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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Shinichi Takai, Shiga, JP;
Yoshiyuki Horii, Kyoto, JP;
Shozo Itadori, Shiga, JP;
Shigenobu Fukuda, Kyoto, JP;
HOrizon International Inc., Shiga, JP;
Abstract
On a base ( ) are fixed a pair of supporting members ( ). A guide rail ( ) is supported by the pair of supporting members. A measurement block ( ) is guided by the guide rail in a sliding manner. On the base is fixed a reference block ( ) abutted by the measurement block when it has reached one end of the guide rail. A moving-distance measuring device is provided which uses as a zero point a position where the measurement block abuts against the reference block, to measure a distance over which the measurement block has moved with respect to the reference block. The moving-distance measuring device has, on the base, a pair of pulleys ( ) arranged with a gap therebetween in a direction parallel to the guide rail, a belt ( ) engaged over the pair of pulleys and having its part linked with the measurement block, and a rotary encoder ( ) linked to a rotary shaft of one of the paired pulleys. By sandwiching predetermined portions of a book block and a book cover between the reference block and the measurement block, the size can be measured and thus obtained measurement values are input from the measuring device to a controller device. The controller device, based on these measurement values, controls the carrier mechanism and the processing units of the book binding system.