US 2010/0263429 A1 · Apparatus And Method For Attaching Edging To A Sheet

Abstract

An apparatus for attaching edging (13) to a sheet (12) has two stationary guides (5, 8) at each end. An upper hollow guide (8) is mounted on top of a lower guide (5). A fixed base (4) is placed between the lower guides (5). A hollow profile (1) is vertically movable between the guides. A binding rail (2) is placed on the underside of the profile (1). The upper guide (8) is placed inside the profile. A space (9) is created between the upper interior of the profile and the upper exterior of the upper guide. Another space (7) is created between the lower interior of the profile and the lower exterior side of the upper guide. A flexible element (10,11) is placed in each space. The elements can in turn be filled or emptied with a gas or a liquid. The fixed base is preferably provided with magnets. In use the upper flexible element (10) is filled and the lower (11) is emptied. An edging and a sheet is placed between the fixed base (4) and the binding rail (2). The upper element (10) is emptied and the lower (11) is filled forcing the profile and thus the binding rail down in order to attach the edging. Hereafter the upper flexible element (10) is filled and the lower (11) is emptied to release the sheet with the attached edging. The sheets are preferably posters and pictures and the edging is preferably metallic or magnetic.

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Dependent claims

A device for pressing an item (13) around an end side or edge (17) of an object, the device comprising:

a profile (1);
a binding rail (2) mounted on an underside of the profile, the profile (1) and the binding rail (2) being movable upwardly and downwardly in relation to first and second stationary mechanical guides (5, 8) which are mounted on each other, the first stationary mechanical guide (8) being placed in the profile (1) such that the first stationary mechanical guide (8) has a lower external side which faces a lower internal side of the profile (1) and an upper external side which faces an upper internal side of the profile (1), two spaces being created between the external sides of the guide (8) and the internal side of the profile (1), an upper space and a lower space, each of these spaces receiving at least one flexible element (10, 11) that can be filled and emptied with a fluid, a fixed base mounted to the second stationary mechanical guide (5), the fixed base (4) being parallel with and under the binding rail (2) such that filling the at least one flexible element located in the upper space moves the profile and binding rail upwardly, to form a gap which receives an item and an edge of the object therein, and filling the at least one flexible element in the lower space moves the profile and binding rail downwardly towards the fixed base so as to press the item and fix the item to the edge of the object.

A method for pressing an item (13) around an end side or edge (17) of an object, the method comprising:

providing a device having:
a profile (1);
a binding rail (2) mounted on an underside of the profile, the profile (1) and the binding rail (2) being movable upwardly and downwardly in relation to first and second stationary mechanical guides (5, 8) which are mounted on each other, the first stationary mechanical guide (8) being placed in the profile (1) such that the first stationary mechanical guide (8) has a lower external side which faces a lower internal side of the profile (1) and an upper external side which faces an upper internal side of the profile (1), two spaces being created between the external sides of the guide (8) and the internal side of the profile (1), an upper space and a lower space, each of these spaces receiving at least one flexible element (10, 11) that can be filled and emptied with a fluid, a fixed base mounted to the second stationary mechanical guide (5), the fixed base (4) being parallel with and under the binding rail (2) such that filling the at least one flexible element located in the upper space moves the profile and binding rail upwardly, to form a gap which receives the item and an edge of the object therein, and filling the at least one flexible element in the lower space moves the profile and binding rail downwardly towards the fixed base so as to press the item and fix the item to the edge of the object;
filling the upper flexible element to move the binding rail away from the fixed base to form a gap;
placing the item in the gap;
placing the edge of the object in the item located within the gap;
minimizing the upper flexible element while filling the flexible element in the lower space to move the binding rail into pressing the item to engage the edge of the object to fix the item thereto;
expanding the upper flexible element while minimizing the lower flexible element to move the binding rail away from the item fixed to the edge of the object;
and,
removing the item and object from the gap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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