Apparatus and method of on demand printing, binding, and trimming a perfect bound book
AssigneePerfect Systems, LLC
InventorJeffrey Marsh
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Abstract
A printing and binding apparatus (1) is disclosed which can print on demand, bind, and trim a perfect bound book. The apparatus includes one or more text page printers (110, 200) and a color cover printer (114). The text page printers print the text pages of a book and form the text pages into a book block (BB). The color cover printer (114) prints a cover for the book. The book block and the cover are delivered to a binding station at which the spine (S) of the book block is adhesively bound to the cover. The bound book is then delivered to a trimming station (TS) at which excess margins (are trimmed from the book. A method of printing and binding a perfect bound book on demand is also disclosed.
Claims9
1-41. (canceled)
Apparatus for the on demand printing and binding a book, the latter comprising a book block having of a plurality of text pages with one edge of said book block constituting a spine, said apparatus comprising a text page printer for printing the text pages of said book, an accumulator receiving said text pages printed by said text page printer and forming said book block, a cover printer for printing a cover for said book, a cover transfer conveyor for conveying said cover to a binding station, a first clamp gripping said book block with said spine exposed, an adhesive applicator applying an adhesive so as to be disposed between a portion of said cover and said spine of said book block as said cover and said book block are brought together so as to bind the cover to the book block, and a second clamp engageable with said cover so as to clamp said cover to said book block adjacent said spine thereby to effect the adhesive binding of said cover to said book block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.