System for automatically producing a bound album consisting of individual sheets, especially a photo album
US8221044B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42P2261/04
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system for automatically producing a bound album consisting of individual sheets, for example, a photo album is disclosed. The system includes a unit which immediately draws in sheets output by a printer or a stacker; a unit for creasing said sheets so as to facilitate folding them and keeping said sheets in their folded form; an adhesive application unit designed to paste at least some of the sheets two by two; and a unit to flip part of the cover sheet. The sheets are received and compiled on a delivery board equipped with registration features for this purpose. The board is capable of translational movement in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the sheets are transported inside the system and movement between several positions in synchronism with the adhesive application unit.
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