JEFFREY DAVIS MARSH
Pilots at Country Rd, Cappeln, MO

6443682, Sep 3, 2002

Feb 26, 2001

09/793671

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO 63348

B42B 900

412 16

A binder/trimmer is disclosed in which a book block is placed in a carriage, jogged to align the pages, and then transported to a milling station in which the spine of the book block is milled to roughen the spine, then to an adhesive application station at which a suitable adhesive is applied to the spine, and thence to a binding station at which the spine of the book is brought into engagement with the center portion of a cover and at which a binding clamp forces the cover against the outer faces of the book block proximate the spine, and then to a trimming station. At the trimming station, the book is deposited in a nest and is positioned relative to a trimming blade which is actuated to trim a first edge of the book to a predetermined dimension. The book is then rotated to trim second and third edges thus resulting in a perfect bound book accurately trimmed to a predetermined size. A method of binding and trimming a perfect bound book is also disclosed.

8177212, May 15, 2012

Feb 18, 2010

12/660018

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

Perfect Systems, LLC - Foristell MO

B65H 37/04

270 5807, 270 101, 270 5808

A printing and binding apparatus () is disclosed which can print on demand, bind, and trim a perfect bound book. The apparatus includes one or more text page printers () and a color cover printer (). The text page printers print the text pages of a book and form the text pages into a book block (BB). The color cover printer () prints a cover for the book. The book block and the cover are delivered to a binding station at which the spine (S) of the book block is adhesively bound to the cover. The bound book is then delivered to a trimming station (TS) at which excess margins (are trimmed from the book. A method of printing and binding a perfect bound book on demand is also disclosed.

2011004, Feb 24, 2011

Oct 9, 2009

12/576923

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US
Lynn W. Swenson - Johnsburg IL, US

Perfect Systems, LLC - Foristell MO

B42B 9/00, B26D 7/02

412 1, 412 16, 83452

Apparatus for trimming perfect bound books is disclosed including a clamping assembly and a shearing assembly, preferably powered by electric motors. The clamping assembly includes a fixed anvil and a clamp member movable along a clamp track toward and away from the anvil. The shear assembly includes a shear blade movable along a shear track toward and away from the anvil. Load members are mounted on the clamp track and on the shear track. The clamp assembly and the shear assembly each has an electric motor driving a linear actuator (e.g., a drive screw) which is operatively coupled to its respective load member. A spring or a pair of springs is interposed between the clamp load member and the clamp member and another spring or a pair of springs is interposed between the shear blade and the shear load member. Thus, as the clamp member engages the book and as the shear blade shears through the book and engages the anvil, further movement of the clamp member and the shear blade is prevented. Continued operation of the motors causes these springs to compress and to thus result in differential movement (lost motion) between the clamp member and the clamp load member and between the shear blade and the shear load member. Operation of the motors is terminated upon this differential motion of a predetermined magnitude being sensed.

2011011, May 12, 2011

Nov 11, 2010

12/944315

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

B42C 11/00, B42B 9/00

412 1, 412 11, 412 16

Apparatus for and a method of determining and correcting the position and angularity of an edge of a book to be trimmed relative to a shearing plane is disclosed. The book is movable toward and away from the shearing plane and is rotatable about a rotary axis. A pair of spaced sensors generate an output signal indicative of the edge being proximate each the sensor so that upon each sensor generating its signal at substantially the same time thus indicating that the edge is substantially parallel to the shearing plane and so that if one sensors senses the edge before the other thus indicating that the edge is oriented at an angle relative to the shearing plane. A computer control system corrects the angle and vertically positions the edge so that a predetermined trim line for that edge is substantially in register with the shearing plane.

2011015, Jun 23, 2011

Dec 16, 2010

12/970516

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US
Lynn W. Swenson - Johnsburg IL, US

B42B 9/00, B23P 11/00

412 16, 2952501, 2940208

A replaceable shear blade for a book trimming apparatus, the latter comprising a shear carriage having the replaceable shear blade mounted thereon. The shear blade has a sharp cutting edge for shearing a book between an anvil and the cutting edge. The shear blade is removably mounted with respect to the shear carriage for replacement of the shear blade, where the shear blade is removably secured relative to the shear carriage by a plurality of fasteners accessible from above. A removable sheath encloses the cutting edge. At least one removable handle is secured to the shear blade so that the shear blade and the sheath may be handled as a unit, with this handle being grippable from above for installation of the shear blade on the shear carriage, and with the handle and the sheath being removable from the shear blade upon installation of the shear blade on the shear carriage. A method of installation and removal of the shear blade is also disclosed.

7963733, Jun 21, 2011

Aug 18, 2009

12/543342

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

Perfect Systems, LLC - Foristell MO

B42C 9/00, B05C 1/08

412 37, 412 33, 118118, 118242, 118261, 118262

Apparatus for binding perfect bound books of different thickness is disclosed where the amount of adhesive applied to the spine of the book block may be varied in relation to the thickness of the book block. An adhesive application station is provided which has a rotary driven adhesive application wheel partially immersed in a bath of a liquefied adhesive such that as a portion of the wheel rotates up out of the adhesive, the periphery of the wheel is coated with a layer of adhesive. An area of increased thickness of the adhesive if formed adjacent the top of the wheel so that upon effecting relative movement of the book block and the adhesive application station, adhesive is applied to the spine of the book block. The thickness of the layer of adhesive applied to the spine of the book block may be varied in relation to the thickness of the book block generally in accordance with the formula AT=b+mX, where AT is the adhesive thickness, b is the width of an initial gap between the topmost surface of the wheel and the spine, and where mX is a function of the number of sheets making up the book block, or is a function of the measured thickness of the book block.

2011015, Jun 30, 2011

Dec 16, 2010

12/970552

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

B05D 5/10, B05C 11/00, B05C 3/02, B05D 1/18, G05D 9/12

427 8, 118708, 700281

Apparatus is disclosed for monitoring and signaling when a hot melt adhesive contained in a heated adhesive reservoir should be changed. A wheel is at least partially immersed in the adhesive in the reservoir and is rotated by a motor and a computer controls system controls the operation of the motor. From time to time, the computer control system operates the motor and compares the running current supplied to the motor at which the motor stalls to a predetermined stall running current corresponding to a predetermined viscosity level of the adhesive at which the adhesive exhibits a minimum level of binding characteristics and thus generates a signal to change the adhesive. A method of determining when the adhesive should be changed is also disclosed.

2011019, Aug 11, 2011

Feb 9, 2011

13/024001

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

B42C 99/00

412 1, 412 16

Apparatus for trimming a perfect bound book is disclosed having a platen for supporting a portion of the book as it is trimmed. A clamp holds the book against the platen, and a blade is provided having a cutting edge with the blade being movable toward and away from the book platen between a retracted position and an operable position in which the cutting edge is in operative engagement with the book. An ultrasonic (or other vibratory) member carries the blade, and the ultrasonic member is rendered resonant so that the cutting edge trims the book along the side of the book. A method of trimming a book using a vibratory blade is also disclosed.

8408545, Apr 2, 2013

Nov 24, 2010

12/953648

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US
Lynn W. Swenson - Johnsburg IL, US
Michael A. Vickers - Lebanon MO, US

Perfect Systems, LLC - Foristell MI

B65H 29/54

271306, 271208, 399 92, 399315

Apparatus for feeding sheets of paper printed by a printer to a sheet processing device is disclosed where the printer has a sheet discharge outlet and the processing device has a sheet inlet at a different location (e. g. , a different height) than the discharge outlet. A sheet conveyor is provided for conveying the sheets from the sheet discharge outlet to the sheet inlet. The apparatus blows air to cool on each sheet as it is conveyed from the discharge outlet to the sheet inlet, and the apparatus at least partially eliminates static electricity from the sheets as they are conveyed.

6986630, Jan 17, 2006

Dec 7, 2001

10/017185

Jeffrey D. Marsh - Foristell MO, US

B42C 9/00

412 1, 281 38, 156153, 156154, 156257, 156556, 156566, 156567, 156908, 412 4, 412 5, 412 6, 412 8, 412 33

A perfect bound book construction is disclosed in which the book has a book block comprising a plurality of text pages, and a soft paper cover. The inner and outer faces of the cover are laminated with a plastic film so as to form a double laminated cover. The center portion of the inner lamination of the double laminated cover is conditioned or roughened, as by scarifying, so that an adhesive will adhere to the inner lamination and bind the spine of the book block to the double laminated cover. Apparatus for and a method of printing books on demand with such double laminated covers is also disclosed.