Bookbinding device having a glue cartridge and, a glue cartridge receiving unit

A bookbinding device (1300) in which a block (1360) of sheets to be bound to form a book is placeable, and with the aid of which glue is spreadable on the spine (1362) of the block (1360), the bookbinding device (1300) comprising:

• a glue cartridge (130) comprising:
• a glue tank (101) that is essentially in the form of a protrusion from a platform (110) of the glue cartridge and where at least two sides of the platform (110) have a fastening device (102, 103, 108) to allow the shape-limited fastening of the glue cartridge (130);
• a rotatable glue spreading roller (104) connected to the glue tank, which is arranged directly below the glue tank (101);
• and
• at least one rotation means (105, 106, 107) usable from outside the glue cartridge (130) for rotating the glue spreading roller (104);
• wherein the rotatable glue spreading roller (104) is configured so that the form of the glue spreading roller (104) prevents glue from escaping from the glue tank (101) when the glue spreading roller (104) is in place and takes glue from the glue tank (101) when the glue spreading roller (104) is rotated;
• the bookbinding device (1300) further including a receiving unit (150) for the glue cartridge (130), wherein the receiving unit (150) comprises:
• means (156, 157) for receiving and fastening the glue cartridge (130) to said receiving unit (150) in such a way that the glue spreading roller (104) is accessible from below, and thus allows gluing from above of the spine of a sheet block that is to be bound;
• and
• at least one rotatable converter (153, 240, 152, 158) for transferring motion to at least one rotating means (105, 106, 107) in the glue cartridge (130);
• and
• wherein glue is taken from the exchangeable glue cartridge (130) by using the receiving unit (150) for the glue cartridge (130).