Page binding method and machine
US4986864A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1776
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for manufacturing, on an automatic continuous basis, successive album pages of predetermined length and width each of which consists of a base sheet having a reinforcing tape bound thereto in overlapping relation with each edge thereof comprises a series of five stations: a tape preparing station, a sheet loading station, a glue station, a page assembly station and a cut-off station. In operation, one of two tapes has staple-like hinges applied thereto, both tapes are coated on one surface with glue, and both tapes advance to the assembling station to which successive sheets are fed lengthwise from the sheet loading station. In passing through the page assembling station, the tapes are folded and pressed into overlapping adhered relation with the side edges of the sheet to form a web consisting of a series of pages held together by intermediate pieces of the two tapes. The tapes, the successive sheets and the resulting web are drawn through the apparatus by a reciprocating carriage. During forward feeding movement of the carriage, the web is clamped to the carriage, and during each return stroke of the carriage, the tape is clamped to the cut-off station while the pieces …
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