Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
412004000 | Of applying a cover to a book | 34 |
20080199276 | COVER APPLIER SYSTEM - A system for positioning a cover relative to a book block. The system comprises a drive unit to cause movement of at least one of the book block and the cover and a position sensor operable to detect at least one of a position of the book block and the cover. The position sensor is operable to generate a position signal indicative of the position. The system also comprises a controller in communication with the position sensor and the drive unit. The controller is operable to receive the position signal and to control the drive unit based on the position signal to adjust a relative position of the cover and the book block. | 08-21-2008 |
20080240887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER EXECUTABLE PROGRAM CODE FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - An image forming apparatus connectable to a bookbinding apparatus that binds a sheet stack with a cover sheet to produce a book includes an information acquisition unit, an area designation unit, and an image forming unit. The cover sheet includes a front cover area, a back cover area, and a spine area located between the front cover area and the back cover area. The information acquisition unit acquires information on a width of the spine area in the cover sheet prior to binding the sheet stack. The area designation unit designates an image formation area in which an image is to be formed in the cover sheet based on the information on the width of the spine area acquired by the information acquisition unit. The image formation area includes the spine area. The image forming unit forms the image in the image formation area designated by the area designation unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20090010737 | Integrated hard cover production method and device - An integrated hardcover production method and device comprising: a moving belt | 01-08-2009 |
20090081000 | Bookbinding Unit - Bookbinding unit enabling, in encasing inner-leaf sheets in coversheets to form booklets, secure book-forming binding regardless of whether the inner-leaf sheets constitute a simple-sheet bundle or are made up of a plurality of folded-over signature sheets. Constituent components are: inner-leaf sheet tray; coversheet tray; bookbinding process path for guiding sheets from the inner-leaf sheet tray to successive adhesive-application and cover-binding locations; inner-leaf conveyor; coversheet conveyor for conveying coversheets to the cover-binding location; bundle-spine adhesive applicator in the adhesive-application location; and cover binder in the cover-binding location. Components' controller is configured to receive input as to whether inner-sheet-bundle makeup includes saddle-stitch sheets or is of simple sheets only, and, based on the bundle makeup information, varies its control of at least one of the coversheet conveyor, adhesive applicator, and cover binder. | 03-26-2009 |
20090097944 | FIBRE-REINFORCED BINDING LAYER - Book-like construction ( | 04-16-2009 |
20090263211 | Method for Binding a Bundle of Loose Leaves or the Like and Binding Element, End Leaf or Cover Applied Thereby - Method for binding a bundle of loose leaves or the like in a cover ( | 10-22-2009 |
20100014944 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SCORE BOOK COVERS - Apparatus and methods to score book covers are described. An example scoring apparatus includes a first scoring roll to oppose a corresponding second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location on a first side of the cover, and a third scoring roll to oppose a corresponding fourth scoring roll to process the cover at a second location on the first side of the cover. The first location and the second location correspond substantially to the thickness of a book to which the cover is to be applied. The first and the third scoring rolls are mechanically driven and rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second and the fourth scoring rolls rotate freely about a second axis of rotation. | 01-21-2010 |
20100074713 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Printed Products - A method for producing a printed product that includes supplying a wire-stitched booklet to a spine processing device such that the booklet includes signatures and a spine. The method includes reshaping the spine in the spine processing device. Following the reshaping, the method further includes supplying a cover to the booklet, applying adhesive to the cover or to the reshaped spine, and combining the cover with the booklet to form the printed product. The method includes discharging the printed product from the spine processing device. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080668 | APPARATUS FOR AND A METHOD OF VARYING ADHESIVE THICKNESS IN THE BINDING OF A PERFECT BOUND BOOK - Apparatus for binding perfect bound books of different thickness is disclosed where the amount of adhesive applied to the spine of the book block may be varied in relation to the thickness of the book block. An adhesive application station is provided which has a rotary driven adhesive application wheel partially immersed in a bath of a liquefied adhesive such that as a portion of the wheel rotates up out of the adhesive, the periphery of the wheel is coated with a layer of adhesive. An area of increased thickness of the adhesive if formed adjacent the top of the wheel so that upon effecting relative movement of the book block and the adhesive application station, adhesive is applied to the spine of the book block. The thickness of the layer of adhesive applied to the spine of the book block may be varied in relation to the thickness of the book block generally in accordance with the formula AT=b+mX, where AT is the adhesive thickness, b is the width of an initial gap between the topmost surface of the wheel and the spine, and where mX is a function of the number of sheets making up the book block, or is a function of the measured thickness of the book block. | 04-01-2010 |
20100129179 | SELF-BINDING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for binding a book, said method comprising the steps of providing a bifolio with a first leaf, a second leaf, a fold edge and at least one tab protruding in a comb formation along said fold edge, providing a cover sheet with a cover sheet fold edge defining a cover page and a first page, and affixing said at least one tab to a back of said first page. | 05-27-2010 |
20100135749 | BINDING FOR BOOKS - Disclosed herein is a book, comprising a first page, a last page, and a plurality of pages therebetween; a front channel between the first page and the plurality of pages; and a back channel between the last page and the plurality of pages; methods of producing the same; and methods of producing stacks of paper to be used in the book. Also disclosed herein is a stacker, comprising a baseboard; a plurality of page-positioning means; and an adjustable bar. | 06-03-2010 |
20100158637 | BOOK AND A METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be performed without special skills or training, and does not require the use of ancillary equipment. The book cover system can be used in conjunction with output on a wide variety of media types, finishes, and stock weights from any type of printer or copier, or with photographs. The finished books retain the appearance and function of conventional mass produced soft and hard covered books. | 06-24-2010 |
20100226734 | Hardcover assembly arrangement and method - A hardcover assembly arrangement including first and second hardcover assemblies, with each assembling including a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on a first surface of the hardcover assembly and additional pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on a second surface of the hardcover assembly, opposite the first surface. Each assembly includes a release liner disposed over and contacting the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the hardcover assembly, with the first and second hardcover assemblies being positioned relative to one another such that the release liner of the first hardcover assembly is disposed over and contacts the additional pressure sensitive adhesive of the second hardcover assembly. | 09-09-2010 |
20100232909 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FINISHING A BOOK COVER - Method and device for folding the parts of the surface film ( | 09-16-2010 |
20110008132 | Cover Conveyor For Perfect Binding Machine - A method and apparatus for sequentially delivering book or magazine covers of the same or differing width dimension to a perfect binding system such that books or magazines of differing size can be produced without requiring system downtime for resetting of cover guiderail settings. Associated with each cover size is a cover feeder arranged to deliver covers therefrom, one a time, between members of a given pair of guiderails that are assembled in stacked parallel relationship on the bed of the cover conveyor. Under control of a microprocessor-based controller, covers of a predetermined size arrive at the gluing station of the perfect binder in synchronism with signatures of a selected size corresponding to the cover to be applied. | 01-13-2011 |
20110038690 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A BOOKCOVER TO GLUE-COATED OUTSIDE SURFACES OF A BOOK BLOCK TO BE ENCASED - A method for producing a book in which a center strip is attached to an inside of a back of a book cover that is to be glue-coated to outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in the book cover. The method includes conveying the book block, with glue on outside surfaces while positioned straddling along a conveying section, along a conveying path in a direction advancing toward a book cover positioned at a right angle to the conveying section. The book cover has a cover back positioned approximately evenly in a conveying plane formed by the book block advancing toward the inside of the book cover back while straddling the conveying section. The cover sections of the book cover are pressed against outside surfaces of the book block along conveying path to attach the book cover to the book block. Prior to the pressing, the book cover is gripped at least in a center region that forms the book cover back in order to lift up the center region in the advancing direction of the book block. | 02-17-2011 |
20110170987 | Cover Applier and Method of Aligning a Book Image to a Cover Image - A cover applier is provided. The cover applier includes a transport system transporting a book, a cover delivery delivering a cover to a book, the cover delivery driven by a servomotor, a book sensor detecting an image printed on the book prior to the cover being delivered to the book and a cover sensor detecting an image printed on the cover prior to the cover being delivered to the book. The servomotor adjusting the position of the cover with respect to the book as a function of the book sensor and cover sensor. A method is also provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110268537 | METHOD OF FORMING A CUSTOMIZABLE NOTEBOOK COVER - A method of forming a customizable notebook cover having a chipboard layer is disclosed in which a custom design is first printed on a sheet of pressure-sensitive label stock. The printed sheet of pressure-sensitive label stock is then applied to the outer side of the chipboard, which optionally may have a finished inner side and/or a finished outer side. Next, a scuff-free silk finish is applied to the outer surface of the printed sheet of pressure-sensitive label stock to produce a finished customized front notebook cover. Finally, the notebook is assembled from the finished customized front notebook cover, paper, a binding means and a rear notebook cover. The rear notebook cover is also formed from a chipboard core layer and may optionally also have a design formed thereon in the same manner as the front cover. | 11-03-2011 |
20110280688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A STACK COMPOSED OF BOOK COVERS FOR BOOK PRODUCTION AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE PROVIDED WITH THE APPARATUS - A method and apparatus provides for a stack composed of book covers for production of finished books. The book covers are compiled, stacked one above another in an unknown or known sequence and provided with unknown cover information to form a task stack. The book covers of the task stack have identical cover formats. The book covers are separated out and conveyed from the task stack as separate book covers in a sequence that does not change for the following method steps, until a completion signal is transmitted. The separated out book covers are counted, an identifier on each separated out book cover is detected, and cover information is read out of the respective identifier and temporarily stored. The separated out book covers are deposited one on top of the other in the sequence in which they were separated out for forming a detected stack. An identifier is stored that identifies the detected stack together with the temporarily stored cover information. | 11-17-2011 |
20120027540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING PRINTED FLEXIBLE BOOK COVERS PRIOR TO BINDING - Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for treating a printed flexible book cover prior to book binding. In the embodiments, a liquid (e.g., water or a water-oil solvent mixture) can be applied (e.g., by a liquid applicator, such as a spray nozzle, sponge, brush, etc.) to the spine portion only of the book cover so that it pools on the surface. After a predetermined amount of time, the liquid can be removed (e.g., by a liquid remover, such as a vacuum, blower, heater, etc.). Allowing the spine portion of the book cover to soak in the liquid for this predetermined amount of time ensures that that the liquid saturates the spine portion. Saturating the spine portion of the book cover alters the surface structure and, thereby enhances adhesion of an adhesive material (e.g., glue or tape) during a subsequent book binding process even in the presence of fuser oil. | 02-02-2012 |
20120155992 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ADHESIVELY BOUND PRINTED PRODUCTS FORMED OF A BOOK BLOCK AND A COVER - Method and device for manufacturing adhesively bound printed products composed of a book block and a cover, in which the book block is conducted past processing stations of the adhesive binding device for processing and applying glue to its back. A cover is supplied to the back to which glue has been applied in a synchronously timed controlled manner. After merging of the cover with the book block, a measuring procedure for measuring a mutual actual position of cover relative to book block. Subsequently, this actual position is compared to a predetermined desired position, and, in the case of deviations, a correction value is determined and stored. Prior to the renewed occurrence of the pairing of drive member and clamp, an appropriate change of the mutual positions of clamp and drive member is carried out. | 06-21-2012 |
20120170995 | METHOD FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE WIDTH OF A FLEXIBLE SPINE MATERIAL AND DEVICE FOR THE FABRICATION OF BOOK COVERS - A method for the adjustment of the width of a flexible spine material in a device for the fabrication of book covers, which involves the steps of setting a desired width of the spine material on a control unit of the device for the fabrication of book covers, and of starting a size-changing program including advancing the flexible spine material and simultaneously adjusting the position of a knife adapted to cut a longitudinal edge of the flexible spine material to a position corresponding to the desired width of the spine paper material, and continuing advancement of the spine material until a spine material of the desired width is present at a spine dispenser outlet and cross cutting the spine material at the spine dispenser outlet. | 07-05-2012 |
20130156528 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRESS SHEETS FOR PRINTED PRODUCTS - Press sheets and methods for processing press sheets to produce book blocks are disclosed wherein double slot perforation lines each comprising one first and second perforation line having slots respectively of the same slot length are produced on a press sheet. The slots of the first and second perforation line are produced in such a manner that two consecutive slots of one perforation line have a distance of one slot length from each other, that the first and second perforation line are arranged so that the first and second perforation line extend parallel and in spaced relation to each other and have a longitudinal offset of one slot length to each other, so that the slots of the first perforation line are arranged respectively staggered to the slots of the second perforation line and that a folding line is formed between the first and second perforation line. | 06-20-2013 |
20130230367 | BOOK PRODUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - The disclosed book production system and method allow a book block and flexible book cover for that book block to be printed in the same print job immediately prior to binding. Specifically, a user-selection indicates that a book print job contains both the book block and the cover. Raster image processing is performed to produce raster images based on all page descriptions in the print job. The raster images are sorted by size to identify first raster images for the book block pages and to identify at least one second raster image, which is more than twice as large as any of the first raster images, for the cover. The pages for the book block and the cover can be printed on first print media sheets and on a second larger print media sheet, respectively. Then, the cover can be bound to the book block by an in-line bookbinder. | 09-05-2013 |
20140030044 | PRODUCING BOUND DOCUMENT HAVING INNER COVER SHEET - A bound document having a plurality of sheets is produced. Image data for a cover image is received and dividing along a sheet-edge curve into first and second image portions. The first image portion is printed on an inner cover sheet so that an alignment location is defined on the inner cover sheet corresponding to the sheet-edge curve. The inner cover sheet and the plurality of sheets are bound together. The second image portion is printed on an outer cover sheet, and is printed borderlessly with respect to a selected edge of the outer cover sheet. After the binding step, the outer cover sheet is affixed to the inner cover sheet so that the selected edge aligns with the alignment location to form the bound document. | 01-30-2014 |
20140112736 | ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A BINDING FOLDER OR A DISPLAY BOARD AND METHOD THAT MAKES USE OF SUCH AN ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING THE BINDING FOLDER OR THE DISPLAY BOARD - An element for manufacturing a binding folder ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140255124 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, BOOKLET BOOKBINDING METHOD, AND BOOKLET - A sheet processing apparatus scores a plurality of score lines at a plurality of positions of a cover sheet. The positions of the score lines corresponding to a plurality of side edges of a sheet bundle in covering the sheet bundle by the cover sheet. The sheet processing apparatus binds the sheet bundle with the cover sheet by binding first ends of the sheet bundle and the cover sheet. | 09-11-2014 |
20150328914 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PANORAMA BOOK AND A BOOK-BLOCK OF A PANORAMA BOOK AND FOLDING APPARATUS FOR FOLDING SHEETS IN HALF USED THEREIN - A folding apparatus for folding sheets in half ( | 11-19-2015 |
20160144652 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOLDERS HAVING UNDER-DIMENSIONS, A MACHINE FOR SUCH A MANUFACTURE, AND A CASSETTE FOR SUCH A MACHINE AND SUCH A MANUFACTURING METHOD - Method of manufacturing a folder ( | 05-26-2016 |
412005000 | Casing in | 5 |
20090274536 | PERFECT BINDER FOR PROCESSING BOOK BLOCKS AND PERFECT BINDING METHOD - A perfect binder for processing book blocks, including: a conveying device adapted to convey the book blocks along a closed circulating path, the conveying device including a plurality of clamping devices each adapted to convey a book block; and a plurality of processing stations arranged successively along the closed circulating path. One of the processing stations includes a spine-processing station, and another one of the processing stations includes an end sheet feed station following the spine-processing station. | 11-05-2009 |
20120045294 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CASING A BOOK BLOCK IN A BOOK COVER - A method and a device for casing a book block in a book cover, in which the book block is supplied to a casing-in machine in a first feed direction, taken over by the casing-in machine from a saddle plate of an endless conveyor, and glued as it is transported on the saddle plate. The book covers are supplied in a second feed direction. The book block is supplied to the casing-in machine in a feed direction different from the second feed direction of the book cover. In a first step, the book block is handed over from a first feeder to a transfer device located in a first, upstream position, is transported in a second step from the first position to a second, downstream position of the transfer device, and, in a third step, is picked up by the saddle plate from the second position of the transfer device. | 02-23-2012 |
20120275880 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BOUND BOOK BLOCKS COMPRISING A LINING STRIP OR A COVER - A device for producing a bound book block including a lining strip or a cover includes a pressing station configured to move the lining strip or the cover in a pressing direction from a position from which the lining strip or the cover is gluable to a spine of the book block and to press the lining strip or the cover against the spine of the book block. A lining supply and a cover supply are each disposed upstream of the pressing station. A linearly movable common transport means is connected to the pressing station and configured to selectively, successively transfer the lining strip or the cover into the pressing station in a conveying direction and to convey the lining strip or the cover in the pressing station relative to the book block into a second position. | 11-01-2012 |
20130287524 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOK FORMING AND PRESSING MACHINE - A method for operating a book forming and pressing machine that includes a pressing device and a re-forming device to form a front cut of a book block. Values relating to the book block are determined with a higher order control along a book production line upstream of the book forming and pressing machine. The determined values are transmitted to the pressing device, the re-forming device and/or pressing plates of the pressing device for finishing the book block. A forming tool of the re-forming device is selected based on values that meet operational requirements for the processing of the front cut. The selected forming tool is moved in a plane or space to an operating position for forming the front cut of the respective book block. Movement of the pressing plates is controlled based on the measured book thickness and thickness of the book cover for the book block. | 10-31-2013 |
20220134791 | DEVICE FOR THE ROBOTIC PRINTING OF INDIVIDUALLY-PRINTED BOOKS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A device for manufacturing a book on demand, including a cover printing or receiving station designed to respectively print or receive a cover, a body printing or receiving station designed to respectively print or receive a body, a binding station designed to join together the body and the cover, a conveyor designed and/or programmed to convey the cover and/or the body between the different stations, the device is designed to deposit glue in a gluing region on the verso of the cover inside the binding station before the cover and the body are joined together by gluing, forming a book. | 05-05-2022 |