EP0342957B1 - Buchbindesystem - Google Patents

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EP0342957B1
EP0342957B1 EP19890304987 EP89304987A EP0342957B1 EP 0342957 B1 EP0342957 B1 EP 0342957B1 EP 19890304987 EP19890304987 EP 19890304987 EP 89304987 A EP89304987 A EP 89304987A EP 0342957 B1 EP0342957 B1 EP 0342957B1
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Stephen H. C/O Minnesota Mining And Dwyer
Dorman N. C/O Minnesota Mining And Thompson
Ray A. C/O Minnesota Mining And Hunder
Alden R. C/O Minnesota Mining And Miles
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C9/00—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding
    • B42C9/0006—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets
    • B42C9/0043—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets manually
    • B42C9/005—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets manually and applying a cover
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D1/00—Books or other bound products
    • B42D1/04—Books or other bound products in which the fillings and the spine portions of the covers are secured integrally, e.g. paper-backs ("livres brochès", "Broschüren")

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  • the present invention relates to systems for binding sheets (i.e., separate sheets or connected fan folded sheets) using pressure sensitive adhesive, which systems include cover structures and devices used in binding such sheets and the bound documents produced by such systems.
  • the art describes systems for binding sheets using adhesives including pressure sensitive adhesive, which systems include cover structures and/or devices used in binding such sheets and produce various types of bound documents. Many such systems have included methods and devices adapted for binding sheets by disposing the sheets in a stack with narrow side surface portions of the sheets adjacent their spine edges exposed beyond the spine edges of overlying sheets, and applying a layer of adhesive over the spine edges and exposed narrow side surface portions to bind the stack.
  • a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive already adhered to a flexible backing is adhered over the spine edges and exposed narrow side surface portions so that the flexible backing and layer of pressure sensitive adhesive bind the stack into a bound document is described in U.S. Patent No. 3,188,114.
  • the present invention provides an effective system for binding sheets using pressure sensitive adhesive which persons in offices or homes with no particular binding skill can use to form a bound document from a large number of sheets, in which bound document the spine edges of the bound sheets are aligned in a plane at a right angle to side surfaces of the stack of sheets in the document to provide a conventional appearance for the bound document, and which bound document can be opened so that the sheets to which the document is opened lay completely flat to facilitate viewing and photocopying any information thereon.
  • the system according to the present invention includes a method for binding a stack of sheets to form a bound document comprising the steps of (1) disposing the sheets in a stack having side surfaces with narrow side surface portions of the sheets adjacent their spine edges exposed beyond the spine edges of overlying sheets; (2) pressing a generally uniformly thick first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive over the spine edges and exposed narrow side surface portions; (3) moving the sheets to a position with the spine edges of the sheets generally aligned in a plane generally at a right angle to the side surfaces of the stack to re-form the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive so that a major portion thereof extends in a generally uniformly thick layer along the spine edges of the sheets and minor portions thereof extend between the narrow side surface portions of the sheets to retain adhesion of the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive to the spine edges and the narrow side surface portions; and (4) adhering a generally planar central portion of a strong flexible backing over the major portion of the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on its side opposite the spine edges, preferably through the use of a second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive already adhere
  • This novel method can be used to form bound documents either with sheets that are entirely separate from each other with each of the sheets having one of the narrow side surface portions to which the first layer of adhesive is adhered that preferably has a width in a direction at a right angle to its spine edge that is at least 3 times the thickness of the sheet; or with sheets that are joined at their edges to sheets adjacent their major surfaces in the stack in the manner of a fan fold with the spine edge of each sheet (other than the outermost sheets in the stack which are only joined along one edge) joined to the spine edge of the sheet along one of its side surfaces, and the outer edge of the sheet joined to the outer edge of the sheet along the other of its side surfaces with every other sheet in the stack having one of the narrow side surface portions to which the first layer of adhesive is adhered that also preferably has a width in a direction at a right angle to its spine edge that is at least 3 times the thickness of one of the sheets.
  • This novel method produces a novel bound document comprising (1) the multiplicity of similarly sized sheets in a stack with the spine edges of the sheets aligned to define a generally planar surface at a right angle to the opposite side surfaces of the stack; (2) the re-formed first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive with its major portion extending in a generally uniform layer along the spine edges of the sheets and its minor portions extending between the narrow side surface portions of the sheets to retain adhesion of the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive to the spine edges and the narrow side surface portions; and (3) the flexible backing which has a generally planar central portion overlying and adhered to the side of the major portion of the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive opposite the spine edges and end portions attached at the opposite side surfaces of the stack to retain the spine edges in a plane at generally a right angle to the side surfaces of the stack.
  • Pressure sensitive adhesives that are suitable as the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive in the binding system described above should produce a page pull test value of more than 2 pounds per inch of bound length when a document bound by the adhesive is tested in accordance with the page pull test specified in Government Publication Office Publication 310.1, Section F-5.2 (a copy of which can be obtained from the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., the content whereof is incorporate herein by reference), which page pull test generally comprises opening a document bound using the adhesive, and pulling one page vertically from the opened document while measuring the force required to remove the page.
  • the adhesive should also survive 125 or more page flex cycles when a document bound by the adhesive is tested in accordance with the page flex test specified in Government Publication Office Publication 310.1, Section F-5.3 (a copy of which can be obtained from the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., the content whereof is incorporate herein by reference), which page flex test generally comprises opening a document bound using the adhesive on a vertical surface, holding each side of the opened document firmly in place, and flexing a single sheet back and forth while pulling upwardly on the sheet with a force of 2.5 pounds until failure occurs as separation of the sheet from the book or until a predetermined number of flexures is achieved.
  • the adhesive should achieve acceptable results when tested by a somewhat subjective open book test in which a document bound using the adhesive is opened at the middle of the document, one half of the document is supported on a vertical support surface 1 inch high with the other half being unsupported so that the weight of the other half tends to peel the adhesive away from the uppermost pages in the supported half.
  • the length of the test is 3 days, with observations being made at 3 days for any sheets that have come loose or gapping between the top sheet and sheets lying beneath the top sheet on the supported half.
  • the page pull test described above is performed on the uppermost page of the supported half, with a a page pull test value of more than 0.5 pounds per inch of bound length being acceptable.
  • Pressure sensitive adhesives that are suitable as the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive in the binding system described above when applied at a coating weight of about 30 grains per 24 square inches include a tackified, cross linked acrylic adhesive described in U.S. Patent No. 4,418,120 (incorporated herein by reference), which is a copolymer in a 94:6 ratio of isooctylacrylate to acrylic acid, containing a tackifying rosin ester and an antioxidant; and tackified block copolymers typified by tackified block copolymers containing styrene and diene components, and tackified by polymerized pinene resin, and stabilized with antioxidants and U. V. light inhibitors.
  • a preferred pressure sensitive adhesive for use as as the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive in the binding system described above which is easy to apply and after application exceeds the requirements for the tests set forth above is an acrylic-macromer pressure sensitive adhesive consisting of 100 parts by weight of a polymer consisting of 92 percent by weight of isooctyl acrylate, 4 percent by weight of acrylamide and 4 percent by weight of polystyrene macromer; and 40 parts by weight of a tackifier commercially available as "Foral 85" from Hercules, Inc., Wilmington, Del.
  • novel method described above can be performed using a novel cover structure
  • a first cover assembly including a first cover plate having a spine edge, an inner surface adapted to be placed adjacent one side surface of the stack, and an outer surface, first and second release liners projecting from the spine edge of the first cover plate with the first liner adjacent the outer surface, the second liner on the side of the first liner opposite the first cover plate, and the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive between and releasably adhered to both of the liners
  • the flexible backing having an edge portion attached to a portion of the outer surface of the first cover plate adjacent its spine edge and projecting past its spine edge along the side of the second liner opposite the first liner, and the second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive being firmly adhered to the projecting portion of the flexible backing adjacent the second release liner and releasably adhered to the second release liner to attach the first and second liners and the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive therebetween to the first cover plate; and (2) a second cover assembly including a second cover plate having a spine
  • the cover plates are positioned on opposite sides of the stack with the spine edges of the cover plates aligned with the spine edges of the sheets during the disposing step.
  • the first liner is removed from the first cover assembly prior to the pressing step, the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is pressed against the spine edges and narrow side surface portions of the sheets in the stack and against the disposable plate of the second cover assembly through the second liner during the pressing step, the second liner is removed after the applying step and prior to the moving step so that the layer of adhesive will re-form itself along the spine edges and narrow side surface portions of the sheets, the disposable plate is removed from the second cover plate after the pressing step to remove any portion of the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive extending beyond the stack, and an edge portion of the reinforcing strip is adhered to a portion of the second cover plate sheet adjacent its spine edge during the applying step to complete attachment of the ends of the flexible backing at the sides of the stack.
  • the system according to the present invention further includes a device that facilitates binding of the sheets and comprises positioning means on a frame for positioning the sheets face to face in an aligned stack in a first position with their spine edges and their outer edges opposite their spine edges aligned in generally horizontal planes at right angles to the side surfaces and their side surfaces extending generally vertically upward from the spine edges; revolving means on the frame for revolving the aligned stack of sheets from the first position to a second position at which their spine edges and their outer edges are aligned in generally vertical planes at right angles to the side surfaces and the side surfaces extend generally horizontally; and arching means on the frame and activatable with the stack of sheets initially in the second position for arching a portion of the stack of sheets between their spine and outer edges about an axis parallel to those edges while retaining the outer edges of the sheets in a plane at a right angle to adjacent side surface portions of the stack to cause relative slippage of portions of the sheets to expose the narrow side surface portions of corresponding sides of the sheets adjacent their spine edges so that the
  • the positioning, revolving and arching means comprise firm clamping means including first and second opposed jaws for firmly releasably clamping the aligned stack of sheets together adjacent their outer edges; limited clamping means for applying a predetermined clamping force to clamp the stack of sheets together adjacent their spine edges when the stack is in the second position; means for automatically engaging the limited clamping means with the stack during revolving of the stack from the first position to the second position by the revolving means; and means for moving the firm clamping means engaged with the aligned stack to help position the stack in the first or the second positions and to arch a portion of the stack, the portions of the sheets in the stack engaged by the limited clamping means slipping relative to each other under under the limited clamping means to expose the narrow side surface portions of corresponding sides of the sheets adjacent the spine edges and to thereafter return the arched clamped stack of sheets to the second position to again align the spine edges in a plane generally at a right angle to the side surfaces of the sheets.
  • FIG. 1 a system for binding sheets according to the present invention using a method illustrated schematically in Figures 1 and 2 to form a coverless bound document 10, which system may additionally include a cover structure 12 shown in Figure 3 and/or a device 14 illustrated in Figures 8 through 19 that can be used to form the bound document 16 illustrated in Figure 7 using the method schematically illustrated in Figures 4 through 7 or the method illustrated in conjunction with the device 14 in Figures 9A through 21.
  • the method according to the present invention sequentially illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 for binding sheets 18 to form the bound document 10 (each of which sheets 18 has a spine edge 19, an outer edge 20 opposite the spine edge 19, and opposite major side surfaces) comprises the steps of disposing the sheets 18 in a stack 22 having side surfaces 23 with narrow side surface portions 24 of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 exposed beyond the spine edges 19 of overlying sheets 18 (Figure 1); pressing a generally uniformly thick first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive over the spine edges 19 and exposed narrow side surface portions 24 ( Figure 1); moving the sheets 18 to a position with the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 generally aligned in a plane generally at a right angle to the side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 to re-form the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive so that a major portion 25 of the re-formed first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive extends in a generally uniform layer along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 and minor portions 27 of the re-formed first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive extend between the narrow side surface portions 24 of the sheets 18 to
  • cover structure 12 illustrated in Figure 3 which comprises a first cover assembly 30 including a first cover plate 31 of a stiff flexible material (e.g., about 0.025 to 0.064 centimeter (0.010 to 0.025 inch) thick cover stock material) having about the same major surface dimensions as the sheets 18 to be bound, having a spine edge 32, an inner surface 33 adapted to be placed adjacent one side surface 23 of the stack 22, and an outer surface 34.
  • a stiff flexible material e.g., about 0.025 to 0.064 centimeter (0.010 to 0.025 inch) thick cover stock material
  • First and second release liners 36 and 37 project from the spine edge 32 of the first cover plate 31 with the first liner 36 along a narrow portion of its outer surface 34 adjacent its spine edge 32, the second liner 37 on the side of the first liner 36 opposite the first cover plate 31, and the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive between and releasably adhered to both of the liners 36 and 37.
  • the flexible backing 28 has an edge portion attached (as by an adhesive) to a portion of the outer surface 34 of the first cover plate 31 adjacent its spine edge 32 and projects past its spine edge 32 along the side of the second liner 37 opposite the first liner 36.
  • a second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive is firmly adhered to the projecting portion of the flexible backing 28 adjacent the second liner 37 and is releasably adhered to the side of the second liner 37 opposite the first liner 36 to removably attach the first liner 36 and thereby the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive and second liner 37 to the first cover plate 31.
  • a narrow third release liner 40 is adhered along an edge portion of the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive opposite the first cover plate 31 and adjacent the first liner 36, and a narrow fourth release liner 41 is adhered along an edge portion of the second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive opposite the first cover plate 31, which third and fourth liners 40 and 41 both provide unattached lips that are easily manually engaged to separate the first and second layers 26 and 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive from the first and second liners 36 and 37, respectively, and then help provide means by which the outer edges of those layers 26 and 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive may be grasped to help position them during use of the first cover assembly 30 to bind sheets 18.
  • the adjacent edge of the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive between the first and second liners 36 and 37 projects along the outer side surface 34 of the first cover plate 31 for a short distance (e.g., about 0.4 centimeter) to ensure engagement between the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive and the sheet 18 adjacent the first cover plate 31 in the stack 22 being bound, and the spine edge 32 of the first cover plate 31 is scalloped along its length (e.g., scallops 0.1 centimeter deep peak to valley) so that the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive can contact the narrow side surface portion 24 of the sheet 18 adjacent the first cover plate 31 in the stack 22 of sheets 18 being bound.
  • a short distance e.g., about 0.4 centimeter
  • a second cover assembly 44 including a second cover plate 45 of a stiff flexible material (e.g., also about 0.025 to 0.064 centimeter (0.010 to 0.025 inch) thick cover stock material) having about the same major surface dimensions as the sheets 18 to be bound, having a spine edge 46, an inner surface 47 adapted to be placed adjacent a side surface 23 of the stack 22 opposite the first cover plate 31 with the spine edge 46 aligned with the spine edges of the sheets 18 in the stack 22, and a disposable plate 50.
  • a stiff flexible material e.g., also about 0.025 to 0.064 centimeter (0.010 to 0.025 inch) thick cover stock material
  • the disposable plate 50 is separably attached edge to edge to the second cover plate 45 along its spine edge 46 by being formed integrally with the second cover plate 45 and having a line of perforations 51 along and defining the spine edge 46, along which line of perforations 51 the disposable plate 50 may be torn from the second cover plate 45.
  • Binding the sheets 18 to form the bound document 16 using the cover structure 12 is illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7.
  • the cover plates 31 and 45 are positioned on opposite sides of the stack 22 of sheets 18 with the spine edges 32 and 46 of the cover plates 31 and 45 aligned with the spine edges 19 of the sheets during the disposing step in which the sheets 18 are disposed in a stack 22 having side surfaces 23 with narrow side surface portions 24 of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 exposed beyond the spine edges 19 of overlying sheets 18 (Figure 4);
  • the first liner 36 is manually removed from the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive prior to the pressing step in which the generally uniformly thick first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive is pressed over the spine edges 19 and exposed narrow side surface portions 24, and the third liner 40 and edge portion of the second liner 37 opposite the first cover plate 31 provide means for grasping the edge of the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive opposite the first cover plate 31 to position it prior to the pressing step (Figure 5); the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive is pressed against the spine edges 19 and narrow side surface
  • Figure 8 illustrates the device 14, and Figures 9A through 21 sequentially illustrate using the device 14 and subsequent manual steps to bind sheets 18 into the bound document 16 using the cover structure 12.
  • the device 14 comprises positioning means on a frame 55 for, as shown in Figures 9A and 9B, positioning the sheets 18 face to face in an aligned stack 22 in a first position with the spine edges 19 and the outer edges 20 of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 aligned in generally horizontal planes at right angles to the side surfaces 23 of the stack and those side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 extending generally vertically upwardly from the spine edges 19, with the inner surface of the second cover plate 45 of the second cover assembly 44 positioned along one side surface 23 of the stack 22 with its spine edge 46 aligned with the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 and the disposable plate 50 extending along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18, and the inner surface 33 of the first cover plate 31 of the first cover assembly 30 positioned along the opposite side surface 23 of the stack 22 with its spine edge 32 aligned with the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 and the composite including the liners 36 and 37, first and second layers 26 and 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive and flexible backing 28 projecting away from the stack 22 along the disposable plate
  • the positioning, revolving and arching means in the device 14 comprise firm clamping means including first and second opposed jaws 60 and 61 for firmly clamping the aligned stack 22 of sheets 18 together adjacent their outer edges 20; limited clamping means comprising a pressure bar 62 attached to the frame 55 by spring means or springs 92 at its ends for applying a predetermined clamping force to clamp the stack 22 of sheets 18 together adjacent their spine edges 19 when the stack 22 is in the second position; means for automatically engaging the limited clamping means with the stack 22 during revolving of the stack 22 from the first position to the second position by the revolving means; and means for moving the firm clamping means engaged with the aligned stack 22 to help position the stack 22 in the first or the second positions and to arch a portion of the stack 22, with the portions of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 engaged by the limited clamping means slipping relative to each other under the limited clamping means to expose narrow side surface portions 24 of corresponding sides of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 and to thereafter return the arched clamped stack
  • the device 14 comprises a platen 64 having first and second ends 65 and 66 and a generally planar support surface 67 between its ends 65 and 66, and pivotal mounting means including pins 69 projecting from opposite sides of the platen 64 between its ends 65 and 66 and journaled in surfaces defining opposed vertical slots 70 in opposite side walls 71 of the frame 55 together with a horizontal rod 72 at the first end 65 of the platen 64 having opposite end portions 73 projecting through and guided by surfaces defining opposed guide slots 74 in the side walls 71 including vertical slot portions 75 aligned with the vertical slots 70, and arcuate slot portions 76, which pivotal mounting means mounts the platen 64 on the frame 55 for pivotal movement about a transverse axis defined by the pins 69 between a vertical position ( Figures 8, 9A, 9B and 10) at which the pins 69 and the end portions 73 of the horizontal rod 72 are at the bottoms of the vertical slots 70 and the vertical slot portions 75 respectively with the support surface 67 generally vertical, and a horizontal position at
  • the first and second jaws 60 and 61 of the firm clamping means each have an engagement surface adapted to engage the cover plates 31 and 45 and thereby the adjacent side surface 23 of the stack 22 of sheets 18, and the firm clamping means includes means in the form of two spaced parallel posts 78 projecting at a right angle from the horizontal rod 72, which posts 78 project through transverse openings in the second jaw 61 so that the second jaw 61 is transversely slidably mounted on the posts 78 for movement relative to the first jaw 60 between clamped and released positions relative to a stack 22 of sheets 18 and cover plates 31 and 45 between the jaws 60 and 61.
  • the clamping means also includes manually operable means for releasably retaining the jaws 60 and 61 in the clamped position including a spring member 79 having end portions 80 longitudinally slidably mounted within passageways in the second jaw 61 and encircling the posts 78.
  • the spring member 79 is normally biased to a locked position with a central portion 81 of the spring member arched away from the second jaw 61 at which locked position the end portions 80 of the spring member 79 are biased into locking engagement with the outer surfaces of the posts 78.
  • the central portion 81 of the spring member 79 is manually movable toward the second jaw 61 to a release position at which the spring member 79 is partially straightened, thereby moving its end portions 80 away from its central portion 81 and releasing their engagement with the posts 78 so that the second jaw 61 can be manually slid along the posts 78 to move the second jaw 61 between the clamping and release positions of the clamping means.
  • the first jaw 60 is pivotably mounted on the horizontal rod 72 at the first end 65 of the platen 64 to afford manual pivotal movement of the first and second jaws 60 and 61 by manual use of a crank 82 attached at the end of the first jaw 60 and accessible on the outer surface of one of the side walls 71 between a normal position (shown in solid lines in Figure 12) with the engagement surface of the first jaw 60 generally aligned with the support surface 67 of the platen 64, and first and second arching positions (shown in dotted outline in Figure 12) with the engagement surface of the first jaw 60 oriented at various angles with respect to the support surface 67; the first of which arched positions orients the engagement surface of the first jaw 60 at an angle of about 115 degrees with respect to the support surface and is used for arching stacks of fan folded paper to be bound, and the second of which arched positions orients the engagement surface of the first jaw 60 at an angle of about 225 degrees with respect to the support surface 67 and is used for arching stacks 22 of individual sheets 18 of paper to be bound
  • a release lever 83 carried on the crank 82 has a stop (not shown) movable along a relieved area of a ring 84 fixed on the horizontal rod 72 between recesses in the ring 84 into which the stop is biased by a spring (not shown) between the lever 83 and crank 82, which recesses can position the crank 82 with the first jaw 60 at its normal position, at the first arching position, or at the second arching position.
  • the frame 55 includes a paper locating wall 86 having a generally horizontal alignment surface located adjacent the second end 66 of the platen 64 when the platen 64 is in the vertical position, which locating wall 86 extends between the side walls 71 toward an open front side 87 of the frame 55.
  • the pressure bar 62 which has a rectangular cross section extends between the side walls 71, has an elongate pressure surface 90 between its ends adjacent the side walls 71, and has a transverse opening through its center that provides a manually engageable handle portion 89 of the bar 62 on its side opposite the pressure surface.
  • Two constant tension coiled "Negator" type springs 92 have ends attached to projections at the ends of the bar 62 and are rotatably mounted at attachment positions 93 on the side walls 71 of the frame 55, which attachment positions 93 are spaced along the alignment surface of the locating wall 86 from the second end 66 of the platen 64 when the platen 64 is in its vertical position, and are positioned slightly above the locating wall 86.
  • the springs 92 bias the pressure surface 90 toward the attachment positions 93 while affording movement of the bar 62 away from the attachment positions 93 in various directions in opposition to the constant biasing of the springs 92 including at a right angle to the support surface 67 when the platen 64 is in its first position and at a right angle to the alignment surface of the locating wall 86, and at various angles therebetween.
  • a flexible polymeric sheet 95 has one end attached along the pressure surface 90 of the pressure bar 62 and an opposite end attached along the engagement surface of the second jaw 61, and has a length between the pressure surface 90 and jaw 61 that is sufficiently shorter than the distance between the spine and outer edges 19 and 20 of sheets 18 that the device 14 is adapted to bind so that the flexible sheet 95 and the springs 92 normally position the pressure surface 90 of the bar 62 a short distance above the locating wall 86 with the weight of the bar 62 biasing it to a position with its major side surface generally horizontal and the pressure surface 90 parallel and opposed to the support surface 67 when the platen 64 is in the vertical position.
  • the first and second jaws 60 and 61 in their released and normal positions, the flexible sheet 95, the alignment surface on the locating wall 86, the support surface 67 when the platen 64 is in its vertical position, and one of two edge walls 97 on the platen 64 against which ends of the sheets may be aligned provide the positioning means on the frame 55 for positioning the sheets 18 face to face in an aligned stack 22 in the first position with their spine edges 19 and their outer edges 20 aligned in generally horizontal planes at right angles to the side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 and those side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 extending generally vertically upwardly from the spine edges 19, with the inner surface 47 of the second cover plate 45 of the second cover assembly 44 positioned along one side surface 23 of the stack 22 with its spine edge 46 aligned with the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 and the disposable plate 50 extending along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18, and the inner surface 33 of the first cover plate 31 of the first cover assembly 30 positioned along the opposite side surface 23 of the stack 22 with its spine edge 32 aligned with
  • Pivoting of the platen 64 from its vertical to its horizontal position with the first and second jaws 60 and 61 in their clamped and normal positions by manually grasping the end portions 73 of the horizontal rod 72, lifting the horizontal rod 72 and thereby the pins 69 upwardly in the slot portions 75 and slots 70 respectively and moving the rod end portions 73 along the arcuate slot portions 76 to their lowermost ends provides the revolving means on the frame 55 for revolving the aligned stack 22 of sheets 18 from the first position to the second position at which the spine edges 19 and the outer edges 20 of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 are aligned in generally vertical planes at right angles to the side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 with those side surfaces 23 extend generally horizontally, and the spine edges 19, 32 and 46 of the stack 22 and cover plates 31 and 45 exposed at the open front side 87 of the frame 55.
  • Pivoting of the first and second jaws 60 and 61 from their normal to one of their arching positions when the platen 64 is in its horizontal position and the jaws 60 and 61 are in their clamped position provides the arching means on the frame 55 which is activatable with the stack 22 of sheets 18 initially in the second position for arching a portion of the stack 22 of sheets 18 between the spine and outer edges 19 and 20 about an axis parallel to those edges 19 and 20 while retaining those outer edges 20 in a plane at a right angle to adjacent portions of the side surfaces 23 to cause relative slippage of portions of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 and expose narrow side surface portions 24 of corresponding sides of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 so that the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive may be applied thereto through the open front side 87 of the frame 55 in the manner described above, and for subsequently returning the arched stack 22 of sheets 18 to the second position to again cause relative slippage of portions of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 to again align their spine edges 19 in a plane generally at a right angle to the
  • the bar 62, the springs 92 biasing the pressure surface 90 on the bar 62 toward the attachment positions 93, and the flexible sheet 95 attached between the bar 62 and the second jaw 61 provide the means for automatically engaging the limited clamping means with the stack 22 during revolving of the stack 22 from the first position to the second position by the revolving means, whereupon the bar 62 and the springs 92 biasing the pressure surface 90 on the bar 62 toward the attachment positions 93 provide the limited clamping means for applying a predetermined clamping force to clamp the stack 22 of sheets 18 and cover plates 31 and 45 together adjacent their spine edges 19, 32 and 46 when the stack 22 is in the second position and to afford relative slipping of the portions of the sheets 18 in the stack 22 engaged by the limited clamping means during operation of the arching means to expose narrow side surface portions 24 of corresponding sides of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 and to thereafter return the arched clamped stack 22 of sheets 18 to the second position to again align the spine edges 19, 32 and 46 in a plane generally at a right angle to the
  • the device 14 is initially adjusted so that as shown in Figure 8, the platen 64 is in its first position with the support surface 67 vertical, and the jaws 60 and 61 of the clamping means are spaced sufficiently to afford positioning the sheets 18 to be bound and the cover plates 31 and 45 of the cover structure 12 therebetween.
  • the second cover assembly 44 is then positioned with the outer surface 48 of the second cover plate 45 against the first jaw 60 and support surface 67, its spine edge 46 against the alignment surface on the locating wall 86, and the disposable plate 50 projecting along that alignment surface toward the open front side 87 of the frame 55; the sheets 18 are then positioned along the inner surface 47 side of the second cover plate 45 with their spine edges 19 against the disposable plate 50; and the first cover assembly 30 is then positioned with the inner surface 33 of the first cover plate 31 along the side of the sheets 18 opposite the second cover plate 45 and its spine edge 32 against the disposable plate 50 and the composite including the liners 36 and 37, the first and second layers 26 and 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive and the flexible backing 28 projecting along the disposable plate 50 toward the open front side 87 of the frame 55 under the pressure bar 62 as is shown in Figures 9A and 9B.
  • the sheets 18 and cover plates 31 and 45 are then jogged to position their sides against one edge wall 97 of the platen 64 and insure that they are all down as far as possible against the locating wall 86, and the second jaw 61 is moved toward the first jaw 60 by manually pressing the central portion 81 of the spring member 79 toward the second jaw 61 to forcefully clamp the sheets 18 and cover plates 31 and 45 together adjacent the outer edges 20 of the sheets 18 as is shown in Figure 10, whereupon the central portion 81 is released so that the spring member 79 again engages the posts 78 to retain the jaws 60 and 61 in their engaged position.
  • the platen 64 is then manually moved to its second position as is illustrated in Figure 11 by manually grasping the end portions 73 of the horizontal rod 72, lifting them from the vertical portions 75 of the guide slots 74, and moving them along the arcuate portions 76 of the guide slots 74 to their lowermost end so that the platen 64 moves to its second position with its support surface 67 and the side surface 23 of the stack 22 of sheets 18 thereon horizontal.
  • the pressure surface 90 of the the pressure bar 62 engages the outer surface 34 of the first cover plate 31 adjacent its spine edge 32 and then under the influence of the constant force springs 92 applies a limited pressure to press together the cover plates 31 and 45 and sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 32, 46 and 19.
  • the crank 82 is then rotated (after depressing and then releasing the lever 83) to the desired arched position determined by engagement of the stop on the lever 83 with the appropriate recess in the ring 84 to cause the jaws 60 and 61 clamped on the stack 22 and cover plates 31 and 45 to rotate on the rod 72 and arch a portion of the stack 22 of sheets 18 between their spine and outer edges 19 and 20 while the jaws 61 and 62 retain their outer edges 20 in a plane at a right angle to adjacent portions of the side surfaces 23 to cause relative slippage of portions of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 under the pressure bar 62 and expose narrow side surface portions 24 of corresponding sides of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 as can be seen in Figure 13.
  • the first liner 36 is then manually removed from the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive as is illustrated in Figure 13
  • opposite portions of the third liner 40 and second liner 37 are grasped to pull the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive on the second liner 37 into smooth engagement with the narrow side surface portions 24 and spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 and the disposable plate 50, whereupon that engagement is completed through the manual use of the flexible pressing blade 52 as is illustrated in Figure 14.
  • the flexible backing 28 with the firmly adhered second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive is then peeled away and lifted from the second liner 37, and the second and third liners 37 and 40 are peeled from the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive now adhered to the sheets 18 and discarded.
  • the crank 82 then is moved back to its normal position after depressing the lever 83 to return the arched stack 22 of sheets 18 to the second position and again cause relative slippage of portions of the sheets 18 adjacent their spine edges 19 under the pressure bar 62 to again align their spine edges 19 in a plane generally at a right angle to the side surfaces 23 of the stack 22 as is illustrated in Figure 16 and re-form the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive to provide the major portion 25 along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18.
  • the disposable plate 50 is then manually torn away along the perforations 51 at the spine edge 46 of the second cover plate 45 as is illustrated in Figure 16 to remove that portion of the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive adhered thereto that is not needed, and as illustrated in figure 17, opposite portions of the fourth liner 41 and the flexible backing 28 are grasped to pull the second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive on the flexible backing 28 into smooth engagement with the major portion 25 of the first layer 26 of pressure sensitive adhesive along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18, whereupon that engagement is completed as illustrated in Figure 18 through the manual use of the flexible pressing blade 52.
  • the second jaw 61 is then moved to the release position by manipulation of the central portion 81 of the spring member 79, the pressure bar 62 is manually lifted away from the document 16 by grasping it along its handle portion 89 as is illustrated in Figure 19, and the document 16 is pulled from the device 14.
  • the fourth liner 41 is then removed from the edge portion of the second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive on the edge portion of the flexible backing 28 which is preferably brought into engagement with the outer surface 48 on the second cover plate 45 adjacent its spine edge 46 as is illustrated in Figure 21 by pressing the portion of the flexible backing 28 along the spine edges 19 of the sheets 18 against a planar support surface with the edge portions of the flexible backing 28 and second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive also extending along that planar support surface, moving the second cover plate 45 to a position at a right angle with respect to the sheets 18, and pressing the inner surface 47 of the second cover plate 45 along its spine edge 46 against the edge portion of the second layer 38 of pressure sensitive adhesive on the flexible backing 28 beneath it.
  • the bound document 16 is then completed.

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  1. Gebundenes Dokument (16), umfassend:
    eine Vielzahl von Bogen (18), die jeweils eine Rückenkante (19) und eine der Rückenkante (19) gegenüberliegende Außenkante (20) aufweisen, wobei die in einem Stapel (22) angeordneten Bogen (18) einander gegenüberliegende Seitenflächen haben, die mit den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) ausgerichtet sind, um eine im allgemeinen ebenflächige Oberfläche im rechten Winkel zu den einander gegenüberliegenden Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) festzulegen;
       ein Paar auf den einander gegenüberliegenden Seitenflächen des Stapels angeordnete Einbanddeckel (31, 45), die jeweils eine mit den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) des Stapels (22) ausgerichtete Rückenkante (32, 46) aufweisen; und
       eine erste Lage (26) Haftkleber, der in einer gleichförmig dicken Lage über den ausgerichteten Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) und Einbanddeckel (31, 45) und entlang an den den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) auf den entsprechenden Seiten der Bogen (18) aufgeklebt ist, wenn die Bogen (18) so angeordnet werden, daß die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) relativ zu den angrenzenden Bogen (18) exponiert werden, wobei die erste Lage (26) des Haftklebers einen sich im allgemeinen in einer gleichförmigen Lage entlang den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) erstreckenden größeren Teil (25) und sich zwischen den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) der Bogen (18) erstreckende kleinere Teile (27) aufweist, um eine Haftung der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers an den Rückenkanten (19) und den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) zu halten; und
       einen starken, flexiblen Rücken (28) mit einem im allgemeinen darüberliegenden ebenflächigen zentralen Abschnitt und an der Seite des größeren Teils (25) der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers gegenüber den Rückenkanten (19) aufgeklebt und entlang den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) angrenzend Endabschnitte, um die Rückenkanten (19) in einer Ebene in einem im allgemeinen rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) zu halten.
  2. Gebundenes Dokument (16) nach Anspruch 1, umfassend eine zweite Lage (38) Haftkleber zwischen dem zentralen Abschnitt des Rückens (28) und dem größeren Teil der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers.
  3. Gebundenes Dokument (16) nach Anspruch 1, bei welchem die Bogen (18) an ihren Kanten mit an ihren größeren Flächen angrenzenden Bogen (18) in Form einer Fächerfalte mit den Rückenkanten (19) jedes Bogens (18) außer den äußeren Bogen (18) in dem Stapel verbunden sind, die mit der Rückenkante (19) des Bogens (18) entlang einer ihrer Seitenflächen verbunden sind, und die Außenkante (20) des Bogens (18) verbunden ist mit der Außenkante (20) des Bogens (18) entlang der anderen ihrer Seitenflächen, und die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) eine Breitenabmessung in einer Richtung in einem rechten Winkel zu den Rückenkanten (19) aufweisen, die mindestens das Dreifache der Dickenabmessung von einem der Bogen (18) beträgt.
  4. Gebundenes Dokument (16) nach Anspruch 1, bei welchem die Bogen (18) voneinander vollständig getrennt sind und jeder der Bogen (18) einen der schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) hat, auf dem die erste Lage (26) des Klebers aufgeklebt ist, und die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) eine Breitenabmessung in einer Richtung im rechten Winkel zu den Rückenkanten (19) aufweisen, die mindestens das Dreifache der Dickenabmessung von einem der Bogen (18) beträgt.
  5. Verfahren zum Binden eines Stapels (22) von Bogen (18), von denen jeder eine Rückenkanten (19) und eine Außenkante (20) gegenüber der Rückenkanten (19) aufweist, welches Verfahren die Schritte umfaßt:
       Anordnen der Bogen (18) in einem Stapel (22) mit Seitenflächen mit an den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) der Bogen (18), die über die Rückenkanten (19) der darüberliegenden Bogen (18) hinaus exponiert sind;
       Aufpressen einer im allgemeinen gleichförmig dicken ersten Lage (26) von Haftkleber auf die Rückenkanten (19) und exponierten schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24);
       Bewegen der Bogen (18) mit den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in eine Position, die im allgemeinen in einer Ebene in einem im allgemeinen rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) ausgerichtet ist, um die erste Lage des Haftklebers zu bilden, so daß ein größerer Teil (25) der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers sich in einer im allgemein gleichförmigen Lage entlang der Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) erstreckt und deren kleinere Teile (27) sich zwischen den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) der Bogen (18) erstrecken, um die Haftung der ersten Lage (26) Haftkleber an den Rückenkanten (19) und den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) zu halten; und
       Kleben eines im allgemeinen ebenflächigen zentralen Abschnitts eines flexiblen Rückens (28) über den größeren Teil (25) der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers auf seiner den Rückenkanten (19) gegenüberliegenden Seite und Anlegen von Endabschnitten des Rückens (28) an die Seiten des Stapels (22), um die Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in einer Ebene in einem im allgemeinen rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) zu halten.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, bei welchem die Bogen (18) an ihren Kanten mit an ihren größeren Flächen anliegenden Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) in Form einer Fächerfalte mit den Rückenkanten (19) jedes Bogens (18) außer den äußersten Bogen (18) in dem Stapel verbunden sind, die mit der Rückenkante (19) des Bogens (18) entlang einer ihrer Seitenflächen verbunden sind, und die Außenkante (20) des Bogens (18) verbunden ist mit der Außenkante (20) des Bogens (18) entlang der anderen ihrer Seitenflächen, und während des Schrittes des Anordnens die Bogen so angeordnet werden, daß die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) eine Breitenabmessung aufweisen, die mindestens das Dreifache der Dickenabmessung von einem der Bogen (18) beträgt.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, bei welchem die Bogen (18) voneinander vollständig getrennt sind und jeder der Bogen (18) einen der schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) hat, auf dem die erste Lage (26) des Klebers aufgeklebt ist, und während des Schrittes des Anordnens die Bogen (18) so angeordnet werden, daß die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) eine Breitenabmessung in einer Richtung im rechten Winkel zu den Rückenkanten (19) aufweisen, die mindestens das Dreifache der Dickenabmessung von einem der Bogen (18) beträgt.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, ferner umfassend:
       Schaffen einer ersten Deckelanordnung (30), umfassend einen ersten Einbanddeckel (31) mit einer Rückenkante (32), einer Innenfläche (33) zum Anordnen an der einen Seitenfläche (23) des Stapels (22) angrenzend und eine Außenfläche (34), von der Rückenkante (32) des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) hervorstehende erste und zweite Einlagen (36 und 37), wobei die erste Lage (26) des Haftklebers zwischen und ablösbar auf den beiden Einlagen (36 und 37) klebt, der flexible Rücken (28) einen an einem Teil der Außenfläche (34) des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) angrenzend an der Rückenkante (32) anliegenden und hinter dem Rückenteil (32) entlang der Seite der zweiten Einlage (37) gegenüber der ersten Einlage (36) hervorstehenden Kantenteil hat, und die zweite Lage (38) des Haftklebers an dem hervorstehenden Teil des Rückens (28) fest aufgeklebt und auf der zweiten Einlage (37) ablösbar aufgeklebt ist; und eine zweite Deckelanordnung (44), umfassend einen zweiten Einbanddeckel (45) mit einer Rückenkante (46), einer Innenfläche (47) zum Anordnen angrenzend an der einen Seitenfläche (23) des Stapels (22) gegenüber dem ersten Einbanddeckel (31), wobei die Rückenkanten (46) des zweiten Einbanddeckels (45) mit den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) ausgerichtet sind, und eine abnehmbare Platte (50), welche abnehmbare Platte (50) Kante an Kante an dem zweiten Einbanddeckel (45) entlang seiner Rückenkante (46) trennbar angebracht ist;
       Anordnen der Einbanddeckel (31, 45) an gegenüberliegenden Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) mit den Rückenkanten (32, 46) der Einbanddeckel (31, 45) zu den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) während es Schrittes des Anordnens ausgerichtet;
       Entfernen der ersten Einlage (36) von der ersten Deckelanordnung (30) vor dem Schritt des Aufpressens;
       Aufpressen der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers auf die Rückenkanten (19) und die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) der Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) und auf die abnehmbare Platte (50) der zweiten Deckelanordnung (44) durch die zweite Einlage (37) während des Schritts des Aufpressens;
       Entfernen der zweiten Einlage (37) nach dem Schritt des Auftragens und vor dem Schritt des Bewegens;
       Entfernen der abnehmbaren Platte (50) von dem zweiten Einbanddeckel (45) nach dem Schritt des Aufpressens, um jeglichen Teil der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers zu entfernen, der sich über den Stapel (22) hinaus erstreckt; und
       Aufkleben eines Kantenteils des flexiblen Rückens (28) auf einen an seiner Rückenkante (46) angrenzenden Teil des zweiten Einbanddeckels (45) während des Schritts des Auftragens.
  9. Einbandkonstruktion (12) zur Verwendung für das Binden einer Vielzahl von ähnlich bemessenen Bogen (18), von denen jeder eine Rückenkante (19) und eine Außenkante (20) gegenüber der Rückenkante (19) aufweist, welche Bogen (18) in einem Stapel (22) mit gegenüberliegenden Seitenflächen angeordnet sind, wobei die Einbandkonstruktion (12) aufweist:
       eine erste Deckelandordnung (30), umfassend einen ersten Einbanddeckel (31) mit einer Rückenkante (32), eine Innenfläche zum Anordnen angrenzend an einer Seitenfläche des Stapels (22) und eine Außenfläche, erste und zweite Einlagen (36 und 37), die von der Rückenkante (32) des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) hervorstehen, eine erste Lage (26) Haftkleber, der ablösbar zwischen und auf den beiden Einlagen geklebt ist, ein starker flexibler Rücken (28), der auf einen an seiner Rückenkante (32) angrenzenden Teil der Außenfläche des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) aufgeklebt ist und hinter der Rückenkante (32) des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) entlang der Seite der zweiten Einlage (37) gegenüber der ersten Einlage (36) hervorsteht, und eine zweite Lage (38) des Haftklebers an dem hervorstehenden Teil des Rückens (28) fest aufgeklebt und auf der zweiten Einlage (37) ablösbar aufgeklebt ist; und
       eine zweite Deckelanordnung (44), umfassend einen zweiten Einbanddeckel (45) mit einer Rückenkante (46), eine Innenseite zum Anordnen angrenzend an der Seitenfläche des Stapels (22) gegenüber dem ersten Einbanddeckel (31), wobei die Rückenkante (46) des zweiten Einbanddeckels (45) mit den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) ausgerichtet ist, und eine abnehmbare Platte (50), welche abnehmbare Platte (50) Kante an Kante an dem zweiten Einbanddeckel (45) entlang seiner Rückenkante (46) trennbar so angebracht ist, daß mit den an gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Stapels (22) angeordneten Einbanddeckeln (31 und 45) und den mit den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) der Bogen (18) entlang den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) angeordneten exponierten Bogen (18) die erste Einlage (36) entfernt werden kann, die erste Lage (26) des Haftklebers auf die Rückenkanten (19) und die schmalseitigen Oberflächenteile (24) der Bogen (18) und auf die abnehmbare Platte (50) der zweiten Deckelanordnung (44) aufgetragen wird, die zweite Einlage (37) entfernt werden kann, die abnehmbare Platte (50) entfernt werden kann, um jeglichen Teil der ersten Lage (26) des sich über den Stapel (22) hinaus ertreckenden Haftklebers zu entfernen, die Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22) relativ zueinander in eine Position mit den Rückenkanten (19) des Stapels (22) in einer im rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) angeordneten Ebene bewegt werden kann, um die erste Lage (26) des Haftklebers zu bilden, so daß sie einen sich im allgemeinen in einer gleichförmigen Lage entlang den Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) erstreckenden größeren Teil (25) und sich zwischen den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) der Bogen (18) erstreckende kleinere Teile (27) aufweist, um eine Haftung der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers an den Rückenkanten (19) und den schmalseitigen Oberflächenteilen (24) zu erhalten, und die zweite Lage (38) des Haftklebers auf dem flexiblen Rücken (28) an den größeren Teil (25) der ersten Lage (26) des Haftklebers über den Rückenkanten (19) und einen Teil des zweiten, an seiner Rückenkante (46) angrenzenden Einbanddeckels (45) geklebt werden kann, um die Rückenkanten (19) der Bogen (18) in einer Ebene in einem im allgemeinen rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen des Stapels (22) zu halten.
  10. Einbandkonstruktion (12) nach Anspruch 9, bei welcher die Rückenkante (32) des ersten Einbanddeckels (31) entlang ihrer Länge gewellt ist.
  11. Vorrichtung (14) zur Verwendung für das Binden einer Vielzahl von Bogen (18), von denen jeder eine Rückenkante (19), eine Außenkante (20) gegenüber der Rückenkante (19) und größere Seitenflächen aufweist, wobei die Vorrichtung umfaßt:
       einen Rahmen (55);
       Positioniermittel an dem Rahmen (55) zum Positionieren der Bogen (18) in einem ausgerichteten Stapel (22) in einer ersten Position mit den Rückenkanten (19) und den Außenkanten (20) ausgerichtet in Ebenen mit im allgemeinen in rechten Winkeln zu den Seitenflächen, wobei sich die Seitenflächen von den Rückenkanten (19) im allgemeinen nach oben erstrecken;
       Drehmittel an dem Rahmen (55) zum Drehen des ausgerichteten Stapels (22) von Bogen (18) von der ersten Position zu einer zweiten Position, bei welcher zweiten Position die Rückenkanten (19) und die Außenkanten (20) in im allgemeinen vertikalen Ebenen mit rechten Winkeln zu den Seitenflächen ausgerichtet sind und die Seitenflächen sich im allgemeinen horizontal erstrecken; und
       Wölbungsmittel an dem Rahmen (55) und auslösbar mit dem anfänglich in der zweiten Position befindlichen Stapel (22) der Bogen (18), um einen Teil des Stapels (22) der Bogen (18) zwischen den Rückenkanten und Außenkanten (19, 20) um eine Achse parallel zu den Kanten (19, 20) zu wölben, während die Außenkanten (20) in einer Ebene in einem rechten Winkel zu angrenzenden Teilen der Seitenflächen gehalten werden, um ein relatives Verschieben der an den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden Teile der Bogen (18) zu bewirken und die schmalseitigen Flächenteile (24) der entsprechenden Seiten der an den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden Bogen (18) zu exponieren, so daß darauf eine Lage Haftkleber aufgetragen werden kann, und zum nachfolgenden Zurückdrehen des gewölbten Stapels (22) der Bogen (18) in die zweite Position, um wiederum ein relatives Verschieben der an den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden Teile der Bogen (18) zu bewirken und die Rückenkanten (19) wiederum in einer Ebene im allgemeinen in einem rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen der Bogen (18) auszurichten;
       wobei die Mittel zum Positionieren, Drehen und Wölben umfassen:
       feste Einspannvorrichtung, umfassend erste und zweite, gegenüberliegende Spannbacken (60, 61), um den ausgerichteten Stapel (22) der Bogen (18) zusammen mit den angrenzenden Außenkanten (20) fest einzuspannen;
       begrenzte Einspannvorrichtung zum Aufbringen einer vorbestimmten Einspannkraft, um den Stapel (22) der Bogen (18) zusammen mit angrenzenden Rückenkanten (19) einzuspannen, wenn sich der Stapel (22) in der zweiten Position befindet;
       Mittel zum automatischen Einrücken der begrenzten Einspannvorrichtung mit dem Stapel (22) während des Drehens des Stapels (22) von der ersten Position zu der zweiten Position mit Hilfe des Drehmittels; und
       Mittel zum Bewegen der mit dem ausgerichteten Stapel (22) eingerückten festen Einspannvorrichtung, um das Positionieren des Stapels (22) in die erste oder die zweite Position und das Wölben eines Teils des Stapels (22) zu unterstützen, wobei sich die Teile der Bogen (18) in dem Stapel (22), der von der begrenzten Einspannvorrichtung eingerückt wurde, unter der begrenzten Einspannvorrichtung relativ zueinander verschieben, um schmalseitige Oberflächenteile (24) entsprechender Seiten der an den Rückenkanten (19) angrenzenden Bogen (18) zu exponieren und danach den gewölbten eingespannten Stapel (22) der Bogen (18) in die zweite Position zurückzudrehen, um die Rückenkanten (19) wiederum in einer Ebene im allgemeinen in einem rechten Winkel zu den Seitenflächen der Bogen (18) auszurichten.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 11, bei welcher:
       die Vorrichtung (14) einen Aufspanntisch (64) mit ersten und zweiten Enden (65 und 66) und eine im allgemeinen ebenflächige Auflagefläche (67) zwischen den Enden (65 und 66) aufweist sowie Mittel zum Befestigen des Aufspanntischs (64) auf dem Rahmen (55) zur drehbaren Bewegung um eine Querachse zwischen den Enden (65 und 66) zwischen einer vertikalen Position mit der im allgemeinen vertikalen Auflagefläche (67) und einer horizontalen Position mit der im allgemeinen horizontalen Auflagefläche (67);
       jede der ersten und zweiten Spannbacken (60, 61) der festen Einspannvorrichtung eine Einrückfläche zum Einrücken des Stapels (22) der Bogen (18) hat, die feste Einspannvorrichtung Mittel zum Befestigen der zweiten Spannbacke (61) für das relative Bewegen der ersten Spannbacke (60) zwischen den eingespannten und freigegebenen Positionen relativ zu einem Stapel (22) Papier zwischen den Spannbacken (60, 61) umfaßt und manuelle Bedienungsvorrichtungen aufweist, um die Spannbacken (60, 61) lösbar in der eingespannten Position zu halten;
       die erste Spannbacke an dem ersten Ende des Aufspanntischs (64) befestigt ist, um von Hand eine Drehbewegung der ersten und zweiten Spannbacke (60, 61) zwischen einer normalen Position mit der Einrückfläche der ersten, im allgemeinen mit der Auflagefläche (67) des Aufspanntischs (64) ausgerichteten Spannbacke (60) und den Wölbungspositionen mit der in verschiedenen Winkeln zu der Auflagefläche (67) orientierten Einrückfläche der ersten Spannbacke (60) herbeizuführen;
       der Rahmen (55) eine Feststellplatte (86) mit einer im allgemeinen horizontal ausgerichteten Oberfläche aufweist, die angrenzend an dem zweiten Ende (66) des Aufspanntischs (64) angeordnet ist, wenn sich der Aufspanntisch (64) in der vertikalen Position befindet; und
       die Vorrichtung (14) aufweist: einen Druckbügel (62) mit gegenüberliegenden Enden und einer langgestreckten Druckfläche (90) zwischen den Enden, Federn (92), die zwischen den Enden des Druckbügels (62) verbunden sind, und entlang der Auflagefläche (67) von dem zweiten Ende (66) des Aufspanntischs (64) beabstandete Befestigungspositionen an dem Rahmen (55), wenn der Aufspanntisch (64) in der vertikalen Position ist, um die Druckfläche (90) gegen die Befestigungspositionen vorzuspannen, während eine Wegbewegung des Bügels (62) von den Aufspannpositionen in verschiedenen, dem Vorspannen der Federn (92) entgegengesetzten Richtungen herbeigeführt wird, wobei das Gewicht des Bügels (62) den Bügel (62) zu einer Position mit der Druckfläche (90) parallel zu der Auflagefläche (67) vorspannt, wenn sich der Aufspanntisch (64) in der vertikalen Position befindet; und eine flexible Platte (95), dessen ein Ende an der Druckfläche (90) und ein gegenüberliegendes Ende an der Einrückfläche der zweiten Spannbacke (61) angebracht sind;
       die erste und zweite Spannbacke (60, 61) in der gelösten Position und der normalen Position, die flexible Platte (95), die Justierfläche und die Auflagefläche (67) mit dem Aufspanntisch in der vertikalen Position das Positioniermittel gewähren;
       Drehen des Aufspanntischs (64) von der vertikalen zu der horizontalen Position mit den ersten und zweiten Spannbacken (60, 61) in der eingespannten Position und der normalen Position das Drehmittel gewähren;
       Drehen der ersten und zweiten Spannbacke (60, 61) von der normalen in eine der Wölbungspositionen mit dem Aufspanntisch (64) in der horizontalen Position und den Spannbacken (60, 61) in der eingespannten Position das Wölbungsmittel gewähren; und
       der gegen die Befestigungspositionen unter der Wirkung der Federn (92) vorgespannte Druckbügel (62) die begrenzte Einspannvorrichtung gewährt.
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