Book block finishing machine
OwnerMichael Speller, Ross Hogeinventors
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Abstract
A book block finishing machine includes a forming unit to receive a printed web and a sheeting unit downstream from the forming unit to receive the web and to separate the web into at least one plurality of sheets. The machine also includes a batcher unit that includes at least one hopper to receive and stack each plurality of sheets to form at least one book block. The batcher unit also includes at least one adhesive applicator. Each adhesive applicator is operable to apply adhesive to at least one edge of each book block to bind together the plurality of sheets forming each book block.
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A method of assembling book blocks, the method comprising:
- a) receiving a continuous printed web;
- b) separating the web into a plurality of sheets;
- c) stacking the plurality of sheets in a hopper to form a book block;
- d) applying adhesive to at least one edge of the book block so that the plurality of sheets forming the book block are bound together.
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A book block finishing machine comprising:
- a forming unit to receive a printed web;
- a sheeting unit downstream from the forming unit to receive the web and to separate the web into at least one plurality of sheets;
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- a batcher unit comprising at least one hopper to receive and stack each plurality of sheets to form at least one book block, the batcher unit further comprising at least one adhesive applicator, each adhesive applicator operable to apply adhesive to at least one edge of each book block to bind together the plurality of sheets forming each book block.
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A batcher unit for use in a book block finishing machine, the batcher unit comprising:
- at least one hopper to receive a plurality of sheets to form a book block;
- at least one adhesive applicator, each adhesive applicator operable to apply adhesive to at least one edge of the book block to bind together the plurality of sheets in the book block.
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A shingle and interrupt unit comprising:
- at least one first conveyor to receive a plurality of sheets, and at least a second conveyor downstream from each first conveyor,
- each first conveyor operating at a first speed that is slower than a speed at which the first conveyor receives the plurality of sheets so that sequential ones of each plurality of sheets will be at least partially overlapped when they are transferred from a fast conveyor to the first conveyor forming at least one shingled stream;
- each second conveyor selectably operable at a second speed that is faster than the first speed so that a gap can be formed between sequential ones of the plurality of sheets transferred from the first conveyor to the second conveyor;
- at least one interrupter opposing each first conveyor, each interrupter movable between a rest position, in which the at least one shingled stream can flow in a downstream direction, and an activated position, in which the interrupter engages at least one sheet in the each of the at least one shingled streams to inhibit downstream movement of the at least one designated sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.