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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905475 | Aerodynamic positioning device The gathering, conveyance, and assembly of printed material utilizing one or more aerodynamic positioning devices in conjunction with binding machinery is disclosed. The aerodynamic positioning device utilizes controlled fluid flow via a series of discretely spaced ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7396007 | Positioning device for a rotationally displaceable positioning element A positioning device for a positioning element, which is rotationally displaceable about a first axis, including a positioning member engaged with the positioning element. The positioning member is rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to and spaced from the f... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7234395 | Device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine A device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine includes a cylinder, formed with a channel wherein grippers are disposed for holding the sheet at a leading edge, a chain conveyor with grippers fixed to endless chains for holding and picking up the sheet at... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7007951 | Transport disc for an opening device of a printed sheet feeder A transport disc for an opening device of a printed sheet feeder is arranged on a first opening drum of the opening device and has at least one outer elastic support. The outer elastic support cooperates with a securing disc of a second opening drum of the opening d... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994337 | Book bindery and trimming apparatus Book bindery and trimming apparatus which is directly connectable to the output of a digital printer enable substantially automatic book production. Individual sheets are cut from a printed web, folded and driven into a sheet stacker. The stacker collects the sheets... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6517064 | Device for gathering and conveying printed sheets straddling a gathering segment A device is provided for gathering and conveying printed sheets over a conveying path. The device includes a gathering segment, with the legs of the printed sheets straddling the gathering segment. The gathering segment includes a conveyor device having a... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6494661 | Device and method for providing a cover for a book A method for covering a book includes delivering a book into a pocket, delivering an inverted cover for the book into the pocket, the cover having a first side and a second side, the first side of the cover contacting a side of the book in the pocket, and... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6386812 | Cover-feeder A cover-feeder for isolating the uppermost cover, in each case, of a flat stack which is continuously advanced, with lateral alignment and as far as a front-edge stop, in an imbricated formation on a transport belt belonging to a feed table, the cover-fee... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5667212 | Gathering and wire-stitching machine A gathering and wire-stitching machine for printed sheets has a gathering section and includes at least one run of an endlessly circulating pulling apparatus and supporting elements fastened to the pulling apparatus and forming at least a part of a saddle... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5655760 | Collator with air assistance A collator (10) collates folded signatures (30). A conveyor (12) of the collator (10) moves a plurality of support saddles (20). The support saddles (20) receive and support the signatures (30) with their folds extending in a direction perpendicular to a ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 4976420 | Method for gathering signatures and a gathering machine for working the method Method of gathering signatures wherein signatures lying face to face in a stack and standing on the back edge, are fed to a delivery position with the face engaging an abutment (15). The signature (S1) in the delivery position is pushed up so that it proj... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4706950 | Sheet gathering apparatus An apparatus for gathering signatures including a hopper for holding a supply of signatures and a rotatable transfer drum positioned horizontally adjacent thereto for extracting a signature from the supply and carrying the signature in a first path about ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4625952 | Signature inserter A high speed signature inserter packer box to operate with a saddle stitcher at a rate in excess of 225 books per minute includes a very simple and rapid way to convert from operation with a feed hopper signature supply to operation with a stream feeder s... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4497479 | Device for symmetrically opening signatures made up of several sheets and arranging them onto a transport saddle A device for symmetrically opening signatures made up of several sheets and arranging them onto a transport saddle, comprising a signature feeder having signature gripping means and signature opening means, in which device for opening signatures a substan... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4470588 | Suction apparatus for opening folded paper sheets or the like Apparatus for opening folded paper sheets, each of which has a first and a second set of layers and each of which has an edge portion along which the layers are pivotable relative to each other, has a horizontal conveyor which transports each of a success... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4350327 | Apparatus for removing successive sheets from a stack of overlapping sheets Apparatus for removing and opening successive folded sheets of a stack has a transfer conveyor whose gripper engages the folded backs of successive sheets and propels them into the elongated channel of a straight guide extending tangentially of the flange... | 09/21/1982 |
