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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2006
Frank Todaro, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Peter Hotkowski, Chester, CT (US);
James T. Russo, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Thomas T. Battisti, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Frank Todaro, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Peter Hotkowski, Chester, CT (US);
James T. Russo, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Thomas T. Battisti, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
General Binding Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an automated binding machine configured for binding a stack of perforated sheets with a binding element. The automated binding machine includes a support member supporting the stack of perforated sheets, a binding element feeder, a plurality of binding elements supported by the binding element feeder, a receiving member configured to receive a first binding element from the plurality of binding elements and to insert at least a portion of the first binding element through the stack of perforated sheets, and a binding mechanism configured to engage the inserted portion and couple the inserted portion to a non-inserted portion of the first binding element.