Patent ID: 9033329
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B42B,B42C,B42P,B65H

Abstract:
1. A multi-function binding machine comprising: a binding station for binding blocks of signatures; a hopper for loading a stack of folded signatures; a feeding station for extracting the signatures in succession from the hopper, opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station; an additional hopper for loading a stack of pre-signatures to be folded; and an additional feeding station for extracting the pre-signatures in successions from the additional hopper, folding groups of at least one pre-signature into additional signatures, and feeding the additional signatures to the binding station; a binding driving means for driving the binding station; a feeding driving means for driving the feeding station; an additional feeding driving means for driving the additional feeding station; and a control means for controlling the binding means, the feeding driving means and the additional feeding driving means independently to stop the binding station while the feeding station and the additional feeding station are controlled to stack a plurality of signatures and/or additional signatures thereby forming a composite signature for the binding in the binding station.