IP Library Granted Patent US 7,789,384
Granted Patent B2
US 7,789,384 · App. 12/422,896 · Granted Sep 7, 2010

Printing assembly with adhesive application station

Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
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Patent No.
US 7,789,384
App. No.
12/422,896
Granted
Sep 7, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing assembly comprising a printhead; a feed mechanism for feeding pages past the printhead; an adhesive application station for applying a two-part adhesive onto opposite sides of each page; and a page-binding tray for receiving the printed pages and binding the pages together.

Claims (15)

1. A printing assembly comprising:

a printhead;

a feed mechanism for feeding a plurality of pages past said printhead;

an adhesive application station comprising:

a first adhesive applicator loaded with a resin component of a two-part adhesive, said first applicator being configured for applying the resin component onto one side of each page; and

a second adhesive applicator loaded with an accelerator component of a two-part adhesive, said second applicator being configured for applying the accelerator component onto an opposite second side of each page; and

a page-binding tray configured for receiving printed pages having said adhesive applied thereto and for binding said printed pages together.

2. The printing assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a vibrator positioned for vibrating said page-binding tray.

3. The printing assembly of claim 2 , wherein said vibrator is positioned below a corner of said page-binding tray.

4. The printing assembly of claim 1 , further comprising at least one pressure plate for applying a pressure to a stack of printed pages in said page-binding tray.

5. The printing assembly of claim 4 , wherein said adhesive is applied along one edge of each page.

6. The printing assembly of claim 5 , wherein said at least one pressure plate is configured to apply pressure to said edge.

7. The printing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive application station is located downstream of the printhead so that said adhesive is applied to the pages after printing.

8. The printing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive application station comprises a pair of opposed first and second adhesive applicators between which pages can pass to have adhesive applied to opposite sides.

9. The printing assembly of claim 1 , wherein said printhead is a pagewidth inkjet printhead.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2009
From: SILVERBROOK, KIA
To: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
AU PR1573 · Nov 20, 2000 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 1213948800 · Jun 15, 2008
Continuation 1121275900 · Aug 29, 2005
Continuation 1096241400 · Oct 13, 2004
Continuation 1064234100 · Aug 18, 2003
Continuation 0972185900 · Nov 25, 2000
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