Patent ID: 7927053

Claim:
A binding-in machine for pressing in and joint forming books having a case, a book block with a fore edge cut and a spine, the machine including devices for infeeding and aligning the book block relative to the case, comprising: a multitude of pressing devices that respectively feature a pair of opposite pressing plates the distance between which can be varied, wherein said pressing plates serve for exerting a full-surface pressing force upon the sides of the book, a case joint forming device connected to each of the pressing devices and including a pair of opposite heated joint forming rails the distance between which can be varied, wherein said joint forming rails serve for forming case joints on the books, a discharge delivery device including a book gripper with a pair of opposite joint gripping rails that take hold of the books in the formed case joints and the distance between which can be varied whereby the formed and pressed-in books can be removed from the pressing devices with said book gripper, wherein the book gripper removes the books from the pressing device in a direction essentially transverse to the joint forming rails.