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Stitching apparatus and gathering and stitching machine having the stitching apparatus

US7637489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Torsten Brünner · Borsdorf, DE
Siegmar Tischer · Borsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2006
Grant date	Dec 29, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB42B4/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A stitching apparatus for manufacturing printed products, in particular in a gathering and stitching machine, includes a stitching carriage, at least one stitching head for shaping and driving a staple into a stack of signatures, and at least one clinch box for closing the staple driven through the signatures. An actuating device vertically displaces the stitching head for adaptation of the stitching apparatus to a thickness of the stack of signatures. A gathering and stitching machine having a stitching apparatus is also provided.

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