Bookbinding: process and apparatus – Apparatus – Finishing apparatus
Patent
1993-05-26
1995-07-04
Fridie, Willmon
Bookbinding: process and apparatus
Apparatus
Finishing apparatus
B42C 1102
Patent
active
054294681
ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, an apparatus is provided for aligning a cover to the spine of a book block in a book binder, the binder including clamp means for clamping the block. The clamp means is movable along a track to transport the block in a substantially horizontal direction to a station in which a cover is aligned and glued to the spine of the block. The apparatus comprises a table disposed in the station for supporting the cover thereon, the clamp means being movable over the table. The apparatus further comprising a cover feeder for feeding the cover onto the table. The clamp means includes cover engagement means provided at the trailing end thereof and adapted to be engaged with the trailing edge of the cover on the table when the clamp means is moved over the table in the station. The cover is aligned intermediate its length to the spine of the block and transported by the engagement means with the movement of the clamp means.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4491448 (1985-01-01), Anders et al.
European Patent Office Communication, Application No. 93250147.1, Date Oct. 4, 1993, p. 1.
European Search Report, Application No. EP 93 25 0147, Date of completion of the search Sep. 15, 1993, p. 1.
Annex to the European Search Report on European Patent Application No. EP 93 25 0147, Sep. 15, 1993, p. 1.
Abstract, 93250147.1, p. 1.
"The Golf 370 Perfect Binder--An Investment for the Future" published by A M Wohlenberg GmbH in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, 8 pages.
Fridie Willmon
Horizon International Inc.
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