Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . is furnished with each machine. Theroll is placed in the machine with the reverse side comingin contact with a cylinder which revolves in a tank ofglue, and the cloth is thus coated with glue. The boardsare cut to the right size, placed in the machine, and fedin pairs simultaneously from a magazine hopper. Theboards are placed in correct position relatively to eachother and to the successive pairs, in order to provide theright amount of cloth for turning in. The fabric carriesthe boards between rollers, presses them and gives thema forward movement. A k
Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . is furnished with each machine. Theroll is placed in the machine with the reverse side comingin contact with a cylinder which revolves in a tank ofglue, and the cloth is thus coated with glue. The boardsare cut to the right size, placed in the machine, and fedin pairs simultaneously from a magazine hopper. Theboards are placed in correct position relatively to eachother and to the successive pairs, in order to provide theright amount of cloth for turning in. The fabric carriesthe boards between rollers, presses them and gives thema forward movement. A knife, provided with a V-shaped CASE-MAKING 169 cutter at each end, cuts the cloth between the boards thecorrect shape for turning in. If the cases are to be loose-back, it is fed in correct lengths from a hopper, and theadvancing edges of the cloth are turned over the edges ofthe boards, then pressed by rollers. The rear edges arethen turned over, and pressed down. Another rollerpasses between the two boards to press the back lining to. Sheridan Case-makingr Machine. the cover. The side turn-ins are then turned over, andpressed by rollers. The case is then delivered in a trough,and passed through a case smoother. covers which are made off the book are termed cases, and the fastening of the book into such a coveris termed casing-in. The books are ready for caseswhen the backing, head-banding, and lining are com-pleted. The covers are rounded on a steam pipe by plac-ing the outside of the boards together, and holding theback space against a hot pipe. Place the books with thetails toward the body, the paste box to the right, and thecases to the left with the head toward the body. Preparethe press and brass-bound boards; then apply a medium-thick paste to the front end-leaf, lay it on the cover, so 170 BOOKBINDING that the head and tail squares are the same and the fronta trifle larger. Then paste the back end-leaf while thebook is resting on the pile of covers, and l
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