# US 10,766,290 B2 · Bookbinding machine

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- Number: US 10,766,290 B2
- Document ID: US10766290B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/473,873
- Filed: 2017-04-18
- Published: 2020-05-14
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-04-18
- Assignees: Horizon International Inc.
- Applicants: Horizon International Inc.
- Inventors: Shigeyoshi Tago; Shigenobu Fukuda; Shinya Kitayama; Kosuke Fujiwara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766290B2

## CPC

- B42C 9/0006: {by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets}
- B05C 11/1021: {responsive to presence or shape of target (B05C11/1018 takes precedence)}
- B05C 11/1023: {responsive to velocity of target, e.g. to web advancement rate}
- B42C 9/00: Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding
- B42C 19/08: Conveying between operating stations in machines (conveyors in general B65G)
- B05C 5/0204: {for applying liquid or other fluent material to the edges of essentially flat articles}
- B42C: BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)

## Abstract

A bookbinding machine calculates a rotational speed coefficient, which represents the percent change of a rotational speed of a pump 6 relative to the reference rotational speed of the pump, depending on a thickness of a book block P to be bound and a conveying speed of a clamper by use of a first function defining a relationship between the thickness of the book block and the rotational speed coefficient and a second function defining a relationship between the rotational speed coefficient and the conveying speed of the clamper, calculates the set value of the rotational speed of the pump based on the rotational speed coefficients and the reference rotational speed, and sets the rotational speed of the pump according to the set value of the rotational speed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bookbinding machine comprising:
a nozzle type adhesive application mechanism arranged under a path of conveying a book block to be bound, the nozzle type adhesive application mechanism comprising:
a spray nozzle directed toward the path;
an adhesive supply source;
an adhesive supply pipe for supplying adhesive from the adhesive supply source to the spray nozzle and;
a pump connected to the adhesive supply pipe;
at least one damper adapted to grip the book block while keeping the book block in a standing state and convey the book block along the path,
a pump rotational speed setting section calculating a rotational speed coefficient depending on both of a thickness of the book block and a set value of a conveying speed of the at least one damper by use of first and second functions, the rotational speed coefficient representing the percent change of a rotational speed of the pump relative to the reference rotational speed of the pump, the first function defining a relationship between the thickness of the book block and the rotational speed coefficient, the second function defining a relationship between the conveying speed of the at least one damper and the rotational speed coefficient; the pump rotational speed setting section further calculating a set value of the rotational speed of the pump based on both the rotational speed coefficient and the reference rotational speed of the pump, and performing initial setting of the rotational speed of the pump according to the set value of the rotational speed,
a first input section for receiving inputs of correction magnifications of the rotational speed coefficient for two or more different thicknesses of the book block; and
a first function generation section generating as an alternative to the first function a third function based on the correction magnifications inputted into the first input section, the third function being used for calculating the corrected rotational speed coefficient depending on the thickness of the book block,
wherein, when the correction magnifications of the rotational speed coefficient are inputted into the first input section prior to an operation of the bookbinding machine, the pump rotational speed setting section calculates the corrected rotational speed coefficient depending on the thickness of the book block using the third function, and further calculates the set value of the rotational speed of the pump based on the corrected rotational speed coefficient, and the rotational speed coefficient depending on the set value of the conveying speed of the at least one damper calculated using the second function, and the reference rotational speed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The bookbinding machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second input section for receiving inputs of correction magnifications of the rotational speed coefficient for two or more different conveying speeds of the at least one damper; and
a second function generation section generating as an alternative to the second function a fourth function based on the correction magnifications inputted into the second input section, the fourth function being used for calculating the corrected rotational speed coefficient depending on the conveying speed of the at least one damper, wherein,
when the correction magnifications of the rotational speed coefficient are inputted into the second input section prior to an operation of the bookbinding machine, the pump rotational speed setting section calculates the corrected rotational speed coefficient depending on the set value of the conveying speed of the at least one clamper using the fourth function, and further calculates the set value of the rotational speed of the pump based on the corrected rotational speed coefficient, and the rotational speed coefficient depending on the thickness of the book block calculated using the first or third function, and the reference rotational speed.