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US 5,017,070 AGranted
Book binding reinforcement
AssigneeKent Adhesive Products Co.
InventorCharles J. Barnette
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Abstract
An apparatus and technique for strengthening and reinforcing book bindings. A laminate having a polyester face sheet is coated on one side with adhesive. A backing sheet is releasably secured to the adhesive. The backing sheet is split down the center thereof to define a removable center strip with adjacent side strips on each side thereof. These three strips facilitate the method of application of the laminate to reinforce and secure a book binding.
Claims5
A method for repairing a book, comprising the steps of:
- removing a first strip of a backing sheet of an adhesive laminate, thereby exposing a first area of an adhesive layer maintained upon a back side of a face sheet, said first strip being interposed between second and third strips of said backing sheet removably attached to said adhesive layer;
- securing said exposed first area of said adhesive layer to the book;
- removing said second strip of said backing sheet, further exposing a second area of said adhesive layer on said back side of said face sheet, and thereafter securing said second area of said exposed adhesive layer to said book;
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- removing said third strip of said backing sheet, further exposing a third area of said adhesive layer on said back side of said face sheet, and thereafter securing said exposed third area of said adhesive layer to said book.
2 more elements
A method for reinforcing a book cover to its binding, comprising the steps of:
- removing a first strip of a backing sheet of an adhesive laminate, thereby exposing a first area of an adhesive layer maintained upon a back side of a face sheet, said first strip being interposed between second and third strips of said backing sheet removably attached to said adhesive layer;
- securing said exposed first area of said adhesive layer to an edge of a spine of a book along a line where the book cover and a first interior page meet;
- removing said second strip of said backing sheet, further exposing a second area of said adhesive layer on said back side of said face sheet, and thereafter securing said further second area of said exposed adhesive layer to either said book cover or said first interior page;
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- removing said third strip of said backing sheet, further exposing a third area of said adhesive layer on said back side of said face sheet, and thereafter securing said further exposed third area of said adhesive layer to a remaining unsecured one of said book cover or said first interior page.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.