Patents Assigned to Müller Martini Holding AG
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRANSMITTING PROCESS-CONTROL DATA BEFORE AND/OR DURING A PRINTING OPERATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTED PRODUCTS IN A PRINTING PRESS
    Publication number: 20140211249
    Abstract: With a method for transmitting process-control data before and/or during a printing process for the production of printed products in a printing press, the data are detected at least with the aid of at least one print mark that is effectively connected to a printed product. The data obtained from the print mark are transmitted and/or transferred to at least one processing unit that is arranged downstream of the printing operation. Within the printing process, the data obtained from the print mark are subjected continuously to at least one redundant check in at least one downstream-arranged processing unit, with respect to the data determined during the integral printing process and/or with respect to a further processing location for the printed products which is specified ahead of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Markus Bracher, André Schenker, Peter Kuenzli
  • Device for trimming the top and/or bottom edge of printed products moved through a cutting tool
    Patent number: 8752463
    Abstract: A device for cutting printed products arranged successively spaced apart and transverse to a conveying direction. The device includes a conveyor to convey the print products in the conveying direction. The printed products rest on a flat side on the conveyor and convey with a bound edge forward. The device also includes a cutting tool synchronized with a timing of the conveyor so that the cutting tool cuts a top and/or bottom edge of the printed products. The device also including a cutter upstream of the cutting tool in the conveying direction so that the cutter is synchronized with the cutting tool and operative to make a cut to the bound edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Marcel Buerge
  • Bundle composed of printed products and method for producing the bundle
    Patent number: 8746670
    Abstract: A bundle of identical book blocks composed of a plurality of folded print sheets or signatures standing upright on lower edges of the printed sheets or book blocks. The book blocks are formed with first and last book block sections having different dimensions. A quadrangular bundle is formed from the book blocks by aligning first limit surfaces of the book block sections flush with each other along one of the two side surfaces or along the upper or lower surfaces of the bundle so that a second limit surface of the first book block section opposite the first limit surface of the first book block section projects with an offset with respect to a limit surface of the last book block section opposite the first limit surface of the last book block section. The bundle is compressed and then secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Konrad Boos
  • Method and device for transferring printed products
    Patent number: 8714339
    Abstract: A device and a method for transferring printed products conveyed in a stream of individual products from a feed unit to a removal unit makes it possible to divert the printed products from a feed direction to a removal direction. The feed unit includes a first conveyor and a transfer region, and the removal unit includes a takeover region with a support surface for the printed products. The transfer region is located higher than the takeover region. The removal unit of the device includes at least a second conveyor which forms the support surface. A pressing element is arranged above the support surface which can be lowered toward the support surface or toward a printed product moving in the direction of the support surface. The pressing element can be lifted up from the support surface or a printed product positioned thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Beat Brun, Andreas Hess, Christian Troxler
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOLDING PRINTED SHEETS
    Publication number: 20140121093
    Abstract: An apparatus for folding of print sheets includes a compressed air device that comprises at least two segments with respectively at least one exit opening having a cross-sectional surface and directed toward a folding gap of two folding rollers. Each segment is connected to a compressed air source and a control unit, includes at least one control element and is embodied to be activated separately with compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter Braschoss, Hanspeter Duss, Christoph Gysin, Martin Thurnherr
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOLDING PRINTED SHEETS
    Publication number: 20140117608
    Abstract: An apparatus for folding print sheets includes two folding rollers arranged on one side of a guide plane to define a folding gap. A compressed air device is arranged on the other side of the guide plane in a region of the folding gap. The compressed air device is connected to the compressed air source and to the control unit, and includes an exit opening for the compressed air that is focused onto the folding gap. Control elements can be activated by the control unit to change the time interval during which the at least one exit opening is admitted with compressed air, and/or the cross-sectional surface of the exit opening, and the pressure of the compressed air supplied to the exit opening may also be changed by a different control element, to adapt a compressed air blast to properties of the print sheet made available to the folding gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter Braschoss, Hanspeter Duss, Christoph Gysin, Martin Thumherr
  • Method and device for manufacturing adhesively bound printed products formed of a book block and a cover
    Patent number: 8662810
    Abstract: Method and device for manufacturing adhesively bound printed products composed of a book block and a cover, in which the book block is conducted past processing stations of the adhesive binding device for processing and applying glue to its back. A cover is supplied to the back to which glue has been applied in a synchronously timed controlled manner. After merging of the cover with the book block, a measuring procedure for measuring a mutual actual position of cover relative to book block. Subsequently, this actual position is compared to a predetermined desired position, and, in the case of deviations, a correction value is determined and stored. Prior to the renewed occurrence of the pairing of drive member and clamp, an appropriate change of the mutual positions of clamp and drive member is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Müller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Peter Abegglen
  • THREAD SEWING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140044501
    Abstract: A method for operating a thread sewing machine to process printed sheets to form book blocks includes transporting the printed sheets lying astride a first transport section of a transport system. The first transport section is operated by a conveying mechanism. The conveying mechanism is operated with a speed change that depends on a direct sequence of different sheet lengths of the printed sheets. The printed sheets are fed from the first transport section to a second transport section of the transport system. The second transport section is operated by a conveying device having at least one of a controller and an operative connection to a stop so as to ensure an individual positioning of a sub-format printed sheet relative to a standard-format printed sheet. The printed sheets are fed from the second transport system to a downstream sewing station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Holger Arendt, Dirk Waldmann
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20140024512
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed product is provided in which a complete content of the printed product is printed sequentially in series on one or both sides along a paper web having a width based on a multiple of a width of a finished printed product. The method comprises cutting the paper web in a longitudinal direction to form at least one partial web having a width based on the width of the finished printed product; cutting the paper web in a direction crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the paper web to form a cut-off section for which a length is based on a multiple of a length of the finished printed product; and folding the partial web at least once in a crosswise direction in a location based on the length of the finished product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Roland GRUNDER, Daniel SUTER
  • Producing printed products and assembly for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 8630018
    Abstract: The method for producing printed products in which said printed products are composed of printed sheets and for verification of the composition, composition information on at least one printed sheet characterizing said printed sheet with respect to predetermined printed sheet properties is evaluated, whereby during analysis, the composition information of at least one printed sheet is compared to the information of at least one more printed sheet to be assembled using said composition information for production of the same printed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG, Hergiswil
    Inventor: Hanspeter Duss
  • Guide arrangement for use with a transport member
    Patent number: 8627943
    Abstract: A guide arrangement is provided for guiding movement of a transport member to convey products in a conveying direction of a conveying section having a predetermined course. The transport member includes a number of functional units operatively connected to each other. The guide arrangement includes a number of sequentially connected guide rail elements defining a guide channel along the conveying section. The guide channel has inside walls including structure to guide the transport member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Oppliger, Michael Landolt
  • Method and device to produce printed items
    Patent number: 8596632
    Abstract: A method and device to produce printed items having at least one printed product and a supplement. The device includes a gathering device with a gathering section such that the gathering section includes a continuously circulating conveyor. A printer is also provided to produce the printed products wherein the printed products include a single page or partial block stacks. The device further includes feeders to supply the printed products to the conveyor and at least one supplement feeder arranged between two of the feeders to feed at least one supplement to the circulating conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Guenther Silberbauer, Konrad Boos
  • Cover feeder for multiple format covers
    Patent number: 8579274
    Abstract: A book cover feeder to supply book covers to a production unit of a book production line. The feeder has a guiding side and a driving side for conveying the book covers in a production direction. The book cover feeder comprising includes a feeding device onto which book covers of a single format are deposited singly, in a scaled formation or in a stack formation. A magazine is arranged to receive the covers from the feeding device. The magazine has a stacking shaft. A separating device is operatively arranged relative to the magazine. The feeding device, the cover magazine and the separating device are embodied integrally or adjoining each other. The feeding device includes, on the guiding side and/or the driving side, a side guiding device that is divided into multiple sections arranged one behind the other in the production direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Hans Mueller
  • Stacking device for print products
    Patent number: 8573920
    Abstract: A stacking device for print products that includes a table to receive the print products such that the print products form a stack. The device also includes at least two ejector elements arrangeable against the stack to push the stack in an ejection direction away from the table. The stacking devices further includes at least two drive elements operatively connected, respectively, with the at least two ejector elements so that the at least two ejector elements move independent of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Marc Ryf
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOK FORMING AND PRESSING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20130287524
    Abstract: A method for operating a book forming and pressing machine that includes a pressing device and a re-forming device to form a front cut of a book block. Values relating to the book block are determined with a higher order control along a book production line upstream of the book forming and pressing machine. The determined values are transmitted to the pressing device, the re-forming device and/or pressing plates of the pressing device for finishing the book block. A forming tool of the re-forming device is selected based on values that meet operational requirements for the processing of the front cut. The selected forming tool is moved in a plane or space to an operating position for forming the front cut of the respective book block. Movement of the pressing plates is controlled based on the measured book thickness and thickness of the book cover for the book block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Christian Ganter
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A THREAD STITCHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20130277906
    Abstract: A method for operating a thread stitching machine for processing printed sheets to form book blocks includes providing at least one sewing station with an active connection to at least one stitching saddle and providing the at least one stitching saddle with an active connection to at least one transporting system. The printed sheets are supplied to the at least one stitching saddle, using the at least one transporting system, in at least one of a substantially vertical and a substantially horizontal plane relative to the at least one stitching saddle. At least the printed sheets in the substantially vertical plane are supplied directly onto the at least one stitching saddle or to a region of the at least one stitching saddle. The printed sheets are supplied to the at least one sewing station resting astride the at least one stitching saddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Holger Arendt
  • Method for producing a printed product
    Patent number: 8556789
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed product in which a complete content of the printed product is printed sequentially in series on one or both sides along a paper web having a width based on a multiple of a width of a finished printed product, including cutting the paper web in a direction crosswise to a longitudinal direction of the paper web to produce a cut-off section having a length based on a multiple of a length of the finished printed product, folding the cut-off section at least once in the crosswise direction in a location based on the length of the finished product, and cutting one of the folded cut-off section subsequent to the folding or the paper web prior to the crosswise cutting, to form a plurality of partial webs each having a width based on the width of the finished printed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Roland Grunder, Daniel Suter
  • Device and method to supply print products to a processing section
    Patent number: 8556252
    Abstract: A method and device to supply a processing section adjoining the device with print products withdrawn from a stack of print products in a feeder. The device including a magazine to contain the stack of print products and a separating device to separate a lowest print product from the stack along an edge region of the lowest print product formed by a sheet edge or a last fold. The device further includes a rear holder that is displaceable in coordination with the separating device to support the stack remaining during a cycle of withdrawing the lowest print product from the stack. A withdrawing device withdraws the lowest print product from an underside of the stack and includes a gripper to grip a front end of the lowest print product in the withdrawing direction while operating with timing of the separating device and the rear holder in the cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Peter Merkli
  • BOOK FORMING AND PRESSING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20130266401
    Abstract: A book forming and pressing machine includes a pressing device that has a number of spaced-apart pressing plates, joint-burn-in rails and at least one station for accommodating a book block. A loading device has a loading table. A reshaping device includes a mechanism to shape a front cut of a book block. The mechanism includes a tool carrier having a shaping tool to shape the front cut. Tool carrier and/or the shaping tool executes a series of movements in one plane or in three-dimensional space, relative to the front cut to be shaped, while the book block is held in the pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Christian Ganter
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREAD-STITCHING OF BOOK BLOCKS, AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130263768
    Abstract: An apparatus for thread-stitching a book block includes a thread tensioning device configured to store and tension a binding thread. A single actuator, including a servo drive, drives the thread tensioning device. The method includes storing a length of binding thread; in a separate step, tensioning the binding thread; and thread-stitching the book block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Marcel Weiss