Bookbinding: process and apparatus inventions 03/08

20080069664 - Device, method, and computer program product for controlling ring binding: A size storing unit stores a size of a ring member for binding stacked sheets. A range determining unit determines whether a thickness represented by input thickness information is larger than a minimum total thickness of sheets allowed to be bound with a ring member having the stored size and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080063492 - Cover feeding device for a book binding machine: A cover feeding device for a book binding machine features a transport device for feeding covers (1) decollated from a magazine (11), a conveyor (12) that is arranged underneath the plane of motion of the book blocks (7) a pressing device (14) that presses the covers against the spine and... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080056847 - Bookbinding apparatus, bookbinding system, and adhesive coating method: A bookbinding apparatus for forming a booklet by coating an adhesive on a spine of a stack of sheets, including: a coating apparatus, which has an adhesive reservoir to store a liquid of the adhesive, and a coating roller to coat on the spine the adhesive scooped up from the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056848 - Bookbinding system: A bookbinding system comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a bookbinding apparatus; wherein both the image forming apparatus and the bookbinding apparatus include a communication section respectively, for transmitting information from the image forming apparatus to the bookbinding apparatus; the bookbinding apparatus comprises a coating section for coating adhesive on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056849 - Arrangement for the backlining or the headbanding of a book block spine: An arrangement performs backlining or headbanding of a spine of a book block conveyed on a conveying section of a book production line through a backlining station. A feeding device feeds backlining material in a transfer direction perpendicular to a book block conveying direction. A unit includes a cross cutter... Agent: Venable LLP

20080056851 - Adhesive applicator, and bookbinding and image-forming apparatuses equipped with the applicator: A glue container receiving hot-melt adhesive, an applicator roll, an apparatus casing, and disposed therein, a cooling unit and its control unit, for cooling a post-cover-sheet-processed sheaf, are provided. The control unit is configured to halt the cooling unit when adhesive is being applied to a sheaf with the applicator... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20080056850 - Bookbinding apparatus: A bookbinding apparatus includes: a replenishing device having a pellet storing section that stores pellets of adhesive and a replenishing member that takes out the pellets in a countable manner from the pellet storing section; an adhesive reservoir that melts the pellets replenished from the replenishing member and stores the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056852 - Method for assembling notebooks: A method for assembling a notebook including the step of storing a plurality of covers having generally the same size and shape, each cover including a front panel, a rear panel, and a flexible portion positioned between the front and rear panels. The method also includes storing a plurality of... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group