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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Horizon International Inc., Takashima, JP;
Shinya Kitayama, Takashima, JP;
Kohei Okamoto, Takashima, JP;
HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC., Shiga, JP;
Abstract
The device includes a first conveyorand a second conveyor. The first conveyor transports the book blocks B to the bookbinding apparatus and can accumulate the book blocks on a transport surface. A first stopperis arranged at an entrance of the second conveyor and a second stopperis arranged in the middle of a path of book block on the transport surface of the first conveyor. The first and second stoppers can take a block position and a retracted position. The second conveyor and the first stopper operate in synchronization with an operation of the bookbinding apparatus. The second stopper takes the block position when the number of book blocks accumulated on upstream side of the first stopper exceeds a predetermined limit value, or when a thickness difference between the book blocks transported side by side exceeds a predetermined reference value.