatus In a bookbinding machine, an image forming apparatus, a prebinding apparatus and a bookbinding apparatus are coupled on line in this order. In the prebinding apparatus, a sheet aligning section, a slitting section which cuts off margins at both side portions of a sh... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351024 | Apparatus and method for binding a book A book binding apparatus for binding a stack of sheets, including a cover element having a first cover section that corresponds to the dimensions of the sheets and a first section of pressure sensitive adhesive and an associated release liner disposed along a first ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7281706 | Gatherer 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 |
| 7267338 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus ejects the sheet to witch image processing unit perform to an ejection tray or a staple stacker by a pair of ejection rollers and the like. A sheet path for guiding the sheet to the ejection rollers is opened and closed in conjunction w... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255032 | Puncher having replaceable knife holder A puncher having a replaceable knife holder comprises a base, a knife holder, and a wastepaper-storing case. A cover is pivotally mounted in the front of the base. The front edge of the cover is extended to the knife-holding groove such that the knife-holding groove... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246981 | Apparatus and method for making hardcover book A method and apparatus for binding a stack of sheets which can be carried out using a conventional perfect binding machine. A stack to be bound is positioned between a pair of end leafs. Molten hot melt adhesive is then applied to the edge of the stack and to the fi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7217075 | Tape feeder and method of controlling the same A tape feeder and a method of controlling the same are disclosed, in which an automatic feeding tape and a manual feeding tape are selectively fed to a binding device. In the method of controlling a tape feeder comprising a tape feeding portion structured to selecti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7172672 | Method of adhesively binding a stack of sheets A method of binding a stack of printed sheets includes the step of consecutively conveying the sheets through an adhesive application station. One part of a two-part adhesive is applied to one side of each sheet and another part of the two-part adhesive is applied t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168903 | Punching/binding machine The invention relates to a punching/binding machine comprised of a frame (1), a matrix (3), a rake (4), a comb (2), a cutting knife (5) and a control lever with which the cutting knife (5) and/or the comb (2) can be d... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170619 | Information processing apparatus, printing system, and command generating method A user sets a desired print function for a printer having a print function. In accordance with the set print function, whether a printer control command recognized by the printer is generated by an application for a host computer or a printer driver is determined. I... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163269 | Methods and systems for maintaining color consistency in a print-on-demand workflow Methods and systems for maintaining color consistency in print-on-demand applications are disclosed. Initially, a plurality of default color settings applicable to a plurality of print-on-demand operations can be established. Thereafter, color consistency can be sel... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156601 | Systems and methods of binding a plurality of text bodies A binding system for binding a plurality of text bodies in a continuous manner includes an adhesive strip applier, a heating device, and a cooling device. A transporting system transports a plurality of text bodies to the adhesive strip applier which applies a prefo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153076 | Method of applying a wrap sheet to a book hardcover and related guide apparatus Apparatus for forming and applying a wrap sheet to a hardcover for a bound book, including a planar guide having a width and length selected such that the planar guide can be uses as a template for cutting the wrap sheet. A reticule is disposed on the planar guide, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7120384 | Paper processing unit for binding device Disclosed is a paper processing unit for a binding device that can improve moving efficiency of a sheet of papers and prevent side binding error of the sheet of papers. The paper processing unit comprises a paper aligning unit including a tray stacking the sheet of ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7099039 | Parallel processing high speed printing system for an inserting system A system and a method to control the motion of envelopes within a postage printing module to accommodate the use of slower print techniques and to achieve high throughput in a mail processing system. Envelopes transported in a mail processing system are diverted int... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072071 | Printing control system, printing control method and storage medium In a case where printing control is configured using a unified user interface and bookbinding printing has been set, bookbinding format conditions are judged and functions possessed redundantly by first and second information processing units are controlled to make ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966553 | Device 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 |
| 6910843 | Cover authoring systems and methods and bookbinding systems incorporating the same Cover authoring systems and methods for automatically composing a final content layout for a cover, including spinal content formatted to accommodate the width and height dimensions of the book spine, are described. By automatically computing the typeface parameter ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905269 | System and method for continuous label printing A system for continuous printing is disclosed. The system includes an unwind storing a roll of print media; a cutter which receives the print media and which cuts the print media into sheets of variable length; a sheet printer which receives the sheets of print medi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902367 | Binding machine with tape A binding machine with a tape enlarges a loop formed at an end of a tape to a predetermined size by the travel of the tape. The loop enlarged to the predetermined size is contracted, to bind a material to be bound in the loop. The binding machine comprises nick form... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899505 | Binding machine with tape A binding machine with a tape comprises a table for putting a material to be bound, a tape passage groove formed on the table, and a guiding member in an arch shape provided above the tape passage groove. A loop formed by a tape of a predetermined size is formed alo... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6887025 | Combined inserter and binder for wire element A combination inserter and binder machine for wire loop element is easily adjustable for a wide range of diameters of element, preferably without the use of tools or changing of the tool surfaces that perform the closing. The user inserts a stack of punched paper on... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880818 | Flyless stream shingling and stream merging apparatus and method An apparatus which can shingle a series of products and a method relating thereto, the apparatus, in one embodiment, having first upper and lower moving surfaces to receive a product, a second upper moving surface at an exit end of the first moving surfaces, the sec... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6866459 | Systems and methods of registering a cover with respect to a text body Systems and methods for registering a cover with respect to a text body to create bound documents with floating and attached spines are described. In one embodiment, a text body having a front end, two opposed side ends, and a spine end that is located opposite to t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858695 | Curable hot melt adhesive for casemaking A curable casemaking adhesive, books and related articles bound thereby. In one embodiment, a UV curable hot melt adhesive is used to form the case, which is preferably also embossed. In another embodiment, a moisture curable hot melt adhesive is used to form the ca... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6838641 | Thermal binding device The invention relates to a device for producing bound written material with representative covers, for marketing texts, magazines, construction plans, collections of drawings, contracts, offers and promotional literature (catalogues) as required in small to medium s... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6773216 | Binding apparatus A binding apparatus facilitates a convenient, one-stage load-and-close binding system. The apparatus has a base and a pivotable former door movable between open and closed positions. A series of hooks are provided to hold an open binder relative to the base for load... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6752578 | Binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent Systems and methods of binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent are described. Each sheet to be bound has an exposed binding surface region near a spine edge. A frontside adhesive system is disposed over the frontside binding surface region and... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739626 | Spiral coil and bookbinding device and bookbinding method using the same A spiral coil is used when stacking a plurality of sheets each having a plurality of holes punched at a constant pitch, and binding the sheets by inserting the spiral coil therethrough. The spiral coil has a different pitch from that between the holes of the sheets.... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739818 | Post print finishing device with spiral binder The present invention is directed to a post print finishing device that incorporates a spiral binder module into the post print handling and finishing functions. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, the binder module binds sheets together by inserting a met... | 05/25/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6736581 | Book clamp A book clamp for a book binding machine has a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The second clamp member is adapted to the first clamp member and the second clamp member comprises a flexible spring plate which is coupled to the second clamp member. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726425 | Method and device for adhesive binding a set of sheets of books, book blocks, booklets and the like In order to adhesively bind a set of sheets of book blocks, booklets and the like, the inner book (6) is inserted in a clamping device (7-11) with the back facing downward and received by a holding device that can be moved horizontally and perpendicula... | 04/27/2004 |
