WO2008022400A1 - Découpe de couverture de livre et couvertures obtenues à partir de celle-ci - Google Patents

Découpe de couverture de livre et couvertures obtenues à partir de celle-ci Download PDF

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WO2008022400A1
WO2008022400A1 PCT/AU2007/001220 AU2007001220W WO2008022400A1 WO 2008022400 A1 WO2008022400 A1 WO 2008022400A1 AU 2007001220 W AU2007001220 W AU 2007001220W WO 2008022400 A1 WO2008022400 A1 WO 2008022400A1
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Clifford Kevin Royle
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C7/00—Manufacturing bookbinding cases or covers of books or loose-leaf binders
    • 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
    • B42D3/00—Book covers
    • 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
    • B42D3/00—Book covers
    • B42D3/12—Book covers combined with other articles

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  • the present invention relates to cover blanks and covers made therefrom, and to related methods and systems.
  • Hardbound book covers (or cases) are generally regarded as benchmarks for articulated protective/decorative covers in terms of durability, feel, appearance, and lay-flat opening.
  • their composite construction makes their production complicated, slow and expensive.
  • a cover blank consisting of a single sheet having two cover panels hingedly connected to a central back panel by two hinge panels on opposite sides of the back panel, the panels having foldable flaps around their outside edges, the flaps being dimensioned and arranged so that, when folded to overlie the panels and one another, the cover panels have a two-, three- or four-layer thickness around their outside edges and a three- or four-layer thickness over most of their area, the back panel has a two-layer thickness around its outside edges and a one-layer thickness over most of its area, and the hinge panels have a two-layer thickness around their outside edges and a one- or two-layer thickness over most of their area.
  • each cover panel can be formed by one or two opposed pairs of flaps which are dimensioned and arranged so that, when folded to overlie the panels and one another, they interlock and abut.
  • the three- or four-layer thickness area of each cover panel can be substantially flat, seamless and rigid.
  • the one- or two-layer thickness area of each hinge panel can be substantially flexible to allow lay-flat opening of the cover panels relative to the back panel.
  • every outside edge of the back, hinge and cover panels can be protected or stiffened by a rolled or rounded folded edge.
  • the back panel and/or the hinge panels can be dimensioned and arranged to receive back and/or side edges of a spine of a softbound book (or text) block or like article.
  • the back panel can be dimensioned so that it has a width greater than the thickness of the softbound book block or like article, and a length greater than the length of the softbound book block or like article.
  • the cover panels can be dimensioned so that they have a length and a width greater than that of the softbound book block or like article.
  • the back panel and/or the hinge panels can be adapted to foldably/hingedly move relative to one another to form a generally rounded or squared U-shaped cross-section to receive back and/or side edges of the spine of the soft boundbook block or like article.
  • the softbound book (or text) block or like article can include a plurality of printed and/or unprinted pages bound together by either a softcover, or printed and/or imprinted endpapers.
  • the softbound book block or like article can be selected from a perfect bound book block, a burst bound book block, a polyurethane (PUR) bound book block, a sewn book block, a saddle-stitched or stapled magazine, a brochure, a booklet, a catalogue, a menu book, and a map.
  • PUR polyurethane
  • One foldable flap of each cover panel can be dimensioned and arranged to foldably overlie most of its inner surface and/or partially overlie an adjacent hinge panel.
  • a free outside edge of one foldable flap of one cover portion can have a row of spaced holes formed therethrough, the one foldable flap being dimensioned and arranged to foldably overlie most of the inner surface of the one cover panel so that the row of holes partially overlie an adjacent one of the hinge panels, wherein the row of holes are adapted to receive a wirebound book, a spiralbound book, or a comb-bound book.
  • the cover panels can be hingedly connected to the hinge panels by two pairs of spaced fold lines.
  • Two foldable flaps of the cover panels can be dimensioned and arranged so that their opposed edges foldably overlie and cooperate with the two pairs of spaced fold lines to thereby provide hinges having a two-layer thickness.
  • the cover blank and its panels and flaps can be substantially rectilinear.
  • the cover panels can be substantially rectangular or substantially square, and the back panel and hinge panels can be substantially rectangular.
  • the flaps can be dimensioned and arranged so that in a flat condition their free edges are inclined and/or setback relative to one another and/or relative to adjacent outside edges of the panels, whereby the inclinations and/or setbacks facilitate folding of the flaps and/or formation of rolled or rounded edges around the outside edges of the panels.
  • the cover panels and/or their flaps can have one or more apertures or pockets to receive one or more articles selected from CDs, DVDs, book accessories, CD accessories, DVD accessories, CD booklets, DVD booklets, instruction manuals, and combinations thereof.
  • a CD/DVD tray or container can be selectively attached to the back panel, the hinge panels, the cover panels, and combinations thereof.
  • the cover panels and/or their flaps can have foldouts, cutouts, pop-ups, and combinations thereof.
  • the flaps and panels of the cover blank can be defined by lines of weakness selected from scorings, crease-cuts, blind embossments, grooves, perforations, and combinations thereof.
  • One side of the cover blank can be provided with surface modifications selected from printing, colouring, protective coating, decorative coating, laminating, texturing and combinations thereof.
  • the surface modifications can extend over all inner and outer areas of the panels except inner areas of the back panel and/or the hinge panels having the one-layer thickness.
  • the surface modifications can be selected to simulate the appearance of a hardbound book selected from a cloth-bound book, a leather-bound book, a halfbound book, a quarterbound book, and combinations thereof.
  • the printing can be selected from images, indicia, advertising, information, colouring, and combinations thereof.
  • the texturing can be selected from cloth texturing, leather texturing, parchment texturing, embossing, and combinations thereof.
  • the single sheet can consist of sheet material and/or web material selected from paper, paperboard, card, cardboard, board, plastics, and combinations and laminates thereof.
  • the present invention also provides a cover constructed from the cover blank.
  • the cover can be constructed by folding and gluing the cover blank so that the flaps are adhered to the panels and one another.
  • the flaps can be substantially uniformly adhered to the panels and one another to form laminates of varying thicknesses over different parts of the cover.
  • the cover can be a protective and/or decorative cover or like article selected from a hardcover book cover, a CD cover, a DVD cover, a magazine cover, a booklet cover, a brochure cover, a catalogue cover, a folder, a binder, a loose-leaf file, a menu cover, a map cover, a picture book, a puzzle book, an interactive book, a boardgame, and combinations thereof.
  • the present invention further provides a book having a bound book block attached to the cover.
  • the bound book block can be selected from a softbound book (or text) block, a wirebound book (or text) block, a spiralbound book (or text) block, a comb-bound book (or text) block, and combinations thereof.
  • the present invention also provides a method of forming a cover including the steps of: cutting and creasing a single sheet to form a cover blank having two cover panels hingedly connected to a central back panel by two hinge panels on opposite sides of the back panel, the panels having foldable flaps around their outside edges, the flaps being dimensioned and arranged so that, when folded to overlie the panels and one another, the cover panels have a two-, three- or four-thickness around their outside edges and a three- or four-layer thickness over most of their area, the back panel has a two-layer thickness around its outside edges and a one-layer thickness over most of its area, and the hinge panels have a two-layer thickness around their outside edges and a one- or two-layer thickness over most of their area; folding and gluing the cover blank to form a cover in which the flaps are adhered to the panels and one another.
  • the gluing can be performed using adhesive selected from pressure sensitive adhesive, thermally activatable adhesive, thermo-reactive adhesive, and combinations thereof.
  • the method can include the additional step of, before cutting and creasing, providing one side of the sheet with surface modifications selected from printing, colouring, protective coating, decorative coating, laminating, texturing and combinations thereof.
  • the method can include the additional step of, after folding and gluing, attaching the back panel and/or the hinge panels of the cover to back and/or side edges of a spine of a softbound book block using a perfect (or soft cover) binding machine.
  • the present invention also provides a system for forming hardback books including: a scorer-cutter configured to cut and crease a single sheet to form a cover blank having two cover panels hingedly connected to a central back panel by two hinge panels on opposite sides of the back panel, the panels having foldable flaps around their outside edges, the flaps being dimensioned and arranged so that, when folded to overlie the panels and one another, the cover panels have a two-, three- or four-thickness around their outside edges and a three- or four-layer thickness over most of their area, the back panel has a two- layer thickness around its outside edges and a one-layer thickness over most of its area, and the hinge panels have a two-layer thickness around their outside edges and a one- or two-layer thickness over most of their area; a folder-gluer configured to fold and glue the cover blank to form a cover in which the flaps are adhered to the panels and one another; a perfect (or softcover) binder configured to attach the back panel and/or the hinge panels of the
  • the system can further include a printer and/or a laminator configured to print and/or laminate one side of the sheet.
  • the system can further include conveyors and/or feeders configured to selectively operatively connect the scorer-cutter, folder-gluer, perfect binder, printer, and laminator to one another.
  • the present invention further provides a book cover having a pair of covers articulated to one another by a spine, the covers each having top, bottom and side flaps that are folded upon and secured to the covers and one another to form three or four plies over most of the area of the covers, wherein in a folded condition the free edges of the side flaps extend inwardly of the covers to abut one another and form a single inner ply which freely overlies most of the area of the spine, so that in use a book block secured to the free edges of the side flaps is freely moveable relative to the spine thereby allowing the book block to flex and open flat independently of the covers and the spine.
  • the book block can be secured at its spine edge to the free edges of the side flaps by glue.
  • the free edges of the side flaps can have score lines for receiving the glue and the spine edge of the book block.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are inside and outside plan views of a cover blank of one embodiment of the invention in a flat condition;
  • Figures 2 to 7 are sequential perspective views showing a sequence of folding and gluing operations on the cover blank of Figure 1 to form a cover;
  • Figures 8 and 9 are perspective views of the cover fully and partially opened;
  • Figure 10 is a perspective view of the cover bound to a softbound book (or text) block to form a hardcover book;
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of the hardcover book with a cover having a foldout;
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of the hardcover book with a cover having a pocket holding a CD/DVD;
  • Figures 13 to 15 are perspective views of alternative embodiments of the cover blank and cover adapted to bind to a wirebound book block;
  • Figures 16 and 17 are perspective views of covers bound to CD/DVD trays with and without softbound book blocks;
  • Figure 18 to 20 are block diagrams of embodiments of a system for integrating the production of cover blanks and their assembled covers with conventional components of a perfect (or softcover) binding production line;
  • Figure 21 is a plan view of a book cover blank of another embodiment of the invention in a flat condition
  • Figures 22 and 23 are sequential plan views of the book cover blank in partially folded conditions;
  • Figures 24 and 25 are plan and perspective views of the book cover blank fully folded and glued to form a book cover; and
  • Figure 26 is an end view of a book formed by binding a book block to the book cover.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate inside and outside surfaces of a cover blank 2 in a flat condition.
  • the cover blank 2 consists of a single sheet of one-sided coated paperboard (or strawboard).
  • the coated outside surface of the sheet is printed and laminated as indicated by the hatching in Figure 2.
  • the vertical grain of the untreated inside surface of the sheet is indicated by the arrow in Figure 1.
  • the single-piece cover blank 2 can alternatively consist of any conventional foldable sheet material or web material selected from paper, paperboard, card, cardboard, board, plastics, and combinations and laminates thereof.
  • the single-piece cover blank 2 is cut and creased to form two cover panels 6, 8 hingedly connected to a central back panel 4 by two hinge panels 5, 7.
  • the hinge and back panels 4, 5, 7 generally correspond to side and back edges of a spine of a softbound book (or text) block.
  • the creases defining the different parts of the cover blank 2 can be lines of weakness selected from scorings, crease-cuts, blind embossments, grooves, perforations, and combinations thereof.
  • the cover, hinge and back panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 have foldable flaps around their outside edges.
  • the cover panels 6, 8 have top flaps 12, 16, bottom flaps 24, 28, and side flaps 20, 32 around their respective top, bottom and side edges.
  • the side flaps 20, 32 have arcuate inner corners 41, 42, 43, 44 joining the outer corners of the cover panels 6, 8.
  • the top and bottom flaps 12, 16, 24, 28 each have appended sidewardly extending corner flaps 10, 18, 22, 30 that are inwardly foldable via vertical crease cuts.
  • the corner flaps 10, 18, 22, 30 can, if desired, be dispensed with without departing from the principle or general construction of the cover blank 2.
  • the back panel 4 has a top flap 14 and a bottom flap 26, while the hinge panels 5, 7 have top flaps 11, 13 and bottom flaps 25, 27.
  • the top and bottom flaps 11, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27 of the back and hinge panels A, 5, 1 are joined to one another and the top and bottom flaps 12, 16, 24, 28 of the cover panels 6, 8. If desired, the top and bottom flaps of the cover, back and hinge panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 can be separated from one another without departing from the principle or general construction of the cover blank 2.
  • the cover panels 6, 8 are hingedly connected to the hinge panels 5, 7 by two pairs of spaced fold lines 34, 36.
  • the side flaps 20, 32 of the cover portions 6, 8 have two complementary pairs of spaced fold lines 38, 40 adjacent to their free outside edges.
  • the pairs of fold lines 34, 36, 38, 40 are arranged so that, when the side flaps 20, 32 are folded to overlie the hinge panels 5, 7, the complementary fold lines 38, 40 of the side flaps 20, 32 overlie and cooperate with the fold lines 34, 36 to thereby provide two-layer thickness hinges connecting the cover panels 6, 8 to the hinge panels 5, 7.
  • the flaps 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32 are dimensioned and arranged so that in a flat condition their free edges are inclined and setback relative to one another and relative to adjacent outside edges of the panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • the relative inclinations and setbacks facilitate complementary, sequential folding of the flaps 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, and the formation of rolled or rounded edges around the outside edges of the panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • Figures 3 to 7 illustrate the complete sequence of folding and gluing operations performed on the cover blank 2 to construct a cover 50.
  • reference numerals have been omitted from Figure 7.
  • the gluing is substantially uniformly applied so that the flaps 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32 are substantially uniformly adhered to the panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and one another to form integral laminates of varying two-, three- and four-layer thicknesses over different parts of the cover 50.
  • the gluing can be performed using conventional adhesive selected from pressure sensitive adhesive, thermally activatable adhesive, thermo-reactive adhesive, and combinations thereof.
  • the adhesive can be cold polyvinyl acetate (PVA) adhesive.
  • the cover 50 constructed by the sequential folding and gluing operations is illustrated in detail in Figures 8 and 9 (for clarity, hatching is omitted from Figure 9).
  • the cover panels 6, 8 When the corner flaps 10, 18, 22, 30 are retained, the cover panels 6, 8 have a three-layer thickness around their top and bottom outside edges, and a four-layer thickness around their side outside edges and over most of their area which generally corresponds to the inner surfaces (or faces) of the cases (or covers) of a hardbound (or hardcover) book. If the corner flaps 10, 18, 22, 30 are cut off as waste (not shown), the cover panels 6, 8 have a two-layer thickness around their top and bottom outside edges, and a three-layer thickness around their side outside edges and over most of their area.
  • each cover panel 6, 8 includes interlocking and abutting pairs of the top, bottom and corner flaps 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 30. If the corner flaps 10, 18, 22, 30 are cut off as waste (not shown), only one opposed pair of top and bottom flaps is dimensioned and arranged to interlock and abut for each cover panel 6, 8.
  • the back panel 4 of the assembled cover 50 has a two-layer thickness around its outside edges, and a one-layer thickness over most of its area.
  • the hinge panels 5, 7 of the assembled cover 50 also have a two-layer thickness around their outside edges.
  • the side flaps 20, 32 of the cover panels 6, 8 are dimensioned and arranged to foldably overlie most of their inner surfaces.
  • the side flaps 20, 32 of the cover panels 6, 8 are dimensioned and arranged to foldably overlie most of the inner surfaces of the hinge panels 5, 7 to thereby form a two-layer thickness over most of their area. If desired, the extent to which the side flaps 20, 32 foldably overlie the hinge panels 5, 7 can be varied without departing from the principle or general construction of the cover blank 2. Therefore, depending on the inward extent of the side flaps 20 and 32, the hinge panels 5, 7 will have a one- or two-layer thickness over most of their area.
  • the varying thicknesses at different parts of the cover, back and hinge panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 confer the cover 50 constructed from the cover blank 2 with an appearance, thickness, rigidity, and lay-flat opening which simulates that of conventional hardbound book covers.
  • each cover panel 6, 8 is substantially flat, seamless and rigid.
  • the one- or two-layer thickness area of each hinge panel 5, 7 is substantially flexible to allow lay-flat opening of the cover panels 6, 8 relative to the back panel 4 or a planar surface.
  • every outside edge of the back, hinge and cover panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 of the cover 50 is protected or stiffened by a rolled or rounded folded edge.
  • the outer corners of the cover panels 6, 8 are reinforced by the arcuate inner corners 41, 42, 43, 44 of the side flaps 20, 32.
  • the " printing and laminating on the outside surface of the cover blank 2 extends over all inner and outer areas of the panels 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, except the inner areas of the back panel 4 and the hinge panels 5, 7 having with the one-layer thickness. If desired, the printing and/or laminating can be omitted from the overlying areas of the flaps and the panels so as not to interfere with their gluing to one another.
  • the printing indicated by the hatching can be selected from images, indicia, advertising, information, colouring, and combinations thereof.
  • the hatched areas corresponding to one side of the cover blank can have additional surface modifications selected from colouring, protective coating, decorative coating, texturing and combinations thereof.
  • the surface modifications can be selected so that the assembled cover simulates the appearance of a hardbound book selected a cloth-bound book, a leather-bound book, a halfbound book, a quarterbound book, and combinations thereof.
  • the texturing can be selected from cloth texturing, leather texturing, parchment texturing, embossing, and combinations thereof.
  • Figure 10 illustrates a cover 50 bound to a softbound book (or text) block 70 to form a hardcover book 60.
  • the back panel 4 and the hinge panels 5, 7 of the cover 50 are dimensioned and arranged to receive back and side edges of the spine of the softbound book (or text) block 70.
  • the softbound book (or text) block 70 includes a plurality of printed and/or unprinted pages bound together by either a softcover (paper or flexible cardboard), or printed and/or unprinted endpapers.
  • the back panel 4 is dimensioned so that it has a width greater than the thickness of the softbound book block 70, and a length greater than the length of the softbound book block 70.
  • the cover panels 6, 8 are dimensioned so that they have a length and width greater than that of the softbound book block 70.
  • the hinge panels 5, 7 are foldably/hingedly connected to the back panel 4 by the two spaced fold lines 46, 48 to enable the back and hinge panels 4, 5, 7 to move relative to one another to define a generally rounded or squared U-shaped cross-section to receive back and side glued edges of the spine of the softbound book block 70.
  • the softbound book block 70 can be selected from a perfect bound book block, a burst bound book block, a polyurethane (PUR) bound book block, a sewn book block, a saddle- stitched or stapled magazine, a brochure, a booklet, a catalogue, a menu book, and a map.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a foldout 80 formed in one outer layer of a cover panel 6 of a cover 50 which is also bound to a book block 70.
  • opposed pairs of flaps underlying the pockets or apertures can be dimensioned and arranged so that seams or joins formed by their interlocking and abutting opposed ends are not visible when the overlying multiple foldouts, cut-outs, pop- ups, etc are opened.
  • the foldout 80 illustrated in Figure 11 has a seamless exposed area formed by dimensioning and arranging the flaps underlaying the foldout 80 to interlock and abut outside the area exposed when the foldout 80 is opened. This ensures that all outwardly visible surfaces of the cover have a seamless external appearance when overlying foldouts, cut-outs, pop-ups, etc are opened.
  • multiple foldouts, cut-outs, pop-ups, etc can be formed in individual layers of the three- or four-layer thickness of the cover panels to provide interactive books with or without conventional bound book blocks, such as children's picture books, foldout books, pop-up books, puzzle books, and combinations thereof.
  • the interactive books can themselves consist of multiple inner covers having multiple foldouts, cut-outs, pop-ups, etc which in turn are bound to an outer cover, whereby the inner covers form the pages or leaves of interactive books.
  • the foldouts, cutouts, pop-ups, etc formed from individual layers of the three- or four- layer thicknesses can be arranged so that the printing originally provided on the outer side of the cover blank can be visible, revealed or exposed on all inner and outer surfaces of the foldouts, cutouts, pop-ups, etc. This optimises the interactive, informational and/or marketing potential of covers having foldouts, cutouts, pop-ups, etc.
  • the three- or four-layer thickness over most of the area of the cover panels 6, 8 also enables apertures or pockets to be formed therein.
  • Such apertures or pockets can be dimensioned and arranged to receive planar articles, for example, CDs, DVDs, book accessories, CD accessories, DVD accessories, CD booklets, DVD booklets, instruction manuals, and combinations thereof.
  • Figure 12 illustrates a pocket 90 holding a CD/DVD 92 is formed in one inner layer of a cover panel 6 of a cover 50, which is also bound to a book block 70.
  • multiple apertures or pockets can be formed in individual layers of the three- or four-layer thickness of the cover panels to removably hold planar articles in covers with or without bound book blocks.
  • any and all combinations of foldouts, cutouts, pop-ups, apertures, pockets, etc can be formed in one or more layers of the three- or four-layer thickness over most of the area of the cover panels.
  • Figures 13 and 14 illustrate a cover 50 in which the free outside edge of the side flap 20 has a row 21 of spaced holes formed therethrough.
  • the side flap 20 is dimensioned and arranged to cover most of the inner surface of the cover panel 8 so that the row 21 of holes partially overlie adjacent hinge panel 7 inwardly of the hinge fold lines 34.
  • the row 21 of holes receives and engages a wire binder of a wirebound book block 72 to form a hardcover wirebound book 62.
  • either one of the side flaps 20, 32 can have a row of holes alternatively adapted to receive and engage a spiral binder of a spiralbound book block, or a comb binder of a comb-bound book.
  • Figure 16 illustrates a cover 50 assembled from the cover blank 2 with back and hinge panels 4, 5, 7 dimensioned and arranged to receive a CD/DVD tray (or container) 94 and a sofitbound book (or text) block 70
  • Figure 17 illustrates a cover 50 having just the CD/DVD tray 94 alone bound to the back and hinge panels 4, 5, 7.
  • CD/DVD trays (or containers) 94 can be provided in any and all combinations of cover, back and hinge panels with or without associated bound book blocks or like articles.
  • a single CD/DVD tray can be mounted on the inner surface of one of the cover panels.
  • the one-layer thickness over most of the area of the back panel 4 allows the assembled cover 50 to be bound to softbound book blocks at high production speeds using conventional perfect (or softcover) binding production lines.
  • the porous, bare (imprinted and unlaminated) inner paperboard surface of the one-layer thickness area of the back panel 4 and portions of the hinge panels 5, 7 facilitates adhesion of the cover 50 to glued back and/or side edges of spines of softbound book blocks 70.
  • Figures 18 to 20 illustrate embodiments of a system 100 for integrating the production of cover blanks 2 and their assembled covers 50 with conventional components of a perfect (or softcover) binding production line 120.
  • Figure 18 illustrates one embodiment of the system 100 which generally includes a cover- maker 110 and a perfect (or softcover) binding production line 120.
  • the cover-maker 110 includes a printer 130, a laminator 140, a scorer-cutter (or die/forme cutter) 150, and a folder-gluer 160.
  • the printer 130, laminator 140 and scorer-cutter 150 can be implemented using conventional printing, laminating and die/forme cutting machines and technologies.
  • the folder-gluer 160 can include one or more gluing stations and one or more folding stations.
  • the one or more gluing stations can be conventional roller-gluers used in packaging (for example, box or carton) production lines, and the one or more folding stations can be conventional belt-folders gluers used in packaging (for example, box or carton) production lines.
  • the folder-gluer 160 can be configured as described in the present applicant's WO 2006/092027 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the perfect (or softcover) binding production line 120 conventionally includes a printer 170, a collator 180, a binder 190 and a trimmer 192.
  • the system 100 includes conveyors and/or feeders configured to selectively operatively connect the individual components of the system 100 to one another.
  • the covers 50 and the softbound book blocks are automatically formed in separate lines that converge at the binder 190.
  • the softbound book blocks make two passes through the conventional binder 190 of the perfect (or softcover) binding production line 120 to produce finished hardcover books having covers 50.
  • Figures 19 and 20 illustrate one-pass variants of the system 100 of Figure 18 in which the softbound book blocks make a single pass through two conventional binders 190a, 190b to form finished hardcover books having covers 50.
  • the second, standalone conventional binder 190b therefore acts as a dedicated cover applicator.
  • individual components of the system 100 and their respective functionality can be provided in different combinations or different sub-combinations.
  • the folder-gluer 160 can be provided separately from the printer 130, laminator 140 and scorer/cutter 150.
  • the cover blank 2 would not be printed in-line with the folder-gluer if printing speeds are higher than folding-gluing speeds.
  • cover blanks 2 can be printed in a roll or a continuous web, and then cut into individual printed sheets.
  • cover blanks 2 can be provided as individual sheets and then printed, cut and scored.
  • individual components of the system 100 can be arranged in different in-line, one-pass or shuttle, two-pass modular configurations.
  • Figures 21 to 26 illustrate a modified embodiment of a book cover blank 200 which allows a book block to be durably bound to a folded book cover in a commercially acceptable manner so that the book is free to open fully and its pages easily turn, lie flat and open flat.
  • the blank 200 is formed from paper stock or cardboard, for example, grey board one side of which has a white laminate.
  • the blank 200 in a flat condition has a pair of covers 202 articulated to one another by a spine 204.
  • the covers 202 are formed of top, bottom and side flaps 206, 208, 210.
  • the free edges 212 of the side flaps 210 each have a hinged portion with diagonal score lines for receiving glue.
  • the top, bottom and' side flaps 206, 208, 210 are sequentially folded upon and secured to the covers 202 and one another to form a book cover 200 having three or four plies over most of the area of the covers 202.
  • the free hinged edges 212 of the side flaps 210 extend inwardly of the covers 202 to abut one another and form an articulated single inner ply which freely overlies most of the area of the spine 204.
  • Figure 26 illustrates a book 214 formed by gluing the spine edge of a book block 216 to the scored free hinged edges 212 of the side flaps 210 of the book cover 200.
  • the book block 216 is freely moveable relative to the spine 204, thereby allowing the book block 216 to flex and open flat independently of the covers 210 and the spine 204.
  • the scored free hinged edges 212 of the side flaps 210 can further or alternatively be glued to the opposed side edges of the spine of the book block 214. This variation also allows the book block 216 to freely flex and open flat independently of the covers 202 and the spine 204.
  • Embodiments of the invention provide high quality hardcovers that can be simply and economically constructed from single-piece blanks at high production speeds using conventional printing, packaging, and perfect (or softcover) book binding technologies.
  • the hardcovers of the invention can simulate, or even improve upon, the appearance, thickness, rigidity, and lay-flat opening of hardbound book covers (or cases).
  • Embodiments of the method and system of the invention enable high quality hardcover books to be produced using conventional perfect (or soft cover) binding production lines. This enables hardcover books to be produced at the maximum production speeds of conventional perfect bound (or softcover) books, for example, up to around 18,000 hardcover books per hour.
  • cover blanks and covers of embodiments of the invention advantageously bypass the bottleneck of conventional hard (or case) binding machines to enable high quality hardcover books to be produced at high-speed and economical-cost on conventional perfect binding (or softcover) machines.
  • covers made from the cover blanks of the invention can serve as protective and/or decorative articulated covers for any and all conventional books, book accessories, book-like articles, planar articles, and combinations thereof.
  • covers made from the cover blanks of the invention can be implemented with or without book blocks or book-like articles.
  • covers of the invention can be alternatively implemented as protective and/or decorative covers or like articles selected from CD covers, DVD covers, magazine covers, booklet covers, brochure covers, catalogue covers, folders, binders, ring binders, loose-leaf files, boardgames, and combinations thereof.

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L'invention concerne une découpe de couverture constituée d'une feuille simple présentant deux panneaux de couverture reliés de manière articulée à un panneau arrière central par deux panneaux charnière situés sur les côtés opposés du panneau arrière, les panneaux présentant des rabats pliables sur leurs bords extérieurs, lesdits rabats étant dimensionnés et positionnés de manière à ce que, lorsqu'ils sont pliés, ils recouvrent les panneaux et se chevauchent l'un et l'autre. Les panneaux de couverture présentent une épaisseur de deux, trois ou quatre couches sur leurs bords extérieurs, et une épaisseur de trois ou quatre couches sur le reste du panneau, le panneau arrière présente une épaisseur de deux couches sur ses bords extérieurs et une épaisseur d'une couche sur le reste du panneau, et les panneaux d'articulation présentent une épaisseur de deux couches sur leurs bords extérieurs et une épaisseur d'une ou deux couches sur le reste du panneau.
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