Apparatus for applying hard and soft covers to bound or unbound documents
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJohn D. Zoltner, Daniel L. Carter, Anthony F. Lipani, John F. Gardner
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Abstract
A bindery system captures pages of a bound or unbound book in a hard or soft cover case by crimping a metal U-shaped channel which is bonded to the inside spine surface of the hard or soft covers.
Claims38
An apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book, comprising:
- a case having front and back covers, a spine portion and a U-shaped channel member attached thereto first and second jaw means;
- a bed onto which said case is rested;
- guide means for guiding said case with pages inserted therein onto said bed;
- and means for moving said first jaw toward said second jaw in order to crimp only outside spine areas of cases and not a spine portion thereof and thereby secure pages to said case.
An apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book to a case, comprising:
- a case that includes front and back covers and a spine portion;
- a U-shaped channel member attached to said case;
- a stationary jaw;
- a movable jaw;
- a bed onto which said case is rested;
- handle means for moving said movable jaw toward said stationary jaw in order to crimp only outside said spine area of said case and thereby secure pages to said case.
An apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book to a case, comprising:
- a case that includes front and back covers, pages within said front and back covers and a spine portion;
- a channel member attached to said case;
- a stationary jaw;
- a movable jaw;
- a bed onto which said case is rested;
- handle means for moving said movable jaw toward said stationary jaw in order to apply a binding force and crimp outside said spine area of said case and thereby bend said channel member onto said pages and thereby secure said case to said pages.
An apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book to a case with the case having front and back covers and a spine portion, comprising:
- first and second jaw means;
- a bed onto which a case is rested;
- a channel member and means for moving said first jaw toward said second jaw in order to compress outside the spine area of a case and bend said channel member to thereby secure a case to pages within the case.
A book binding apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book to a case comprising:
- a stationary jaw;
- a movable jaw;
- an elastomeric bed positioned between said jaws and onto which a case is rested;
- means for moving said movable jaw toward said stationary jaw in order to apply a binding force to a case positioned on said bed.
A book binding apparatus for binding pages of an uncased book to a case comprising:
- a stationary jaw;
- a movable jaw;
- a bed positioned between said jaws and onto which a case is rested;
- means for moving said movable jaw toward said stationary jaw in order to apply a binding force to a case positioned on said bed with the exception of a spine area of a case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.