Case cover binding apparatus
US12233657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2024 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42C19/08
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system for automated book binding may include a staging platform configured to receive book covers, with first and second walls extending perpendicular to the staging platform, the first wall oriented parallel to the second wall. A controller, in at least an automatic trim adjustment mode, determines one or more book covers as being present upon the staging platform, automatically directs inward movement of at least one of the walls until sensing contact by one or more of the at least one of the walls with the one or more book covers, automatically withdraws the at least one of the walls from a point of contact with the book covers, wherein an operating window is defined by a distance between the walls at the point of contact, and, in sequence, transferring each of the book covers via a lifting arm upward from the staging platform and to a binding unit.
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