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US 7,478,988 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for manufacturing hard book cover assemblies
AssigneeGP Squared Technologies, Inc.
InventorThomas Porat
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided for making hard book cover assemblies. The apparatus may include a cutter for removing a portion of cover material from a hard book cover assembly. Cutting may be performed without releasing the assembly from a conveyor.
Claims26
An apparatus for making a hard book cover assembly, the apparatus comprising:
- a framework;
- a sizing device associated with the framework, the sizing device constructed and arranged to determine the size of at least a portion of a rigid component of an unfinished hard book cover assembly;
- a folding mechanism associated with the framework, the folding mechanism constructed and arranged to fold back a portion of cover material onto the rigid component of the unfinished hard book cover assembly;
- and
- at least one cutter associated with the framework, the at least one cutter constructed and arranged to cut at least one corner from the cover material at a position based on the determined size of the at least a portion of the rigid component.
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A method for producing a hard book cover assembly, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an unfinished hard book cover assembly;
- (b) determining a dimension of a rigid component of the unfinished hard book cover assembly;
- (c) transmitting a signal comprising at least a portion of the dimension to a controller;
- and
- (d) cutting a first portion off of a cover material at a cutting location that is a function of the dimension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.