NZ299446A - Book binding repair method for repairing backing shoulder joints of books - Google Patents

Description

Pat m nTS Form Pat. 5 NEW ZEALAND 29844q NZ PATENT OFFICE SEP 1997 RECEIVED (a) Insert title of Invention. (b) State (in full) name, address and nationality of applicant or applicants as in application form (c) Here begin full description of invention. The continuation of the specification should be upon paper of the same size as this form, on one side only with the lines well spaced and with a margin of 2.5cm on the left hand side of the paper. The completion of the description should be followed by the words "What I (or wc) claim is" after which should be written the claim or claims numbered consecutively (see note below). The specification and the dup-licate thereof must be signed at the end.

PATENTS ACT 1953 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (To be furnished in Duplicate) Where priority as provided by subsection (2) or (3) of section 11 of the Patents Act 1953 is desired in respect of one or more provisional specifications, quote number or numbers and date or dates 2^+41* No.

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Claims should not be made for the efficiency or advantages of the invention. 2&844G process for repairing, securing, and reinforcing damaged or torn backing shoulder joints of any book.

Books are exposed to being damaged or torn at the backing shoulder joint; either between the front cover or the back cover and the book contents or both.

It is known that book repairs of this kind are costly.

This invention will provide for a repair that is applicable to any type of book.

This invention also provides for an accessible, inexpensive, quality and easy to use structure and process for repairing damaged or torn backing shoulder joints of any book, so that those using it need not be experienced in book repair.

The only known method of repair is a double sided strip of tape, suitable for paper backed books only.

The equipment used in a prior method does not provide for quality of repair or long term guarantee of durability.

The object of this invention is to provide an accessible, inexpensive,quality and easy to use repair kit for backing shoulder joints of any book. The preferred invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The invention is presented as two pieces of equipment.

These are: 1) One evenly folded sheet of paper then called an endpaper(6a) with a double sided adhesive strip(4) not less than 7millimtres and not more than 10 millimetres in width, but of a particular length with a peel away backing paper (5a) attached to one side of the endpaper fold (7) A double sided self adhesive strip of mull cloth (5) of a particular width and length, with two thirds of each corresponding side,covered with a peel away backing paper strip (5b)and the remaining third adhered to the plain side of a scorelined one side self adhesive paper (6) the same size as the endpaper. The endpaper side without the adhesive strip is glued to the plain side of the scorelined paper.(6) 2) One instruction sheet with diagrams. <^ERTyo^ 2 29&446 The process and structure of the invention is earned out in a set of seven stages.Aspects of the invention will be revealed by the following description and explanation and accompanying drawings.

In the event that a backing shoulder joint of a book is damaged or torn and an individual wants to repair and reinforce the backing shoulder joint, the person would follow the instruction sheet with diagrams contained in the invention through the stages one to seven. 1) The book to be repaired is placed on a hard surface with cover open and facing away from repairer 2) The equipment previously referred to in (1) is trimmed to the exact size of the inside of the book cover (l)and book contents (2)of the book to be repaired. 3) The equipment previously referred to in (1) being the adhesive strip (4) no less than 7 millimetres and no more than 10 millimetres in width is attached to one side of the endpaper fold.(7) 4)The remaining backing paper (5 a) is removed and pressed firmly into the backing shoulder joint.

) The backing paper on the mull cloth previously referred to in (1) is peeled away to expose the mull cloth and then secured to the cover of the book. 6) The corresponding backing paper (5a)on the mull cloth is removed. 7) The backing paper of the scorelined paper (6) previously referred to in (1) is then removed and in stages (6a, 6b, 6c,) and attached to the cover of the book.

This process completes the repair and reinforcement of the damaged or torn backing shoulder joint. 299446 Herein follows an explanation of each figure in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1. Book cover opened from contents to expose the damaged backing shoulder joint.

Fig. 2. The complete endpaper placed against the backing shoulder joint ready for sizing.

Fig. 3. A side view of the complete endpaper placed inside the cover and content of the book, ready for sizing.

Fig. 3a. A side view of the complete endpaper inside the cover and content of the book with the cover closed ready for trimming.

Fig.4. Complete endpaper trimmed to size of book (front view) Fig. 4a. Plan view of trimmed complete endpaper.

Fig. 5. The backing paper (5a) removed from the adhesive strip (4) and attached to the backing shoulder joint.

Fig. 6. The backing paper on the mull cloth (5) peeled away to expose the mull cloth and secured to the cover of the book.

Fig. 7. Shows the corresponding backing paper (5a) on the mull cloth removed, the backing on the scorelined paper (6) removed in single stages 8, 9,10 and attached to the cover of the book.

This completes the explanation of the accompanying drawings. Figs. 1 to 7. 299446 Key to Draw ings Figs:l to 7. 1) Cover 2) Content 3) Shoulder joint 4) Double sided adhesive strip ) Self adhesive mull cloth 6) Scorelined adhesive paper 7) Relates to instruction 8 to I l)Peeling away backing paper from scorelined paper. 14)Plan view )Front view 16)Trim line view

Claims (3)

3Ss446 What we claim is:

1) A bookbinding repair kit containing instructions, diagrams and equipment to cany out repair to damaged or torn backing shoulder joints of any book, the equipment comprising a complete endpaper consisting of one evenly folded sheet of paper with a double-sided adhesive strip no less than 7mm and no more than 10mm in width but of a particular length, with a peel away backing paper attached to the endpaper adjacent one side of the endpaper fold, a double-sided self adhesive strip of mull cloth of a particular width and length, two thirds of each side of the mull cloth being covered with a peel away backing strip and the remaining third adhered to the adhesive side of a scorelined, one sided self-adhesive paper the same size as the endpaper, the endpaper side without the adhesive strip being glued to the plain side of the scorelined paper.

2) A bookbinding repair kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the equipment consists of a complete endpaper as described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

3) A bookbinding repair kit as claimed in claim 2 wherein the complete endpaper is of a textured, coloured, or transparent paper. END OF CLAIMS