Device for producing printed materials in several parts

Details Device for producing printed materials in several parts Device for producing printed materials in several parts

1999-08-13

2001-09-04

Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)

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C270S052270, C270S052290, C270S058290

Reexamination Certificate

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06283466

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing multi-part printed products which comprise a folded outer part and a number of inner parts arranged within the outer part.
In the case of known apparatuses of this type for producing multi-part printed products (EP-A-0 346 579 and the corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,033), a first folded product part, which serves as outer part, is introduced, at a first supply location, into the conveying channel and advanced along said conveying channel. The first product part is opened along the advancement route from the first supply location to the following, second supply location. At the second supply location, a second product part (inner part) is introduced into the open first product part. At the further, following supply locations, further product parts (inner parts) are introduced one after the other into the open first product part. In this case, said inner parts come to rest one beside the other or one inside the other, the respective inner parts in the last-mentioned case being opened before the next inner part is introduced. This results in an end product in the case of which a number of folded or non-folded inner parts are positioned in the first product part, which serves as outer part.
The object of the present invention, then, is to provide an apparatus of the type mentioned in the introduction which allows more freedom in putting together the end printed product, i.e. more freedom in the mutual arrangement of the inner parts in the outer part, than do the apparatuses known hitherto.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention are achieved by the provision of an apparatus which comprises a continuous conveying channel which is open toward the top and which defines a processing route, and a conveying arrangement for conveying product parts along the conveying channel. A plurality of supply locations are arranged one after the other along the processing route for supplying the outer part and the inner parts, and a processing channel is arranged above and aligned with the conveying channel. The processing channel is open toward the top and has individual successive processing regions, of which at least some are provided with input parts for receiving the product parts supplied at the supply locations. An advancement arrangement acts to advance the product parts along the processing channel, and through-passages are provided in the processing channel between certain successive processing regions which open toward the bottom and by means of which the product parts passing out of a processing region are transferred into the conveying channel located therebeneath.
As long as the product parts are located in the processing channel, they are accessible for manipulations such as opening and deflecting to one side or the other of the processing or conveying channel. This makes it possible, together with the specific transfer of the product parts from the processing channel into the conveying channel therebeneath, to influence the position of the inner product parts in relation to the outer part, on the one hand, and in relation to the other inner parts, on the other hand.


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