Printed media binder
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1. A printer that comprisesa support structure;
- a print assembly that is mounted on the support structure and that includes at least one inkjet printhead for printing ink on sheets of a print medium that pass through the print assembly;
a supply assembly that is mounted on the support structure to be positioned upstream of the print assembly and that is configured to store a supply of the sheets of the print medium;
a feed mechanism for feeding sheets from the supply assembly through the print assembly along a feed path;
an adhesive applicator assembly that is in fluid communication with an adhesive supply, the applicator assembly being displaceable towards and away from the feed path to apply a strip of adhesive to each sheet of the print medium; and
a binding assembly that is mounted on the support structure to be positioned downstream of the adhesive applicator wheel assembly, the binding assembly comprising a fixed platen;
a displaceable platen that is reciprocally displaceable between an operative position in which the displaceable platen is proximate the fixed platen and a rest position in which the displaceable platen is spaced from the fixed platen, the fixed and displaceable platens being configured so that a printed sheet, of the medium can be received between the platens when the displaceable platen is in the rest position;
a reciprocal displacement mechanism that is engaged with the displaceable platen, to drive the displaceable platen reciprocally between the rest and the operative positions, the displacement mechanism being configured to urge consecutive printed sheets of the printed medium together in a sequential manner so that each sheet is individually adhered to a preceding sheet; and
a discharge mechanism that is positioned downstream of the platens to discharge bound documents from an area between the platens.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a binder assembly 605 for binding separate pages into a bound document including a support chassis 686, a sprung, moulded binding platen 687, a moulded angled platen 689 and an exit hatch 690 having a support bracket 691. The moulded angled platen 689 sequentially receives and aligns each page with a predetermined position while platen 687 sequentially binds a page to the previous aligned page after an adhesive has been applied from a glue wheel assembly 673.
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10 Claims
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1. A printer that comprises
a support structure; -
a print assembly that is mounted on the support structure and that includes at least one inkjet printhead for printing ink on sheets of a print medium that pass through the print assembly;
a supply assembly that is mounted on the support structure to be positioned upstream of the print assembly and that is configured to store a supply of the sheets of the print medium;
a feed mechanism for feeding sheets from the supply assembly through the print assembly along a feed path;
an adhesive applicator assembly that is in fluid communication with an adhesive supply, the applicator assembly being displaceable towards and away from the feed path to apply a strip of adhesive to each sheet of the print medium; and
a binding assembly that is mounted on the support structure to be positioned downstream of the adhesive applicator wheel assembly, the binding assembly comprising a fixed platen;
a displaceable platen that is reciprocally displaceable between an operative position in which the displaceable platen is proximate the fixed platen and a rest position in which the displaceable platen is spaced from the fixed platen, the fixed and displaceable platens being configured so that a printed sheet, of the medium can be received between the platens when the displaceable platen is in the rest position;
a reciprocal displacement mechanism that is engaged with the displaceable platen, to drive the displaceable platen reciprocally between the rest and the operative positions, the displacement mechanism being configured to urge consecutive printed sheets of the printed medium together in a sequential manner so that each sheet is individually adhered to a preceding sheet; and
a discharge mechanism that is positioned downstream of the platens to discharge bound documents from an area between the platens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A binding assembly for a printer that has a support structure, a print assemble that is mounted on the support structure and that includes at least one inkjet printhead for printing ink on sheets of a print medium that pass through the print assembly a supply assembly that is mounted on the support structure to be positioned upstream of the print assembly and that is configured to store a supply of the sheets of the print medium, a feed mechanism for feeding sheets from the supply assembly through the print assembly along a feed path and an adhesive applicator assembly that is in fluid communication with an adhesive supply, the applicator assembly being displaceable towards and away from the feed path to apply a strip of adhesive to each sheet of the print medium, the binding assembly comprising
a fixed platen; -
a displaceable platen that is reciprocally displaceable between an operative position in which the displaceable platen is proximate the fixed platen and a rest position in which the displaceable platen is spaced from the fixed platen, the fixed and displaceable platens being configured so that a printed sheet of the medium can be received between the platens when the displaceable platen is in the rest position;
a reciprocal displacement mechanism that is engaged with the displaceable platen, to drive the displaceable platen reciprocally between the rest and the operative positions, the displacement mechanism being configured to urge consecutive printed sheets of the printed medium together in a sequential manner so that each sheet is individually adhered to a preceding sheet; and
a discharge mechanism that is positioned downstream of the platens to discharge bound documents from an area between the platens.
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