Patent · US Expired

Gatherer stitcher

US7451969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Rolf-Dieter BÖTTCHER · Kleve, DE
Lutz Richter · Berlin, DE
Andreas Steinert · Langenfeld, DE
Siegmar Tischer · Borsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2005
Grant date	Nov 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB42C19/08
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

To optimize the effort involved when converting a gatherer stitcher which transports initially continuously transported brochures step by step into a stitching station and subsequently into an output station, sensors are assigned to machine components affected by geometrical parameters that are relevant to the process when there is a change of job order and to a reference component. The sensors emit signals defining the phase positions of the machine components, and a controller processing the signals coordinates the phase positions with at least one of the parameters in such a way that the brochures arrive in the output station in a center-oriented manner.

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