Patents Assigned to Mueller Martini Holding AG
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Patent number: 8235639Abstract: A method for producing adhesive-bound book blocks from gathered signatures for which the individual signatures forming a non-bound book block are supplied while positioned on the spine on a transfer section to an opened conveying clamp on a perfect binder and are subsequently held while clamped in by the closed conveying clamp along the flat outer surfaces. The gathered signatures of a book block are released in an additional conveying section from the conveying clamp in order to be aligned while guided. Prior to leaving the conveying section for aligning the signatures, the signatures are clamped in once more by the conveying clamps along the flat outer surfaces, so that they can be conveyed to further processing locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Theo Hug, Peter Fischer, Heinz Bötchi
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Publication number: 20120194791Abstract: A method for processing a web to form printed products includes affixing a print mark assigned to a printed sheet of the web to a useful strip of the web. The print mark includes a coded print mark. An image is recorded that shows a region of the web in which the affixed print mark is located. The print mark in recorded image is searched for and identified. A position of the print mark in the recorded image is determined, and based on the determined position, the position of the print mark on the web is inferred. A correction value is determined for synchronizing a subsequent further processing of the web in dependence on the position of the print mark on the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Hanspeter Duss, Christoph Gysin, Markus Bracher
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Patent number: 8220793Abstract: An apparatus for thread-stitching of folded print products includes a sewing station in which individual print products are stitched along the fold and print products are then sewn together along the spine to form a book block. A pivoting saddle supplies individual print products straddling thereon to the sewing station. A feeder separates folded print products from a stack of folded print products. A feeding arrangement includes a feed path connecting the feeder to the pivoting saddle, and has a feeding end that cooperates with the feeder to supply the individual print products to the feed path and a discharge end that operates to supply the individual print products to the pivoting saddle. The sewing station, as seen from the top, is arranged on the machine frame of the apparatus, between the feeding end of the feeding arrangement and the pivoting saddle.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Franz Konrad Mezger
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Patent number: 8210512Abstract: With an arrangement for the timed processing of a book block, consisting of at least one printed sheet or at least one signature, a transfer device is arranged in-between the feed devices for the book blocks and the device for the further conveying of such a book block, wherein this transfer device supplies the book blocks to at least one other processing station. The transfer device is provided with a translation device for taking over or clamping in the book block, wherein this translation device executes at least one rotary or quasi-rotary translation movement. The translation device itself operates in at least two spatial dimensions for the transfer of the book block, wherein the translation movement occurs with a uniform or a changeable movement speed. The center axis for the translation device occupies an optional position in space, relative to the further processing station.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Robert W. McFarland, Guenther Silberbauer
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Patent number: 8210078Abstract: An apparatus for trimming a plurality of printed products includes at least one trimming station including a yoke, at least one blade positioned on the yoke and a trimming transport device arranged to transport the plurality of printed products inside the at least one trimming station. A feeding conveyor is arranged to feed the printed products to the trimming station. At least one driver is coupled to and operative to drive the yoke, the feeding conveyor, and the trimming transport device, respectively. A control unit is coupled to the at least driver and operative to control the adjustment of the phase position of the feeding conveyor relative to the yoke.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Christian Schmid
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Patent number: 8206073Abstract: An apparatus is provided for pressing a casing or a slip-fold against an adhesive-covered back and adjacent side flanks of a book block, which is conveyed while clamped into a circulating clamp of a perfect binder with the book back projecting downward. The apparatus includes a back pressing device for pressing the casing against the adhesive-covered back and a flank pressing device for pressing the casing against the side flanks. These devices are driven synchronized with the timing of the book binder clamps for conveying the book blocks. At least the flank pressing device is assigned an individual drive unit which is connected to a control device of the perfect binder.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Peter Fischer, Theo Hug, Konrad Boos
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Publication number: 20120151741Abstract: A pivot bearing includes a spherical bearing body and a single-piece bearing shell. The bearing shell encloses the bearing body at least partially and creates a clearance fit between the bearing body and the bearing shell which clearance fit permits a degree of articulated freedom of the pivot bearing. The single-piece bearing shell includes a radial slot based on a wall thickness of the bearing shell and has at least one contoured bulge. At least one push-in element has a part shape corresponding to the bulge such that the part shape of the push-in element has a defined oversize with respect to the bulge of the slot. The oversize indicates a predetermined clearance fit between the bearing body and the bearing shell that defines a bearing play when the push-in element is mounted in the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Jean-Claude OPPLIGER, Michael Landolt
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Publication number: 20120155991Abstract: A method and a device for pressing a book block over the rounded back of a book block having a longitudinal axis extending in the center and along the back. The book block is clamped between two clamping jaws of a clamping device, in a region adjacent to the back of the book block, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the back. A pressing device presses a pressing member against the back, wherein the pressing member is placed approximately in the center of the back onto the book block back. At least a section of the pressing member is then moved across the back. Once the pressing member, which is oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the back, is placed onto the back it then moves along at least one continuously preselected movement path over the back.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Thomas Friese
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Publication number: 20120145025Abstract: A method for operating a printing process for production of printed products includes integrating at a suitable location in the printing process at least one processing station for realizing a finishing process that is directed toward a specific location on the printed product. The processing station, or the finishing process realized with the processing station, is activated or deactivated according to a product-related sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Roland Grunder
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Publication number: 20120139178Abstract: With a method for operating a transport system, used in the production of printed products composed of signatures or printed sheets, at least one first conveying belt is provided downstream of a printing press designed for producing the signatures or printed sheets. Further downstream, this conveying belt is divided into at least two individually operating conveying paths, wherein at the end of each of the conveying paths the transported signatures or printed sheets are supplied while positioned straddling and via a continuously operating folding device to at least one intermediate gathering device. For the further transport, the signatures or printed sheets are transferred from the gathering device in a serial, monotonous, intermittent, synchronous or non-synchronous sequence to a main conveying section. The signatures or printed sheets which are combined to form partial book blocks or complete book blocks are then wire-stapled, thread-stitched or bound with adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Guenther Silberbauer
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Publication number: 20120132091Abstract: An apparatus for forming bundles of printed products includes a lift element that moves vertically inside a holding area. The printed products are deposited on the lift element when the lift element is in an upper position. The lift moves the deposited printed products downward into the holding area so that the printed products are in position to subsequently be compressed into a bundle by pressing the printed products with an upward movement against a pressing element. The lift transports the compressed bundle to a lower position in the holding area where the lift element moves out of the holding area to a position in which the bundle is released to drop onto a support element. The lift element thereafter is moveable from the lower position to the upper position for the depositing of additional printed products. An ejection element conveys the compressed bundle out of the holding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: André Roth, Roman Wyss
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Patent number: 8181959Abstract: A method and apparatus for the processing of print products. The method may include conveying individually the print products with a feeding device along a feeding section, transferring individually the print products from the feeding section to a further processing section, and generating control signals from a control unit. The control signals may correspond to further treatment of each individual print product and to the transfer of a print product to the further processing section such that it can be processed further. The apparatus may include a feeding device configured to convey the print products individually along a feeding section, a transfer device configured to individually transfer the print products from the feeding device to a further processing device, and a control unit configured to generate control signals to control the transfer of the print products from the feeding device to the further processing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Michael Bichsel, Simon Von Arb
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Patent number: 8171834Abstract: A trimmer including a common support frame and first and second cutting units movably mounted on the common support frame. Each respective cutting unit including a unit frame, a cutting strip connected to each respective unit frame, and a knife movably mounted on each respective unit frame for an oblique swing cut against a respective cutting strip. Each respective unit frame absorbing all cutting forces between the knife and the cutting strip during the oblique swing cut.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Horst Rathert
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Patent number: 8167112Abstract: An arrangement to turn print products transported in a conveyed flow along a conveying path in a conveying direction that includes a first conveyor having a traction device guided over a reversing wheel. First clamps are attached to the traction device to clamp the respective print products. A second conveyor is arranged downstream the first conveyor includes second clamps arranged to receive the print products from the first conveyor. A curved turning section connects the first conveyor with the second conveyor along which the print products are turned upside down. The transfer device assists to transfer the print products from the first conveyor to the second conveyor and to turn the print products in the turning section prior to being clamped by the second clamps. The transfer device includes transfer tongs to turn the respective print products around an axis transverse to the conveying direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Rolf Meyerhans
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Publication number: 20120091647Abstract: In a device for trimming the top edge, bottom edge, and opening edge of a printed product, the printed product is transported through a cutting region of a connected cutting unit in a closed clamp of a synchronously driven conveying apparatus. The conveying apparatus is configured as a conveying rotor and the clamps are guided on a circulating path. The printed product is trimmed in the cutting region of the cutting unit which is arranged between a transfer station and a delivery station. In the cutting region, each clamp transitions from a circular control path section into an intermediate control path section in which the clamp is maintained substantially perpendicular relative to a tangent to a circular cutting path of the cutting unit during trimming of at least the top and bottom edges of the printed product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AGInventor: Heinz BOSS
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Publication number: 20120086447Abstract: A method for continuous quality control of geometric, structural and functional parameters of an applied element, such as a staple, in printed products. The quality control is realized with the aid of at least one measuring device that comprises at least one measuring head including at least one permanent magnet and at least one giant magneto resistance sensor chip. The applied element is detected with the measuring head and, based thereon, a magnetic image is generated of the condition of the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Thomas Schenker, Beat Von Aesch, Thomas Liebi
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Patent number: 8152434Abstract: An infeed station has a stack feeder and a first and second chamber, which can each receive stacks from the stack feeder. The stacks can be conveyed in the chambers and can be transferred to a stack gripper with the conveyors assigned to the first chamber and the second chamber. First centering units serve to center the stacks in the first chamber, and second centering units serve to center the stacks in the second chamber. Third conveyors are arranged between the first and second conveyors. The first and second centering units can be shifted relative to each other so that the third conveyors are positioned in the first or second chamber, and the chamber with the third conveyors is much wider than the other chamber. The infeed station can be changed between double infeed with parallel processing of two stacks and single infeed with processing of only one stack of relatively great width at a time.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Müller Martini Holding AGInventors: Marc Ryf, Stefan Liebheit
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Publication number: 20120073247Abstract: A method for producing individually assembled printed products includes supplying from a production line at least one envelope product with an individual, optically detectable marking affixed thereto. A regionally oriented supplement and/or a target-group specific supplement is supplied from at least one other production.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Thomas Kuenzli
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Publication number: 20120068397Abstract: A method for inserting a supplement into a multipage printed product having a back and composed of signatures and/or individual sheets, and being transported with the back oriented parallel to a conveying direction. The multipage printed product is supplied with a signature or an individual sheet projecting from the multipage printed product to define a predetermined separating location between the projecting signature or individual sheet and an adjacent signature or sheet. The multipage printed product is opened at the predetermined separating location and then the opening is expanded. The supplement is thereafter inserted into the expanded separating location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventors: Guenther Silberbauer, Konrad Boos
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Patent number: 8139707Abstract: A device for counting printed products of an imbricated stream includes a first measuring unit for detecting a printed product edge directed transversely of the conveying direction of the imbricated stream and with an evaluating unit which receives signals of the first measuring unit for counting the printed products. Therefore, it is the primary object to provide a device of the above-described type which facilitates a higher counting accuracy even in the case of irregular imbricated streams of products.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Müller Martini Holding AGInventor: Andreas Zemp