Abstract: Sheets of paper are commonly held together with a spiral coil, which coil is inserted by a machine with at least one rotating spindle thereon. The spindle receives a spiral binder in a male to female relationship. As the spindle rotates the spiral binder, the spiral binder feeds into a stack of sheets having the appropriate apertures to receive the spindle and bind the pages together.

Abstract: A combination book binding machine with a plastic coil forming machine, whereby a plastic spiral coil is formed at a first raised temperature, then cut to a length sufficient for the plastic spiral coil to bind a book, cooled and then advanced toward a receiving coil conveyor of a coil binding machine, for binding the book with a plastic coil at the lowered cooled temperature. The binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate the cooled flexible plastic spiral coil into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of the book to receive the leading edge of the plastic spiral binding coils. A cylindrically shaped mandrel is spaced apart from a glidable block. The plastic pre-formed spiral binding coil is fed onto the mandrel from the distal end thereof, with the leading edge of the binding element facing and spaced apart from the book.

Abstract: A simplified and easy-to-use binding device is provided. A plurality of sheets are bound together by inserting a spiral coil through a series of holes punched in each of the sheets at certain intervals. In a first embodiment, a spiral coil having the same pitch as the interval between the holes is used. In a second embodiment, a densely spiraled coil is used. A coil leading guide is prepared for inserting the densely spiraled coil through the holes in the sheets. The coil leading guide has the same pitch as the interval between the holes, and is coupled to the densely spiraled coil through an engaging portion formed in an end portion of the coil leading guide. The coil leading guide is spirally inserted through the holes such that the densely spiraled coil follows the coil leading guide, whereby the plurality of sheets are bound together.