Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving printing products (6, 7, 8, 9) in a transfer zone (37). Said device comprises at least one receiving element (1) that has a support element (2), a base element (3) and a bearing element (4), said support element (2) and base element (3) being able to support printing products (6, 7, 8, 9) laterally and from below and the bearing element (4) being able to receive printing products (6, 7, 8, 9) astride said element. According to the invention, a deflection element (5) is provided which can preferably deflect a printing product (6, 7, 8, 9) that is fed to the receiving element (1), in such a way that at least one part of the fed printing product (6, 7, 8, 9) is positioned on the side of the received printing products (6, 7, 8, 9) facing away from the support element (2).

Abstract: A book binding system for a saddle-stitched bound booklet according to the present invention comprises a sheet feeding section (1) feeding sheets or sets of sheets (P) one by one, a sheet folding section (3) sequentially receiving a sheet or a set of sheets (P) from the sheet feeding section (1) and folding the sheet or the set of sheets (P) along the center line thereof, a sheet stacking section (4) stacking the sheet or the set of sheets (P) folded by the sheet folding section (3) in such a manner that the folded sheets or the folded sets of sheets are aligned with each other with respect to the fold lines thereof, a sheet stitching section (5) receiving a stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P′) from the sheet stacking section (4) each time the predetermined number of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P) are stacked in the sheet stacking section, and stitching the stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P′) at the fold line thereof, and a control section (46) controlling operation of t

Abstract: A conveying device for collecting and transporting printed sheets has a first chain conveyor on which the printed sheets are placed astraddle to be conveyed in a conveying direction. A second chain conveyor is arranged downstream of the first chain conveyor in the conveying direction and synchronized with the first chain conveyor. An intermediate conveying device is arranged between the first and second chain conveyors and configured to grip intermediate products of collected printed sheets formed at the end of the collecting process on the first chain conveyor and to transport and transfer the intermediate products onto the second chain conveyor. The intermediate conveying device has a circulating traction mechanism and controllable grippers connected to the traction mechanism. The grippers grip a fold of the intermediate products lifted off the first chain conveyor and transport the intermediate products in an open position to the second chain conveyor.

Abstract: A stapling apparatus for a booklet maker is described which provides a compact and low cost booklet maker for desktop publishing. The stapling apparatus includes a sheet receiving saddle for receiving sheets to be stapled into a booklet. A plurality of staple clinch units are arranged along the spine of the saddle. A single movable stapler head moves along the saddle to the plurality of clinch units to staple a booklet.

Abstract: A method for handling a material sheet in a sheet-wise booklet making system, including the steps of advancing a sheet to a movable clamping drive at a first position, clamping the sheet in the clamping drive at the first position, moving the clamping drive in a non-linear path to a second position, establishing a fold in the sheet with a folding device, moving the clamping drive in a non-linear path to a third position, and delivering the folded sheet to a collecting device, such that a leading side and a trailing side of the folded sheet are respectively delivered to a frontside and a backside of the collecting device.

Abstract: The extension arm is used for removing printed products, which are conveyed with the aid of circulating carriers, such that they straddle a saddle-shaped support of a conveying arrangement. With the aid of a gripping device, the printed products are gripped and then lifted off the conveying arrangement. The gripping device comprises two rotating gripping members, which are respectively positioned on the circumference of an also rotating support and between which the printed products are gripped and removed. The gripping members preferably have a curved outer shell surface that forms an essentially circular contour together with an outer shell surface of a support. The printed products can be pulled off in horizontal direction and with initially high speed from the conveying arrangement and can then be transferred with a vertical movement to another conveying arrangement. Thus, a collision with the subsequent printed product can be avoided even with a high production capacity.

Abstract: A device is provided for gathering and conveying printed sheets over a conveying path. The device includes a gathering segment, with the legs of the printed sheets straddling the gathering segment. The gathering segment includes a conveyor device having a saddle-shaped support surface for receiving the printed sheets and is adaptable to be loaded by sheet feeders disposed along the gathering segment, and driven carriers disposed on the conveyor device having a guide apparatus to raise at least one leg of at least one of the printed sheets to define first printed sheets without raised legs and a second printed sheets with raised legs. The device further includes a stop apparatus projecting into the conveying path of the second printed sheets and griping the front edges of the second printed sheets, wherein the stop apparatus is adaptable to be shut off when the first printed sheets are conveyed past.

Abstract: A method for handling a material sheet in a sheet-wise booklet making system, including the steps of advancing a sheet to a movable clamping drive at a first position, clamping the sheet in the clamping drive at the first position, moving the clamping drive in a non-linear path to a second position, establishing a fold in the sheet with a folding device, moving the clamping drive in a non-linear path to a third position, and delivering the folded sheet to a collecting device, such that a leading side and a trailing side of the folded sheet are respectively delivered to a frontside and a backside of the collecting device.

Abstract: A device for opening and depositing a folded signature onto a moving conveyor for conveying the folded signatures in a conveying direction includes two opening rollers each having a rotational axis that extends essentially parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor. The opening rollers have a mechanism for opening the signatures and depositing the signatures with an open side first in a downward direction onto the conveyor. A pre-accelerating mechanism is operatively associated with the opening rollers for pre-accelerating the signatures in the conveying direction.

Abstract: An improved transport device for transporting signatures from a continuously moving saddle chain has a first pair of belts arranged opposite to each other. A signature moving with continuously speed on a saddle chain is gripped between the pair of belts and accelerated away from the saddle chain to a working station.

Abstract: In order to be able to eliminate a mechanical caliper, a bindery line has a plurality of signature feeders or packer boxes each of which is operable to feed a signature therefrom. A collating conveyor passes by each of the signature feeders or packer boxes along a signature conveying path so as to be operable to receive signatures from the signature feeders or packer boxes in collated form for forming a book. A book finishing section is downstream of the signature feeders or packer boxes for forming the book from the signatures received in collated order after the collating conveyor has passed by each of the signature feeders or packer boxes in travel along the signature conveying path. With this arrangement, the invention utilizes detectors for detecting a missing signature, an incorrect signature, a double signature, a conveyor jam, a hanging book, and a long book.

Abstract: A device for placing printed sheets on a guide includes a mechanism for accelerating a printed sheet in an off-transport direction to a transverse velocity before the printed sheet is placed on the guide. The mechanism includes a gripping device for grasping the printed sheet by the front end thereof as seen in the off-transport direction and for accelerating the printed sheet in the off-transport direction by pulling the printed sheet.