Calendar binding apparatus and related methods
AssigneeSlideco NV
InventorMurray B. Blumberg
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for binding a single printed sheet with top and bottom binders to form a single sheet calendar. The apparatus includes a binder feeding mechanism for positioning the top and bottom binders relative to the single printed sheet. The apparatus includes first and second spaced, parallel binding units for respectively securing the top and bottom binders to the single sheet, with the first binding unit having an upper member and a lower member to define a sheet-receiving channel there between. At least one of the upper member or the lower member is heated, and at least one of the upper member or the lower member is controllably movable relative to the other of the upper member or the lower member, to secure one of the binders to the single sheet.
Claims23
An apparatus for binding a single printed sheet with a top binder to form a single:
- sheet calendar, comprising:
- a binder feeding mechanism for positioning the top binder relative to the single printed sheet;
- a first binding unit for securing the top binder to the single sheet, said first binding unit having an upper member and a lower member to define a sheet-receiving channel there between, at least one of said upper member or said lower member being heated, at least one of said upper member or said lower member being controllably movable relative to the other of said upper member or said lower member to secure one of the binders to the single sheet;
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- a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the single sheet toward said sheet- receiving channel of said first binding unit.
An apparatus for binding a single printed sheet with top and bottom binders to form a single sheet calendar, comprising:
- a binder feeding mechanism for positioning the top and bottom binders relative to the single printed sheet;
- first and second spaced, parallel binding units for respectively securing the top and bottom binders to the single sheet, each of said binding units having a heated lower member and an upper member defining a sheet-receiving channel there between, said lower member being heated and said upper member being controllably movable toward the lower member to respectively secure the top and bottom binders to the single sheet, at least one of said binding units being movable relative to the other of said binding units for accommodating single sheets of different lengths, said binding units having fixed positions relative to one another during securing of the binders to the single sheet and
- a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the single sheet toward said sheet-receiving channels of said binding units.
A method of making a single sheet calendar, comprising
- feeding a single printed sheet along opposed channels of a pair of spaced, parallel binding units;
- feeding a pair of binders relative to the single sheet;
- controllably directing heat from the binding units to the binders;
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- closing the channels to secure the binders to the single sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.