Abstract: An apparatus for unloading blanks of paper, cardboard, plastic, etc. that are stacked as blocks on a pallet and that are subsequently supplied as blocks of blanks for further processing or temporary storage includes a slightly pivotable insertion tool as well as structural elements for moving those stacks or blocks of blanks, relative to their support, that are disposed on the pallet at the edge thereof. The individual blocks of blanks are successively lifted from their support via an insertion tool, with a pressure foot preventing an undesired shifting and a holding foot securing the position of the respective block of blanks on the insertion tool.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for unloading blanks of paper, cardboard, plastic, etc. that are stacked as blocks on a pallet and that are subsequently supplied as blocks of blanks for further processing or temporary storage. The individual blocks of blanks are successively lifted from their support via an insertion tool, with a pressure foot preventing an undesired shifting and a holding foot securing the position of the respective block of blanks on the insertion tool. The method and apparatus include provision of a slightly pivotable insertion tool as well as structural elements for moving those stacks or blocks of blanks, relative to their support, that are disposed on the pallet at the edge thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the stacking and/or palleting of, in particular, thin products of a printing press operation, which is characterized by a gathering and depositing station rotatable about a vertical axis. The invention relates, further, to a process, preferably with use of the device, in which the products, for the formation of a preliminary stack, are rotated about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the products and thereupon gathered lying one upon another into the stack, which stack is transferred into a depositing shaft arranged vertically under the stack, turned back about this axis through at least the previous rotation, or through 90.degree., 180.degree., 270.degree. plus or minus the preliminary rotation and then deposited.

Abstract: A device for the palleting of slab-form products, especially of book blocks or books, being provided with a feed arrangement for the products, an arrangement for the formation of a product row, and an arrangement for the reception of a product layer including several product rows, the reception arrangement including a simple single rolling band, and in particular, a double rolling band with an endlessly guided upper band and an endlessly guided lower band arranged directly under the upper band, and a drive member for advancing and retracting the rolling band. The upper and lower bands are driven oppositely in the retraction, in such a manner that the upper band portion of the upper band and the lower band portion of the lower band are rolled off the product layer and pallet, respectively. The upper band and the lower band stand still relatively to each other in the advancing of the double rolling band.

Abstract: The invention relates to a book, comprising a book cover blank and an inner book having a spine. The book cover blank is preferably formed in one piece, includes two inner cover portions, two outer cover portions, at least one spine member, and a spine portion. The inner cover portions are glued to the outer cover portions. At least one spine member is arranged on the inside over the spine portion without any bond thereto. The spine member is connected in one piece with the cover blank and is attached to the spine of the inner book.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of stacking rectangular products, particularly printed matter such as books, book blocks or magazines and the like, whereby the products are stacked against a stop to form a row of packed material on a moving conveyor belt, the row of packed material subsequently is pushed laterally by a slider onto a horizontal intermediate plate, which is arranged immediately below the upper span and can reciprocate between the upper and lower spans, the intermediate plate is retracted and the row of packed material is thereby swept off by the stationary slider.

Abstract: A device for producing a bundle from an overlapping sheet-by-sheet stream of folded printed sheets on a slope where the stream is initially conveyed to an inclined moving stacking table having a base, in a free fall delivery, to form a stack on the base and inclined toward the vertical. The stacking table is carried on a circulating conveyor and is moved downward in an inclined condition to receive the sheets. The circulating conveyor is provided with a followup transporter following a common path with the base and moves faster than the base. The followup transporter thus engages the top of the stack to compress same during formation thereof. A tension band arrangement effects jogging of the sheets on an inclined slope of 10.degree. to 60.degree. in the conveying direction so that each sheet slides toward the inclined slope under its own weight and/or by the push of the following sheet.

Abstract: Method for producing a bundle from an overlapping sheet-by-sheet stream of folded printed sheets on a slope where the stream is initially conveyed and is rerouted upward in order to form a stack inclined toward the vertical. The method comprises the steps of stacking the sheets on a moving base arranged at a right angle to the slope and moving downward on the slope; interrupting the flow of sheets after a certain number of sheets is stacked by cyclically forming a gap during conveyance to the slope, placing a firm support on the last sheet of the stack, compressing the stack and forming the stack into a bundle. The step of stacking includes jogging the sheets on a slope inclined toward the vertical by 10.degree. to 60.degree. in the conveying direction so that each sheet slides toward the slope under its own weight and/or by the push of the following sheet. The sheets drop onto the stack in a free fall.