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US 2013/0170925 A1Published application
Book Binding Adhesive Application Controller
OwnerDonnie Donselmaninventor
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Abstract
A device for controlling the application of glue on the spine of a book. The device consists of a computerized controller that tracks the precise location of the book in the binding system, and a servo motor that controls a doctor blade, the servo motor is connected to the controller and is instructed when to open or close the doctor blade at the precise time to precisely place the glue on the book spine. The doctor blade can also be adjusted to control the thickness of the glue on the book spine.
Claims3
A device for controlling the thickness of glue applied to the back of a book during the book binding process, said device comprising:
- a glue pot having at least two glue wheels therein;
- said glue pot a vessel for holding liquefied glue for application to the back of a book to bind said book;
- said glue wheel positioned in glue pot such that a bottom portion is immersed in said liquefied glue and a top portion is positioned such that said book back rolls across said glue wheel for application of said glue;
- a doctor blade that is positioned near the glue wheel to control the thickness of the glue on the wheel and hence the glue applied to the book back;
- a book binder that collects paper into a book, holds said book in a clamp, and runs said book back of the glue wheel to apply glue to the back of the book;
- a means for controlling the position of the doctor blade in relation to the glue to control the thickness of the glue on the wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.