Patent ID: 6193458
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B26D,B42C,B42P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for binding a book block and a cover to manufacture a perfect bound book and for trimming said perfect bound book to a predetermined size, said book block having a plurality of pages and ranging between a predetermined minimum and a predetermined maximum thickness, one edge of book block constituting a spine, said apparatus comprising a carriage movable along a work path, said carriage receiving said book block, said work path having an adhesive application station, a binding station, and a trimming station located therealong, said carriage being movable along said work path to said adhesive application station where a suitable adhesive is applied to said spine, said carriage then transporting said book block to said binding station where said cover is positioned such that said book block and said cover are positioned in predetermined positions with respect to one another, said binding station having a clamp that engages said cover proximate said spine and that forcefully compresses said cover onto said book block proximate said spine thereby to adhere said cover to said spine of book, said carriage further transporting said bound book to said trimming station, said trimming station having a nest for receiving said book from said carriage with said book being in a predetermined position with respect to said nest, said trimming station having a selectively operable trimming blade for trimming the margins said cover and of said book block, said nest and said trimming blade being movable with respect to one another so as to position said book with respect to said trimming blade such that upon actuation of said trimming blade a predetermined amount of said mar&gin along a first edge of said book is trimmed therefrom, said trimming station having a book indexer operable after said first edge has been trimmed so as to position a second edge of said book relative to said blade so that upon actuation of said trimming blade a predetermined amount may be trimmed from said second edge of said book, said indexer being operable after said second edge is trimmed so as to position a third edge of said book relative to said blade, said book and said trimming blade being movable relative to one another so that upon actuation of said trimming blade a predetermined amount of said margin along said third edge may be trimmed from said book so as to produce said book of said predetermined size.