Generating bound documents
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A method of generating bound documents includes the step of conveying sheets of a print medium through a printing station. A printing process is carried out on the sheets in the printing station. The sheets are conveyed through an adhesive application station. Adhesive is applied to each sheet proximate an edge of each sheet in the adhesive application station. A predetermined number of the sheets are stacked together at a stacking station, so that respective strips of adhesive are aligned with each other. A binding operation is performed on said predetermined number of sheets so that said predetermined number of sheets are bound together to define a document.
Claims9
A method of generating bound documents, the method comprising to steps of:
- conveying sheets of a print medium through a printing station;
- carrying out a printing process on the sheets in the printing station;
- conveying the sheets through an adhesive application station;
- applying one part of a two-part adhesive to one side of each sheet and another part of the two-part adhesive to an opposed side of each sheet proximate an edge of each sheet in the adhesive application station;
- stacking a predetermined number of the sheets on a support tray assembly, to form a stack of sheets with respective strips of adhesive aligned with each other;
- applying a damped vibratory movement to the support tray assembly to facilitate settling of the sheets;
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- applying pressure to the stack at a position aligned with the adhesive strips of the sheets so that the adhesive strips serve to bind together said predetermined number of sheets to define a document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.