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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091878 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus with conveying compartments (2) which can be displaced one behind the other along a conveying path has supporting surfaces (S) which are arranged in the conveying compartments and on which flat articles (G), in particular printed product... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8052133 | Method and arrangement for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of several printed products A method and arrangement is provided for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of a plurality of printed products. The printed products are gathered into loose book blocks along a first conveying section of a conveying track for a circulating conveyor wh... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052132 | Method and arrangement for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of several printed products An arrangement and method for producing an adhesive-bound, printed item composed of a number of printed products. A circulating conveyor includes a conveying track and a plurality of space-apart conveying units driven along the conveying track, wherein along a first... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7900901 | System for gathering printed products along a gathering line formed by a transport device and feed devices for the printed products A system for gathering printed products includes a transport device and feed devices for the printed products, which form a gathering line, wherein the transport device has receiving points for the printed products located at regular intervals on a revolving tractio... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891648 | Apparatus for gathering and/or assembling print products An apparatus for gathering and/or assembling print products or supplements comprises a conveying section on a conveyor, along which feeding devices for supplying different types of print products are arranged. The feeding devices are driven with synchronous timing a... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7862020 | Method for forming stacks from upright positioned, successively lined up signatures and arrangement for realizing the method Signatures are successively conveyed one after another by a conveying system from a printing press to a stack-forming device, in which the signatures are separated into stacks by a separating device. A remaining number of non-stacked signatures of a current producti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862021 | Gathering device with variable static charging of books A gathering device for gathering books is provided including a gathering conveyor for transporting a book, a variable static charging unit having a voltage output providing a static charge to the book on the gathering conveyor and a controller connected to the varia... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857297 | Electrodynamic propulsion system for conveying sheet material A transport system for conveying sheet material along a feed path. The transport system includes an electro-dynamic propulsion system for moving sheet material, or a stacked collation of sheet material, along a support deck which defines the feed path. More specific... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7665720 | Paper sheet processing apparatus A paper sheet processing apparatus includes a plurality of bundling devices, and a plurality of chute devices which temporarily hold bundles, which are bundled by the bundling devices. A second transfer conveyor, which is slower than a first transfer conveyor, is di... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7644913 | Method and device for feeding a number of flat subproducts to a serial subsequent processing For supplying individual quantities of flat and in particular diverse part products to a serial further processing, the part products are arranged in a row of part product groups (7) in a preparatory step carried out before the supply step (e.g. supplementati... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7621516 | Method and apparatus for feeding flat printed products The invention refers to a method and an apparatus for gathering flat printed products by selecting a single printed product from each of a multitude of collections of identical printed products and conveying the selected printed products towards a collecting conveyo... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7607649 | Apparatuses and methods for staging and processing documents for sheet processing Apparatuses and methods are provided for staging and processing documents including sheet articles, particularly for processing of sheet articles for mail processing. Different sets of pusher members for advancing document sets along a conveying path are used within... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7588236 | Device for gathering printed products A gathering device for forming a plurality of printed products includes a transfer device having a plurality of grippers. A first sheet material feeder delivers first sheet material to the plurality of grippers and a second sheet material feeder delivers second shee... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588238 | Method and device for gathering sheets During the gathering process, an individual signature is respectively withdrawn from several collections of identical signatures, wherein the various decollated signatures are delivered to a collecting conveyor in order to form stacks. The invention proposes that th... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588237 | Apparatus and method for collecting sheets into sets An apparatus for collecting sheets into sets, having a main supply station (16) and at least two insert supply stations (17-20). A first one of the insert supply stations (17-19) is arranged for supplying sheets to a first position... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7497426 | Device for gathering sheets The invention pertains to a device for gathering sheets (3) with feeder stations (15) that are arranged in a row and consist of a magazine (20) for respectively accommodating a stack (4) of identical sheets, a separating device (50... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7458566 | Book block clamp The invention relates to a book block clamp (1) for clamping and transporting book blocks (2) in book block processing machines, comprising an inner clamping jaw (5) and comprising an outer clamping jaw (6) which is arranged parallel to, ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7431277 | Device for collecting printed sheets in a certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product A device for collecting printed sheets in a certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product has a saddle-shaped support supplied by a sheet feeder with printed sheets. The saddle-shaped support is arranged above a conveying device transportin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431276 | Binding apparatus for printed sheets A binding apparatus for printed sheets includes a carrying-in conveyor part; a reverse conveyor part contiguous to the carrying-in conveyor part; an accumulating part; and a binding part. A branch part and a holding part are provided at a junction of an upper convey... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431275 | Method and device for feeding a number of flat subproducts to a serial subsequent processing For supplying individual quantities of flat and in particular diverse part products to a serial further processing, the part products are arranged in a row of part product groups (7) in a preparatory step carried out before the supply step (e.g. supplementati... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422203 | Apparatus for producing final printed products In order to produce final printed products (14) in the same compartment (12), a first product for insertion (22) is inserted into a first folded printed product (10), and a second product for insertion (28) is inserted into a secon... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410157 | Device for conveying book blocks on a conveying line of a machine for producing books, magazines, or the like A conveyance device for the pressing of glued spines of a book block for books, in which the book blocks, with their spines directed downward, pass through a pressing section that reduces the spine swell. The book blocks, gripped between working pieces of revolving ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404550 | Method for stitching print products and stitching machine for realizing said method A wire stitching machine and a method for wire-stitching print products with the wire-stitching machine. At least one stitching head is arranged to move along with a respective print product to be stitched during a stitching operation. A control device is arranged t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404549 | Transporting mechanism having a link chain and clamps A transporting mechanism includes a link chain and clamps which are attached to a chain link of the link chain and which are capable of gripping at least one printed product. At least two clamps are attached to each chain link of the link chain, wherein the clamps i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396006 | Apparatus for assembly of document sets into a single collated packet A collating apparatus and method to merge different types of document sets into a single collated packet prior to a mail processing insertion operation. The collating device utilizes a synchronous conveyor pathway for conveying different types of document sets seria... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7350780 | Apparatus for assembly of document sets into a single collated packet A collating apparatus and method to merge different types of document sets into a single collated packet prior to a mail processing insertion operation. The collating device utilizes a synchronous conveyor pathway for conveying different types of document sets seria... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318587 | Method of, and apparatus for, stabilizing and positioning sheet-like articles The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, stabilizing and positioning sheet like articles (16), in particular printed products. In order to prevent the products from buckling and fanning out, the position of an edge (20) of the produc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281706 | Gatherer stitcher A gatherer stitcher having a gatherer chain configuration includes roof segments forming a ridge region and drivers having respective stop surfaces and being mounted so as to be adjustable between an operating position and a position pivotable away therefrom. An aux... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7234694 | Saddle stitcher including card gluers for dispensing personalized printed cards and method therefor A saddle stitcher for producing personalized saddle stitched brochures includes a stitching station, at least two folded sheet feeders for the feeding of nonpersonalized folded sheets, an assembly chain, a drive system, and at least two card gluers arranged along th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232122 | Jam detection method and system for an inserter A document assembly system with jam detection capability. The system including an accumulation chassis having a series of pusher fingers for pushing collations of documents. Above the chassis, document feeders release documents to the chassis to form the collations.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222844 | Hopper loader with lateral deblocking The invention relates to a signature hopper loader and method for feeding signatures to a hopper on a binding line. The hopper loader includes a conveyor and a deblocker that work together to feed signatures to the hopper. The deblocker is preferably positioned adja... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7104537 | Method and apparatus for making booklets Method and apparatus for assembling sheets of printing media for booklets. In one aspect the sheets are folded, sheet-by-sheet, and in another aspect the sheets are collected, sheet-by-sheet, and registered on a fold in each sheet. In still another aspect printed sh... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101332 | Sheet folding and trimming apparatus A sheet folding and trimming apparatus for a booklet maker or bookbinder includes a folding apparatus and a sheetwise trimming apparatus configured to trim the folded sheet from the folding apparatus on three unfolded sides of the sheet in a sheetwise manner. The lo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080830 | Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion, wherein the sheet conveying portion includes a sheet conveying unit ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073785 | Apparatus for processing printed products The processing conveyer device (10) has a plurality of receiving elements (18) that are arranged one behind the other and are driven in a circulatory direction, said elements having a support element and a base element for supporting the printing produ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063313 | Device for holding printed products A device for holding printed products fed in variations of at least collecting and collating feed modes. The device includes a holding element for holding products fed in different feed modes. The holding element, in turn, includes a deflection element which, in a p... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055814 | Apparatus for collecting printed products An apparatus for collecting, stitching and/or cutting printed products includes an endless collector chain and feeders arranged one behind the other and above the collector chain for placing the printed products on the collector chain, and a stitching device for sti... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033123 | Booklet maker A booklet maker, including a pivotable collecting device including two supporting sides formed as a saddle shape, and a rotatable transferring device including a displaceable clamping component, where the transferring device delivers a folded sheet material to the c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976674 | Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6915184 | Collator A document collator comprising a conveyor system, a prime document feeder station and a plurality of enclosure document feeder stations arranged at spaced locations along the conveyor system, a collation station located downstream of the feeder stations at one end o... | 07/05/2005 |
