B42C 5/02
Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding: by
Official title: by rounding or backing
B42C5/02 (Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding: by) appears on 36 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 3 Jan 2023
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186440 A1Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Book production system and method21 Apr 2022US 2022/0118788 A1Revival Ai LLC
- Device and method for simultaneous square folding of the spine and trimming of booklets27 Jan 2022US 2022/0024240 A1Plockmatic International AB
- Book Production Line and Method for Producing Individual Books as well as Very Short and Short Runs of Books15 Oct 2020US 2020/0324566 A1Muller Martini Holding AG
- An Improved Round Corner Cutting Machine for Exercise Note Books11 Jun 2020US 2020/0180340 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spine folded portion flattening apparatus, sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus15US 7,431,273 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- Method and apparatus for aligning a pile of sheets provided with perforations for bindings13US 4,537,545 Abielomatik Leuze GmbH & Co. · 1985
- Method and apparatus for rounding the backs of book blocks9US 5,114,293 AKolbus GmbH & Co. KG · 1992
- Apparatus for rounding the spines of book blocks9US 5,658,111 AKolbus GmbH & Co. KG · 1997
- Device for rounding and backing book blocks9US 6,168,363 AKolbus GmbH & Co. KG · 2001