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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186662 | Sheet monitor for folding machine A folding machine includes: pairs of upper and lower downstream-side conveying belts (18B), the pairs being provided at intervals in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of a signature (Wb) and conveying the signature while holding the signature... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7296516 | Rotary roller printing press A rotary roller printing press has a printing unit for printing a web in six printed pages arranged axially next to each other. A superstructure is used to cut the web longitudinally into three partial webs. A folding installation is used to fold the partial webs an... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7261288 | Postprocessing apparatus with two or more finishing devices A postprocessing apparatus stops and positions an image recording sheet delivered from an image forming apparatus at a predetermined position, punches the sheet with a punching unit, and thereafter folds the sheet with a folding unit. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246557 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7172547 | Variable-circumference folder A variable-circumference folder includes a gathering cylinder fitted with pin systems for reliably holding products of different thickness fed to the gathering cylinder by an accelerating device without any adjustment effort. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156019 | Rotary roller printing press A rotary roller printing press has a printing unit for printing a web in six printed pages arranged axially next to each other. A superstructure is used to cut the web longitudinally into three partial webs. A folding installation is used to fold the partial webs an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7066090 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these for... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6916018 | Apparatus and method of delivering signatures to a binding line An apparatus and method for delivering signatures to a binding line, the apparatus and method preferably comprising a printer feeder apparatus and method for providing personalized information in a variety of locations upon a selected one of a plurality of signature... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6899026 | Folding installation on a rotary roller press and as rotary roller press A folding installation of a web-fed rotary printing press includes a first group of at least two folding formers and at least one additional folding former which is offset vertically from the first group. The folding formers of the first group are adjacent and are o... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892635 | Arrangement for processing a web a folded product from a rotary roller press and a rotary roller press An arrangement for processing webs in a rotary web-fed printing press includes a turning device that is usable for shifting the web about an uneven multiple of a half web-width of the web. A folding installation is also provided. The web or webs, which are displaced... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886309 | Custom-decorated giftwrap, kit, and method of and system for custom-decorating the giftwrap A custom-decorated giftwrap is made by feeding a folded sheet into a printer, while avoiding paper jams therein by holding together sheet portions of the sheet. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6810813 | Device and method for controlling registration in a printing press A method for controlling a printing press having a first image cylinder for providing at least a first cylinder first image and a first cylinder second image to a printed material and a second image cylinder for providing at least a second cylinder first image and a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6779788 | Apparatus for folding printed paper sections A web of printed paper is cut into sections by a cutting cylinder while riding on a folding cylinder, and each paper section has its midpart subsequently pushed by a folding blade on the folding cylinder into a jaw cavity formed in the surface of a jaw cylinder in o... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6402450 | Book binding A method of binding books comprising the steps of holding in place a text hull (1) comprising the pages of two books (2, 3) the gutters (5, 19) of the two books being located on opposite edges of the text hull to one another, binding the opposite edges of... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6304795 | Operation for processing piece goods as well as control process and facility for carrying out the processing operation The claimed processing operation is used to process piece goods. Large numbers of at least similar objects are processed by feeding objects into the operation in streams (PS) of starting products (A), feeding the starting products and/or intermediate prod... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6257142 | Rotary printing press for production of multiple center spread signatures Several printing units are arranged in a row for printing on as many separate webs traveling in centerline alignment and in phase with one another. At least one preselected web, on issuing from one printing unit, is directed over an angled guide rod there... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6092804 | Apparatus for preventing jams in a folder of a printing press An apparatus for preventing jams in a folder of a printing press includes a roller having vacuum holes to which vacuum pressure may be applied to attract the loosely constrained signature towards the roller. The signature will follow the curved path of th... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6038974 | Gripper deceleration cross folder A gripper deceleration cross folder device having a rotatably mounted jaw cylinder including a plurality of jaw devices, a rotatably mounted gripper decelerator drum forming a nip with the jaw cylinder, and a plurality of gripper decelerator devices mount... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5377964 | Device for cutting a web into sections In a combination of a rotary printing press having a drive, and a device for cutting a web into sections, the device is disposed downline from the rotary printing press in travel direction of a web therethrough and includes a cutting station having a driv... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5320334 | Method of printing a book having pages of newsprint and pages of coated enamel pages A method and apparatus for forming books comprising pages of coated paper interspersed with pages of newsprint paper. The book is formed by providing a moving web of coated paper, providing a plurality of moving webs of newsprint paper, selectively perfor... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5196083 | System and method for producing items in selected configurations An apparatus for producing items in selected configurations and a system, and method for controlling the same. More particularly, an apparatus for producing mail pieces and a system and method for controlling it to produce mail pieces in a variety of conf... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5118375 | Method and apparatus for making envelopes on-line for direct mail application Apparatus is provided for forming an envelope capable of containing sheet material therein having a width equal to the width of the envelope by performing the steps of: feeding a sheet having a width and a length from a tray in a predetermined direction; ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4939888 | Method for producing a mass distributable printed packet A method for producing a mass distributable printed packet is disclosed wherein a web of paper has printed thereon a format of successive rectangular pieces in a plurality of longitudinal lines extending parallel to the edges of the web, the web is cut lo... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4928940 | Apparatus and method for printing separating continuous forms into folded discrete jobs including accumulator Apparatus and method for printing and separating continuous forms into discrete folded jobs from a single moving web including an accumulator positioned between a printer and job separator with the accumulator being constructed to accumulate a portion of ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4840364 | Combination folding and cut product attachment apparatus To permit selectively stapling paper products which are to be folded in advance of formation of a first or a second cross fold, a stapling cylinder (18) can be selectively placed in engagement with a first folding blade cylinder (5) carrying transport nee... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4524961 | Paper discharge apparatus for use in paper folders of rotary presses In a paper discharged apparatus for use in a paper folder of the type forming sections of different type, sections of the different type are conveyed in the same direction to the same place by first and second conveyors. The first conveyor has an upper ho... | 06/25/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4079928 | Method and apparatus for production of thick folded products in wed-fed rotary printing presses A method and apparatus for producing thick folded products such as newspapers having upwards of 100 pages is disclosed. Web-fed rotary printing presses deliver their printed webs to suitable folding means which, in turn, deliver synchronous streams of fol... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4078490 | Registration unit for printing or collating apparatus In an apparatus such as a printing press or collator for performing operations such as printing, perforating, punching, die cutting, crimping and the like on a continuous paper web, a registration unit for particular use in a crimping and tractor station ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3977665 | Continuous book-making system An in-line book making system produces sets of signatures ready for "come and go" binding. Webs printing in respective presses are slit collated and folded into signatures which are fed in succession to two collecting pockets, one pocket receiving a batch... | 08/31/1976 |
