Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . standard Removable Press Equipment.(Pat. June 9, 1014. Tapley Specialty Co., New York.) Standard Press Equipment.— The average binderyis frequently confronted with the problem of insufficientpressing devices. Very often all the presses are filled, andthis, too, at a time when one is urgently needed. Thelength of time that the books are required to remain inthe press is responsible for the many presses in mostestablishments. The Standard Press Equipment consistsof a top and bottom board, with grooves on the ends inwhich iron rods are inserted and held to
Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . standard Removable Press Equipment.(Pat. June 9, 1014. Tapley Specialty Co., New York.) Standard Press Equipment.— The average binderyis frequently confronted with the problem of insufficientpressing devices. Very often all the presses are filled, andthis, too, at a time when one is urgently needed. Thelength of time that the books are required to remain inthe press is responsible for the many presses in mostestablishments. The Standard Press Equipment consistsof a top and bottom board, with grooves on the ends inwhich iron rods are inserted and held together by mieans ROUNDING 99 of hand wheels. The pile is then pulled out on a smalltruck, and stored in a convenient place. This method isfar cheaper than the purchase of additional presses, andsaves floor Showing the Press Equipment in use. object in rounding a book is to enhance theappearance and counteract the drawing of the signaturestoward the fore edge. A flat back will become concavewhen opened and closed a number of times. The first stepin the process is the fraying out of the cords on all booksthus sewn, and then gluing the back. A hard, brittle gluewill crack, and will break the kettle-stitch in best flexible glue should only be used, as on the gluingof the backs of the signatures depends the entire strengthof subsequent operations. Thick glue can not be rubbed 100 BOOKBINDING between the signatures or sections, and leave a sutiicientamount to hold them together. Thin glue will penetratethe signature or section through the holes made by thesewing machine punches or needles. All glue for thispurpose should be about the consistency of cream, and beapplied to the back with a short, stubby brush. To pro-tect the bench when gluing the backs, cut a piece of
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