Patent ID: 8221044
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B42C,B42D,B42P

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically producing a bound album consisting of individual sheets, the individual sheets including intermediate sheets and a cover sheet, comprising: 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 individual sheets in their folded form; an adhesive application unit for pasting at least some of the individual sheets two by two; and a unit for flipping part of the cover sheet over the intermediate sheets; said individual sheets being received and compiled on a delivery board equipped with registration features for this purpose, said board being capable of translational movement in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the sheets are transported inside the system and moving between several positions in synchronism with the adhesive application unit, wherein the unit for flipping the cover sheet comprises a substantially curved arm which is articulated on a housing of the system and designed to move between at least two extreme positions respectively, a lower or bottom position suitable for receiving the upstream part of the cover sheet and an upper or top position intended to cause, in particular, folding of the upstream part of the cover sheet over the other intermediate sheets, said articulated arm being moved between its two extreme positions by means of a motorized cam, and the end of said articulated arm opposite to its hinge pin having an idler roller capable of cooperating with some of rollers which transport the sheets inside the system.