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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6736388 | Image processing machine having a post-processing automated sheet stack binding system In an image processing machine, having a housing, and including, within the housing, at least one sheet stack accumulation station at which a stack of sheets having been operated on by the image processing machine are accumulated, a method and apparatus for automate... | 05/18/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6406244 | Stack of sheets with repositionable adhesive alternating between opposite edges and containing one or more sheets different from other sheets The present invention provides a stack of flexible sheet material comprising a plurality of sheets disposed one on top of another, each sheet having repositionable adhesive along one edge and being free of adhesive along the opposite edge and the sheets a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6403189 | Unitary stack of repositional paper sheets A unitary stack of paper sheets has alternating individual paper sheets and double release liners which are releasably bonded together in a manner whereby an individual paper sheet is easily removed and used as a base. Each paper sheet in the unitary stac... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6248414 | Unitary stack of repositional paper sheets A unitary stack of paper sheets has alternating individual paper sheets and individual release liners which are loosely bonded together in a manner whereby an individual paper sheet is easily removed and used as a base. Each paper sheet in the unitary sta... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6174120 | Apparatus for affixing book pages to a book cover and process for making same An apparatus and method for affixing book pages to a book cover is disclosed having a sheet of paper with at least one waxy side and two stickers, each having a first side, the first side being sticky and removably affixed to the waxy side of the sheet of... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6099224 | Mechanism 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 |
| 6036229 | File binder An improvement for a file binder of the type having a back portion (4) made of a porous or nearly porous material, for instance cardboard, wherein the back portion has an inner side on which an amount of glue (6) which melts under the influence of head is... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030163 | Method for producing bound volumes A method of fusing two or more pieces along an edge to produce a bound volume uses an activating agent which dissolves and mixes with a component present on the pieces, and thereby causes the edges of the various pieces to fuse together. The method is par... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5980181 | Apparatus for applying a wraparound cover to a pad of paper An apparatus for applying a wraparound cover to a pad includes a loading station, a creasing station having a pair of knife edges and an anvil for applying a pair of parallel creases in the cover, a gluing station for applying a bead of glue to an under s... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5876170 | Method for testing the completeness of a book block intended for adhesive binding A method and an arrangement are provided for checking completeness of a book block intended for an adhesive binding, wherein an adhesive binding machine includes a conveyor defining a conveying path along which the book block is conveyed. A plurality of p... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5441308 | Filing device and supplemental sheet-like material for the same A filing device which can detachably secure and hold sheet-like materials to be filed at the inner side of the spine with reliable adhesion without forming punching holes in which non-staining soft polyurethane elastomer having continuous high adhesion at... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5364217 | System for maintaining security of facsimile messages A system for producing a laminated facsimile sheet assembly to cover and conceal a facsimile message on a message sheet comprises a supply of message sheet material which may be a roll of sheet material. A printing head is disposed to print a message on a... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5256859 | Power supply for binding apparatus A control circuit for a binding apparatus using a binder covers having resistance heating strips in a heat activated adhesive includes a power control to output a constant power to the heating strip. A duty cycle of the power signal supplied to the heatin... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5202169 | Releasable fastener, method of releasably fastening, and releasable fastener dispenser A releasable fastener, a method of fastening together a number of pieces of paper, and a dispenser carrying a supply of releasable fasteners are disclosed. In a first embodiment, a releasable fastener is disclosed which includes a first portion having fro... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5193962 | Tape handling mechanism and method for use with book binding machine Apparatus and method for binding a book utilizing a binding tape having a flexible substrate and a heat activated adhesive. The binding tape is forced against the front cover of the book utilizing a heated platen, so as to form a front cover seal simultan... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5078563 | Universal binding element for binding loose documents in a file Universal binding element for binding loose documents in a file, characterized in that it principally consists of an inner cover formed of a first part (2) that is intended for forming a front sheet; a second part (3) that is intended for forming a back s... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5052717 | Bookbinding cloth A resilient adhesive resin tab adapted to permanently secure paper sheets thereto by edge-binding in a hot melt condition is, at one extreme side peripheral area thereof, bonded or heat-sealed to a width-adjustable backbone of a bookbinding cloth. The adh... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5035447 | Binding element for binding loose sheets in a file Binding element for binding loose sheets in a file, characterised in that it principally consists of a sheet (2) of relatively stiff material, that preferably shows the same dimensions as those of the documents to be bound; and a strip of glue (3), which ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5018765 | Auxiliary binder An auxiliary binder for booklets consists of an adhesive laminate configured as a bow tie or dog bone. In one embodiment of the invention, a polyester base sheet is adhesively coated and receives thereon a backing sheet having a strip die cut longitudinal... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5011187 | Binding system for connected fan folded sheets A binding system including a method for binding connected fan folded sheets in which a stack of the sheets is shingled to disclose narrow side surface portions along their spine edges, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on a highly flexible backing is... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4944994 | Toughened hot melt adhesive composition for book casemaking A case or cover for a hard bound book is formed by bonding the formed by bonding the cover boards to the book cover stock using a hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising: (a) 10 to 40% by weight of a substantially radial styrene-butadiene b... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4762341 | Booklet cover A cover for protecting and supporting a plurality of sheets bound together with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and bound to the cover by the tape. The cover has a binding area and a protective coating in that area where the binding tape has an adhesio... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4749427 | Method of binding and reinforcing loose leaf sheets Method of binding loose leaf sheets together having multiple superposed punched holes while reinforcing the holes including providing a binding element having a tab portion and an elongated strip portion, affixing the tab portion to a face portion of one ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4715759 | Counterfoil binding This invention pertains to a system of counterfoil binding, fit in particular to classify documents in the form of loose sheets; it includes a number of thin superposed strips (2), which are bound together by any convenient means and covered, on either si... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4673324 | Method and sheet for binding pages A sheet for binding loose pages together in pamphlet form comprises a thin flexible sheet having a band of pressure sensitive adhesive coated along one longitudinal edge and protected by a release liner. The sheet permits binding the sheets easily by hand... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4558888 | Strip of binding tape A binding tape for binding the shingled edges of sheets has a supple tough and flexible nonwoven fibrous backing coated on one surface with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and with a barrier coat to seal the backing on the other surface. A low adhesion back... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4447481 | Paper sheets having recessed pressure-sensitive glued edge with a removable strip A paper sheet having a recess along one edge thereof with a non-drying adhesive applied in said recess and a removable protective strip covering said adhesive, the combined thickness of said adhesive and strip being substantially equal to the depth of sai... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4422672 | Index sheet An index sheet for a bound volume consisting of a panel of flexible material, having a width corresponding to the width of the pages of the volume, a tab on the right-hand edge of the panel to carry indicia, adhesive on the left-hand edge of the panel, an... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4315697 | Core for a modular fiscal year account book This invention relates to the field of bookkeeping equipment and specifically to the area of modular fiscal year account books, wherein the user is provided with a self contained account ledger insert, which will accommodate all of the entries for a fisca... | 02/16/1982 |
