WO2023181047A1 - Appareil et procédé de création d'une forme de livre - Google Patents

Appareil et procédé de création d'une forme de livre Download PDF

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WO2023181047A1
WO2023181047A1 PCT/IN2022/050523 IN2022050523W WO2023181047A1 WO 2023181047 A1 WO2023181047 A1 WO 2023181047A1 IN 2022050523 W IN2022050523 W IN 2022050523W WO 2023181047 A1 WO2023181047 A1 WO 2023181047A1
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running web
book form
cut portion
paper
edge
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Manish Sinha
Rajneesh Sharma
Parvesh Chauhan
Kundan Kumar
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Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C19/00—Multi-step processes for making books
    • B42C19/06—Multi-step processes for making books starting with webs not provided for elsewhere
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C1/00—Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
    • B42C1/12—Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16—Rotary folders
    • B65H45/162—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/28—Folding in combination with cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/30—Folding in combination with creasing, smoothing or application of adhesive

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  • the present invention generally relates to manufacturing a book .
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for creating a book form for manufacturing a book .
  • Manufacturing a book generally involves steps of creating a book form of the printed sheet of paper and binding the created book form .
  • For creating a book form one or more running webs of printed papers are used based on the required number of pages in the book, such as a 16-page book may use 2 running webs of printed pages and a 32-page book may use 4 running webs of printed pages .
  • each of the running web of printed paper is folded three times including a first fold by a former, a second fold by a first cylinder and a third fold by a second cylinder .
  • the third fold is referred to as a quarter fold and plays an essential part in the binding of the book .
  • the quarter fold allows stacking of the complete book form together and picking of the complete book form during binding .
  • an apparatus for creating a book form includes one or more nipping rollers to pas s a running web of folded paper . Further, the apparatus includes a gluing apparatus to apply glue at one or more pre-defined positions on the running web of folded paper based at least on the desired dimensions of the book form after pas sing through the one or more nipping rollers . The apparatus also includes a cutting cylinder to cut the running web horizontally based on the desired dimensions of the book form and a folding and collecting cylinder to collect the cut portion of the running web of folder paper along the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder . Further, the apparatus includes a j aw cylinder to fold the cut portion of the running web is folded from the middle facilitating in pasting a first edge of the cut portion over a second edge of the cut portion to create the book form of desired dimensions .
  • the apparatus also includes at least one former to receive a running web of printed paper and is configured to make a first fold in the running web of printed paper to form the running web of folder paper .
  • the gluing apparatus includes a glue gun and a control panel , the control panel to control the operation of the glue gun for applying the glue of a pre-defined thickness and a pre-defined length on the running web of folded paper .
  • the pre-defined thickness is 2mm and the predefined length is 200mm .
  • the apparatus also includes the jaw cylinder having one or more jaws to clip the cut portion of the running web of folded paper from the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder to fold the cut portion .
  • the first edge and the second edge correspond to a top horizontal edge and a bottom horizontal edge , respectively .
  • the book form is an L-shaped folder of paper having glue on the top horizontal edge and a left vertical edge .
  • the book form is supplied to a binding unit for binding the book form to manufacture a book of desired dimensions .
  • An embodiment of the present invention discloses , a method for creating a book form .
  • the method includes passing a running web of folded paper through one or more nipping rollers . Further, the method includes applying glue via a gluing apparatus at one or more predefined positions on the running web of folded paper based at least on the desired dimensions of the book form after pas sing through the one or more nipping rollers .
  • the method also includes cutting the running web horizontally based on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the method includes collecting the cut portion of the running web of folded paper along the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder . Thereafter, the method includes folding the cut portion of the running web from the middle facilitating in pasting a first edge of the cut portion over a second edge of the cut portion to create the book form of desired dimensions .
  • the method includes receiving a running web of printed paper . Further, the method includes making a first fold in the running web of printed paper to form the running web of folder paper .
  • the method includes controlling the operation of a glue gun for applying the glue of a pre-defined thicknes s and a pre-defined length on the running web of folded paper .
  • the pre-defined thickness is 2mm and the predefined length is 200mm .
  • the method includes clipping the cut portion of the running web from the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder to fold the cut portion .
  • the first edge and the second edge correspond to a top horizontal edge and a bottom horizontal edge , respectively .
  • the book form is an L-shaped folder of paper having glue on the top horizontal edge and a left vertical edge .
  • the method includes supplying the book form to a binding unit for binding the book form to manufacture a book of desired dimensions .
  • the invention provides a method and apparatus for creating a book form for manufacturing books at a high rate .
  • the apparatus includes a gluing apparatus to apply glue on the running web of folded paper after pas sing through the nipping roller to eliminate the need for a quarter folding in the manufacturing of a book . Consequently, the apparatus eliminates the need for a quarter folding unit .
  • the apparatus is compact , fast and cost-effective .
  • Figure 1 illustrates a schematic view of an apparatus for creating a book form in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a book form with applied glue in accordance with an embodiment of the invention .
  • Figure 1 illustrates an apparatus 100 for creating a book form in accordance with an embodiment of the invention .
  • the apparatus 100 may include one or more nipping roller 102 , a gluing apparatus 104 , a cutting cylinder 106, a folding and collecting cylinder 108 , a j aw cylinder 110 and a paddlewheel 112 .
  • the book form may be understood as an ordered stack of printed pages ready for binding and manufacturing a book .
  • the printed paper may be formed by printing on a running web of paper by one or more printing apparatuses and techniques known in the art .
  • the book form may have standard dimensions of 210mm X 260mm .
  • the book form may have dimensions based on the user preferences and requirement s .
  • the printed paper may be received via a former 114 .
  • the former 114 may be triangular in shape and may be located above a plurality of nip rollers 118 of a nip rolling assembly .
  • the nip rollers 118 may be understood as pressure rollers to push a web towards the running direction and maintain the tension of the web .
  • the web may be understood as a moving printing paper pas sing through various assemblies and unit s to undergo dif ferent transformations for creating the book form .
  • the former 114 may be configured to make a first fold in the running web of printed paper via one or more lead-in rollers 116 .
  • the lead-in rollers 116 may be understood as bending roller to make the first fold in the running web of printed paper to form the running web of folder paper 120 .
  • one or more running webs of printed papers may be used for creating a book form based on the required number of pages in the book, such as a 16-page book may use 2 running webs of printed papers and a 32-page book may use 4 running webs of printed papers .
  • a compensator roller 122 may be used for directing various running webs in a single direction to combine one or more running webs of printed papers .
  • the one or more nipping rollers 102 may be configured to receive the running web of folded paper 120 . Further, the running web of folded paper 120 may pas s through the one or more nipping rollers 102 to retain the tension of the web .
  • the gluing apparatus 104 may be configured to apply glue at one or more pre-defined positions on the running web of folded paper 120 based at least on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the one or more pre-defined positions may correspond to the edges of the desired book form and may include top horizontal edge, bottom horizontal edge, left vertical edge, right vertical edge or a combination thereof .
  • the gluing apparatus 104 may include a glue gun and a control panel .
  • the Glue gun may be operated according the speed of the printing pres s .
  • the control panel may be configured to control the operation of the glue gun for applying the glue of a pre-defined thicknes s and a predefined length on the running web .
  • the control panel may turn ON and turn OFF the glue gun based at least on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the pre-defined thicknes s may be 2 mm and the pre-defined length may be 200 mm .
  • the gluing apparatus 104 may be positioned in a predefined location facilitating in applying the glue continuously over the running web of folded paper 120 . Specifically, the gluing apparatus 104 may be positioned after the one or more nipping rollers
  • the cutting cylinder 106 may be configured to cut the running web of folded paper 120 horizontally .
  • the cutting cylinder 106 may cut the running web of folded paper 120 based on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the cutting cylinder 106 may have a pair of knives at the end of the diameter of the cutting cylinder 106 .
  • the diameter of the cutting cylinder 106 may be 1092mm .
  • the diameter of the cutting cylinder 106 may depend on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the folding and collecting cylinder 108 may be configured to collect the cut portion of the running web along the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the cut portion of the running web may be collected via one or more pins of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the folding and collecting cylinder 108 may also include one or more belts to pres s the cut portion of the running web against the perimeter of the cylinder .
  • the folding and collecting cylinder 108 may also include one or more blades along the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the one or more blades may be configured to move outward for a pre-defined length from the middle of the cut portion of the running web .
  • the pre-defined length may be 10mm .
  • the j aw cylinder 110 may include one or more j aws .
  • Each of the one or more j aws may be configured to clip the cut portion of the running web from the one or more blades on the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the cut portion may be clipped from the middle to fold the cut portion of the running web for pasting the first edge of the cut portion over the second edge of the cut portion to create the book form .
  • the first edge and the second edge may correspond to a top horizontal edge and a bottom horizontal edge, respectively .
  • the cut portion may form an L-shaped folder of papers having glue on the top horizontal edge and the left vertical edge .
  • a photo-electric cell 124 may be used to monitor the presence of the book form .
  • Photo-electric cell 124 may be understood as a copy detector and is an integral part of the present invention .
  • the photo-electric cell 124 may be configured to stop the apparatus 100 if it doesn ' t sense a book form during operation .
  • the paddlewheel 112 may be configured to receive the book form from the jaw cylinder 110 . Further, the paddlewheel 112 may be configured to deliver the book form via a delivery belt 126 .
  • Fi gure 2 illustrates a book form 202 with applied glue 204 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention .
  • the delivered book form 202 may have glue 204 applied on one or more edges for binding .
  • the delivered book form may be supplied to a binding unit (not shown ) .
  • the binding unit may be configured to bind the book form to manufacture the book of desired dimensions . It may be understood that the binding unit may employ one or more apparatus and techniques known in the art for binding the book form to manufacture the book .
  • the one or more nipping rollers 102 may receive a running web of folded paper 120 .
  • the gluing apparatus 104 may apply glue at one or more pre-defined positions on the running web of folded paper 120 .
  • the gluing apparatus 104 may apply glue based at least on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the cutting cylinder 106 may cut the running web horizontally based on the desired dimensions of the book form .
  • the folding and collecting cylinder 108 may receive the cut portion of the running web along the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the jaw cylinder 110 may be configured to clip the cut portion of the running web from the perimeter of the folding and collecting cylinder 108 .
  • the cut portion may be clipped from the middle to fold the cut portion of the running web for pasting the first edge of the cut portion over the second edge of the cut portion to create the book form .
  • the book form may be supplied to a binding unit for binding the book form to manufacture a book of desired dimensions .
  • the invention provides a method and apparatus 100 for creating a book form for manufacturing books at a high rate .
  • the apparatus 100 includes a gluing apparatus 104 to apply glue on the running web of folded paper 120 after pas sing through the nipping rollers 102 to eliminate the need for a quarter folding in the manufacturing of a book . Consequently, the apparatus 100 eliminates the need for a quarter folding unit .
  • the apparatus 100 is compact , fast and cost-effective .

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Un appareil (100) permettant de créer une forme de livre est divulgué. L'appareil (100) comprend un ou plusieurs rouleaux de pincement (102) pour faire passer une bande de papier pliée (120). En outre, l'appareil (100) comprend un appareil de collage (104) pour appliquer de la colle à une ou plusieurs positions prédéfinies sur la bande de papier pliée (120) sur la base au moins des dimensions souhaitées de la forme de livre. L'appareil (100) comprend également un cylindre de coupe (106) pour couper la bande en mouvement horizontalement sur la base des dimensions souhaitées de la forme de livre et un cylindre de pliage et de collecte (108) pour collecter la partie découpée le long de son périmètre. En outre, l'appareil (100) comprend un cylindre haw (110) pour plier la partie découpée à partir du milieu facilitant le collage d'un premier bord de la partie découpée sur un second bord de la partie découpée pour créer la forme de livre de dimensions souhaitées.
PCT/IN2022/050523 2022-03-22 2022-06-04 Appareil et procédé de création d'une forme de livre WO2023181047A1 (fr)

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DE102007000763B3 (de) * 2007-09-19 2008-09-18 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Erzeugung eines Druckproduktes sowie Druckprodukt
EP2103428A2 (fr) * 2008-03-12 2009-09-23 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Plieuse, machine à imprimer et procédé pour réaliser un produit imprimé

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EP2103428A2 (fr) * 2008-03-12 2009-09-23 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Plieuse, machine à imprimer et procédé pour réaliser un produit imprimé

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