(under subclass 22) Apparatus provided with a rigid planar body having a first plane side and a second plane side, the first plane side being capable of physically engaging a flat area of a book(*), to transmit pressure applied to the second plane side through the planar body to the flat area of the book.
(1) Note. The pressure being applied to the second plane side and being transmitted through the body is produced by a press apparatus and is intended to aid in properly forming the finished book(*) or to aid in the drying of a book after a casing-in operation.
