Patent ID: 7393171

Claim:
A binding device comprising: an L-shaped frame including two uprights each having a rear flange, a crossbar-shaped platen interconnecting the upright, a central screw having a bottom end secured to the platen, and a rectangular table having two rear corners secured to bottoms of the uprights; a base including two sides, two arcuate openings, each of the arcuate openings formed along an arcuate edge of an upper portion of the respective side, and two adjustment knobs secured to both sides of the table proximate a front end of the table; and a detachable heater releasably secured to a rear end of the table and a vertical section of the uprights, the heater having two side slots for receiving the rear flanges, and the heater including a front heating area; wherein the adjustment knobs are adapted to slide in a range defined by two ends of the opening to pivot the frame, and the platen is adapted to lift and lower by operating the screw and press one or more books to be bound on the table.