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