Patent · US Expired

Device for aligning stacked sheets into a book

US7392981B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

10References

24Claims

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Assignee

KBA-GIORI S.A. · CH

Inventors

Thilo Hahn · Dettelbach, DE
Johannes Georg Schaede · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2002
Grant date	Jul 1, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a device (01) for aligning at least along one edge several stacked sheets (09) into a book, while maintaining the serial order of sheets, said device comprising an editing table (11), having on one of its sides, a front stop (13) for aligning the edges of the sheets (09). The invention is characterized in that upstream of the editing table (11) is provided a support plate (02), whereon the sheet (09) can be set into a bound book with non-aligned edges, and is further provided in the device (01), a sheet feeder (08, 04, 06) whereby the sheets can be conveyed from the support plate (02) towards the front stop (13) of the editing table (11), while forming a stream of subjacent webs.

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