Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959144 | Modular processing device as well as a construction kit for the construction of such a processing device The invention relates to a processing device for processing printed products, in particular for collecting individual printed sheets for manufacturing an assembled printed product. The device includes a drum rotatable about a rotation axis and at least two feed stat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7854426 | Method and device for inscribing printed products An apparatus (10) for inscribing folded printed products (12) having a first product part (14) and a second product part (16) joined together by a fold (18). The printed products (12) are conveyed by a conveyor device (22... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7581724 | Device for collecting and processing folded printed products A device (10) for collecting and processing folded printed products (12) may be constructed with a collection drum (14) which is rotatingly driven about its drum axis (22) and provides first rests (18) with first saddles (20... | 09/01/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7192027 | Signature transport device A signature transport device includes a first conveyor for moving a plurality of folded signatures in a first direction and a second conveyor including a first blade having a first edge for lifting a first signature of the plurality of signatures from the first conv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7004463 | Conveying arrangement for processing printed material to printed products A conveying arrangement for processing printed material to printed products has a conveying member supplying printed material and an intermediate conveying device with compartments rotating about an axis of rotation and formed by two opposed adjustable plates. The c... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997450 | Sheet folding and accumulation system for a booklet maker A sheet folding and accumulation system and method inverts folded sheets onto a saddle where the sheets are accumulated and bound into a booklet. The inverting of the sheets onto the saddle for accumulation and binding eliminates the need for the saddle or other she... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981830 | Pivotable collecting device A pivotable collecting device for handling a folded sheet material, including a supporting edge for supporting a fold of the folded sheet material, two supporting sides opposing one another, and means for pivoting the supporting edge and supporting sides about a fir... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6805340 | Device for producing bound printed products A device for producing bound printed products has a continuous folding device to which are supplied sequentially individual printed sheets and in which the printed sheets are folded individually to folded printed sheets. A gathering device receives the folded printe... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6550756 | Apparatus for advancement of paper in a non-linear path A method for handling a material sheet in a sheet-wise booklet making system, including the steps of advancing a sheet to a movable clamping drive at a first position, clamping the sheet in the clamping drive at the first position, moving the clamping dri... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5975182 | Apparatus for processing folded printed sheets An apparatus for the processing of folded printed sheets is provided with at least one work station located next to a conveying path, with the work station preferably being a feeder for separating and opening the printed sheets. A plurality of support mea... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5810345 | Apparatus for processing printed sheets with a fold An apparatus for processing folded printed sheets includes a work station for processing the folded printed sheets and a conveying device driven with a transporting movement in a direction along a conveying path that is arranged alongside the work station... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5791641 | Apparatus for processing printed products An apparatus has pocket-like receiving parts into which printed products are introduced by feeders. Each receiving part is assigned clamps that can be moved to transport the printed products in the longitudinal direction of the receiving part. The movemen... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5713565 | Process for processing printed products A method of producing printed products comprising a plurality of individual component products such as newspapers or periodicals or the like. In the method the products are brought together at processing stations, following one after the other along a pro... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5709375 | Sheet material collating system A sheet material collating system includes a pair of tubular metal guide rails. A plurality of plastic carriers are supported by guide rollers on the guide rails. A plurality of plastic pockets for receiving signatures are supported on the carriers in a p... | 01/20/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5551682 | Method of supplying enclosures to multiple-page printed sheets collected to form printed products A method and apparatus for supplying at least one enclosure to multiple-page printed sheets collected to form printed products at the edge opposite the last folded edges. The printed products are gripped at the fold side on collecting carriers and removed... | 09/03/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5342032 | Apparatus for wire-stapling multi-component printed products The stitching or stapling heads, which act together in a stitching zone (C) with the supports that carry printed products to be wire-stitched, have a circular orbit. The stitching heads are guided so as to maintain their more or less vertical position dur... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5326088 | Apparatus for feeding signatures to a rotary drum with angularly spaced grippers A rotary drum with angularly spaced grippers delivers magazine signatures to the collating conveyor of a saddle stitch binding machine. The signatures are supplied to the drum in the form of a running shingle with successive leading signatures being pulle... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5324014 | Process and apparatus for processing printing products The processing drum, rotatable about the axis for processing printing products, has advancing means for the step-by-step advancing of the printing products deposited in a straddling manner on the rests. In the upper region of the circulating path, these a... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5277413 | Rotary signature gathering apparatus with sheet stop Folded printed sheets are delivered by a first conveyor into the radially extending pockets of a turret-shaped second conveyor for delivery onto successive saddles of a gathering conveyor which transports stacks of superimposed interfitted folded sheets t... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5116033 | Apparatus for collecting, asssembling and inserting printery products Supports (18) are provided on a conveyor chain (16), which can be driven in a circulating manner in the conveying direction (F). To the left and right of the conveyor chain (16), guide plates (24, 24') are arranged on a frame (22). One of these guide plat... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5104108 | Apparatus for collecting, assembling and inserting printery products Holding arrangements (20) are fixed to a circulating tension member (16). One saddle-shaped support (12) is arranged on each holding arrangement (20). The walls (42, 44) on these supports (12), in the area of the effective conveying stretch, define pocket... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094438 | Process for the production of multipart printed products, printed product produced by the process, and device for carrying out the process At a first feed station a first inner part is fed into an accommodation part which is driven so that it rotates in a conveyance direction. At a second feed station a second inner part is added side by side next to the first inner part. At a third feed sta... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5052667 | Device for the collection of folded printed sheets Each support (14) of a collection drum for printed sheets (24) has attached to it carriages (36) which in the course of a revolution in the direction of rotation (U) carry out a conveyance stroke in and a return stroke opposite to arrow direction (F). Eac... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5052666 | Device for processing printed products Each compartment of a drum for collation, insertion or collection of printed sheets (34) is allocated carriages (50), which in the course of a revolution in a direction of rotation (U) carry out a conveyance and a return stroke in or opposite to an arrow ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4981291 | Device for the collation, insertion and collection of printed products A star feeder type of drum (12) has pocket-shaped compartments (14) and saddle-type supports (46) disposed alternately about a common axis of rotation. Each compartment (14) contains a carriage which is guided in a rail (44) and has a bottom (86) and at l... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4735406 | Machine for making brochures and the like A machine for accumulating folded sheets into brochures wherein the sheets are stapled to each other along fold lines has a rotary transporting device with several axially parallel saddle-like carriers for opened sheets and pushers which advance the sheet... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4732374 | Apparatus for collating folded printed products, especially signatures or sheets The collating apparatus comprises a plurality of collating or collecting conveyors or product advancing means revolvingly driven about the axis of revolution of the collating apparatus. These collating conveyors are pivotably mounted at each end face of t... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4729554 | Method and apparatus for inserting at least one insert into preferably folded printed products The printed products to be provided with inserts or supplements are infed in respective pairs by an infeed conveyor to a processing drum or cell wheel. The cell wheel comprises substantially radially extending compartments which are open at the periphery ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4709910 | Removable divider wall cell wheel apparatus for processing printed products In the substantially radially extending compartments of a cell wheel or drum of a processing apparatus for processing printed products, there are inserted removable divider or partition walls. The removable divider or partition walls divide each of the co... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4684116 | Method and apparatus for collating folded printed signatures using conveyors rotating about a central axis Collation of folded printed signatures or sheets is accomplished by a rotating collating cylinder or rotary collator which is rotatably driven about its longitudinal axis of revolution. The rotary collator comprises a plurality of collating conveyors arra... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4678174 | Apparatus for picking-up and further transporting, folded printed products, especially signatures or sheets, from a conveying device Intermediate or end products comprising a plurality of interstuffed and overlapping folded printed signatures or sheets are straddlingly fed or conveyed by a plurality of collating conveyors of a circulatingly driven collating cylinder or drum to a produc... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4605213 | Apparatus for continuous handling of folded paper products The folded items (9) arriving from a folding apparatus (1) are grasped on the leading folded spine (10) by forward grippers (12) on an opening cylinder (8). Then the overhang (11) of each item is grasped by rearward grippers (13). Because of centrifugal f... | 08/12/1986 |
