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US 12,214,610 B2Granted
Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method
AssigneeR&D Automation
InventorHubert Pedurand
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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.
Claims38
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,
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits arranged and/or programmed to manipulate the cover and/or the book block, and
- said device is 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 an adhesive applicator gun, the robotic arm being arranged and/or programmed to grip the adhesive applicator gun to deposit adhesive on the adhesive bonding area of the cover when the cover is placed in the binding station.
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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,
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits arranged and/or programmed to manipulate the cover and/or the book block, and
- the device includes a creasing station arranged to crease the cover along parallel lines extending over an entire width or length of the cover, the robotic arm being arranged and/or programmed to insert the cover in the creasing station in a creasing position.
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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,
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits arranged and/or programmed to manipulate the cover and/or the book block, and
- the device includes a notch binding station, the robotic arm being arranged and/or programmed to transport the book block from the book block printing or receiving station and up to the notch binding station and from the notch binding station up to the binding station, the notch binding station comprising a book block container and means for notch binding an edge of the book block when it is arranged in the book block container of the notch binding station.
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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,
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits arranged and/or programmed to manipulate the cover and/or the book block, and
- the device includes a trimming station arranged to trim the book, the trimming station is linked to a catch tray, the robotic arm being arranged and/or programmed to transport the book block in an initial format, up to the trimming station, then hold the book block in the trimming station for cutting into one part of the book block held in the robotic arm and another part of the book block cut and directed towards the catch tray, then assemble the two parts of the book block so as to form in the robotic arm a book block having a reduced format, but having an increased thickness in comparison with its initial format.
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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,
- transport means arranged and/or programmed to transport the cover and/or the book block between the cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits arranged and/or programmed to manipulate the cover and/or the book block,
- the device includes a notch binding station, the robotic arm being arranged and/or programmed to transport the book block from the book block printing or receiving station and up to the notch binding station and from the notch binding station up to the binding station, the notch binding station comprising a book block container and means for notch binding an edge of the book block when it is arranged in the book block container of the notch binding station, and
- the device includes a trimming station arranged to trim the book,
- the robotic arm is arranged and/or programmed to transport the book from the notch binding station and up to the trimming station.
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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 cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits manipulating the cover and/or the book block,
- said method comprising 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, the robotic arm gripping an adhesive applicator gun to deposit adhesive on the adhesive bonding area of the cover when the cover is placed in the binding station.
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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 cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits manipulating the cover and/or the book block,
- the method comprising creasing, by means of a creasing station, the cover along parallel fold lines extending over an entire width or length of the cover, the robotic arm inserting the cover in the creasing station in a creasing position.
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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 cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits manipulating the cover and/or the book block,
- the robotic arm transporting the book block from the book block printing or receiving station and up to a notch binding station and/or from the notch binding station up to the binding station, the notch binding station comprising a book block container and means that notch bind an edge of the book block when it is arranged in the book block container of the notch binding station before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion, forming the book.
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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 cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits manipulating the cover and/or the book block
- the method comprising trimming, by means of a trimming station, the book
- the trimming station being linked to a catch tray, the robotic arm transports the book block in an initial format, up to the trimming station, then hold the book block in the trimming station for cutting into one part of the book block held in the robotic arm and another part of the book block cut and directed towards the catch tray, then assemble the two parts of the book block so as to form, in the robotic arm, a book block having a reduced format, but having an increased thickness in comparison with its initial format.
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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 cover printing or receiving station, the book block printing or receiving station, and the binding station,
- wherein the transport means comprise a robotic arm equipped with digits manipulating the cover and/or the book block
- and wherein:
- the robotic arm transports the book block from the book block printing or receiving station and up to a notch binding station and/or from the notch binding station up to the binding station, the notch binding station comprising a book block container and means that notch bind an edge of the book block when it is arranged in the book block container of the notch binding station before assembly of the cover and the book block by adhesion, forming the book,
- the method comprising trimming, by means of a trimming station, the book
- the robotic arm transports the book from the notch binding station and up to the trimming station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.