Printed media parallel binder

• US 6,644,642 B1
• Filed: 05/23/2000
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: King, Tobin Allen, Lapstun, Paul, Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY
• Application Number:
  US09/575,184
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 270/58.07, 270/58.08, 412/37, 412/39, 412/8, 118/46, 118/230, 118/248, 118/249, 118/259, 118/504, 118/DIG.15
• US Class Current: 270/58.08
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/103 for the sheet feeding section
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/106 for the sheet output section
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17503 Ink cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17523 Ink connection
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17553 Outer structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17556 Means for regulating the pressure in the cartridge
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17563 Ink filters
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/2114 Ejecting transparent or white coloured liquids, e.g. processing liquids B41J2/211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 19/02 starting with single sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 9/0006 by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 9/0081 applying adhesive to individual sheets for binding them together by fusing, welding B42C9/0093
• CPC Class Codes: B42P 2261/04 Producing books by printing sheets in following order, e.g. for ordering via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 29/34 from supports slid from under the articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/04 for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1264 by assigning post-processing resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1265 : Printing by reference, e.g. retrieving document/image data for a job from a source mentioned in the job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 : Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 : Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 : the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 : Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 : with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 : with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 : with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00358 : Type of the scanned marks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00376 : Means for identifying a mark sheet or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00567 : Handling of original or reproduction media, e.g. cutting, separating, stacking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00639 : Binding, stapling, folding or perforating, e.g. punching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00968 : by scanning marks on a sheet mark-sheet input means H04N1/00355; sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 : Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 : in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 : attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32771 : in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32778 : using a mark-sheet or machine-readable code request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 : Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3243 : of type information, e.g. handwritten or text document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 : of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/327 : which are undetectable to the naked eye, e.g. embedded codes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 412/902 : Heating and pressing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1744 : Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1761 : Stacked serially
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1798 : with liquid adhesive or adhesive activator applying means

Abstract

The invention relates to a binding assembly for use with a digital printer, having a support frame for mounting a printhead assembly and for printing on pages of media passing into in the binding assembly including:

binding means for applying binding material to the pages of the media along a line substantially parallel to a general direction of travel of the media with respect with the support frame.

Claims

1. A binding assembly for a printer having a housing, a printing assembly that is positioned in the housing and that includes at least one print engine to print on print media fed through the printing assembly and a media feed mechanism that is mounted on the housing to feed the print media through the printing assembly along a feed path, the binding assembly being mountable in the housing downstream of the printing assembly for binding sheets of printed media together, the binding assembly comprising

an adhesive applicator wheel assembly having a rotatable adhesive applicator wheel that is positioned at an edge of the feed path, the wheel assembly being linearly displaceable relative to the housing towards the feed path into an operative position and away from the feed path into an inoperative position to permit the adhesive applicator wheel to make momentary contact with a longitudinal edge of the print medium, the adhesive applicator wheel being in fluid communication with a supply of adhesive;

a displacement mechanism that is operatively engaged with the applicator wheel assembly to displace the applicator wheel between the operative and the inoperative positions; and

a cover assembly that is operatively engaged with the wheel assembly and the displacement mechanism, the cover assembly being configured so that, when the wheel assembly is displaced into the inoperative position, the cover assembly moves into a capped position to cap the applicator wheel and when the wheel assembly is displaced into the operative position, the cover assembly moves into an uncapped position so that the applicator wheel can make said momentary contact with the longitudinal edge of the print medium.

2. A binding assembly as claimed in claim 1, in which the adhesive applicator wheel assembly includes an axle that is mounted on the housing to span the feed path, the applicator wheel being mounted on the axle to be both rotational and translational with respect to the axle.

3. A binding assembly as claim 2, which includes an adhesive conduit in fluid communication with a supply of adhesive, the axle being hollow and in fluid communication with the adhesive conduit and the applicator wheel so that adhesive for the applicator wheel is supplied by the hollow axle.

4. A binding assembly as claimed in claim 1, which includes a binding platen and a support platen that are positioned downstream of the adhesive applicator wheel assembly, and a displacement mechanism that is engaged with the binding platen to displace the binding platen such that, when each of a number of sheets of printed media are fed from the applicator wheel assembly, the binding platen serves to convey consecutive sheets of print media on to the support platen and bind the consecutive sheets together.

5. A printer that comprises

a housing;

a printing assembly that is positioned in the housing and that includes at least one print engine to print on print media fed through the printing assembly;

a media feed mechanism that is mounted on the housing to feed the print media through the printing assembly along a feed path; and

a binding assembly, positioned in the housing downstream of the printing assembly for binding sheets of printed media together, the binding assembly comprising

an adhesive applicator wheel assembly having a rotatable adhesive applicator wheel that is positioned at an edge of the feed path, the wheel assembly being linearly displaceable relative to the housing towards the feed path into an operative position and away from the feed path into an inoperative position to permit the adhesive applicator wheel to make momentary contact with a longitudinal edge of the print medium, the adhesive applicator wheel being in fluid communication with a supply of adhesive;

a displacement mechanism that is operatively engaged with the applicator wheel assembly to displace the applicator wheel between the operative and the inoperative positions; and

a cover assembly that is operatively engaged with the wheel assembly and the displacement mechanism, the cover assembly being configured so that, when the wheel assembly is displaced into the inoperative position, the cover assembly moves into a capped position to cap the applicator wheel and when the wheel assembly is displaced into the operative position, the cover assembly moves into an uncapped position so that the applicator wheel can make said momentary contact with the longitudinal edge of the print medium.