Patent ID: 8128331
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. A scoring apparatus for use in bindery applications, comprising: a first scoring roll and a corresponding second scoring roll, the first scoring roll to oppose the second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location on a first side of the cover; and a third scoring roll and a corresponding fourth scoring roll, the third scoring roll to oppose the fourth scoring roll to process the cover at a second location on the first side of the cover, wherein the first location and the second location correspond substantially to the thickness of a book to which the cover is to be applied, wherein the first and the third scoring rolls are mechanically driven and rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second and the fourth scoring rolls rotate freely about a second axis of rotation, the second scoring roll having a first slider that includes a first adjuster to enable independent adjustment of the second scoring roll in a first lateral direction and a second adjustor to enable adjustment of the second scoring roll in a second lateral direction relative to the fourth scoring roll and at least one of the first scoring roll and the third scoring roll, wherein the first lateral direction is different than the second lateral direction.