US 4,872,797 A · Book opening apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for opening a book having a plurality of pages held in assembled relation with adjacent foredges substantially in contact with one another. The apparatus includes a rotatable pin for initiating separation of pages of the book by contacting and entering the book at one end of the adjacent foredges to thereby cause one of the pages to be separated from a next adjacent of the pages at a selected location in the book. Additionally, at a ribbon inserting station, a ribbon inserter can be provided to insert a ribbon into the selected location in the book between the one of the pages and the next adjacent of the pages. The apparatus may also include a knife assembly downstream of the rotatable pin which is adapted to maintain separation of the pages upon entering the book at the selected location for any purpose such as accommodating insertion of a ribbon by the ribbon inserter. With this arrangement, the book opening apparatus is well suited for opening a book without damage to the pages thereof.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for opening a book at a preselected location in the book, the book having a plurality of pages held in assembled relation with adjacent foredges substantially in contact with one another, the apparatus comprising:

means for delivering the book to an opening station, said delivering means being adapted to move the book from a supply station to the opening station and thereafter away from said opening station;
means at said opening station for holding the pages of the book in assembled relation as the book is moved by said delivering means;
and
rotatable means at said opening station for initiating separation of the pages of the book by contacting and entering the book at one end of the adjacent foredges of the pages, said rotatable means causing one of the pages to be separated from the next adjacent page at said preselected location in the book,

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An apparatus for inserting a ribbon in each of a plurality of books each having a plurality of pages, the apparatus comprising:

a conveyor for delivering books one at a time to a ribbon inserting station said conveyor being adapted to move the books from a supply thereof for insertion of a ribbon at said ribbon inserting station, said conveyor thereafter moving the books away from said ribbon inserting station;
guide means for maintaining the pages of each of the books in assembled relation as the books are moved by said conveyor:
rotatable means at said ribbon inserting station for initiating separation of pages of the book by contacting and entering the book at one end of adjacent foredges of the pages, said rotatable means initiating separation of the pages by causing one of the pages to be rolled away from adjacent of the pages at a selected location in the book;
non-rotatable means at said ribbon inserting station for maintaining separation of the pages at said selected location in the book;
and
means at said ribbon inserting station for inserting a ribbon into said selected location in the book between the one of the pages and the next adjacent of the pages;
said non-rotatable means maintaining separation of the pages to accommodate insertion of the ribbon by said ribbon inserting means at said selected location in the book.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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