Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method
AssigneeR&D Automation
InventorHubert Pedurand
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for manufacturing a book on demand, including a cover printing or receiving station designed to respectively print or receive a cover, a body printing or receiving station designed to respectively print or receive a body, a binding station designed to join together the body and the cover, a conveyor designed and/or programmed to convey the cover and/or the body between the different stations, the device is designed to deposit glue in a gluing region on the verso of the cover inside the binding station before the cover and the body are joined together by gluing, forming a book.
Claims25
A device for manufacturing a book on demand, comprising:
- a cover printing or receiving station arranged to respectively print or receive a cover;
- a book block printing or receiving station arranged to respectively print or receive a book block;
- a binding station arranged to assemble the book block and the cover;
- and
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the different stations;
- said device being arranged to deposit adhesive on an adhesive bonding area of the cover inside the binding station before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion, forming a book;
- the device comprising heating means arranged to heat and/or maintain at a heated temperature adhesive deposited on the adhesive bonding area of the cover before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion such that the adhesive is located between the cover and the heating means, the heating means comprising:
- means for generating heat;
- a mouth arranged to limit an extent of a diffusion of the heat;
- and
- a controller arranged and/or programmed to control an opening of the mouth as a function of a quantity and/or a width of adhesive deposited on the adhesive bonding area and/or as a function of a thickness of the book block.
A method for manufacturing a book on demand, comprising:
- printing or receiving, respectively at a cover printing or receiving station, a cover;
- printing or receiving, respectively at a book block printing or receiving station, a book block;
- assembling, at a binding station, the book block and the cover;
- transporting, by transport means, the cover and/or the book block between the different stations;
- depositing adhesive on an adhesive bonding area of the cover inside the binding station before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion, forming a book;
- and
- heating or maintaining at a heated temperature, by heating means, the adhesive deposited on the adhesive bonding area of the cover before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion such that the deposited adhesive is located between the cover and the heating means, the heating or maintaining at a heated temperature comprising:
- generating heat;
- limiting an extent of a diffusion of this heat by means of a mouth;
- and
- controlling, by means of a controller, an opening of the mouth as a function of a quantity and/or a width of adhesive deposited on the adhesive bonding area and/or as a function of a thickness of the book block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.