IP Library Granted Patent US 8,157,493
Granted Patent B2
US 8,157,493 · App. 12/554,586 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Book binding device

Assignees: KRDC Co., Ltd.; Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,157,493
App. No.
12/554,586
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A milling unit of a book binding device removes a coating material adhered to cutting surfaces of coating sheets. A book binding device binding a bunch of sheets fed from a sheet aligning unit includes a sheet aligning plate aligning a section of the bunch of sheets fed from the sheet aligning unit; a gripper fixing the bunch of sheets aligned by the sheet aligning plate; an adhesive unit feeding an adhesive member to the section of the bunch of sheets to bind the bunch of sheets; and a milling unit milling the section of the bunch of sheets before the bunch of sheets is subjected to binding by the adhesive unit.

Claims (11)

1. A book binding device binding a bunch of sheets fed from a sheet aligning unit, the book binding device comprising:

a sheet aligning plate aligning a section of the bunch of sheets fed from the sheet aligning unit;

a gripper fixing the bunch of sheets aligned by the sheet aligning plate;

an adhesive unit feeding an adhesive member to the section of the bunch of sheets to bind the bunch of sheets; and

a milling unit milling the section of the bunch of sheets before the bunch of sheets is subjected to binding by the adhesive unit,

wherein the milling unit includes:

a cutting tool cutting the section of the bunch of sheets;

a cutting tool moving rod moving the cutting tool along the section of the bunch of sheets;

a driving motor rotating the cutting tool; and

an earth powder tub under the cutting tool.

2. The book binding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the earth powder tub is provided with an earth powder suction fan.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2013
From: KRDC CO., LTD.
To: GRADCO LTD.
Reel/Frame 030246/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2009
From: KIM, SEONG-HOON
To: KRDC CO., LTD.; GRADCO (JAPAN) LTD.
Reel/Frame 023216/0528 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0129771 · Dec 19, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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