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US 2010/0135749 A1Published application
Binding for books
AssigneeWhite Glove First Edition Books, Inc.
InventorsPaul Robert Thomas, Lawrence Edward Crandall
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a book, comprising a first page, a last page, and a plurality of pages therebetween; a front channel between the first page and the plurality of pages; and a back channel between the last page and the plurality of pages; methods of producing the same; and methods of producing stacks of paper to be used in the book. Also disclosed herein is a stacker, comprising a baseboard; a plurality of page-positioning means; and an adjustable bar.
Claims17
A method of producing a book, comprising
- obtaining a plurality of pages having a first page, a second page, a penultimate page, a last page, a top edge, a bottom edge, a turning edge, and a spine edge, wherein the plurality of pages form a stack of pages glued together at the spine edge of the stack of pages;
- placing a rod between the first page and the second page of the plurality of pages;
- positioning the rod parallel to the spine edge and at a first distance away from the spine edge;
- and
- forming a fold on the first page at both sides of the rod, the fold running from the top edge to the bottom edge.
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A method of producing a stack of pages, comprising
- a) obtaining a plurality of sheets of paper, wherein each sheet of paper is twice as wide as a page of the plurality of pages;
- b) printing content on a front side of each of the plurality of sheets of paper;
- c) folding each of the plurality of sheets of paper in half to obtain a plurality of folded sheets of paper, such that the front side of one half of a folded sheet of paper faces the front side of the second half of the same folded sheet of paper;
- d) gluing the back side of a first folded sheet of paper to the back side of a second folded sheet of paper to obtain a stack of folded sheets of paper;
- e) gluing the back side of another folded sheet of paper to the back side of the top sheet in the stack of folded sheets of paper;
- and
- f) repeating step e) for the remainder of the plurality of the folded sheets of paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.