Binding of Calendars

An apparatus for binding a calendar, the apparatus comprising:

• a supply means for supplying a partially folded over metal binding strip having two portions angularly disposed about a first fold line;
• a mating means for mating the binding strip and an edge of the calendar, with the end of the calendar located in a region between the portions;
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• a roller assembly which includes a number of consecutively arranged folding roller sets for folding the folded strip with the edge therein about a second fold line to provide two parts that are angularly disposed relative to each other along the second fold line, the roller assembly further including a number of consecutively arranged crimping roller sets for crimping the two parts and the edge together.

An apparatus for binding a calendar having at least one paper sheet with a top edge having a dimension corresponding to a width of the calendar, the apparatus comprising:

• a supply station to receive and advance a leading edge of a roll of metal binding material;
• a first folding station downstream from the supply station, the first folding station bending the metal binding material along a first fold line parallel to a longitudinal axis of the metal binding material to produce first and second generally planar portions being separated by an acute angle therebetween;
• a calendar feed station downstream of the first folding station, the top edge of the calendar being inserted between the first and second portions of the metal binding material at the calendar feed station;
• a cutting station downstream of the first folding station, the cutting station parting the metal binding material to a length corresponding to the width of the calendar to produce a binding for the calendar;
• a second folding station downstream of the cutting station, the second folding station folding the first and second portions until they are generally parallel with each other and the edge of the calendar being sandwiched therebetween;
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• a crimping station downstream of the second folding station, the crimping station bending the first portion of the binding to produce two sections of the first portion which are generally parallel to each other and the edge of the calendar being folded into a generally "J" shaped configuration between the two sections and the binder being crimped into a generally "e" shaped configuration at the crimping station.