| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7467450 |
Book block transport system |
December 23, 2008 |
| A book block transport system with a plurality of book block clamps (1) each having a supporting frame (2) that is supported in guides and carries an inner clamping jaw (3) and a pivot frame (4) that is suspended on a shaft (6) of the supporting frame (2) extending parallel thereto for |
| 7458566 |
Book block clamp |
December 2, 2008 |
| 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, and movable in relation to, said inner clampin |
| 7367442 |
Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position in |
May 6, 2008 |
| A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa by a conveyor (3) that is twisted |
| 7357244 |
Device for feeding book blocks, books or similar printed products, in step with the working cycl |
April 15, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a device for feeding book blocks, books or similar printed products (2), in step with the working cycle, to a subsequent processing machine. The infeed device comprises a continuous-drive accumulating conveyor (3); an arrestor (5), arranged at the downstream |
| 7210887 |
Bookbinding machine |
May 1, 2007 |
| A bookbinding machine for processing inner books includes a transport system with a multiplicity of inner-book clamps continually movable in a closed continuous track. Each of the inner book clamps is articulated to a circulating roller chain and has a rear-edge stop for aligning the |
| 7168550 |
Method and device for delivering books in the lying-flat condition |
January 30, 2007 |
| For the purpose of delivering, in the lying-flat condition, book blocks or books which are fed in, standing on their back or on the front cut and at defined timing intervals along their height, from a preceding machine in a transport path, provision is made, according to the method, for |
| 7152730 |
Conveyor with profiled cheeks |
December 26, 2006 |
| The invention pertains to a conveyor with profiled cheeks consisting of at least one profiled member that is manufactured from light metal and contains longitudinal hollow spaces that are partly realized in the form of sliding block channels, and of a cover for closing a cable channel |
| 7134823 |
Book pressing machine |
November 14, 2006 |
| A book pressing machine (1) comprises a pressing station for pressing the book cover (2b) on to the book block (2a), which pressing station includes a pressing table (4) and a pressing plate (5) movable perpendicularly to the pressing table (4) for all-over pressing of the book (2) w |
| 7125216 |
Device for loading a three-knife trimmer |
October 24, 2006 |
| In a device for loading a three-knife trimmer with brochures, periodicals or like bound book blocks (1), comprising a feed conveyor (4), a stacking device (16) operable in magazine mode and counted stack mode and including a magazine (17) having a first upper magazine intermediate sh |
| 7121540 |
Method and device for the mechanical stitching of multipart printing products by means of wire s |
October 17, 2006 |
| A method and machine for stitching multipart printing products by means of wire staples (8, 26), in which the products (2, 22) are transported forwards continuously by a conveyer (4, 19, 23) and a wire staple (8, 26) is driven in by a stitching head (5, 25) with a displaceably guided |
| 7004461 |
Device for isolating and feeding the lowest sheet in each case from a stack |
February 28, 2006 |
| In a device for isolating and feeding the lowest sheet (1) in each case from a stack (2), with pushing-out elements (9) which grip the rear edge (3a, 3b) of the sheet (1) and transport it through, under a front-edge stop (5), into a pair of drawing-off rollers (6), can be moved forwards |
| 6918588 |
Device for separating printing products transported in an imbricated formation into a succession |
July 19, 2005 |
| A device for separating an imbricated formation (2) of continuously conveyed printing products (1) into a succession of spaced printing products (1), comprises a first conveyor (3) driven at a first velocity (v1), a second conveyor (4) arranged after the first conveyor (3) and driven |
| 6908513 |
Device for applying an adhesive to the spine of an inner book or to areas of the lateral faces a |
June 21, 2005 |
| In a device (1, 51) for applying an adhesive to the spine (2a) or to areas (2b) of the lateral faces adjacent thereto of an inner book (2) having a projecting portion and conveyed past in a transport system (3), comprising at least one rotating application roller (53a,b) or application d |
| 6843473 |
Apparatus for manufacturing book covers |
January 18, 2005 |
| An apparatus for manufacturing book covers having a board feed for supplying cover boards and a spine insert having a covering material feed for supplying covering material, having a covering material cylinder, by means of which the supplied covering material is taken over, conveyed past |
| 6769676 |
Apparatus for feeding spine inserts for the mechanical manufacture of book covers |
August 3, 2004 |
| An apparatus for feeding spine inserts for a machine for manufacturing book covers having a take-off roller system for withdrawing in clocked synchronism a material web cut to width by further means from a screening roll, having a cutting device for cutting off a portion of the material |
| 6726424 |
Method and device for conducting books out of a book casing-in machine |
April 27, 2004 |
| For a book casing-in machine, there is provided a method in which, while being conducted out, the books are shaped in the fold and pressed over their entire area and are held in a force-locking manner until they are deposited in the lying-flat condition. The device for performing the |
| 6702281 |
Device for loading a feeder rack |
March 9, 2004 |
| In a device for loading a feeder rack (5) in further-processing machines such as gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines (6) for folded sheets (1), sheets, booklets or similar printed products, which has a first conveyor arrangement (15) extending in planar manner for the purpose |
| 6676354 |
Process for casing a book block or paper-cover block into a cover, and device for performing the |
January 13, 2004 |
| In a process for casing a book block or paper-cover block into a cover during the manufacture of adhesively bound books, paper covers or magazines in an adhesive binding machine in which the block is transported, with a hanging-out portion, in a block clamp belonging to a transport s |
| 6669429 |
Device for manufacturing book-binding covers |
December 30, 2003 |
| Apparatus for manufacturing book-binding covers including a board-feeding-in system for feeding in cover boards and a back insert and a copy-feeding-in system for feeding in reference copies. A copy cylinder grips the reference copies, guides them past a glue-applying roll, and joins |
| 6619647 |
Device for loading a feeder rack |
September 16, 2003 |
| In a device for loading further-processing machines with printed products, in particular a feeder rack (5) in gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines (6) for folded sheets (1), sheets, booklets or the like, which has a first conveyor arrangement (15) extending in planar manner for |
| 6616088 |
Device for storing and unwinding rolls of material in bookbinding machines |
September 9, 2003 |
| A device for storing and unrolling materials in web form in bookbinding machines having a roll-changing device for connecting a material which is to be unwound from a roll to the end of a material of the same kind unwound from another roll. The two rolls of material are placed, resting |
| 6607070 |
Method and device for transferring book blocks into a transport device belonging to a bookbindin |
August 19, 2003 |
| A method for transferring book blocks or the like into a transport device of a bookbinding machine. The book block is first clamped in a force-locking manner. At least one corner of the back edge or of the front edge of the book block is aligned with a position, which can be set in a |
| 6602175 |
Process for manufacturing brochures and device for performing the process |
August 5, 2003 |
| A process for manufacturing brochures, books or like products, having a jacket constructed with turned-in flaps, the folded edges of the flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or terminating flush with the latter in which (a) leaves or folded sheets are gathered in |
| 6575445 |
Jacket-laying-on device for bookbinding machines |
June 10, 2003 |
| The bookbinding machine with a transport system for continuously conveying stacks of sheets at cyclical intervals having a jacket-laying-on device with a chain conveyer, and transporters which engage behind the jackets and feed them to the stacks of sheets in an aligned and synchronous |
| 6497544 |
Machine for casing inner books into book cases |
December 24, 2002 |
| A machine for casing inner books into book cases by gluing the outer end papers of an inner book to the inner surfaces of the covers of a book case, having a conveyor, which at cyclical intervals feeds successive inner books with the spine directed upwards in a vertical plane of motion |
| 6460689 |
Inner book conveying channel |
October 8, 2002 |
| In the case of an inner book conveying channel having mutually adjustable lateral guides and having a height-adjustable inner book support, on which inner books are fed in an upright position while being laterally supported, for operationally reliable conveying of very thin inner books |
| 6398474 |
Method of manufacturing a book block with a rounded or a rounded and pressed back |
June 4, 2002 |
| A method of manufacturing a book block with a rounded or a rounded and pressed back includes adhering a first plurality of narrow retaining strips along outer leaves and back of the book block. Additional retaining strips may be applied transversely across the back of the book block in |
| 6386812 |
Cover-feeder |
May 14, 2002 |
| 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-feeder having a series of separating |
| 6354582 |
Bookbinding machine having interchangeable modules |
March 12, 2002 |
| A bookbinding machine having an inner-book transporting system, consisting of a conveyer, preferably a roller chain with individual links that engage movably in one another, running around deflecting wheels, and of a multiplicity of clamps, at points of articulation of the conveyer, for |
| 6352252 |
Conveyor device for bookbinding machines |
March 5, 2002 |
| A conveyer device for bookbinding machines having a number of processing stations and having plate or cleated chains or the like which take over book blocks and convey them intermittently to the processing stations. The plate or cleated chains are driven in a circulating manner and have |
| 6257567 |
Conveying device for book binding machines |
July 10, 2001 |
| A conveying device for book binding machines having continous plate or cleated chains or similar conveying machanism. The conveying device includes oppositely disposed logitudinal guides which support the plate or pleated chains for clamping inner books or books therebetween. In a de |
| 6250868 |
Book production line |
June 26, 2001 |
| A book production line which has a plurality of processing stations and a transportation device for receiving the book blocks from an intake and conveying the book blocks to the processing stations is presented. The book production line includes individual modules with processing station |
| 6206361 |
Device for separating blanks |
March 27, 2001 |
| A device for continuous separation of blanks for book cover material, envelopes for brochures or similar bendable sheets of a stack of sheets from a magazine with a conveyor belt with a non-skid surface and openings acted upon by air suction, bearing the stack of sheets, feeding the lowe |
| 6171045 |
Device for backing book blocks |
January 9, 2001 |
| A device for the mechanical pressing of rounded book blocks held clamped in the region near the back is presented. The device includes a molding tool, which acts upon the book block back with a pressing force. A carriage is provided which receives the molding tool and is pivotable onto a |
| 6168363 |
Device for rounding and backing book blocks |
January 2, 2001 |
| A device for rounding and pressing book blocks with a conveying device for the book blocks. The device includes rounding rollers, pressing jaws or similar clamping elements, which are displaceable relative to one another, which act to receive the book block and act with a predefined forc |
| 6158940 |
Device for the back rounding of book blocks |
December 12, 2000 |
| A device for the back rounding of book blocks in a book binding machine cooperating with a conveyor device. The device includes a driving arrangement and rounding elements driven in rotation by the driving arrangement. The rounding elements taking up the book block following release |
| 6119753 |
Device for laying end papers on inner books |
September 19, 2000 |
| Apparatus for applying end papers to the front and rear sides of inner books which are continuously moving along a transport path includes end paper channels extending along the transport path and feeders for isolating individual end papers from stacks and delivering the end papers i |
| 6022014 |
Assembling machine |
February 8, 2000 |
| A sheet feeder for use in a book assembling machine comprises a magazine having a movable base which defines a support plane for a stack of folded sheets. The feeder also includes a pneumatic separator, which creates a gap between a corner of the lowermost sheet of a stack in the magazin |
| 6017178 |
Process for the mechanical manufacturing of a book |
January 25, 2000 |
| In a process for the manufacture of a book, wherein an adhesive is applied to the side faces of an inner book, the inner book is subsequently cased into a book cover and the book cover folds are shaped by the application of heat and pressure, adhesive is additionally applied to the book |
| 5988968 |
Method of and apparatus for application of adhesive |
November 23, 1999 |
| An adhesive film which reliably completely covers the spine side of a book block, prior to mating with a cover, is applied by an applicator roller which is controlled to rotate at speeds which are a function of the book block linear velocity and the location of the book block relative to |
| 5924839 |
Rearrangement method and apparatus |
July 20, 1999 |
| The order in which printing work products, such as finished books, book blocks and other similar objects, are transported is rearranged intermediate serially arranged entry and discharge conveyors. In a destacking mode of operation, stacks of products are positioned at an intermediat |
| 5904237 |
Device for conveying products such as stacks of printed sheets |
May 18, 1999 |
| A device for conveying product stacks of widely differing thicknesses includes counteracting belt conveyors which are each defined by supported operating strands. At least one of the belt conveyors is adjustable relative to the other such that the stack receiving space therebetween is |
| 5868539 |
Process and device for the manufacture of a book |
February 9, 1999 |
| In the manufacture of a book, the book consisting of a cover and an inner book, the book cover is permanently shaped by the formation of folds in the articulation region thereof prior to being joined to the inner book. In the course of forming the folds in the cover, the covering materia |
| 5800110 |
Book case joint forming method and apparatus |
September 1, 1998 |
| Hinge joints are impressed in a book cover through the use of a heated tool, having the profile of the desired joint, and the joint is thereafter immediately stabilized. Joint stabilization is accomplished by rapid reduction of the temperature of the joint areas while maintaining the |
| 5774688 |
Format adjustment apparatus and method for bookbinding |
June 30, 1998 |
| The set-up procedure for a bookbinding machine is accomplished through the use of a portable computer with an integral data transceiver. Adjustable machine element position information is entered into the portable computer and transmitted to the machine control via a wireless data link a |
| 5716190 |
Transport process and apparatus for use in bookbinding |
February 10, 1998 |
| Continuously accumulating printing works products are transported, over a comparatively long distance in a manner which consumes minimum manufacturing facility floor space, by being serially fed to clock-pulse controlled grippers of a continuously driven conveyor. The grippers grasp |
| 5661648 |
Control system for a book-binding machine |
August 26, 1997 |
| An improved computer-automated control system for a book-binding machine which provides for emergency manual control of the binding machine in the event of failure of the computer-controlled portion of the control system. The improvement includes a manually operated control instrument an |
| 5658111 |
Apparatus for rounding the spines of book blocks |
August 19, 1997 |
| Apparatus for rounding the spines of book blocks comprises rounding elements that act on the sides of the book block, the action of these rounding elements being due to a defined rotation and pressure, the rounding elements consisting of rounding segments which are drive-rotated by a |
| 5622360 |
Feeder station for collating apparatus |
April 22, 1997 |
| A feeder station for apparatus for collating printed sheets includes a mechanism for imparting motion to individual sheets prior to the time the sheets are engaged by a pusher mechanism which propels the stack of collated sheets being formed along a conveyor. The mechanism for imparting |
| 5556244 |
Method of and apparatus for backing book blocks |
September 17, 1996 |
| The backing of a previously rounded book block is accomplished, while the book block is clamped between oppositely disposed gripping jaws, by subjecting the spine region of the book block to composite forces resulting from imparting a swinging motion along an arcuate path to a pressi |
