Method of making and applying a hardcover over-wrap and guide apparatus

Abstract

Guide apparatus for forming and applying an over-wrap sheet to a book hardcover including a base unit having a width greater than the width of the hardcover and a length greater than the length of the hardcover, with the base unit including a hardcover receiving area and first and second orthogonal stops supported on the base unit for engaging first and second respective orthogonal edges of a cut over-wrap sheet. Third and fourth orthogonal stops are provided which are supported on the base unit for engaging first and second orthogonal edges of a hardcover placed on the hardcover receiving area. The third stop is substantially parallel to the first stop and disposed intermediate a center of the hardcover receiving area and the first stop and the fourth stop is substantially parallel to the second stop and disposed intermediate the center of the hardcover receiving area and the second stop, with the third and forth stops extending a distance away from the base unit less than a distance that the first and second stops extend away from the base unit so that the first and second stops do not interfere with placement of the over-wrap sheet over the hardcover and abutting the first and second stops. A reticule is included which is disposed on the base unit for aligning the base unit over an over-wrap sheet.

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