Book and a method of making same
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJoseph A. Manico, James M. Devoy, William Y. Fowlkes, David J. Cornell
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Abstract
An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be performed without special skills or training, and does not require the use of ancillary equipment. The book cover system can be used in conjunction with output on a wide variety of media types, finishes, and stock weights from any type of printer or copier, or with photographs. The finished books retain the appearance and function of conventional mass produced soft and hard covered books.
Claims12
A method of forming a book comprising:
- obtaining a book cover having a front cover, a back cover, and a spine section, wherein the spine section includes an adhesive strip, the adhesive strip having a first side contacting the spine section, wherein the adhesive strip has a peak load gram force per inch of at least 200 and a thickness of at least 0.1 mm, and the adhesive strip has at least one release strip removably attached to a second side thereof;
- attaching a first portion of a media clamp on an inside surface of the front cover;
- attaching a second portion of the media clamp on an inside surface of the back cover;
- opening the book cover to expose the adhesive strip and at least one release strip, the at least one release strip contacting the second side of the adhesive strip;
- assembling media for insertion into the book;
- placing the assembled media against the at least one release strip;
- compressing the assembled media using the media clamp by closing the front cover and the back cover against the assembled media;
- pulling the at least one release strip to remove it from between the at least one adhesive strip and assembled media;
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- pressing the assembled media into the adhesive strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.