Horizon International Inc.

Hisahiro Hirayama

Eiji Katayama

Yoshiyuki Horii

Masayuki Kashiba

Takakazu Hori

Tomonori Yachi

Ko Ouchiyama

Yasuo Taketsugu

Hiroyuki Ono

Kazuhisa Fujita

Katsumi Yamaguchi

A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (Pto P) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (), characterized in that a small printed material () is arranged between the adjacent sheets (PP) of the sheet stack (Pto P) and inserted between the adjacent stitched portions () on the folding line () and folded along the folding line () together with the sheet stack (Pto P) so as to be held in the brochures ().

Saddle-stitched brochure removably holding small printed material and apparatus for making the same

A book binding system for a saddle-stitched bound booklet comprises a sheet feeding section () feeding sheets or sets of sheets (P) one by one, a sheet folding section () sequentially receiving a sheet or a set of sheets (P) from the sheet feeding section () and folding the sheet or the set of sheets (P) along the center line thereof, a sheet stacking section () stacking the sheet or the set of sheets (P) folded by the sheet folding section () in such a manner that the folded sheets or the folded sets of sheets are aligned with each other with respect to the fold lines thereof, a sheet stitching section () receiving a stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P') from the sheet stacking section () each time the predetermined number of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P) are stacked in the sheet stacking section, and stitching the stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P&#x2032;) at the fold line thereof, and a control section () controlling operation of the sheet feeding section (), the sheet folding section () and the sheet stitching section ().

Book binding method and system for saddle stitched bound booklet

Servers (,) respectively define printing informations (,) inclusive of identifying informations ID,, ID,of a paper block (,) and a cover (,) whereas printing machines (,) respectively perform a printing operation on the paper block (,) and the cover (,). Information readers (,) respectively read the printing informations of the paper block (,) and the cover (,) so as to supply the information thus acquired to a book-binding controller (,). Based on either of the informations thus supplied, the book-binding controller (,) supplies a book binding apparatus (,) or (,) with a control signal (CS) of settings for the book binding process. Additionally, the control signal (CS) of the settings for the book binding process is outputted when the ID,and ID,are in correspondence. Based on the printing information of the paper block, respective quantities of movement of the laterally movable members (,) are automatically regulated.

Book binding system

The present invention provides a collator system comprising a sheet collating device (1a) in which a plurality of sheet supply shelves (2a-2h) are provided, a stack of sheets to be collated are supported on each sheet supply shelf (2a-2h), the sheets are fed one by one from each sheet supply shelf to a collating section (6a) for each collating operation and one sheet bundle is thus collated, a sheet loading device (21) for receiving the sheet bundle collated from the sheet collating device (1a), a controller (14) for controlling operations of the sheet collating device (1a) and the sheet loading device (21), a sheet feeding error detecting section provided on each sheet supply shelf of the sheet collating device (1a), and a sheet feeding error display unit (17) connected to the controller. When the sheet feeding errors are detected by the sheet feeding error detecting section, the controller (14) outputs a stop signal to the sheet collating device (1a) and continues the collating operation which is being performed during the sheet feeding error detection but stops the collating operation to be started after the sheet feeding error detection, and displays, by switching, the sheet supply shelf where the sheet feeding errors occur and the contents of the sheet feeding errors on the same display screen of the sheet feeding error display unit (17) for each collating operation performed after the stop signal is output and before the collating operation of the sheet collating device (1a to 1n) is completely ended.

Collator system having sheet feeding error display function

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Shiga, Japan

Hisahiro Hirayama