| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 412018000 | Finishing apparatus | 24 |
| 412019000 | Cover applier | 20 |
| 20100021269 | Binding machine a cassette machine and booklet binding method - The present invention relates to a booklet binding machine ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100189530 | MACHINE FOR ATTACHMENT OF COVER TO BOOK BLOCK AND BOOKBINDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A machine for attachment of a cover to a book block comprises: a press plate ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100202857 | BOOKMAKING APPARATUS - A bookmaking apparatus includes a first path to convey a sheet bundle, a second path intersecting the first path to convey a cover sheet, a joining stage disposed at an intersection of the first path and the second path, a gripping conveyance device arranged for gripping and conveying the sheet bundle along the first path, an adhesive application device for applying adhesive to a bottom side edge of the sheet bundle, a backup member arranged to support the cover sheet at the joining stage, and a folding conveyance device for folding and conveying the cover sheet and sheet bundle. After the cover sheet and the sheet bundle are adhered together and before the backup member retracts from the first path to a position outside the first path, the gripping conveyance device is retracted to separate a bottom edge of the sheet bundle from the backup member. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100310339 | BOOK PRODUCTION LINE FOR PRODUCING BOOKS COMPOSED OF BOOK BLOCKS INSERTED INTO A CASING - A production line including a casing-in machine and a processing section upstream of the casing-in machine. The processing section includes processing stations arranged at clocking intervals along the processing section to process a book block spine. The processing section includes a first processing station group and a second processing station group. The production line further includes a conveyor to successively supply the book blocks in clocked operation to the processing stations. The conveyor includes a first conveying section assigned to the first processing station group, the first conveying section including a first individual drive, and a second conveying section assigned to the second processing station group, the second conveying section including a second individual drive. The production line further includes a control unit operatively connected to the first individual drive and second individual drive to change the clocking interval length along the processing section. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110222992 | Bookmaking Apparatus - A bookmaking apparatus includes a first path to convey a sheet bundle, a second path to convey a cover sheet, a joining stage disposed at an intersection of the first path and the second path, a gripping conveyance device arranged for gripping and a conveyance device arranged at a downstream side of the joining stage for conveying out the cover sheet and sheet bundle. The gripping conveyance device includes clamping members to grip the sheet bundle and clamping control device for opening and closing the clamping members. The clamping control device operates the clamping members to grip a lower edge of the sheet bundle when joining the sheet bundle to the cover sheet, and the clamping members to retract to an upstream side of the first path and to grip the sheet bundle again when conveying the joined sheet bundle to the conveyance device. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110280690 | COVER FEEDER FOR SUPPLYING BOOK COVERS TO A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE, A METHOD FOR STACKING BOOK COVERS ON A COVER FEEDER AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE UTILIZING THE COVER FEEDER - A book cover feeder to supply book covers to a production unit of a book production line. The feeder has a guiding side and a driving side for conveying the book covers in a production direction. The book cover feeder comprising includes a feeding device onto which book covers of a single format are deposited singly, in a scaled formation or in a stack formation. A magazine is arranged to receive the covers from the feeding device. The magazine has a stacking shaft. A separating device is operatively arranged relative to the magazine. The feeding device, the cover magazine and the separating device are embodied integrally or adjoining each other. The feeding device includes, on the guiding side and/or the driving side, a side guiding device that is divided into multiple sections arranged one behind the other in the production direction. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120128447 | Cover feeding device - In a cover feeding device ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120141230 | 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 and a corresponding second scoring roll. The first scoring roll opposes the second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location of the cover. A first slider to couple the first scoring roll to the scoring apparatus such that the first slider enables independent adjustment of the first scoring roll relative to the second scoring roll in a first lateral direction relative to the second scoring roll. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120308336 | DEVICE FOR JOINING BOOK BLOCK AND BOOK COVER - Device for joining book block and book cover includes conveyor device, embodied to lift a book block from a lower position into an upper position, and an adhesive application station applying adhesive to the outsides of the book block. Conveyor device and the adhesive application station are arranged so adhesive is applied to the outsides of the book block as it is conveyed by the conveyor device. A removal station is arranged below the adhesive application station and the conveyor device is structured to reverse a direction of movement and to lift and lower the book block and cover in a same vertical plane between the lower position and the upper position. Adhesive application station deactivates adhesive dispensing during the downward movement of the book block with cover. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130259607 | MACHINE FOR ATTACHMENT OF COVER TO BOOK BLOCK AND BOOK BINDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A machine for attachment of a cover to a book block comprises a press plate elevating mechanism for elevating a press plate | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140064882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - When two or more post-processing devices are designated for a print job, two or more attribute values (finished size, imposition method, finishing, etc.) of each print attributes which can be set for the print job are allowed to set. When two or more finished size attribute values are set, finished pages having a size smaller than a given finished size and register marks are sequentially laid out in a finished page having the given finished size in a nested manner. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150063952 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The present invention includes a first post-processor equipped with a paper turn-over unit for paper and a paper surface processing unit adapted to process a paper surface of the paper; a second post-processor configured to be different from the first post-processor and located downstream of the first post-processor in a paper transport direction; and a controller adapted to control the first post-processor and the second post-processor, wherein the controller determines whether to use the paper turn-over unit, according to a combination of a post-processing mode which uses the first post-processor and a post-processing mode which uses the second post-processor. | 03-05-2015 |
| 412020000 | And means simultaneously binding edge | 3 |
| 20120093613 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus including: a stacking section for stacking sheets to form a bundle of sheets; a sheet-conveyance shifting section for conveying a sheet, or a cover sheet to become a cover of a booklet to a predetermined position; a melt tank for storing a hot-melt adhesive, and a bookbinding control section configured to execute a bookbinding mode in which a booklet is formed by coating adhesive inside the melt tank onto an edge surface of a bundle of sheets and adhering the cover sheet to the edge surface, onto which the adhesive has been coated, of the bundle of sheets, and an adhesive discharging mode in which the adhesive inside the melt tank is discharged outside the melt tank. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120141231 | DEVICE FOR ALIGNING AND BINDING SHEETS COMPRISING AN INCLINED SUPPORT SURFACE - A machine ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20140308095 | SYSTEM WITH ONE OR PLURAL COVERS FOR BINDING A STACK OF SHEETS AND COVER, BINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BINDING THE STACK OF SHEETS - The invention relates to a cover for binding a stack of sheets provided with a cover back and cover sheets, wherein the cover back is provided on its inside with a melt glue strip, wherein the cover is provided with at least one identification element, in particular a transponder, in particular a RFID transponder, including an identification feature which is detectable by a reader touch free. The invention furthermore relates to an office binding apparatus with a reader for detecting the identification feature and a system including the cover and the office binding apparatus. | 10-16-2014 |
| 412021000 | Means for casing-in | 5 |
| 20090035094 | APPARATUS FOR PRESSING A BOOK CASING OR A SLIP-FOLD AGAINST AN ADHESIVE-COVERED BACK - An apparatus is provided for pressing a casing or a slip-fold against an adhesive-covered back and adjacent side flanks of a book block, which is conveyed while clamped into a circulating clamp of a perfect binder with the book back projecting downward. The apparatus includes a back pressing device for pressing the casing against the adhesive-covered back and a flank pressing device for pressing the casing against the side flanks. These devices are driven synchronized with the timing of the book binder clamps for conveying the book blocks. At least the flank pressing device is assigned an individual drive unit which is connected to a control device of the perfect binder. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090136323 | Device for transferring a case from a roll-down apparatus to a handover point | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090155022 | Device for feeding book blocks - A perfect-binding machine ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20130078055 | Book Binding Apparatus - The present invention relates to a binding apparatus (10) for facilitating placement of a book block (44) in relation to a cover (16). The cover (16) has front and back panels (28 and 32) for subsequent attachment of the book block (44) to the cover (16). The apparatus (10) includes a first guiding means (46), a second guiding means (56), a first positioning element (54) and a second positioning element (62). The first guiding means (46) is adapted to guide a first edge (58) of the front panel (28). The second guiding means (58) is adapted to guide a second edge (37) of the front panel (28). The first positioning element (54) is movably attached to the first guiding means (46) and is adapted in use to abut at least part of a first peripheral surface (60) of the book block (44). The second positioning element (56) is movably attached to the second guiding means (56) and is adapted in use to abut at least part of a second peripheral surface (64) of the book block (44). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140294539 | Bookbinding Apparatus - A conveyance portion is configured to hold a bundle of paper sheets, the bundle of paper sheets being a plurality of paper sheets stacked in a first direction, and also configured to convey the bundle of paper sheets in a second direction. An adhesive portion forming portion is configured to form an adhesive portion on an end face, in the second direction, of the bundle of paper sheets. A cover sheet holding portion is configured to hold a cover sheet in a state in which the cover sheet and the adhesive portion face each other in the second direction. The bundle of paper sheets is conveyed by the conveyance portion toward a contact position where the adhesive portion comes into contact with the cover sheet. | 10-02-2014 |
| 412022000 | Presser or creaser | 4 |
| 20110176891 | Sheet Post-Processing Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - The present invention provides a sheet post-processing apparatus for performing squaring processing of a spine in a well-looking manner without leaving “wrinkles” on back portion of booklet and an image forming apparatus including such a sheet post-processing apparatus. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120243962 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A folding line is pressed using both a first and second pressing members of press roller pairs. Further, positions of the first and second pressing members are shifted from each other. When the number of the sheets included in a booklet is a predetermined number or less, the folding line is pressed by only the first pressing member. When the number of the sheets is more than the predetermined number, the folding line is pressed by both the first and second pressing members. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130272818 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus, including a sheet processing section which performs predetermined processing on sheets of paper to form a booklet; a booklet ejection section which nips the booklet and ejects the booklet outside; an ejected paper stacking section on which the booklet ejected by the booklet ejection section is stacked; a shutter section which is provided between the booklet ejection section and the ejected paper stacking section and is openable and closable; and an opening and closing mechanism which performs an opening and closing operation that is opening the shutter section when the booklet is ejected by the booklet ejection section and closing the shutter section after the booklet is ejected. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130294869 | BOOKBINDING DEVICE AND PRINT-MEDIUM POST-TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A bookbinding device and a print-medium post-treatment apparatus having the same. In the bookbinding device, when a print medium drops and is loaded a stack plate, a drop position of a leading end of the print medium is changed according to a size of the print medium. This prevents sequence upset of print media when the print media are stacked one above another on the stack plate. | 11-07-2013 |
