US 2019/0152249 A1Published application

Book binding device

AssigneeHorizon International Inc.

InventorsShigenobu FUKUDA, Takehito YOKOGI, Yoshihide IWAYAMA

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Abstract

A bookbinding device includes a control unit for calculating set parameter values for a clamper and a processing unit on the basis of thickness on a book body to be bound, and initially setting the clamper and the processing unit in accordance with the set parameter values. The control unit includes an input unit for receiving an input of a reference parameter value for two or more different book body thicknesses; a function generation unit for generating, on the basis of the reference parameter value, a function for calculating a set parameter value that has been adjusted in accordance with the book body thickness; a parameter calculation unit for calculating, on the basis of the book body thickness, the set adjusted parameter value by using the function; and an initial setting unit for initially setting the clamper and the processing unit in accordance with the set adjusted parameter value.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A book binding device comprising:

at least one clamper movable along a predetermined conveying path, the clamper having one or more parameters adjustable depending on the thickness of a book block;
a series of processing units arranged along the conveying path to carry out bookbinding for the book block gripped by the clamper, each of the processing units having one or more parameters adjustable depending on the thickness of the book block;
a control unit operatively connected to the clamper and processing units to calculate set values of the parameters based on the information about the thickness of a book block to be bound and perform initial settings of the clamper and processing units according to the set values of the parameters, characterized in that
the control unit comprises:
an input section for receiving inputs of reference values of the parameters for two or more different thicknesses of the book block;
a function generation section generating functions for calculating adjusted set values of the parameters depending on the thickness of the book block based on the reference values inputted to the input section;
a parameter calculation section calculating the adjusted set values of the parameters using the functions based on the information about the thickness of a book block to be bound;
and
an initial setting section performing initial settings of the clamper and processing units according to the adjusted set values of the parameters.

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