Book skew clamping method and device
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsTimothy Andrew Burke, John Brian Duquette
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Abstract
A method for producing a profiled spine in a book having a first side defining a first plane, a second side defining a second plane and a spine. The method includes clamping the book using a first clamp element contacting the first side and the second clamp element contacting the second side and moving the first element with respect to the second element so as to skew the spine by moving at least one of the first side in the first plane and the second side in the second plane.
Claims7
A method for producing a profiled spine in a book having a first side defining a first plane, a second side defining a second plane and a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
- clamping the book using a first clamp element contacting the first side and the second clamp element contacting the second side;
- and
- moving the first element with respect to the second element so as to skew the spine by moving at least one of the first side in the first plane and the second side in the second plane.
A clamp comprising:
- a first clamping element;
- a second clamping element for clamping a bound book;
- and
- an actuating device moving the first clamping element with respect to the second clamping element to create a shearing force on the sides of the book.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.