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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850157 | Method for the movement of superimposed bands of flexible material Method for the movement by friction of a set of two bands of superimposed flexible material, using at least two feed rollers that turn in the direction of band movement so that they are all pulled in unison, occasionally involuntary offsetting can occur in the mutua... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7322291 | Method and a device for the regulation of the web tension in a multi-web system The tension of a web in a multi-web system is regulated. At least two webs initially run through a first processing step independently of each other and are subsequently combined with each other to form one resultant web strand. The web tensions of these two initial... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275709 | Turning device A turning device uses a turning bar for diverting a material web. The turning bar includes a sleeve with a plurality of holes and an inner chamber that is supplied with compressed air, as well as a closing body. The turning bar is supported by a frame and is able to... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7201300 | Device for deflecting a web A device for deflecting a web has at least one turning bar (1; 2) that can be shifted. A first turning bar holding device (11a, 11b; 11a, 11b, 11c) is connected with an axial end of the tur... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182020 | Devices for guiding a partial width web, guide element for guiding a partial width web and processing machine comprising said devices A web is guided in a processing machine by the use of a device which includes a regular device and at least one further web guiding element. These cooperate to subject the web to an offset or to a change in direction. The regular device and the at least one further ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178458 | Method of making transfer printed webbing A method of economically dye transfer printing small batches of webbing with custom designs includes printing N longitudinally adjacent identical design strips of approximate length L/N with a desired custom design. The design is printed on continuous roll paper wit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7134822 | Guide apparatus for use in making a hardcover book A guide apparatus for applying a cover to a bound stack of sheets, including a base unit which defines a book receiving surface and a first alignment member having a lower cover stop disposed along a reference line, and a first upper cover stop also disposed along t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114422 | Method and device for producing a product made of strip tape, especially a medical product and/or a product containing active substances as well as fillable receptacles or pouches whose edges can be sealed A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7063312 | Streak free apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms An apparatus for processing, stacking and thereafter collecting printed forms, includes: a dual registering stacking interface, that stacks and accumulates forms in a stack or in a continuing feeding as separate forms; and, a sequencer merger that receives the forms... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7036812 | Streak free apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms An apparatus for processing, stacking and thereafter collecting printed forms, includes: a dual registering stacking interface, that stacks and accumulates forms in a stack or in a continuing feeding as separate forms; and, a sequencer merger that receives the forms... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029001 | Form having abutting tape-interconnected substrates and method of making same A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021184 | System and method for providing sheets to an inserter system using a rotary cutter An inserter input system including a web feeder providing a web of printed material to be split by a web slitting knife along the web's direction of travel. The split web is then cut transverse to the direction of travel by a rotary cutter operating at a first veloc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994005 | Apparatus for slitting, merging, and cutting a continuous paperweb A paper web, which may be pinless, is slit into side-by-side web ribbons that are merged one on top of the other for simultaneous crosscutting into appropriate page lengths. One web ribbon wraps substantially about an angled turnbar to shift it into registry with th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978991 | Streak free apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms An apparatus for processing, stacking and thereafter collecting printed forms, includes: a dual registering stacking interface, that stacks and accumulates forms in a stack or in a continuing feeding as separate forms; and, a sequencer merger that receives the forms... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948897 | Systems and methods for assembling and binding publications A single sheet publication binding process utilizes media having an adhesive pre-applied to the media before the media is printed or bound within a publication. A publication page, or cover, has an adhesive pre-applied, is printed, and is then aligned in a publicati... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6902162 | Non-marking accumulator and related methods A sheet accumulating apparatus accumulates inputted sheets into a stack registered on all sides, wherein the sheets are controlled with minimum contact by components of the apparatus to minimize or eliminate smudging or marking of the sheets. The apparatus can be se... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6866459 | Systems and methods of registering a cover with respect to a text body Systems and methods for registering a cover with respect to a text body to create bound documents with floating and attached spines are described. In one embodiment, a text body having a front end, two opposed side ends, and a spine end that is located opposite to t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6685414 | Scoring of bound sheets in imaging systems A binding system in an imaging system includes an accumulator in which sheet material is accumulated in respective jobs to be bound. The binding system includes a binding assembly adapted and constructed to bind the sheet material together. A scoring memb... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6632059 | Method for adhesive attachment of a cover provided with a binding strip and device for performing the method In a method for adhesive attachment of a cover and a binding strip on the flanks of a spine of an book block comprised of bound printed sheets, the book block is transported in a transport direction on a circulating transport device. A binding strip is pl... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6547501 | Device and method for binding printed products A device for preparing a book spine includes a plurality of movable pockets, each pocket having an angled back, a packer and a spine stop at a lower end of the pocket for receiving the spine. The spine stop has a first collect position, a second position ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6447230 | Book binding system On a base (12) are fixed a pair of supporting members (6, 8). A guide rail (3) is supported by the pair of supporting members. A measurement block (2) is guided by the guide rail in a sliding manner. On the base is fixed a reference block (10) abutted by ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6416082 | Book cover and book binding system using the book cover A book cover for binding a book block includes a cover blank, a cover image provided on the cover blank, and an alignment feature associated with the cover blank. The cover image defines an image field of the cover blank and the alignment feature is regis... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6364590 | Book cover preparation system An apparatus for forming scorelines in a book cover includes a pair of scoring counter-bars and a pair of scoring tools. Each of the scoring counter-bars include a longitudinal indentation provided therein and each of the scoring tools include a scoring p... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6338603 | Process and a machine for the manufacture of covers for books and the like, and covers produced thereby A conveyer carries in series sheets of card or the like, having rectangular central apertures. When a layer of adhesive has been applied, a portion of flexible strip, which is wider than the central aperture, is applied to the central part of the lower fa... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6010123 | Method of and apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms A dual registering stacking interface stages, registers, transports, justifies and stacks forms in which forms are delivered to a side-by-side holding areas known as channels one and two, where they are held stationary and accumulate in a stack or continu... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5833107 | Apparatus for drawing, a web through a synchronization section of a bag making machine A split bag making machine includes a first primary split draw roller and a second primary split draw roller, each having first and second web contacting sections which are independently rotatable, the first section of the first primary split draw roller ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5447296 | Cloth spreading system A spreading system for spreading cloth in flat, aligned and vertically arranged layers on a spreading table comprising a reciprocally driven spreading machine arranged on a spreading table, and a stationary supply of cloth arranged near one end of the spr... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5374042 | Paper web separator and deflector A compact interstacking web deflector for causing a slit paper web to overlap one side of the web over the other. The web deflector includes an elevated deflector bar skewed to the path of the slit web. The elevated deflector imparts a twists to one of th... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5104104 | Web processing apparatus Apparatus for processing an elongate portion of a web of sheets, wherein the web portion includes a plurality of uniformly dimensioned successive sheets bordered by an elongate marginal edge having a plurality of sprocket holes formed therein at equal int... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5100117 | Web guiding system, particularly turning bar system for superposing slit paper webs received from a web-fed rotary printing machine To selectively place web portions slit from a printed paper web with a left web portion above a right one over a right web portion above the left one, the parallel-arriving web portions are so guided through a turning bar looping of the right or left web ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5092573 | Auxiliary paper feeding apparatus for high speed computer printers An auxiliary paper feeding apparatus is provided for feeding a continuous web of fan-fold paper from one or more serially-arranged stacks of paper into a printer. A plurality of elongate, slender turn bars are non-rotatably mounted to the frame for causin... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5048810 | Apparatus for adjusting an anglebar or a compensator roller in a folder of a printing press An anglebar and/or a compensator roller in a folder of a printing press is adjustable. A motor has an output shaft operatively connected with the anglebar and/or the compensator roller to, when driven, adjust the position of the anglebar and/or the compen... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5028040 | Apparatus and methods for verifying registration of form parts and forms therefor Apparatus and methods are provided for ensuring predetermined lengthwise registration of interstacked form parts forming a unitary form. The form includes a continuous web comprised of longitudinally adjacent forms, each having a pair of transversely adja... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4570916 | Document conveying method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition wher... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4556208 | Web skewing apparatus A plurality of skewing devices are mounted in a collating apparatus above collating points at which a plurality of webs are collected together for further processing. The skewing devices comprise rollers mounted on shafts which may be rotated by a handle.... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4542893 | Overlapping document strip conveying method and apparatus An apparatus and method whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition whereby the leadi... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4179107 | Printing and collating method This invention relates to a method of printing, collating and binding booklets, magazines, pamphlets and similar printed material in one, two or four colors utilizing a novel procedure for assuring precise printing and collating registration. In the print... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4179109 | Collating equipment including collator and cart The present invention relates to novel collating equipment used in the printing of booklets, magazines, pamphlets or similar multi-page matter. The collating equipment includes a collator and a cooperating combined storage and feeding cart. The collating ... | 12/18/1979 |
