Binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJohn P. Ertel, Akinobu Kuramoto, Robert L. Cobene
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Abstract
Systems and methods of binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent are described. Each sheet to be bound has an exposed binding surface region near a spine edge. A frontside adhesive system is disposed over the frontside binding surface region and comprises a binding agent that is encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules. The adhesive system is non-tacky to enable the sheets to be stacked and individually processed until the binding agent is released from the microcapsules.
Claims20
A system for binding sheets into a bound text body, comprising:
- a plurality of sheets, each sheet having an exposed frontside binding surface region near a spine edge and a frontside adhesive system disposed over the frontside binding surface region and comprising a binding agent encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules,
- wherein the adhesive system is non-tacky to enable the sheets to be stacked and individually processed until the binding agent is released from the microcapsules.
A system for binding sheets into a bound text body, comprising:
- a sheet collector configured to form a text body from a plurality of sheets, each sheet having an exposed binding surface region near a spine edge and an adhesive system disposed over the binding surface region and comprising a binding agent encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules, the adhesive system being non-tacky to enable the sheets to be stacked and individually processed until the binding agent is released from the microcapsules;
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- an adhesive activator configured to activate the adhesive system of each sheet of the text body to form a bound text body.
A method of binding sheets into a bound text body, comprising:
- forming a text body from a plurality of sheets, each sheet having an exposed binding surface region near a spine edge and an adhesive system disposed over the binding surface region and comprising a binding agent encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules, the adhesive system being non-tacky to enable the sheets to be stacked and individually processed until the binding agent is released from the microcapsules;
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- activating the adhesive system of each sheet of the text body to form a bound text body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.