EP0079605A1 - Procédé d'emboîtage de livres - Google Patents

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EP0079605A1
EP0079605A1 EP82110539A EP82110539A EP0079605A1 EP 0079605 A1 EP0079605 A1 EP 0079605A1 EP 82110539 A EP82110539 A EP 82110539A EP 82110539 A EP82110539 A EP 82110539A EP 0079605 A1 EP0079605 A1 EP 0079605A1
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Herbert R. Axelrod
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C19/00—Multi-step processes for making books
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C11/00—Casing-in
    • B42C11/04—Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books

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  • casing-in is the process in which a book and its hard cover (or “case”) are fastened together.
  • My United States Patent Number 4,091,487, issued May 30, 1978 for a "Method for Binding Books” discloses an important improvement over conventional book binding, wherein the signatures are first collated, the spines or backbones of the signatures are then cut off to provide a single backbone exposing every sheet in every signature, and whose edges can be glued together and to at least one paper cover that will ultimately be glued to the interior surfaces of a conventional hard cover, after the other three edges of the assembled and collated signatures are trimmed.
  • My co-pending United States Patent Application Serial No. 145,018 discloses still another method for binding a book wherein the backbone of printed and folded signatures receives a heat activated glue.
  • a short reinforcing cover whose inner surface is also covered with a heat activated glue is applied to the backbone.
  • the outer portions of the short cover are then bonded to the outer pages of the signatures, under sufficient heat and pressure to form a strong bond.
  • a hard cover of suitable size and shape is then glued to the outside of the short cover and the signatures.
  • the present invention relates to a method for casing-in books which is faster, more economical, and more accurate than conventional casing-in, and which creates a finished hardcover book that is as strong as, or stronger than, books cased-in by the usual methods.
  • casing-in uses as raw materials (1) complete books (without hard covers, often referred to as "book blocks"), (2) completed hard covers or “cases”, and (3) glue, paste, or some other adhesive to bond the book blocks and cases together.
  • Book blocks and cases are produced in the book bindery, each in a separate and distinct series of operations, prior to casing-in.
  • Book blocks may be bound, inter alia, with adhesives, by needle-and-thread sewing, or mechanically (such as wire-spiral bound or with plastic). Their backbones or spines may be "flat backed” or “round backed”, depending upon the shape or configuration of the raw materials, and particularly that of the book blocks. The number and nature of the discrete steps in casing-in may vary in its current art.
  • casing-in is slow and cumbersome, and requires considerable hand labor, requiring four basic steps, i.e.
  • a drying period before casing-in is required to permit the adhesive binding to set.
  • a direct transition from binding to casing-in before the requisite drying period elapses would place undue stress on the adhesive binding, occasioning distortion, mangling, or misalignment of the book and hence considerable spoilage.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for casing-in books wherein the cased-in books do not have to be realigned by hand after casing-in.
  • the method of the present invention involves a continuous, linear-flow process for casing-in books, requiring no start-and-stop motions.
  • Hard book covers or cases are first formed by a circular forming iron while the cases remain in motion. Glue or paste is then applied to the entire inside surface of the moving cases.
  • Book blocks are then dispensed horizontally, as unopened units, in proper axial alignment on passing cases. Next, the covers are folded over and the books are closed. Finally, the completed books, while still in motion, are subjected to pressure to adhere the book blocks and cases together.
  • the glue or adhesive used in the present invention is of a nature such that wherever two surfaces do not come into direct contact, the glue or adhesive dries quickly in both colorless and non-sticky form, thereby preventing adhesive build-up on the inside borders of the hard covers around the book blocks' outer edges.
  • FIG. 1 the block diagram shows a case feeder 11 that puts cases with their outside face downward on a constant speed conveyer system, generally designated 19, the cases situated with their inside faces upward.
  • the conveyer then passes the middle, or central, backbone portions of the cases under heater 12 to prepare them for a rotary forming iron or former 13.
  • the conveyer next passes the cases under a case gluer 14, and next under a book block feeder 15.
  • the book blocks are next drawn into register with the cases by an aligner 16 before the other side of the case is turned over by a case closer or folder 17.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of a suitable apparatus for carrying out a preferred method embodying the present invention.
  • the case feeder 11 is seen loaded with cases 21a, 21b, etc., that are fed onto a first conveyer belt 40 of conveyer system 19 in timed sequence under the control of a conventional mechanism (not shown).
  • the reference numbers 21a, 21b, etc. indicate not only a plurality of cases in different phases of casing-in and building-in, but also their locations on the conveyer belt system.
  • a heat lamp heater 12 warms the center portion of the backs of the cases before they are passed between the upper and lower rolls 13a and 13b of a rotary forming iron 13; case 21d is seen between these rolls in FIGS. 2 and 4. As shown in FIGS.
  • the formed case 21e is then disposed under a gluing roller 34, which is fed by a series of rollers 33, 32, and 31, the latter of which turns in a glue or pastepot 30.
  • This gluing sequence may be motivated by a second shorter conveyer belt 50.
  • a third conveyer belt 60 receives the glued case 21g and passes it under a book block feeder 15, which contains a stack of book blocks 24, which fall on the formed, glued cases.
  • Each book block is brought into register along both axes by each aligner 16 with a first outer side of the block against a first side part of the case, before a case closer 17 folds the other side of the case toward the upper or second outer side of the book block to fit on said second side of the book block which is then ready for the final building-in processing.
  • first conveyer belt 40 may have lugs such as 46 for abutting the downstream edge of the cases 21.
  • the second conveyer belt 50 may omit lugs that might interfere with the gluing roller 34.
  • the third conveyer belt 60 may have lugs, such as 66, for moving the cases and cased-in books.
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2, with similar elements similarly numbered. In this figure cases 21b and 21c are shown with their center portions or backbones 22 passing under the heater 12 before case 21d passes between the rotary forming irons 13a and 13b. Such irons form backbone 22 (FIG. 4).
  • Case 21e passes under the gluing roller 3 4, which is seen being fed by the intermediary rollers 31, 32 and 33 from the glue pot 30.
  • the case 21g now passes under the book block feeder 15 to receive a book block 24g which is aligned with one side of case 21h by the conventional aligner 16 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • Aligner 16 includes a pair of centering fingers 16a and a roller 16b to control the book block 24g.
  • the case closer or folder 17 next lifts the other side of the case at 21i to cover the book block 24i. This may be accomplished by an inclined plane such as 17a, or a succession of such inclined planes, or other types of conventional folding mechanisms.
  • the casing-in of case 21j and its book block 24i into book B is now complete, as seen also in FIG. 6.
  • a slight pressure may be applied to the book block, and after the other side of the case is folded over, slight pressure may again be applied to the upper case to bond the case to the book block just enough for handling, if necessary, and passing on to the final pressing and crimping stage of the building-in processor.
  • the conveyer system 19 is shown as having three different stages to provide the preferred means for moving the cases and book blocks through the different steps of the process.
  • a single, continuous, conveyer belt could be used to provide positive and steady movement of the elements throughout the casing-in process.
  • Driving lugs are desirable in the first and last stages, particularly for the alignment, but they could be lowered within the belts during the gluing stage.
  • the conveyer system may consist of a series of parallel, synchronized chains or belts.
  • the first stage on the belt 40 for forming the backs of the cases 24, although preferred, is actually optional, since the case backs could be preformed in one of several conventional manners before being fed onto conveyer belt 50. Also many flat-backed, softcover, and certain other books, do not require forming. However, where forming is required, the rotary forming iron is probably faster and more efficient than the older methods. Actually, the heating of the cases 21 before they are passed through the rotary forming iron may be accomplished by heating the rotary iron itself. This arrangement could control the amount of heat and direct it to the exact portion of the backbone that is being formed. This could be accomplished by heating the forming irons internally (not shown) or through an external hot-air blower as shown in FIG. 2 at H.
  • the conveyer would have to be open (such as chains) to permit the heat to pass through to the forming irons.
  • This arrangement would also reduce the length of the conveyer, which would obviously be advantageous.
  • it could prove advantageous to reduce the space or distance along the conveyer to complete a given step, as well as the spacing between steps.
  • the case folder for example could be a simple flipping arm, or air gun, activated by the presence of a case, instead of a gradual inclined plane using the motion of the conveyer r and a considerable length of the conveyer, to function.
  • roller method for applying glue or paste is standard, very effective, and highly compatible with this linear system, and flat, consistently thick cases, it is anticipated that other gluing methods may be developed that could be effective.

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DE19548140A1 (de) * 1995-12-21 1997-06-26 Vogl Franz Rudolf Verfahren zum Herstellen von Broschüren
WO2009147069A2 (fr) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-10 Naef Teknik Equipement d'assemblage de corps de livre et de couvertures de livre, ainsi que dispositif d'encollage des couvertures, dispositif d'alignement et dispositif de pressage pour cet équipement

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US4156538A (en) * 1974-07-19 1979-05-29 Bookwrights, Inc. Cross-linked plastic book covers
GB2045686A (en) * 1979-03-30 1980-11-05 Semotex Ab Book covers

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DE19548140A1 (de) * 1995-12-21 1997-06-26 Vogl Franz Rudolf Verfahren zum Herstellen von Broschüren
DE19548140C2 (de) * 1995-12-21 1999-07-22 Vogl Franz Rudolf Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Broschüren
WO2009147069A2 (fr) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-10 Naef Teknik Equipement d'assemblage de corps de livre et de couvertures de livre, ainsi que dispositif d'encollage des couvertures, dispositif d'alignement et dispositif de pressage pour cet équipement
WO2009147069A3 (fr) * 2008-05-29 2010-02-25 Teknobook A/S Equipement d'assemblage de corps de livre et de couvertures de livre, ainsi que dispositif d'encollage des couvertures, dispositif d'alignement et dispositif de pressage pour cet équipement

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