Abstract: Signatures fresh from the printing press are fed in a shingled stream toward and then dropped one by one into a hopper which may feed a gathering chain. The signatures are "broken" (unstuck) by first stacking them edgewise on horizontal support, shingling them in a constant stream by an unusual form of suction feed, bending the shingled stream and thereafter cascading the stream into the hopper.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 1978
Date of Patent:
December 25, 1979
Assignee:
McCain Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
Elmer Bewersdorf, James F. Cosgrove, Thomas R. Flavin, Edward Gallagher, Willam B. Mc Cain, Ronald W. Weller, Lawrence J. Werstler
Abstract: Books are produced by feeding juxtaposed webs of printed matter, obtained from rolls, to a knife which cuts the webs to provide juxtaposed sheets in paginated relation; a delivery cylinder may be optionally set to feed the paginated sheets to one of two folders, which respectively fold signatures of different form. The signatures are then delivered to a conveyor which is preferably a saddle conveyor in which event the fold is so made as to result in a lap margin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 1976
Date of Patent:
September 27, 1977
Assignee:
McCain Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
William B. McCain, James F. Cosgrove, Edward J. Zagorski