Method and system for routing a signature for stitching
US4650174A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42B4/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method and system of routing a signature or stitching, and including taking folded signatures from a raceway and onto support bars or fingers and moving the signatures to a rotary stitcher where they are stitched and then removing them from the bars or fingers to a collection conveyor, all in a high-speed continuous action.
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