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Device for carrying out cutting operations on open format edges of a printed product

US11279056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 2018
Grant dateMar 22, 2022
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB26D2007/0081
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of a printed product, includes: a transport unit configured to transfer the printed product along a guide path from a first cutting location to a second cutting location and from the second cutting location to a third cutting location for an edge-related cutting operation, the transport unit having at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by its spine to convey the printed product from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner, and at at least one cutting location, at least one cutting tool configured to perform the edge-related cutting operation comprising a first edge-related cutting operation and optionally at least one second subsequent edge-related cutting operation.

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