Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for transporting and rotating sheet-form print material. A rotation unit carried on a transport unit is moveable along a carriage guide. A gripper on the rotation unit holds the sheet form print material. Mechanical interaction between the rotation unit and the carriage guide causes the gripper to rotate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for securing stacks of sheet-shaped materials during a rotary movement, whereby the rotation occurs around an axis of rotation (M) that is parallel to the outside edges of the sheet-shaped materials, with a first and a second clamping jaw (10, 11) that has a drive, whereby the an apparatus is mounted in such a way that the rotation can be carried out in an angular range of essentially 360°.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (60) for securing stacks of sheet-shaped materials (1) during a rotary movement around an axis of rotation (R) with a first and second clamping jaw (10, 11) that have a drive (70), whereby the first and second clamping jaws (10, 11) are mounted such that the stack of sheet-shaped materials is always aligned to half its stack thickness (D). The invention also relates to a method for handling stacks of sheet-shaped materials (1), especially within a device (1000) for binding the stack of sheet-shaped materials (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting and centrally aligning stacks of sheet-shaped materials. According various aspects of the invention, methods and devices are provided for transporting stacks of sheet-shaped print materials in a transport from a location misaligned with a reference axis to another location while aligning a center of a stack thickness with the reference axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling flat wire binding element preforms, whereby the wire binding element preforms represent wire binding element semi-finished products. These types of wire binding elements are typically used in binding devices for loose binding of brochures consisting of several sheet-shaped materials using wire comb binding. According to various aspects of the invention, methods and devices are provided for accepting a flat wire binding element preform from a feed, transporting the flat wire binding element preform, and inserting the flat wire binding element preforms into a row of perforations in a stack of sheet-shaped print materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for transporting and rotating sheet-form print material. A rotation unit carried on a transport unit is moveable along a carriage guide. A gripper on the rotation unit holds the sheet form print material. Mechanical interaction between the rotation unit and the carriage guide causes the gripper to rotate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a binding element and method for binding a stack of sheet-shaped print materials through one or more complementary holes extending all the way through. A binding element and method are provided for binding a stack of sheet-shaped print materials. A comb structure having a back rib and at least one strip connected to the back rib is inserted through holes in the stack of sheet-shaped print materials. The comb structure is closed with positive locking in the back rib by the at least one strip.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for producing bound documents in any thickness, of the type wherein several sheets of material are loosely bound by at least one binding element, preferably formed from wire. According to an aspect of the invention, a process is provided for forming at least one binding element immediately prior to the binding process.

Abstract: An adjustable chute for X-ray sheet film having different film formats. The chute is further developed in such a way that sheet film received from a cassette loading and unloading station of a daylight cassette loading and unloading device is to be centrically introduced into, and deposited in a light-tight collecting magazine. For this purpose, the chute comprises two guide holders which are arranged in one plane for guiding sheet film from the loading and unloading device into the magazine. The guide holders are pivotable about oppositely and fixedly spaced pivot points for providing an input opening for the sheet film. Setting device arranged adjacent to an output opening of the chute centrically adjusts the guide holders to the film format of the sheet film supplied to the magazine.

Abstract: A watertight photographic single-use camera having a first and a second body shell that join together. The body shells comprise rigid polymer material and are adapted to receive a film transport device, a lens, a flash unit and a viewfinder. The first body shell forms the camera front section and the second body shell forms the camera rear section. A sealing means comprising an elastic polymer material is attached to an edge of at least one body shell that forms a joint and to at least one edge that forms a body opening. The elastic polymer material is attached by a multiple-component injection molding process and is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer material. As a result, the camera is dependably sealed against water and yet is inexpensive and simple to produce.

Abstract: A watertight body for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has a first and a second body shell of rigid polymer material that can be joined together for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has sealing means comprising elastic polymer material provided by a multiple-component injection molding process on an edge of at least one body shell that forms the joint and on surface areas of the body shells. The elastic polymer material is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer materials. The result is that the body is reliably sealed against water and is nevertheless inexpensive and simple to manufacture. For a simple and correspondingly inexpensive recyclability of the body, the body shells can be crushed without separation of the polymer materials using known devices, with the resultant material mix being usable as an admixture for the manufacture of new camera components.