Bookbinding: process and apparatus inventions 05/09

20090136322 - Method for thermally binding a bundle of loose leaves and binding element applied thereby: Method for thermally binding a bundle of loose leaves in a binding back (4), characterised in that on a side edge (2) of the above-mentioned bundle (1) to be bound is provided a strip of melting glue (3), after which this bundle (1) is placed in the above-mentioned binding back... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090136323 - Device for transferring a case from a roll-down apparatus to a handover point: A device (19) for transferring a case (1, 1.1, 1.2) that is assembled from pasteboard and/or cardboard (3) and a cloth (2) from a roll-down apparatus (16) that is composed of a cloth cylinder (11) and at least one pressing roller (15) and interconnects the glued cloth (2) and the... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090136324 - Tape type binding apparatus and paper staple: A tape type binding apparatus includes a cutter portion formed in a U-shape inside which a paper staple is held, a paper table formed with a drawing hole through which cutter blades of the cutter portion can be inserted, a pair of pressing members arranged on respective sides of the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090129892 - Book-binding system: A book-binding system includes an image forming apparatus, a binder, a detector, and an operation unit. The image forming apparatus forms images on a plurality of sheets. The binder is connectable to the image forming apparatus and binds with a binding member the plurality of sheets on which the images... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090129893 - Bookbinding processing apparatus and control method thereof and program: A bookbinding processing apparatus capable of setting values for each item of post-processing functions on printed sheets and a control method thereof display, on a display unit, an operation screen for inputting setting values for each item of post-processing functions, and an setting value for each item is input using... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123254 - Process and arrangement for covering a flat blank with a cover: A process and an arrangement for covering a flat-lying blank, preferably made of cardboard with a cover, in particular applicable in the production of book covers is described. The covering takes place in cycles in a number of working stations, whereby an overall cycle time can be given to each... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090116935 - Single axis apparatus for manufacturing hard book cover: An apparatus for producing hard book cases (covers) can make cases including tucked and folded corners. The apparatus can track the progress of the book case throughout the assembly process and can accurately align the unfinished assembly with the tucking and folding devices of the apparatus. Short runs of different... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC