201results about "Bookbinding cases" patented technology

A low cost, high speed, high resolution laser printer method and apparatus for re-writable media is presented. A method for finishing of printed sheets into booklets is described. Novel mechanical operations permit the manufacture of a very low-cost, off-line booklet maker for use with desktop laser and ink jet printers. The technology can scale to medium-speed, in-line booklet manufacture. The method is novel because most of the finishing operations are performed on a sheet-by-sheet basis using precision paper positioning and a transverse tool carrier that cuts, scores, folds, punches, and staples the sheets. To form a finished saddle-stitched booklet, each sheet is cut to length determined by its sequence in the booklet and paper thickness, scored, punched (if required), folded, accumulated in a stack, and stapled. The sheet-wise method allows finishing operations to be done with low-cost tools and low actuation forces.

The invention relates to a paper product cementing, paper board positioning and crimping machine equipment, which is used to produce deluxe binding book cover, calendar, wall calendar, book-shape box, folder and son. The full auto covering machine is composed of a Feida rear push paper feeding structure and the cementing structure and paper board feeding table, the folder part comprises a folder structure and a transmission structure, the structure has simple, reasonable and design, the opened design structure is convenient for the no-error operation; the paper board transmission is quick and stable, the positioning is accurate and reliable, which reduces the waste rate of the product.

The invention discloses a full-automatic production line for a double-surface cover of a paper board. The production line mainly comprises a first working section, wherein the first working section mainly comprises a first surface paper conveying mechanism (1), a first glue coating mechanism (2) and a first surface covering mechanism (3). The production line also comprises a second working section, wherein the second working section mainly comprises a second surface paper conveying mechanism (4), a second glue coating mechanism (5) and a second surface covering mechanism (6); and a semi-finished product horizontal turning mechanism (7) is arranged between the first working section and the second working section. The full-automatic production line can fully automatically attach surface paper to the two surfaces of the paper board.

An object resembling the cover of a hardbound book comprises two panels connected by a spine. The outside hinge configuration of the invention prevents the spine from collapsing, even if there are no contents between the two panels. The invention lends itself to a wide variety of book-like products (e.g., a book-like holder for a compact disc and accompanying booklet) where the contents are of changing width (thickness) or where the spine must be of a specific width, irrespective of the width of the contents, and further allows for a binding for a book to be fabricated prior to assembly or insertion of its pages. A hinged cover consistent with the invention comprises a spine and two rigid panels, each panel coupled to the spine and disposed rotatably with respect to the spine, and the spine serves as a hinge stop for each rigid panel, such that each panel, when rotated toward the other panel, is constrained from rotating substantially beyond 90 degrees with respect to the spine. A method of constructing a cover consistent with the invention comprises disposing a rigid front, rear, and spine panel core onto a sheet of pliable material, such that the width of the space between the spine panel core and the other panel cores is based on at least the sum of the thickness of the spine panel core and twice the thickness of the sheet of pliable material.

A print server checks a job ticket for a print job to be processed. When a method of printing set in the printing attributes of the job ticket is case binding, a first thickness of a bookblock is calculated using the paper type set in the printing attributes. The print server calculates a second thickness of a bookblock using the paper type after a change. The print server changes the paper type set in the job ticket when the difference between the first thickness and the second thickness is within a permissible range.

The system and method for binding documents as described creates documents having features such as tabs, finger indexes, tear-out cards, and windows. These features are desirable for both their appearance and functionality and are easily added to a document during sheet-by-sheet processing. A sheet-wise binding system includes a sheet transport path for transporting a plurality of printed sheets in a sheet-wise manner and a punch configured to punch a feature into at least one of the sheets traveling through the sheet transport path. A stacking system is provided for stacking the punched and unpunched sheets and a binding system for binding the stacked sheets is used to form a finished document. A controller is programed to control the sheet transport path and the punch to create the features in selected sheets and at selected locations in the sheets according to a punch schedule.

A binding-in and pressing machine (1) with a plurality of pressing stations (60) and heated joint forming rails situated on a reciprocating carriage (50). An alignment station (20) is provided for aligning the book case joints (2a) at the height of the joint forming rails (49a, b), including a height-adjustable alignment table (21) with rails (22, 23) for supporting the book (2) on the outer edges of its spine and guide elements (28, 6) for centering the book on the alignment table. A separate pre-forming station (40) is also provided that comprises the forming rail (51), clamping plates (41a, b), and joint rails (48a, b) that engage into the book case joints (2a) and counteract a downward movement of at least the book case joints (2a). The books (2) aligned in the alignment station (20) are transferred into the pre-forming station (40) while being clamped in lateral regions near the joints. The effective times available for realizing a functionally safe alignment and a permanent pre-forming of the books are extended due to the assignment of the alignment and pre-forming functions to two separate stations.

A current invention provides a sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of obtaining a sheet bundle which can be double-leaved and released without use of any binding device. A slit S to which a projection Pa provided at an end portion opposite to a side to be bound by a binding portion of a front cover P1 is formed in a back cover P3 of a sheet bundle PA by an insertion portion forming portion. Further, creases L1, L2 for inserting the projection Pa into the slit S while surrounding sheets P2 existing between the front cover P1 and the back cover P2 are formed in the back cover P3 of the sheet bundle PA by a crease forming portion.

A book on demand system for manufacturing a set books. The system includes an order placement system and a book manufacturing system. The order placement system includes a computer and a database for storing books in an electronic form. A customer can operate the computer to access the database and to select a set of books to purchase. In addition, the customer can define the storage space will be used to store the set of books. The computer responds to this customer input by manufacturing the set of books so that the books can be placed physically within the storage space.

The invention discloses the improvement of a lateral taping mechanism of a full automatic edge bander; the lateral taping mechanism is provided with a frame; the frame is provided with a conveying platform; the mechanism is characterized in that both sides of the conveying platform are provided with a positioning beam and a flanging device; the positioning beam can move up and down relative to the conveying platform; the flanging device is installed at the outer side of the positioning beam; the flanging device comprises a flanging base and a flanging plate; the flanging plate is installed onthe flanging base; the flanging plate can move up and down on the flanging base and is mutually matched with the positioning beam; and the flanging base can move left and right relative to the conveying platform of the frame. The mechanism has low requirement for the width of paperboard side, relatively wide use range, clean and flat surface of the produced paperboard.

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 case, which is preferably also embossed.

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 the first reference line. A first book stop is included defining a stack engaging surface which is positioned intermediate the cover engaging surfaces of the first upper and lower cover stops and with said stack engaging surface extending a distance past said first reference line towards the book receiving surface. The first upper and lower cover stops are positioned to engage top and bottom cover sections of the cover, with the stack engaging surface being positioned to contact the edge of the stack so as to precisely align the stack with respect to the top and bottom cover sections in one direction. A second alignment member includes elements similar to that of the first alignment member so as to precisely the align the stack with respect to the top and bottom cover sections long a second reference line normal to the first reference line.

A conveying device that conveys a sheet bundle with a flattened back-face portion includes a first conveying unit, a driving unit, and a second conveying unit. The first conveying unit retracts to a position where no driving force is exerted on the sheet bundle before a leading end of the sheet bundle formed in a flat spine shape enters, and abuts on the sheet bundle to exert conveying force after the leading end of the sheet bundle passes a conveying position. The driving unit moves the first conveying unit to retract to the position and to abut on the sheet bundle. The second conveying unit is positioned on an upstream side of the first conveying unit in a sheet bundle conveying direction and conveys the sheet bundle towards the first conveying unit.

An apparatus for manufacturing book covers having a board feed for supplying cover boards and a spine insert having a covering material feed for supplying covering material, having a covering material cylinder, by means of which the supplied covering material is taken over, conveyed past a glue spreading roller and assembled with the supplied cover boards and having a folding and pressing apparatus as well as having a delivery apparatus and having a drive apparatus for the covering material feed, the board feed the covering material cylinder and the folding and pressing apparatus it is provided that at least the covering material feed the board feed and the folding and pressing apparatus are drivable in each case independently of one another. The covering material cylinder is preferably also provided with an independent drive. The independent drives are preferably servomotors, which are designed in each case as a slave and follow a virtual master The essential advantages of said apparatus are product-protecting and efficient fault handling as well as simple setting-up and correction operations.

An apparatus selects a cover layout type to be used during bookbinding processing from among a plurality of cover layout types, and determines page data to be laid out in a cover area, from among page data included in original data. The apparatus lays out the determined page data in the cover area according to the selected cover layout type, and generates a print job based on the original data and a result of laying out the determined page data in the cover area.

An apparatus and a method are provided for making hard book cover assemblies. The apparatus may include a cutter (210) for removing a portion of cover material from a hard book cover assembly. Cutting may be performed without releasing the assembly from a conveyor (28).

A cover S is fed between pairs of first and second feed rollers 2, 3; 4, 5 which synchronously rotate in the same direction, each of first and second creasing units 13, 14 composed of a fixed die 15 and a movable die 16 is disposed between the pairs of first and second feed rollers, the fixed and movable dies are opposite to each other and with a feed path F of the cover therebetween, a sensor 29 is disposed between the pair of first feed rollers 2, 3 and the first creasing unit 13 for detecting a front end of the cover, rotation number of the pairs of first and second feed rollers is controlled, the pairs of first and second feed rollers are stopped, the creasing unit is operated, and the movable die is pressed on the fixed die every time the cover is fed by a predetermined length from the sensor so that at least one crease is formed on the cover.

The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for producing cases with rounded corners. According to this method, the corner edge (10) that protrudes in the region of a rounded corner (9) is initially uprighted and turned over and subsequently pressed on the cover boards (7a, b, c) together with the turning-over and pressing-on of the lateral edge (11a) of an adjacent lateral border, in the same station (1). The apparatus comprises at least one rounded corner tool (3) that is arranged in the same station (1) in the which the lateral edges (11a, b) of opposed lateral borders that lie parallel to one another are uprighted, turned over, and pressed on the cover. The rounded corner tool (3) can be moved (b) toward the center of the case and out of the effective range of the lateral turn-in device (24) immediately before the turning-over and pressing-on movement (c, d) of the lateral turn-in device (24).

The invention relates to a device (1) for making a groove in a cardboard blank according to the roller working principle. The device comprises a driven horizontally-supporting conveying roller (11); a plurality of encircling roller, which are continuously encircled, and spaced from each other, and are used to coil the conveying roller under the condition of forming the inlet and the outlet; and belts (51), which are disposed on the roller housing in a pressed manner, and can be used to conveying the cardboard blank effectively. Groove cutters (72) are disposed between the belts at certain intervals, which are limited by the roller housing. The grooved cardboard blank is not required to be taken out and overturned, when the cut grooves (3a) can be observed from the upper part during the operation. The outlet (15) is disposed in an area of the top point of the upper part of the conveying roller. In addition, the grooved cardboard blank (3) can be discharged at the top point of the upper part to form an material-taking height good for the human engineering, especially when the cardboard is disposed on the outlet (15), and is disposed on the lower stacking bench (112).

A binding cover having a transparent overlay cover disposed over and around the spine of the binding is configured to provide a label pocket on the spine portion of the binding cover wherein a label may be inserted easily without tools or rigid label material. In several embodiments the label pocket provides a fixed label space. In another embodiment the label pocket opens along the spine when the binding cover is opened, and returns to a closed position when closed, thereby retaining a label inserted therein. In another embodiment a method for forming the label pocket is provided.