System and method for forming a bound document
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorEric Hoarau
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Abstract
A method of forming a bound document includes providing a text body defining a first sheet and a last sheet, aligned edges of the sheets defining a spine, the spine being bound with an adhesive strip to define a first wing and a second wing of the adhesive strip, wherein the first wing extends beyond the first sheet of the text body, and the second wing extends beyond the last sheet of the text body. The method further includes compressing the first wing of the adhesive strip against the first sheet to form a first exposed adhesive bead; compressing the second wing of the adhesive strip against the last sheet to form a second exposed adhesive bead; and applying a cover over the text body and against the first and second exposed adhesive beads to attach the cover to the bound text body as a floating cover.
Claims19
A method of forming a bound document, the method comprising:
- providing a text body defining a first sheet and a last sheet, aligned edges of the sheets defining a spine, the spine being bound with an adhesive strip to define a first wing and a second wing of the adhesive strip, wherein the first wing extends beyond the first sheet of the text body, and the second wing extends beyond the last sheet of the text body;
- compressing the first wing of the adhesive strip against the first sheet to form a first exposed adhesive bead;
- compressing the second wing of the adhesive strip against the last sheet to form a second exposed adhesive bead;
- and
- applying a cover over the text body and against the first and second exposed adhesive beads to attach the cover to the bound text body as a floating cover.
A method of forming a bound document, the method comprising:
- binding a spine of a text body with a adhesive strip, the adhesive strip including a backing layer and an adhesive layer and positioned over the spine to define a first wing extending from the spine and over a first page of the text body and a second wing extending from the spine and over a last page of the text body;
- folding the first wing of the adhesive strip against the first page to force a first portion of the adhesive layer to extend beyond the backing layer and onto the first page;
- folding the second wing of the adhesive strip against the last page to force a second portion of the adhesive layer to extend beyond the backing layer and onto the second page;
- and
- applying a cover over the text body and against the first and second portions of the adhesive layer to attach the cover to the text body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.