Vibrating support tray for a page binder
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A page binding support tray has vibratory page alignment. The tray has a floor having a lower-most corner at which two side walls of the tray converge. Previously edge-glued printed uniformly sized pages are received to form a stack upon the tray floor and vibration of the tray ensures that edges of the page bear against the side walls of the tray to align the pages prior to edge-pressing.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a support tray for receiving a stack of printed pages said pages travelling sequentially along a path wherein adhesive is applied to at least one of the pages transverse to said path;
- a vibrator interacting with the tray so as to induce vibration therein to assist in alignment of the pages of the stack;
- a press device configured for applying a compressive force to the stack of pages in the vicinity of the adhesive, substantially normal to a plane of the pages.
A method of bonding pages in a stack of pages using an apparatus comprising a tray, a vibrator and a press device, the method including the steps of:
- delivering pages sequentially along a path one upon another to the tray so as to form a stack of pages, wherein at least one of the pages has binding adhesive applied transverse the path;
- during and/or after said step of delivering, inducing vibration in the tray, using the vibrator;
- aligning the pages in the stack, within the tray, by said step of inducing vibration;
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- placing a compressive force using the press device on the stack thereby causing the adhesive to bond the pages together.
The method claim of 11 wherein said press device includes a plurality of semi-circular disks each spaced apart and fixedly mounted to a rotatably driven shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.