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US 2006/0067808 A1Published application
Method and system of sheet-wise binding of documents
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorEric Hoarau
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Abstract
A method and system for binding of sheets includes providing an adhesive layer supported on a first side of a backing material. Plural sheets are accumulated against the adhesive layer, and heat is applied to a side of the adhesive layer adjacent the backing material to locally melt only a portion of the adhesive layer in a vicinity of an additional sheet accumulated against the adhesive layer.
Claims21
A method of binding sheets, comprising:
- providing an adhesive layer on a first side of a backing material;
- and
- applying heat to a side of the adhesive layer adjacent the backing material to locally melt only a portion of the adhesive layer in a vicinity of a sheet placed against the adhesive layer.
A method of binding sheets, comprising:
- accumulating plural sheets to be bound by placing an edge of each sheet adjacent an adhesive strip;
- locally heating the adhesive strip to selectively melt a portion of the adhesive on the adhesive strip in a vicinity of less than all of the plural sheets to be bound.
A system for binding sheets, comprising:
- a clamp for accumulating plural sheets;
- an adhesive layer disposed adjacent an edge of each of the plural sheets;
- and
- a heater for locally heating the adhesive layer only in a vicinity of an additional sheet added to the plural sheets accumulated in the clamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.