EP0298709A2
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Hot melt glue binder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-07-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-07-06
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a binder strip (10) for home or office use in binding document pages, including a binder sheet having a full back cover section (12) and a narrow front cover attaching flange esection (14) with a spine section (16) interposed between the two. The spine section (16) is provided with a strip of hot melt adhesive (26) preferalby in the form of a number of closely adjacent beads of hot melt glue (28,30,32) and the attaching flange section (14) has a strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) affixed to a free edge thereof. A front cover (60) for the binder is totally separate from the binder (10) and initially may not even be a part of the binder (10). The front cover (60) is processed by any suitable home or office copier, embossing, foil stamping, colour printing or like machine capable of custom processing a single sheet of ordinary document size. The processed cover (60) is then attached to the attaching flange by means of the pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56). Document pages are stacked and inserted against the glue strips of the spine, and the glue is heated to secure the document pages and provide a complete bound document having the selectively processed front cover. There is also disclosed a method of binding a document using the binder described.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerard M. Ducorday
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:03
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D3/00; B42D3/002; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S412/00; Y10S412/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1471; Y10T428/15; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24793; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2813; Y10T428/2817
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
276 words
A method of binding a group of document pages characterised by the steps of: forming a binder (10) having a back cover section (12), a spine section (16), and a narrow front cover attaching flange section (14), said spine section (16) being interposed between said flange section (14) and back cover section (12), defining first and second fold lines (18,20) respectively between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange section (14), securing a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) to a free edge of said narrow flange section (14) with an inner edge of said adhesive at a distance from said second fold line (20), securing a strip of temperature sensitive adhesive (26) to said spine section (16), inserting a plurality of document pages between said flange section (14) and back cover section (12) and abutting edges of said document pages against said temperature sensitive adhesive (26), folding said back cover (12) and flange section (14) relative to said spine section (16) along said first and second fold lines (18,20), heating the spine section (16) and the temperature sensitive adhesive (26) secured thereto to melt the temperature sensitive adhesive (26) and attach said document pages to the spine section (16), forming a separate front cover (60) of a size substantially the same as said document pages, with separate cover indicia thereon, and pressing an edge portion of said separately formed front cover (60) against the pressure sensitive adhesive strip (54) of said narrow front cover attaching a flange section (14) to thereby separately and independently attach said front cover (60) to the binder (10).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
276 words
A method of binding a group of document pages characterised by the steps of: forming a binder (10) having a back cover section (12), a spine section (16), and a narrow front cover attaching flange section (14), said spine section (16) being interposed between said flange section (14) and back cover section (12), defining first and second fold lines (18,20) respectively between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange section (14), securing a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) to a free edge of said narrow flange section (14) with an inner edge of said adhesive at a distance from said second fold line (20), securing a strip of temperature sensitive adhesive (26) to said spine section (16), inserting a plurality of document pages between said flange section (14) and back cover section (12) and abutting edges of said document pages against said temperature sensitive adhesive (26), folding said back cover (12) and flange section (14) relative to said spine section (16) along said first and second fold lines (18,20), heating the spine section (16) and the temperature sensitive adhesive (26) secured thereto to melt the temperature sensitive adhesive (26) and attach said document pages to the spine section (16), forming a separate front cover (60) of a size substantially the same as said document pages, with separate cover indicia thereon, and pressing an edge portion of said separately formed front cover (60) against the pressure sensitive adhesive strip (54) of said narrow front cover attaching a flange section (14) to thereby separately and independently attach said front cover (60) to the binder (10).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised by the steps of removing said front cover (60) from said binder (10) without detaching said document pages from the spine section (16) by separating the front cover (60) from the strip of pressure sensitive adhesive (54) and attaching a replacement front cover to the binder (10) by pressing an edge portion of the replacement cover to the strip of pressure sensitive adhesive (54).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
116 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterised in that said strip of temperature sensitive adhesive (26) includes a plurality of mutually contiguous beads of hot melt glue (28,30,32) and by the steps of forming a third fold line (46,48) in said spine section (16) between first and second ones of said beads of glue, and removing one of said beads of glue from said spine section (16), said steps of folding said back cover section (12) and flange section (14) relative to said spine section (16) comprising folding said spine section about said third fold line (46) after removing said one bead of glue, thereby decreasing the width of said spine section (16).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
85 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said step of folding said spine section (16) about said fold line (46) changes the position of said pressure sensitive adhesive strip (54) relative to said spine section (16), and wherein said step of pressing an edge portion of said front cover (60) comprises the step of adjusting the position of said edge portion relative to said pressure sensitive adhesive strip (54) to accommodate the change of position of the pressure sensitive adhesive strip (54).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method as claimed in claim 3 or 4, characterised in that said third fold line (46) comprises a longitudinally extending score line (46) between adjacent ones of said beads of glue (28,30) to facilitate folding of said spine along said third fold line (46) after removal of said one bead of glue.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said fold lines (18,20,46,48) comprise score lines (18,20,46,48) extending longitudinally of said binder (10) to facilitate folding of the binder sections relative to one another.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
96 words
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said step of forming a binder (10) comprises forming the binder (10) with a full cover sheet (160) formed integrally with said flange section (16), forming a longitudinally extending front cover detaching line (202) between the flange section (114) and the full front cover (160), and wherein said step of forming a separate front cover (60) comprises detaching said full front cover (160) from said flange section (114) at said detaching line (202) prior to forming cover indicia on the front cover.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
54 words
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said step of forming a separate front cover (60) comprises separately passing said front cover (60) through an indicia forming machine independently of said binder prior to pressing the front cover (60) edge portion against the flange adhesive strip (54).
Claim 10
Independent Claim
129 words
The method of forming a protective binder characterised by the steps of: forming a sheet of binder material (10) having an integrally formed, back cover section (12), a front cover attaching flange section (14), and a spine section (16) interposed between the flange section (14) and back cover section (12), securing a strip of longitudinally extending pressure sensitive peel-off adhesive (52,54,56) to an edge of said flange section (14) remote from said spine section (16) and at a position spaced from said spine section (16), securing to said spine section (16) a plurality of mutually adjacent parallel beads (28,30,32) of hot melt glue strips extending longitudinally along said spine section (16), and forming fold lines (18,20) between the spine section and each of said back cover and flange sections.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
129 words
The method of forming a protective binder characterised by the steps of: forming a sheet of binder material (10) having an integrally formed, back cover section (12), a front cover attaching flange section (14), and a spine section (16) interposed between the flange section (14) and back cover section (12), securing a strip of longitudinally extending pressure sensitive peel-off adhesive (52,54,56) to an edge of said flange section (14) remote from said spine section (16) and at a position spaced from said spine section (16), securing to said spine section (16) a plurality of mutually adjacent parallel beads (28,30,32) of hot melt glue strips extending longitudinally along said spine section (16), and forming fold lines (18,20) between the spine section and each of said back cover and flange sections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method as claimed in claim 9, characterised in that said step of securing beads of hot melt glue strips (28,30,32) to said spine section (16) comprises detachably securing at least one of the beads to the spine section (16) for separate detachment of said one bead from the spine section (16) and from adjacent beads to facilitate binding of a smaller number of document sheets.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method as claimed in claim 10, characterised by including the step of forming at least a third fold line (46,48) between first and second adjacent ones of said beads, removing one of said first and second beads, and folding said spine along third fold line (46,48).
Claim 14
Independent Claim
97 words
A method as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 11, characterised in that said step of forming a sheet of binder material (10) includes forming a full and completely detachable front cover sheet (160) integrally with said flange section (114) and forming a separation line (202) between the detachable front cover sheet (160) and the flange section (114), whereby the front cover sheet (160) may be readily separated from the flange section, processed separately to form front cover indicia thereon, and then reattached to the cover flange section (114) by said pressure sensitive adhesive (182).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
175 words
A decorative cover and protective binder for binding a plurality of document sheets characterised by comprising: a sheet of binder material (10) having a back cover section (12), a front cover attachment flange section (14), and a spine section (16) connected to and interposed between said back cover section (12) and flange section (14), a strip of hot melt glue (26) affixed to said spine section (16) and extending substantially the full length thereof, first and second fold lines (18,20) formed on said binder material (10) defining lines of separation between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange section (14) respectively, and a strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) attached to an edge of said flange section (14) and extending along the length thereof, said strip being spaced from the spine section, said peel-off adhesive (52,54,56) adapted to be secured to a separate front cover (60) that is separately processed to provide front cover indicia before attachment to the flange section (14).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
175 words
A decorative cover and protective binder for binding a plurality of document sheets characterised by comprising: a sheet of binder material (10) having a back cover section (12), a front cover attachment flange section (14), and a spine section (16) connected to and interposed between said back cover section (12) and flange section (14), a strip of hot melt glue (26) affixed to said spine section (16) and extending substantially the full length thereof, first and second fold lines (18,20) formed on said binder material (10) defining lines of separation between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange section (14) respectively, and a strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) attached to an edge of said flange section (14) and extending along the length thereof, said strip being spaced from the spine section, said peel-off adhesive (52,54,56) adapted to be secured to a separate front cover (60) that is separately processed to provide front cover indicia before attachment to the flange section (14).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
144 words
A binder as claimed in claim 13, characterised by including a plurality of longitudinally extending, mutually spaced grooves (34,36) formed in a surface of said strip (26) of hot melt glue and defining a plurality of side-by-side mutually parallel beads (28,30,32) of hot melt glue attached to said spine section (16) and continuously attached to one another by a thin longitudinally extending line of glue (40,42), said beads of glue (28,30,32) being separable from one another along said grooves (34,36) and being independently and individually removable from said spine section (16) to facilitate folding of the spine section (16) about the edge of one of said glue beads (28,30,32) along a line (46,48) spaced from both of said first and second fold lines (18,20), thereby enabling binding of a relatively thin stack of sheets by removal of less than all of said beads (28,30,32).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
188 words
A binder as claimed in claim 13 or 14, characterised in that said strip of hot melt glue (26) comprises a plurality of adjacent glue beads (28,30,32) extending substantially the length of said spine section (16), at least some of said glue beads (28,30,32) having continuous, longitudinal, thin connection portions (40,42) that are readily severable, at least some of said beads being separately and individually removable from said spine section (16) and from the remainder of said glue beads, and a foldable score line (46,48) formed in said spine section (16) between at least first and second ones of said glue beads to facilitate folding of said spine section (16) along a line extending between first and second glue beads when one of said first and second glue beads has been removed from the spine section, whereby a portion of said spine section (16) together with one of said back cover section (12) and said flange section (14) may be folded about said score line relative to another portion of said spine section for binding of a stack of document sheets having a relatively small number of pages.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
109 words
A binder as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, characterised by including a full size front cover sheet (160) formed integrally with said front cover attachment flange (114) section and a detachment score line (202) formed in said binder sheet (10) between said full size front cover sheet (160) and said flange section (114) for facilitating complete separation of the front cover sheet (160) from said flange section (114), whereby said front cover sheet (160) may be readily separated from said flange section (114), separately processed to provide covering indicia and then reattached to said flange section (114) at said strip of pressure sensitive adhesive (152).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
197 words
A combined binder and protective cover for binding and protecting a plurality of document sheets characterised by comprising: a protective cover body having a back cover section (12), a front cover attachment flange section (14), and a spine section (16) connected to and interposed between said back cover section (12) and flange section (14), said body being formed of a protective binder material, a strip of hot melt glue (26) affixed to said spine section (16) and extending substantially the full length thereof, first and second fold lines (18,20) formed on said body defining lines of separation between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange (14) section, respectively, a strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) attached to an edge of said flange section (14) and extending along the length thereof, and a separate front cover (60), detachably secured to the flange section (14) and separately processed to provide individualized front cover indicia before attachment to the flange section (14), said front cover (60) being formed of an imprintable, processable and decoratable, protective binder material having an edge strip secured to said pressure sensitive adhesive.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
197 words
A combined binder and protective cover for binding and protecting a plurality of document sheets characterised by comprising: a protective cover body having a back cover section (12), a front cover attachment flange section (14), and a spine section (16) connected to and interposed between said back cover section (12) and flange section (14), said body being formed of a protective binder material, a strip of hot melt glue (26) affixed to said spine section (16) and extending substantially the full length thereof, first and second fold lines (18,20) formed on said body defining lines of separation between said spine section (16) and said back cover section (12) and between said spine section (16) and said flange (14) section, respectively, a strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) attached to an edge of said flange section (14) and extending along the length thereof, and a separate front cover (60), detachably secured to the flange section (14) and separately processed to provide individualized front cover indicia before attachment to the flange section (14), said front cover (60) being formed of an imprintable, processable and decoratable, protective binder material having an edge strip secured to said pressure sensitive adhesive.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
79 words
A binder and protective cover as claimed in claim 17, characterised in that said front cover attachment flange section (14) has a width greater than the width of said spine section (16), wherein said strip of peel-off pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) has an innermost edge spaced from said spine section (16), and wherein said front protective cover (60) has an innermost edge positioned adjustable between the innermost edge of said pressure sensitive adhesive (52,54,56) and said spine section (16).
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