Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7048269 | Systems and methods of edge preparation for binding a text body A system for binding sheets into a bound text body includes a non-linear sheet cutter configured to cut sheets to form pairs of sheets each sheet in the pair having a non-linear edge. A sheet collector forms a text body from the pairs of sheets with the non-linear e... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6986631 | Systems and methods of binding a text body Systems and methods for binding a text body are described. A multi-function sheet binder is configured to heat a preformed solid hot melt adhesive to a melting temperature, form the melted adhesive by pressing the melted adhesive into a spine of a text body and fold... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6926056 | Apparatus for binding sheet media A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926791 | Method for binding sheet media A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6863105 | Printer that incorporates a binding apparatus for binding sheets A printer includes a roller assembly for feeding sheets of print media along a feed path. A print head is positioned downstream of the roller assembly for carrying out a printing operation on the sheets of print media. An adhesive application mechanism is positioned... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6861140 | Binding element A binding element including a metal sheet and an intermediate layer secured to the metal sheet. A first glue adheres a first surface of the intermediate layer to the metal sheet, and has a predetermined melting temperature. A second glue is provided on a second surf... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6802501 | Post print finishing device with imaging material binder A post print finishing device that incorporates an imaging material binder into the post print handling and finishing functions. In one exemplary embodiment, the finishing device includes a flipper module, an accumulator module and a binder module. The binder module... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6732777 | Dispensing adhesive in a bookbinding system Systems and methods of dispensing adhesive in a bookbinding system are described. Sheets may be bound into bound text bodies having respective spines exposed for adhesive application and characterized by multiple length dimensions and multiple thickness dimensions. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726423 | Method and apparatus for binding a plurality of sheets A method for binding together a plurality of paper sheets. The binding process comprises providing a book binding sheet coated on one side with hot-melt adhesive, orienting and securing sheets of paper that will comprise the book to be bound relative to the binding ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6709727 | Bookbinding structure and method A bookbinding structure for binding a stack of sheets including an elongated substrate having a first surface on which a first, heat activated, adhesive matrix is disposed and a second surface on which a second, pressure activated adhesive is disposed. The first adh... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6652210 | Individual book-binding system and method A stack of pages is bound along a first edge thereof to form a book using an adhesive having a melting temperature and an elongated strip having an adhesive atop at least a portion of a first side. The strip has two opposed ends and an electrical resistiv... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641345 | Systems 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 |
| 6619900 | Systems and methods of binding a text body Systems and methods for binding a text body are described. A multi-function sheet binder is configured to heat a preformed solid hot melt adhesive to a melting temperature, form the melted adhesive by pressing the melted adhesive into a spine of a text bo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6607629 | Process for the perfect binding of printed articles Adhesive systems comprised of one or more photoinitiators and one or more adhesives capable of radiation-induced reaction are useful in one-step or multi-step perfect binding of books and other printed articles. The adhesive may be a low viscosity mixture... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601840 | Post print finishing device with imaging material binder A post print finishing device that incorporates an imaging material binder into the post print handling and finishing functions. In one exemplary embodiment, the finishing device includes a flipper module, an accumulator module and a binder module. The bi... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6589000 | Apparatus 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 |
| 6550513 | Apparatus for binding sheet media A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6485606 | Apparatus for binding sheet media A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material.... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6479126 | Bookbinding case-making applications utilizing polyurethanes Reactive hot melt polyurethane adhesives are useful in the graphic arts area, and in particular, for bookbinding applications such as casemaking, casing-in, gluing-off or thread-securing, facing, slip cases, lining-up, tightbacking, and bonding sides and ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6439820 | Method of binding a protective cover to magazines A process for producing protective covers for magazines is optimized for low cost and fast turnaround. A variety of techniques are employed within this process, each of which provides a cost or time advantage compared to conventional fabrication technique... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428260 | Bookbinding system and method A bookbinding system and method of binding books including a cover/spine assembly having a relatively rigid cover section with a length and width at least as great as that of the stack of sheets to be bound and a spine section having a width greater than ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6402450 | Book binding A method of binding books comprising the steps of holding in place a text hull (1) comprising the pages of two books (2, 3) the gutters (5, 19) of the two books being located on opposite edges of the text hull to one another, binding the opposite edges of... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394730 | Method and apparatus for making an album page A method and apparatus for making a photo album leaf from a media having a front and back side. The apparatus includes a processing path along which the media moves through the apparatus; a digital printer disposed along the processing path for printing i... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6299402 | Cover intended for the fabrication of a booklet, a method of handling such covers, and a method of fabricating such booklets According to one aspect, the invention relates to a method of stacking covers for the fabrication of booklets. Each cover includes two cover sheets and an interconnecting spine. Applied to the inner surface of the spine is a binding device that includes a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6217271 | Method for manufacturing booklets and a device therefor The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing booklets, each of which comprises a cover (A) that has two cover sides, a spine between the cover sides, a glue string applied to the inner surface of the spine, and a sheet bundle inserted b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6207248 | Bookbinding applications utilizing warm melt polyurethanes Reactive hot melt polyurethane adhesives are useful in the graphic arts area, and in particular, for bookbinding applications such as casemaking, casing-in, gluing-off or thread-securing, facing, slip cases, lining-up, tightbacking, and bonding sides and ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196591 | Object in particular office binder and method for the manufacture thereof An office binder, having a surface made of board, paper, coated paper, paperboard, or plastic film, on which a transparent film is attached over part of it surface via attachment surfaces in order to form a film pocket. A method for equipping the office b... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6024525 | Tape heating apparatus and bookbinding apparatus The present invention relates to a tape heating apparatus in which both side portions of a bind tape can positively be adhered to front and rear surfaces of a sheet bundle without creating any swollen portions. When a thickness of the sheet bundle is smal... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6009924 | Apparatus for the thermal binding of sheets An apparatus for the thermal binding of sheets includes at least one support (5-5a-5B) for a binding element (3). The binding element has a binding back on which an amount of glue (4), which melts under the influence of heat, is provided. A heating elemen... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000894 | Bookbinding apparatus A binding apparatus is provided with a tape reel on which a bind tape of a small tape width size is wound, and a tape reel on which a bind tape of a large tape width size is wound. When the tape reels and are set, the width size of each bind tape is read ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5931624 | Paper processing apparatus A paper processing apparatus that can efficiently bind a cover and a set of sheets and does not reduce the productivity of the copying process in the previous step. The paper processing apparatus includes a binding unit, a packet collating chamber and con... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899649 | Book-binding apparatus and image forming apparatus A book-binding apparatus conveying a bind tape in front of a tape heater and an aligned sheet bundle is urged against the bind tape pre-heated by the tape heater to glue a plurality of sheets by melted adhesive on the bind tape. An aligning time for the s... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5733087 | Binder assembly system with separate guide member A cover-less binder assembly system for binding together a series of sheet materials, such as, for example, paper for business reports and the like by an office worker, with the binding typically being done along one edge using a simple, cover-less and gu... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5447333 | Method of producing a laminated wrinkle-free presentation folder having perfect binding sheets A customized insert sheet is laminated by heat and pressure between a plastic cover sheet and a major portion of a folder sheet. A heat activatable adhesive strip may thereafter be applied to an adhesive strip receiving channel adjacent a side edge of the... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5355207 | Image forming apparatus equipped with a binding function An image forming apparatus is provided with a binding function. A container, having a binding mechanism located in the bottom end thereof, is attached to the housing of the image forming apparatus. A guide member movable between a first positions in which... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5340155 | Case-bound hot-melt binding system This invention is a binding case for use in an office-type, small-volume, binding operation employing the hot-melt adhesive binding method. The invention is a design and method which cause the excess hot-melt adhesive which expresses laterally from each s... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5288192 | Image-forming apparatus provided with bookbinding device A device is disclosed for use with an image-forming apparatus, and includes a binder receiving portion for receiving a binder having papers and an adhesive therein, and a heating member for causing heating and melting of the adhesive in the binder when th... | 02/22/1994 |
