| Mueller Martini Holding AG Patent applications |
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| 20120132091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING BUNDLES COMPOSED OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - An apparatus for forming bundles of printed products includes a lift element that moves vertically inside a holding area. The printed products are deposited on the lift element when the lift element is in an upper position. The lift moves the deposited printed products downward into the holding area so that the printed products are in position to subsequently be compressed into a bundle by pressing the printed products with an upward movement against a pressing element. The lift transports the compressed bundle to a lower position in the holding area where the lift element moves out of the holding area to a position in which the bundle is released to drop onto a support element. The lift element thereafter is moveable from the lower position to the upper position for the depositing of additional printed products. An ejection element conveys the compressed bundle out of the holding area. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120091647 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIMMING THE TOP EDGE, BOTTOM EDGE AND OPENING EDGE OF A PRINTED PRODUCT - In a device for trimming the top edge, bottom edge, and opening edge of a printed product, the printed product is transported through a cutting region of a connected cutting unit in a closed clamp of a synchronously driven conveying apparatus. The conveying apparatus is configured as a conveying rotor and the clamps are guided on a circulating path. The printed product is trimmed in the cutting region of the cutting unit which is arranged between a transfer station and a delivery station. In the cutting region, each clamp transitions from a circular control path section into an intermediate control path section in which the clamp is maintained substantially perpendicular relative to a tangent to a circular cutting path of the cutting unit during trimming of at least the top and bottom edges of the printed product. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120086447 | DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS QUALITY CONTROL OF APPLIED ELEMENTS - A method for continuous quality control of geometric, structural and functional parameters of an applied element, such as a staple, in printed products. The quality control is realized with the aid of at least one measuring device that comprises at least one measuring head including at least one permanent magnet and at least one giant magneto resistance sensor chip. The applied element is detected with the measuring head and, based thereon, a magnetic image is generated of the condition of the element. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120073247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INDIVIDUALLY ASSEMBLED PRINTED PRODUCTS - A method for producing individually assembled printed products includes supplying from a production line at least one envelope product with an individual, optically detectable marking affixed thereto. A regionally oriented supplement and/or a target-group specific supplement is supplied from at least one other production. The envelope products and the supplements are assemble by combining in a first autonomously operating assembling device the envelope product with the regionally oriented supplement to form a first printed product and combining in a second autonomously operating assembling device the envelope product with the target-group specific supplement to form a second printed product, or inserting continuously or intermittingly in the first autonomously operating assembling device the target-group specific product into the first printed product, or inserting in a downstream direction of the first autonomously operating assembling device the target-group specific supplement into the first printed product. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120068397 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSERTING SUPPLEMENTS INTO MULTIPAGE PRINTED PRODUCTS - A method for inserting a supplement into a multipage printed product having a back and composed of signatures and/or individual sheets, and being transported with the back oriented parallel to a conveying direction. The multipage printed product is supplied with a signature or an individual sheet projecting from the multipage printed product to define a predetermined separating location between the projecting signature or individual sheet and an adjacent signature or sheet. The multipage printed product is opened at the predetermined separating location and then the opening is expanded. The supplement is thereafter inserted into the expanded separating location. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120036973 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MATERIAL WEB - An apparatus for processing a material web transported in a longitudinal direction through the apparatus includes a machine frame, an anvil cylinder positioned in the machine frame and rotatable around a first axis; and a tool cylinder positioned in the machine frame and rotatable around a second axis. The first and second axes of rotation are respectively oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction and parallel to the material web. The anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder are rotatable toward each other so that the material web can be guided between the anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder. The anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder are pivotally mounted to deviate by the same angle from a right angle to the longitudinal direction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120000747 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING PRINTED PRODUCTS - A device and a method for transferring printed products conveyed in a stream of individual products from a feed unit to a removal unit makes it possible to divert the printed products from a feed direction to a removal direction. The feed unit includes a first conveyor and a transfer region, and the removal unit includes a takeover region with a support surface for the printed products. The transfer region is located higher than the takeover region. The removal unit of the device includes at least a second conveyor which forms the support surface. A pressing element is arranged above the support surface which can be lowered toward the support surface or toward a printed product moving in the direction of the support surface. The pressing element can be lifted up from the support surface or a printed product positioned thereon. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110293389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT - A method and system for producing a printed product are provided. The method includes conveying signatures along a first conveying section, conveying inserts along a second conveying section, supplying the signatures to at least one of a first gathering location and a second gathering location, supplying the inserts to at least the second gathering location, forming a partial book block in at least one of the first gathering location and the second gathering location, wherein the partial book block comprises the supplied signatures and, optionally, at least one of the supplied inserts, and supplying the partial book block to a further gathering location to form a stacked book block. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291345 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT - A method and apparatus are provided for producing a printed product composed of at least one signature and at least one extra sheet. The signatures and extra sheets are supplied in different product flows to a transfer device having gaps for receiving the signatures and extra sheets. The transfer device is arranged between a first product flow of the signatures and at least a second product flow of the extra sheets, on the one hand, and at least one stacking device, on the other hand. The cadence of the gaps which accommodate the extra sheets is controlled with the use of a control coupled to the transfer device. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110280690 | COVER FEEDER FOR SUPPLYING BOOK COVERS TO A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE, A METHOD FOR STACKING BOOK COVERS ON A COVER FEEDER AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE UTILIZING THE COVER FEEDER - A book cover feeder to supply book covers to a production unit of a book production line. The feeder has a guiding side and a driving side for conveying the book covers in a production direction. The book cover feeder comprising includes a feeding device onto which book covers of a single format are deposited singly, in a scaled formation or in a stack formation. A magazine is arranged to receive the covers from the feeding device. The magazine has a stacking shaft. A separating device is operatively arranged relative to the magazine. The feeding device, the cover magazine and the separating device are embodied integrally or adjoining each other. The feeding device includes, on the guiding side and/or the driving side, a side guiding device that is divided into multiple sections arranged one behind the other in the production direction. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A STACK COMPOSED OF BOOK COVERS FOR BOOK PRODUCTION AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE PROVIDED WITH THE APPARATUS - A method and apparatus provides for a stack composed of book covers for production of finished books. The book covers are compiled, stacked one above another in an unknown or known sequence and provided with unknown cover information to form a task stack. The book covers of the task stack have identical cover formats. The book covers are separated out and conveyed from the task stack as separate book covers in a sequence that does not change for the following method steps, until a completion signal is transmitted. The separated out book covers are counted, an identifier on each separated out book cover is detected, and cover information is read out of the respective identifier and temporarily stored. The separated out book covers are deposited one on top of the other in the sequence in which they were separated out for forming a detected stack. An identifier is stored that identifies the detected stack together with the temporarily stored cover information. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110232511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING BUNDLES IN A BUNDLE FORMER - An apparatus for a forming bundle composed of at least one layer of printed products includes a lift, wherein an area above the lift constitutes a holding space to accommodate the at least one layer. The lift is adapted to lower the at least one layer. A control unit is connected to control movement of the lift. A thickness determining device is coupled to the control unit and arranged to determine a thickness of the at least one layer. The lift is controlled to be lowered corresponding to a previously determined thickness of a layer to accommodate a following layer of a bundle or to accommodate a layer of a following bundle. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110206490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING STACKS OF PRINTED PRODUCTS SUPPLIED IN AN OVERLAPPING FLOW - A method and apparatus for forming stacks of printed products supplied in an overlapping flow by an endless conveyor to a stacking shaft. A main stack is formed on a stack support in the stacking shaft. An auxiliary rake is moved from an idle position outside of the stacking shaft to an end position inside the stacking shaft. The stack support is lowered to form an intermediate space below the auxiliary rake between the main stack and a partial stack. An intermediate element is extended into the intermediate space to an end position in the stacking shaft. The printed products are deposited on the intermediate element or on previously deposited printed products, wherein a partial stack forms on the intermediate element. The main stack is carried away from the stacking shaft and the auxiliary rake is retracted to its idle position. Thereafter the intermediate element is retracted to an idle position outside of the stacking shaft to transfer the partial stack, formed so far, as a new main stack to the stack support. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203440 | APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRIMMING OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - An apparatus for trimming a plurality of printed products includes at least one trimming station including a yoke, at least one blade positioned on the yoke and a trimming transport device arranged to transport the plurality of printed products inside the at least one trimming station. A feeding conveyor is arranged to feed the printed products to the trimming station. At least one driver is coupled to and operative to drive the yoke, the feeding conveyor, and the trimming transport device, respectively. A control unit is coupled to the at least driver and operative to control the adjustment of the phase position of the feeding conveyor relative to the yoke. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110150621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING OUT PRINTED PRODUCTS FROM A STACK - An apparatus to separate out printed products from a stack including a pushing device to separate out a respective printed product from the stack. The pushing device includes a first rotary drive. The apparatus further includes a downstream-arranged removal device to convey away the respective separated out printed product. The removal device also includes a second rotary drive separate from the first rotary drive. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110123298 | DEVICE FOR SHAPING A BACK OF A BOOK COVER THAT IS ALIGNED WITH A BOOK BLOCK SPINE - A device for shaping a book cover back on the inside of a horizontally positioned, spread-out book cover and aligned approximately evenly distributed with a spine of book block. The device includes two opposite-arranged fold-forming rails that have longitudinal extension and a shaping tool that is movable towards the inside of the book cover back that faces the spine to lift the book cover back between the fold-forming rails to form a web on the book cover back. The shaping tool includes a tool bar having a top presenting a guide plane and two adjacent support bars that extend parallel to the fold-forming rails along the longitudinal extension. The support bars adjust a web width of the book cover back in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension through a joint adjustment of the spacing between the support bars. The support bars are form-fittingly and frictionally positioned on the guide plane of the tool bar. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110114456 | TRANSPORTING DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PRINTED PRODUCTS - A transport device for conveying printed products. The transport device includes a conveying chain. The conveying chain includes at least two functional units arranged sequentially along a conveying section and connected to each other by a connecting element. Each functional unit includes a first chain link and a second chain link. The first and second chain links are operatively connected to one another and differing in their respective functions. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110100781 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING STACKS COMPOSED OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - A method and device are provided to produce stacks composed of printed products. Printed products are supplied substantially vertically and in an overlapping flow with the aid of a first conveying device continuously to an essentially horizontally extending stack support. A stack is formed at the stack support, where the printed products are at least approximately lined up in an upright position. The stack on the stack support is transported with a second conveying device moving at a forward-feed speed and in a forward-feed direction. The stack is supported along a leading stack end against a support device that also moves in the forward-feed direction. A third conveyor acts upon a region of a lower edge of at least one printed product, which impacts the stack support, to move the at least one printed product in the forward-feed direction of the stack with a speed that corresponds at least to the forward-feed speed of the stack. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110098169 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT - A method for producing a printed product in which a complete content of the printed product is printed sequentially in series on one or both sides along a paper web having a width based on a multiple of a width of a finished printed product, including cutting the paper web in a direction crosswise to a longitudinal direction of the paper web to produce a cut-off section having a length based on a multiple of a length of the finished printed product, folding the cut-off section at least once in the crosswise direction in a location based on the length of the finished product, and cutting one of the folded cut-off section subsequent to the folding or the paper web prior to the crosswise cutting, to form a plurality of partial webs each having a width based on the width of the finished printed product. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110079159 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO PRODUCE PRINTED ITEMS - A method and device to produce printed items having at least one printed product and a supplement. The device includes a gathering device with a gathering section such that the gathering section includes a continuously circulating conveyor. A printer is also provided to produce the printed products wherein the printed products include a single page or partial block stacks. The device further includes feeders to supply the printed products to the conveyor and at least one supplement feeder arranged between two of the feeders to feed at least one supplement to the circulating conveyor. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110058917 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BY MILLING THE SPINE REGION OF A BOOK BLOCK CLAMPED INTO A CONVEYING ARRANGEMENT CLAMPING DEVICE WITH THE OVERHANGING SPINE PROJECTING DOWNWARD - With an apparatus for the processing by milling of the overhanging spine ( | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110052347 | DEVICE FOR SHAPING A BOOK CASING SPINE TO BE ORIENTED APPROXIMATELY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED TOWARD A BOOK BLOCK SPINE - A device is provided to shape a spine of a book casing positioned horizontally spread out flat and oriented to be distributed evenly over a spine of a book block. Two fold-shaping rails are arranged extending in a direction parallel to one another. A movable, shaping tool is arranged to face the inside of the book casing spine to shape a web on the book casing spine with the aid of the two fold-shaping rails. The shaping tool includes two spaced-apart support bars that extend parallel to the fold-shaping rails and are arranged to be adjustable so that together they adjust the web width of the book casing spine in a direction transverse to the direction of extension of the fold-shaping rails. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110038690 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A BOOKCOVER TO GLUE-COATED OUTSIDE SURFACES OF A BOOK BLOCK TO BE ENCASED - A method for producing a book in which a center strip is attached to an inside of a back of a book cover that is to be glue-coated to outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in the book cover. The method includes conveying the book block, with glue on outside surfaces while positioned straddling along a conveying section, along a conveying path in a direction advancing toward a book cover positioned at a right angle to the conveying section. The book cover has a cover back positioned approximately evenly in a conveying plane formed by the book block advancing toward the inside of the book cover back while straddling the conveying section. The cover sections of the book cover are pressed against outside surfaces of the book block along conveying path to attach the book cover to the book block. Prior to the pressing, the book cover is gripped at least in a center region that forms the book cover back in order to lift up the center region in the advancing direction of the book block. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110036685 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFER OF SIGNATURES - A method and device for transferring signatures. The device includes a first gathering chain which conveys the signatures with the aid of pushers and which transfers the signatures in a transfer region to a second gathering chain. The second gathering chain includes at least one conveying chain provided with pushers that are arranged at a pre-defined distance relative to each other. The second gathering chain includes recesses adjacent to each of its pushers such that each pusher of the first gathering chain corresponds to a pusher of the second gathering chain and can be lowered through a respective recess. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110017571 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING FLAT PRODUCTS ON A SIDE EDGE AND CONVEYING DEVICE FOR REALIZING THE METHOD - A method is provided for alignment of flat products along a side guide of a conveying device. The products are conveyed successively while resting on their flat base area. Each product is positioned at an angle relative to the conveying direction while in an essentially horizontal plane. Subsequently each product is straightened. The straightened products are pushed against a side guide to align the products along the side guide. A conveying device is also provided to carry out the method. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100314218 | CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING PRINTED PRODUCTS AND SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH SUCH A CONVEYOR - An apparatus for conveying printed products, includes a first accumulating section and at least one second accumulating section to convey the printed products from at least one intake area to at least one discharge area. The apparatus includes a feeding device to supply the printed products to one of the first or second accumulating sections in the at least one intake area. The apparatus further includes a discharge device to remove the printed products from one of the first or second accumulating sections in the at least one discharge area. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100310339 | BOOK PRODUCTION LINE FOR PRODUCING BOOKS COMPOSED OF BOOK BLOCKS INSERTED INTO A CASING - A production line including a casing-in machine and a processing section upstream of the casing-in machine. The processing section includes processing stations arranged at clocking intervals along the processing section to process a book block spine. The processing section includes a first processing station group and a second processing station group. The production line further includes a conveyor to successively supply the book blocks in clocked operation to the processing stations. The conveyor includes a first conveying section assigned to the first processing station group, the first conveying section including a first individual drive, and a second conveying section assigned to the second processing station group, the second conveying section including a second individual drive. The production line further includes a control unit operatively connected to the first individual drive and second individual drive to change the clocking interval length along the processing section. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100295236 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO SUPPLY PRINT PRODUCTS TO A PROCESSING SECTION - A method and device to supply a processing section adjoining the device with print products withdrawn from a stack of print products in a feeder. The device including a magazine to contain the stack of print products and a separating device to separate a lowest print product from the stack along an edge region of the lowest print product formed by a sheet edge or a last fold. The device further includes a rear holder that is displaceable in coordination with the separating device to support the stack remaining during a cycle of withdrawing the lowest print product from the stack. A withdrawing device withdraws the lowest print product from an underside of the stack and includes a gripper to grip a front end of the lowest print product in the withdrawing direction while operating with timing of the separating device and the rear holder in the cycle. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100288147 | PRINT CYLINDER WITH RUBBER BLANKET FOR A ROTARY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - An apparatus for a rotary offset printing press includes a print cylinder having a radially inward extending groove and a rubber blanket having a main section coupled to the print cylinder. The rubber blanket includes at least first, second and third layers in the main section. The first layer is a self-adhering layer which faces the print cylinder and is adapted to attach the rubber blanket to the print cylinder. The second and third layers are a support layer and a cover layer, respectively, which both face away from the print cylinder. The rubber blanket has a leading end section, as seen in a production direction of the print cylinder, and a trailing end section, as seen in the production direction of the print cylinder. The end sections directly adjoin the main section and at least the leading end section of the rubber blanket is inserted into the groove of the print cylinder. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100276878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus for the processing of print products. The method may include conveying individually the print products with a feeding device along a feeding section, transferring individually the print products from the feeding section to a further processing section, and generating control signals from a control unit. The control signals may correspond to further treatment of each individual print product and to the transfer of a print product to the further processing section such that it can be processed further. The apparatus may include a feeding device configured to convey the print products individually along a feeding section, a transfer device configured to individually transfer the print products from the feeding device to a further processing device, and a control unit configured to generate control signals to control the transfer of the print products from the feeding device to the further processing device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100270121 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT TO TURN PRINT PRODUCTS CONVEYED IN A FLOW ALONG A CONVEYING PATH - An arrangement to turn print products transported in a conveyed flow along a conveying path in a conveying direction that includes a first conveyor having a traction device guided over a reversing wheel. First clamps are attached to the traction device to clamp the respective print products. A second conveyor is arranged downstream the first conveyor includes second clamps arranged to receive the print products from the first conveyor. A curved turning section connects the first conveyor with the second conveyor along which the print products are turned upside down. The transfer device assists to transfer the print products from the first conveyor to the second conveyor and to turn the print products in the turning section prior to being clamped by the second clamps. The transfer device includes transfer tongs to turn the respective print products around an axis transverse to the conveying direction. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100267536 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MATERIAL WEB BETWEEN TWO COUNTER-ROTATINGLY DRIVEN WORK ROLLS - An apparatus for processing a material web between two work rolls driven in counter-rotating directions, which may be used for stamping or printing. The apparatus includes a machine frame and two work rolls positioned inside the machine frame. An axial gap exists between the two work rolls and each work roll includes in an axial direction two ends and two bearing sections respectively positioned on the two ends of the work roll within the machine frame. The apparatus further includes four bearer rings, each of which is arranged on a different bearing section of the two work rolls. The bearer rings include conical running surfaces that roll off against each other in pairs and at least one of the bearer rings is displaceable in the axial direction along at least one of the bearing sections. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100230255 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE-BOUND PRINT ITEMS - A method and arrangement for producing print items. The arrangement includes a circulating first conveyor with conveying units uniformly spaced-apart to transport horizontally deposited print products that are gathered into loose book blocks and a second conveyor with conveying units uniformly spaced-apart which circulates with synchronized timing with respect to the first conveyor. The second conveyor is assigned to an adhesive-binding machine. The first and the second conveyors are arranged relative to each other so that they present a joint conveying section in which the book blocks are displaceable in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. The arrangement also includes a displacement device arranged to displace the book blocks in the direction transverse to the conveying direction such that the displacement device moves with synchronized timing relative to the first and second conveying units. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100160128 | ROLLER FOR A PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROLLER - There is provided a roller for a printing machine that includes a cylindrically shaped wall with at least partially one layer of a fiber braid and plastics material infiltrated in the fiber braid. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100135762 | STACKING DEVICE FOR PRINT PRODUCTS - A stacking device for print products that includes a table to receive the print products such that the print products form a stack. The device also includes at least two ejector elements arrangeable against the stack to push the stack in an ejection direction away from the table. The stacking devices further includes at least two drive elements operatively connected, respectively, with the at least two ejector elements so that the at least two ejector elements move independent of one another. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100117286 | DEVICE FOR THE THREAT-STITCHING OF FOLDED PRINT PRODUCTS - An apparatus for thread-stitching of folded print products includes a sewing station in which individual print products are stitched along the fold and print products are then sewn together along the spine to form a book block. A pivoting saddle supplies individual print products straddling thereon to the sewing station. A feeder separates folded print products from a stack of folded print products. A feeding arrangement includes a feed path connecting the feeder to the pivoting saddle, and has a feeding end that cooperates with the feeder to supply the individual print products to the feed path and a discharge end that operates to supply the individual print products to the pivoting saddle. The sewing station, as seen from the top, is arranged on the machine frame of the apparatus, between the feeding end of the feeding arrangement and the pivoting saddle. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100109225 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING PRINTED SHEETS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRINT MATTER - A device to supply flat products to produce print matter that includes a machine frame, a guide arrangement coupled to the machine frame, and a conveyor with a conveying direction arranged on the machine frame. The device additionally includes at least one sheet feeder arranged along the conveyor to supply a respective flat product to the conveyor in a clocked operation. The sheet feeder includes a stacking device to accommodate a plurality of flat products and a charging device coupled to the stacking device to remove a respective flat product from the stacking device. At least one of the stacking device or the charging device is operatively arranged with the guide arrangement to be displaceable to a non-operating position on a side of the conveyor. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100106286 | METHOD FOR ORDERING AND ASSEMBLING PRINTED PRODUCTS AND ADD-ON PRODUCTS INSIDE A DISPATCH AREA USING A GUIDE SYSTEM AND A FACILITY FOR REALIZING SAID METHOD - A method for ordering and assembling printed products, processed together with allocated supplements or add-on products, into package bundles, including processing printed products in a dispatch area of a shipping facility, picking and assembling allocated add-on products inside an allocation area, where the allocation area is operatively associated with the dispatch area, and detecting the allocated add-on products using an expanded guide system, wherein the expanded guide system monitors both the dispatch area and the allocation area. The invention further includes facility for selecting and assembling orders. The facility includes a dispatch area to process printed products, an allocation area in which allocated add-on products are picked and assembled, and an expanded guide system adapted to detect the allocated add-on products in the dispatch and allocation areas and to control assembly of printed products together with the allocated add-on products into package bundles. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100104400 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS - A method for producing printed products with an arrangement including at least one printing press to produce book blocks, at least one conveying device to convey the book blocks, at least one processing device to provide each respective book block with a respective cover, and a control unit to control the production of the book blocks. The method includes producing each respective cover in advance of each respective book block production, supplying each cover to at least one storage unit, and following the supplying of each cover to the storage unit, triggering at least one printing press by the control unit to produce the respective book block on the at least one printing press. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100101712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING TWO FLAT PRODUCTS WITH ADHESIVE - A method for combining with adhesive at least two flat products positioned at least partially one above the other is provided. The method includes moving first flat products in an overlapping flow along a guiding line in a conveying direction and separating the first flat products into a non-overlapping flow after leaving the guiding line and while being conveyed through an underneath-arranged conveying region. The method also includes supplying second flat products from underneath the first flat products with a synchronous time relative to the first flat products. The second flat products each have an adhesive surface. The method further includes combining a respective one of the first flat products along the adhesive covered surface of an underneath supplied respective one of the second flat products. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100074713 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Printed Products - A method for producing a printed product that includes supplying a wire-stitched booklet to a spine processing device such that the booklet includes signatures and a spine. The method includes reshaping the spine in the spine processing device. Following the reshaping, the method further includes supplying a cover to the booklet, applying adhesive to the cover or to the reshaped spine, and combining the cover with the booklet to form the printed product. The method includes discharging the printed product from the spine processing device. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100032882 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING PRINTED PRODUCTS TO A PROCESSING SECTION - An apparatus for separating and removing a flexible flat object, such as a printed product, from an underside of a stack of flexible flat objects, and for supplying the objects to a processing section, includes a conveying rotor having a central axis, a shaft arranged concentrically with the central axis and at least one separating element located in a circumferential region of the conveying rotor to respectively lift at least partially one of the flexible flat objects from the stack and deposit the object in a region of the circumference of the conveying rotor. The separating element includes a suction mount pivotally arranged on the conveying rotor and positioned at a distance from and parallel to the shaft; a suction head attached to the suction mount to pivot with the suction head and to grip the flexible flat object with a suction force; an activation mechanism to control a pivoting movement of the suction mount when an object is partially lifted from an end of the stack; a joint coupled to the suction mount; and a control device connected to the joint to effect a further pivoting movement of the suction mount. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100018368 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIMMING AT LEAST ONE SIDE EDGE OF A BOUND PRINTED PRODUCT - A device for trimming at least one side edge of a bound printed product including a trimming table to receive the printed product and a press die arranged to press the printed product against the trimming table. The press die is operative to rise and fall with respect to the trimming table and the press die includes an elastic surface in a region approximately near the side edge of the print product. The elastic surface is operable to expand in a direction approximately transverse to the pressing direction. The device also includes a trimming knife positioned to trim the side edge. The trimming knife is operable to move between a starting position away from the trimming table and an ending position at the trimming table. The device also includes counter blade or a cutting bar mounted to limit a cutting stroke of the trimming knife. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090309289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING FLAT PRINTED PRODUCTS FROM A STACK AND TRANSFERING THE PRINTED PRODUCTS TO A MOVING TRANSPORTING DEVICE - An apparatus for withdrawing flat printed products from a stack and transporting the printed products, includes a transporting device having a transporting direction and a vertical center plane that extends in the transporting direction, a separating device to separate out the printed products from the stack, and a rotating conveyor having a rotational axis and a conveying direction. The rotating conveyor includes at least one gripper with a gripper plane to grip a separated printed product in the gripper plane and supply the separated printed product to the transporting device. The rotational axis is oriented approximately at a right angle to the center plane of the transporting device, and the gripper plane of the at least one gripper is essentially arranged in the center plane of the transporting device. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090301279 | DEVICE FOR TRIMMING THE TOP AND/OR BOTTOM EDGE OF PRINTED PRODUCTS MOVED THROUGH A CUTTING TOOL - A device for cutting printed products arranged successively spaced apart and transverse to a conveying direction. The device includes a conveyor to convey the print products in the conveying direction. The print products rest on a flat side on the conveyor and convey with a bound edge forward. The device also includes a cutting tool synchronized with a timing of the conveyor so that the cutting tool cuts a top and/or bottom edge of the printed products. The device also including a cutter upstream of the cutting tool in the conveying direction so that the cutter is synchronized with the cutting tool and operative to make a cut to the bound edge. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090293699 | DEVICE FOR FORMING A GROOVE - A device for forming a groove in a cover, the device including a circular score anvil having a first axis and being rotatable in a first direction and a circular scoring knife having a second axis positioned parallel to the first axis and arranged radially opposite the circular score anvil to define a gap between the score anvil and the scoring knife. The scoring knife is rotatable in a second direction opposite to the first direction and comprises a scoring element having an edge region that is tapered to form a ridge toward a periphery of the element. The edge region includes an intermediate space that divides the edge region into two spaced apart knife edges. A groove is formed in the cover while moving through the gap by operative cooperation of the scoring knife and score anvil. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090280971 | DEVICE FOR COVERING A MACHINE IN A PRODUCTION LINE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MACHINES - An arrangement for covering a machine having a machine frame, includes a covering device adapted to be attached to the machine frame above the machine. The covering device has opposite sides corresponding to opposite sides of the machine frame. Hinges are respectively connected at the opposite sides of the covering device about which the covering device can be selectively swiveled to an open or a closed position relative to the machine. Each one of the respectively arranged hinges at opposite sides of the covering device is selectively coupled to the machine frame and has a parallel-extending swiveling axis. Respectively the non-selected hinge that does not form the swiveling axis for opening the covering device is arranged to be detachable from the machine frame. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090268957 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - An apparatus for measuring a thickness of a printed product conveyed in a conveying direction at a conveying speed. The apparatus includes a conveying device having a guide arrangement along which the printed product is conveyed at the conveying speed in the conveying direction, the guide arrangement including a measuring region that extends in the conveying direction of the guide arrangement. The apparatus further includes a measuring element operative to act on printed sheets of the printed product to measure the thickness of the printed product while the printed product is conveyed across the measuring region and through a measuring gap located between the measuring element and the guide arrangement. The measuring element is arranged to move toward the guide arrangement with a process timing and to move synchronously with the printed product at the conveying speed across the measuring region of the guide arrangement. The apparatus additionally includes an evaluation unit connected to the measuring element. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090208268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS - A method for producing at least one printed product, the method including conveying the printed product to a processing apparatus, wherein the printed product includes a detectable identification code. The method further includes supplying the printed product to at least one tool of the processing apparatus and processing the printed product with the at least one tool. The processing includes detecting data, with a reading device, from the detectable identification code on the printed product and transmitting the data to a control unit. The processing further includes controlling, by the control unit, the at least one tool to process the printed product in dependence of the transmitted data. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090199732 | CYLINDER FOR A PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A SLEEVE FOR SUCH THE CYLINDER - A cylinder for a printing unit of a printing machine includes a hollow support shaft with first and second tensioning elements arranged thereon at a distance to each other. A replaceable printing sleeve is positioned on the support shaft. First and second force transfer elements respectively cooperate with the first and the second tensioning element for clamping down and releasing the printing sleeve. An operating mechanism is arranged on the inside of the hollow support shaft and is operatively connected to the two force transfer elements. The operating mechanism includes at least one energy-storage element for tightening and releasing the two tensioning elements. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090162181 | BUNDLE GRIPPER FOR A PALLETIZING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR THE PALLETIZING OF BUNDLES - A bundle gripper for a palletizing machine for picking up respectively at least one bundle and depositing the bundle on a pallet. The bundle gripper including a frame, an adjustable end stop, and at least one gripper finger such that the gripper finger has a front end and is adjustable on the frame. The gripper finger being movable between a first position and a second position. The bundle gripper also including a hold-down clamp coupled to the frame and positioned against the end stop for clamping the bundle against the gripper finger such that a distance between the end stop and the front end of the gripper finger in the second position is changeable to adapt to different lengths of the bundles. The end stop and the gripper finger are each movable to change the distance and the hold-down clamp is correspondingly adjustable to accommodate different lengths of the bundles. | 06-25-2009 |
