Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5733099 | Process and apparatus for stacking sheet-like products, in particular printed products A specific number of printed products is arranged on a supporting belt in a compacted imbricated formation. The printed product arranged at the leading end of the imbricated formation, as seen in the conveying direction, rests with its bottom end against ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5667211 | Apparatus for the adhesive binding of printed products An apparatus for the adhesive binding includes a plurality of receiving parts which are arranged one behind the other in a circulation direction. A printed product is introduced at a feed location in each receiving part. The receiving parts are driven con... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664770 | Apparatus for delivering printed products to a further-processing location Folded printed products are conveyed in a first imbricated formation up to a stop by a first conveying device. In the first imbricated formation each printed product rests on the following printed product with its leading bottom edge formed by its folded ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5662319 | Apparatus for processing printed products A conveying device has pocket-like receiving parts that are moved along a rotary path. The receiving parts are arranged one behind the other and transversely with respect to the rotary path. Printed products are introduced into the receiving parts by a fe... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657978 | Apparatus for producing multiple-part printed products An apparatus for producing printed products comprising a plurality of part-products, for example newspapers, periodicals and the like, includes a processing drum which is divided into portions and is driven in rotation. The processing drum is provided wit... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655427 | Stapling device with rotary cutting element A cutting device for elongated objects, especially for wire, having a cutting element which is movable relative to a shearing element by means of a drive. The cutting element is of disk-shaped configuration and its periphery is configured, at least in seg... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5645679 | Apparatus for feeding sheet-like products to a processing device for printed products The conveying device exhibits a plurality of clamps which are each articulated, via a carrying arm and a linking member, on rotational elements. The pivot position of the carrying arm is controlled by a first slotted-guide path and, separately from this, ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5636832 | Apparatus for feeding sheet-like products to a discharge location A conveying belt is deflected around a stationary deflection roller and loops around the bottom of a deflection wheel. The deflection wheel is freely rotatably mounted on a lever and is prestressed in the direction towards the deflection roller by a sprin... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634758 | Process and apparatus for the adhesive connection of the sheets of a multi-sheet folded printed product The multi-sheet, folded printed product arranged on the supporting member is penetrated by a penetration tool, from the direction of a supporting member. A pressure-exerting element acts on the printed product with a lateral compressive force. This result... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5622027 | Coiling apparatus for flexible planar articles and method for the coiling up of flexible planar articles The coiling apparatus for flexible planar articles (44), in particular printed products such as newspapers, magazines and parts thereof comprises a winding core (16), which is rotatably journalled in a frame (12) and drivable by a drive shaft (28), and a ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5593148 | Process and apparatus for collecting printed products Folded printed products are deposited in a straddling manner by feeding stations onto the rests circulating in a circulating direction along a continuous circulatory path. After being deposited, a second and third printed products project with a border po... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5590828 | Apparatus for the wire-stapling of printed products The retaining device of a wire-section dispenser has a tongue-like first retaining element and a second retaining element which form boundaries for a gap. The second retaining element can be moved out of a rest position into a clamping position, which nar... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5560594 | Apparatus for processing printed products Stacks of part-products are arranged on the circumference of a rotating processing drum that has radial receiving compartments that open along the drum circumference. Rotatable rollers are provided in the region of the introduction opening of each receivi... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5556087 | Apparatus for processing printed products The apparatus for processing printed products includes receiving compartments that are arranged one behind the other in the direction of rotation and are moved, with their outer opening, past the discharge end of a belt conveyor. Arranged at the opening o... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5542656 | Apparatus for individually separating stacked printed products An apparatus for separating stacked printed products includes suction heads anchored on a rotor by a respective swivel arm. The swivel arms are driven with regard to their swivel position by a swiveling drive superposed on the rotary drive of the rotor su... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5474286 | Process and device for opening folded printed products Printed products are transported in the direction of conveyance suspended, held by their fold, from transporting clamps of a conveying device. The end area of the printed products rests on a supporting mechanism and the uppermost product part protrudes wi... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474285 | Apparatus for opening and further transporting printed products An apparatus for opening and transporting printed products having transporting clips, driven in conveying direction to hold the printed products at their fold. Below a conveying device there is a supporting element, which supports the printed products in ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5465952 | Gripper for a conveying device for conveying single-sheet or multiple-sheet printed products A gripper for conveying printed products is disclosed. The gripper has two gripper parts mounted so as to be pivotable on a shaft which, in turn, is mounted rotatably in a holder. Connected to this shaft so as to be fixed against rotation is closing lever... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464199 | Gathering stapler for printed products comprising folded printed sheets A novel gathering stapler for printed products comprising folded printed sheets is provided. The gatherer stapler comprises a plurality of gathering sections defined by saddle-shaped rests which extend parallel to one another and circulate transversely to... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462266 | Process and apparatus for opening folded printed products Folded printed products are transported while held in suspended position at their fold and supported in their end region remote from the fold. The end section of the first product part, projecting with respect to the second product part, is seized and tem... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5425837 | Apparatus for delivering sheet-like products to a device for processing printed products An apparatus for delivering sheet-like products to a device for processing printed products comprising a conveying device for transporting the products, a rotating transfer conveyor for receiving the products from the conveying device, at least one contro... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5409178 | Method and apparatus for winding and unwinding printed products in scale formation According to the invention, printed products in an imbricated or scale formation (1) are wound into a printed product roll on a roll core (2) with the aid of a winding band (3). A protective element (4) is wound onto the product roll with the aid of the s... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5399222 | Process and apparatus for the processing of printing products arriving in an imbricated formation A belt conveyor leads past a processing station. Printing products lie on the conveyor belt in an imbricated formation, each printing product lying on the preceding one with edges to of the printing products running at an angle to the conveying direction ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398920 | Process and apparatus for delivering preferably folded printing products to a further processing point By a first conveying device printing products are fed in an imbricated formation (S), in which each printing product rests on the following one, the fold edge of the folded products forming the trailing edge. The printing products are pushed into an inter... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5125330 | Process for pressing folded printing products Printing products (44) are inclined in an imbricated formation (S) and with respect to a conveying direction (F) and are led into a pressing nip defined by two pressing rolls (22') pretensioned toward one another. The pressing roll (22') thus rolls in the... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5048264 | Process and apparatus for the temporary storage of multi-sheeted, folded printing products, such as newspapers, periodicals and parts thereof The present invention involves methods and apparatus for winding imbricated formations of multi-sheeted, twice-folded printing products into a roll together with a winding band wherein the individual multi-sheeted, twice-folded printing products are skewe... | 09/17/1991 |
