Bookbinding: process and apparatus inventions 02/07

20070036636 - Book-making equipment and a book-making method using the same: In a book-making equipment (1) in which laminated sheet papers (10) permit one elevational end side to be bonded on a work table to produce a booklet. The laminated sheet papers (10) are thrown into a hollow space between pressure surfaces (20) with the book-making equipment (1) stood on the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070036637 - Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system: A bookbinding apparatus for bookbinding such that a cover sheet forms a front and a back cover by bonding the cover sheet to a spine portion of a bundle of sheets, the bookbinding apparatus including a cover-sheet outfitting device which can be raised and lowered for holding and conveying a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070036638 - Bookbinding apparatus: There are provided bookbinding apparatuses that wrap a bundle of sheets with a cover and form back corners, and have a detecting unit for detecting a wave amount of a bundle of sheets. A type of such an apparatus includes a controller to control a time period to form back... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070031211 - Adhesive binding method and device for carrying out this method: In order to produce an adhesive binding for bookbinding, in which the sheets, in letter paper format, are perforated on the folding edge, folded, provided with adhesive on the folding edge and assembled to form a book block, the perforating process is carried out on the folding edge in such... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20070031213 - Bookmaking apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A bookmaking apparatus joins sheets together to creating a booklet by securely and uniformly adhering a cover sheet to a backside edge of a sheet bundle. The apparatus includes a sheet support device for holding the sheet bundle in a substantially vertical posture, and an adhesive application device to apply... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070031212 - Device for joining additional parts to a book block spine: The device comprises a delivery device (4-9) that delivers the additional part (2) into a delivery position (10) that is spaced apart from the book block spine (11a). The transfer device (13) comprises at least two holding elements (14a, b) that move in a reciprocating fashion and the cycles of... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070031214 - Binding elements and plurality of binding elements particularly suited for automated processes: A plurality of binding elements, each of a substantially uniform thickness, the fingers being looped over and coupled to the spine such that the inner surface of the fingers is disposed against the inner surface of the spine by an adhesive when assembled. In an embodiment, at least a portion... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP