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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
Horizon International Inc., Takashima, JP;
Kanta Kambara, Takashima, JP;
Shigenobu Fukuda, Takashima, JP;
Kohei Okamoto, Takashima, JP;
Hiroto Otani, Takashima, JP;
Takehito Yokogi, Takashima, JP;
Shigeru Wakimoto, Takashima, JP;
Horizon International, Inc., Takashima, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a book block feed device capable of feeding a book block always in an aligned state to a bookbinding machine. The book block feed device comprises an alignment unit and a press unit that are adjacently arranged in order along a conveying path of the book block from an inlet to an outlet of the conveying path. The alignment unit comprises a vibrator that vibrates the book block. The press unit includes a press surface that forms a part of a conveying surface of the conveying path, and a press plate that sandwiches and presses the book block between the press plate and the press surface.