Book Cover

A method of making a book cover comprising the steps of:

• form cutting a blank from a sheet material, wherein the blank has a substantially rectangular central section and a set of flaps on opposite sides of the central section;
• forming fold lines by creasing or embossing the blank;
• and
• folding the set of flaps along fold lines and adhering the set of flaps onto the central section thereby forming a book cover having a spine and an end cover on either side of the spine wherein most of the area of each end cover is formed from at least three layers of sheet material.

A method of making a book cover comprising the steps of:

• form cutting a blank from a sheet material, wherein the blank has a substantially rectangular central section, a first set of flaps on either side of a central section and a second set of flaps on the remaining opposite sides of the central section;
• forming fold lines by creasing or embossing the blank;
• folding the first set of flaps along first fold lines and adhering the first set of flaps onto the central section;
• and
• folding the second set of flaps along second fold lines and adhering the second pair of flaps over the first pair of flaps thereby forming a book cover having a spine and an end cover on either side of the spine wherein most of the area of each end cover is formed from at least three layers of sheet material.

A method of making a book, comprising the steps of:

• form cutting a blank from a sheet material wherein the blank has a substantially rectangular central section, a first set of flaps on opposite sides of the central section and a second set of flaps on the remaining opposite sides of the central section;
• forming fold lines by creasing or embossing the blank;
• embossing spine ease lines through the central section;
• folding the first set of flaps along first fold lines and adhering the first set of flaps onto the central section;
• folding the second set of flaps along second fold lines and adhering the second set of flaps over the first set of flaps thereby forming a book cover having a spine and an end cover on either side of the spine, wherein the end covers are formed having three or four layers of sheet material over most of their area;
• and
• attaching book pages between the crease lines to form a book.

An apparatus for forming a book cover comprising:

• an in-feed conveyor which conveys a blank of sheet material towards an adhesive station, the adhesive station comprising two sets of adhesive rollers spaced laterally from a centre line of the apparatus, wherein the centre line lies in the direction of travel and the adhesive rollers operate to apply adhesive from an adhesive supply onto a selected area of the blank;
• a travel conveyor to transfer a blank from the adhesive station to a press;
• and
• folders located laterally of the centre line between the adhesive station and press to lift and fold opposite sides of the blank onto a central section of the blank.