Patent ID: 6171044
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B42C,B42P

Abstract:
In an output system having a plurality of discrete functional modules including an accumulator module in which sheet material is accumulated in respective jobs to be bound, a binding system comprising the following:a cover feed module adapted and constructed to input one of a plurality of different covers into the output system, the cover feed module comprising a cover selection mechanism including a measuring means to determine at least one size parameter of the job to be bound, and a cover selection means for selecting a cover corresponding to the measured size parameter from one of the plurality of different covers; anda binding module connected to the cover feed module and to the accumulator module, the binding module being adapted to receive a cover from the cover feed module and a job to be bound from the accumulator module, place the job to be bound inside the received cover in a desired registration, and bind the materials within the cover.