Bindery apparatus with gathering conveyors and a method of make-

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1996-02-14

1997-10-21

Nguyen, Hoang

Sheet-material associating

Associating or disassociating

Signature associating

270 5218, 270 5229, B65H 3900

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active

056788126

ABSTRACT:
A bindery apparatus and method are disclosed for supporting, conveying and collating signatures received from pocket feeding stations. The signatures are conveyed by conveyors having a projection. Indicia on scales related to the size of signature are provided. When changing from one size of the signature to another size of signature, the common drive for the signatures is stopped at a reference point, e.g., 100.degree., and then the conveyor lugs on the gathering conveyor and the second coveyor are repositioned to be at the signature size indicia on its associated scale. Then, the gathering conveyor and second conveyor are reconnected to the common drive. The preferred system includes a transfer conveyor with a lug for pushing collated signatures through a fixing station where they are stitched or glued together, and then delivered to the second conveyor. An indicia scale is associated with the transfer conveyor, and its lug is set at the indicia for size of signature when the transfer conveyor is disconnected at the reference position. The scale settings for the respective conveyors may be kept in a job file or history and by using this data, the conveyors may be repositioned to the settings used previously for this job. This reduces considerably the make-ready time and waste associated therewith.

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