Book Binding Adhesive Application Controller

摘要

A device for controlling the application of glue on the spine of a book. The device consists of a computerized controller that tracks the precise location of the book in the binding system, and a servo motor that controls a doctor blade, the servo motor is connected to the controller and is instructed when to open or close the doctor blade at the precise time to precisely place the glue on the book spine. The doctor blade can also be adjusted to control the thickness of the glue on the book spine.

主权项

1. A device for controlling the thickness of glue applied to the spine of a book during the book binding process, said device comprising:
a glue pot having at least two glue wheels therein; said glue pot holding liquefied glue for application to the spine to bind said book; said glue wheels positioned in said glue pot such that a bottom portion is immersed in said liquefied glue and a top portion is positioned such that said spine rolls across said glue wheels for application of said glue; a doctor blade that is movable and positioned near each of the glue wheels to control the thickness of the glue that reaches the top portion of the glue wheel such that it controls the glue applied to the spine of the book; a book binder that collects paper into a book, holds said book in a clamp such that one edge of said book is the spine, and runs said spine across the top portion of the glue wheels to apply the glue to the spine; a means for controlling the position of the doctor blades in relation to the glue wheels to control the thickness of the glue applied to the spine and the location of the glue on the spine.