System for printing, stacking and binding pages
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A system for printing, stacking and binding pages that has a drive system arranged to direct pages along a page path, a print station positioned on the page path, an adhesive station positioned downstream of the drive system, a support tray for receiving pages to be stacked, a vibrator interacting with the way so as to induce vibration therein and a press device adapted to apply a compressive force to the stack of pages.
Claims17
A system for printing, stacking and binding pages, the system comprising:
- a) a drive system arranged so as to direct pages along a page path;
- b) a print station positioned on the page path downstream of the drive system for printing on the pages;
- c) an adhesive station positioned downstream of the drive system, the adhesive station being adapted to apply adhesive to one or more edges of each page;
- d) a support tray for receiving pages to be stacked, the support tray including a support surface on which the pages are stacked and at least two side walls coupled to the support surface;
- e) a vibrator interacting with the tray so as to induce vibration therein to assist in alignment of the pages as they float into position, thereby ensuring the stacked pages are aligned;
- and,
- f) a press device adapted to apply a compressive force to the stack of pages, adjacent an edge of the stack, to thereby bind the pages,
- wherein the support surface of the tray is of adjustable height relative to the press device, so as to ensure that an upper pase of the stack is situated at a predefined level for interaction with the press device.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the two side walls extend substantially perpendicularly to each other so as to define a corner, the corner being aligned with the lower corner of the support surface
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.