Notebook and manufacturing method therefor

The notebook according to claim 10, wherein a release agent is applied in stripes on both sides of each ridge formed on one folded side of the multiplicity of stacked folded sheet pairs forming the text unit.

The notebook according to claim 10, wherein each unit form has a form face, and the form face includes a main data region equipped with a plurality of horizontal ruled lines, and the horizontal ruled lines include a ruled line formed of micro characters.

The notebook according to claim 10, having a print pattern characterized by an uppermost or lowermost ruled line or a line above the horizontal ruled line that is formed of characters having point sizes which sequentially increase or decrease in a range of from 0.3 point up to 2 to 4 point toward an end of the line, and the point sizes become maximum or minimum at an intermediate point of the line.

The notebook according to claim 10, wherein said spine comprises a binding cloth paper or fabric, and said mesh cloth comprises a meshed cheesecloth or gauze cloth.

The notebook according to claim 10, wherein outer surfaces of said front and back covers are each recessed in a stripe form along the one folded side of the stacked unit form group,

• said spine is formed of a binding cloth paper and disposed to straddle over the recessed part of the front cover and the recessed part of the back cover so as to be flush with the front cover and the back cover.

(canceled)

A notebook, comprising:

• a stack of folded unit form group (text unit) formed by stacking a multiplicity of sheet pairs each comprising a pair of neighboring unit forms connected and folded with each other via a rouletted fold line,
• a mesh cloth impregnated with a liquid adhesive and directly applied against a back folded side of the unit form group for adhesion, and
• a front cover, a spine and a back cover disposed so as to wrap the unit form group, thereby providing an integrated notebook structure.

The process for producing a notebook according to claim 17, wherein:

• said one folded side is cut off while leaving the other folded side of the text unit before or after the disposition of the spine onto the stack of the front cover, the text unit and the back cover.

The process for producing a notebook according to claim 17, wherein said continuous web form is provided through steps of:

• successively printing a multiplicity of unit forms including horizontal ruled lines formed of a succession of micro characters by a printer equipped with an endless belt-shaped printing plate on one surface of a continuous web form,
• inverting the front and back surfaces of the continuous web form with a form inverter,
• printing on the other surface of the continuous web form a multiplicity of unit forms including a horizontal ruled line formed of a succession of micro characters by another printer equipped with an endless belt-shaped printing plate to provide the continuous web form with prints on both surfaces.

A process for producing a notebook according to claim 17, wherein said rouletted hold line is provided between each neighboring pair of unit forms by micro rouletting in a width direction of the continuous web form.

The process for producing a notebook according to claim 17, wherein the disposition of the mesh cloth impregnated with an adhesive between the back of the stack of the front cover, text unit and back cover and the spine, is performed by pressing of the spine onto the back of the stack so as to wrap the latter, after successive application of the adhesive and the mesh cloth or application of the mesh cloth preliminarily impregnated with the liquid adhesive onto the back of the stack.

(canceled)