Patent ID: 6843473

Claim:
Apparatus for manufacturing book covers from supplies of covering material, cover boards and spine inserts, the cover boards having edges including trailing and leading edges, the book cover having a height and a folding width, the apparatus comprising: a board feed adapted for supplying cover boards and spine inserts from the supplies of cover boards and board inserts, respectively; a covering material feed adapted for supplying covering material from the supply of covering material; a glue spreading roller; a covering material cylinder adapted for conveying the covering material past the glue spreading roller and assembling a book cover from the covering material, cover boards and spine inserts; a folding and pressing apparatus for folding covering material projecting beyond the edges of the cover board around the edges of the cover board and pressing the book cover; a delivery apparatus for delivering the book covers in stacks; and a drive apparatus driving the covering material feed, the board feed, the covering material cylinder, and the folding and pressing apparatus, at least the covering material feed, the board feed and the folding and pressing apparatus being independently drivable from one another.