Gathering-stitching machine having a guide element in the stitching region

US6866257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Brünner · Borsdorf, DE
• Siegmar Tischer · Borsdorf, DE
• Detlef Hempel
• Steffen Hoffmann · Leipzig, DE
• Eberhard Reichardt · Leipzig, DE
• Thomas Wuttke · Renshausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B42B4/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A stitching device includes at least one stitching station having an inlet region and an outlet region, and a transport device for conveying a plurality of folded signatures to the stitching station through the inlet region for stitching the plurality of folded signatures and for conveying the stitched plurality of folded signatures away from the stitching station through the outlet region, and further including a guide element for supporting the plurality of folded signatures during transport thereof through at least one of the inlet and the outlet regions; and a gathering-stitching device including the stitching device.