摘要 |
An adhesive binding strip (10) for binding pages in the form of a book. The adhesive binding strip includes an elongated substrate (12) made of a formable material. A band (14) of heat-activated adhesive runs down the central portion of the substrate A matrix of heat-activated adhesive is placed on the substrate around all edges of the adhesive band. The adhesive band, which has a low viscosity under activation conditions, binds the pages of the book to each other and to the substrate The adhesive matrix which has a viscosity under activation conditions, serves to bind the entire substrate to the book, while preventing the adhesive band from running out from under the substrate during the binding process. The adhesive matrix also increases overall strength of the binding, especially with respect to the front and back cover pages of the book.
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