Device for feeding book blocks, books or similar printed products, in step with the working cycle, to a subsequent processing machine
US7357244B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42C19/08
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
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 end of the continuous-drive accumulating conveyor (3), for cycled release of individual printed products (2); and a continuous-drive onward conveyor (11), which transports the printed products (2) by means of frictional force, for onward conveying of the separated printed products (2) to a defined transfer position (13) from which the printed products (2) are taken over, in step with the working cycle, by an infeed system (17) of the subsequent processing machine. According to the invention, the infeed device is characterized by a sensor (14), arranged in the conveyance region of the onward conveyor (11), for registering the front edge of each printed product (2); and by an infeed control device (8) for evaluating the sensor signal and for triggering the arrestor (5), wherein the time difference between the remaining processing time (from receipt of the sensor signal to the point in time when the printe…
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