Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Signature associating
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-30
2001-05-22
Hess, Douglas (Department: 2167)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Signature associating
C270S056000, C270S052190, C270S052080, C270S052250
Reexamination Certificate
active
06234466
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method of inserting printed products into a folded main product, in the case of which at least one printed product which is formed as a folded preprinted product and then further printed products are inserted.
Such methods are used in order to put together the different printed products in a respectively desired manner to form any desired printed material, in particular newspapers and periodicals.
The disadvantage with the known methods is the fact that the freedom for structuring printed material is limited, so that technical limitations mean that it is not always possible, in particular, to put together newspapers, comprising a main product, at least one preprinted product and a plurality of inserts, in the desired structure.
An object of the invention is to develop a method of the type mentioned in the introduction such that, in the operation of putting together printed material, in particular newspapers, there is greater flexibility as far as the various possible ways of structuring the printed material are concerned.
This object is achieved according to the invention in that the folded preprinted product is inserted into the folded main product in the closed state, or is closed following the insertion operation, and subsequently at least one further printed product, which comes to rest alongside the closed preprinted product, is inserted, whereupon the preprinted product is opened and, finally, at least one further printed product is inserted into the preprinted product.
In the case of the most straightforward embodiment of the method according to the invention, a preprinted product is thus inserted into the main product, whereupon, for example, an insert is inserted alongside the closed preprinted product. The preprinted product is then opened and, for example, a further insert is inserted into the open preprinted product.
In contrast to the hitherto known methods, in the case of which either the preprinted product has to be inserted into the main product with an insert already contained therein, which requires so-called preliminary insertion with a separate preliminary-insertion apparatus, or the insertion of the insert intended for the preprinted product has to take place immediately following the insertion of the preprinted product into the main product, the method according to the invention is distinguished in that, following the insertion of the preprinted product, which does not yet contain the respective insert, it is possible to carry out any other desired insertion operations before, finally, the desired insertion operations relevant to the preprinted product are carried out and certain inserts are inserted into the preprinted product. Consequently, in terms of the point in time and the location of the insertion of an insert into the preprinted product, the use of the method according to the invention provides much more freedom than the prior art.
It is particularly preferred if, according to the invention, a first folded preprinted product is inserted in the closed state, or is closed following the insertion operation, and subsequently at least a second folded preprinted product, which comes to rest alongside the closed, first preprinted product, is inserted and, in turn, has at least one further printed product inserted in it, whereupon the first preprinted product is opened and, finally, at least one further printed product is inserted into the first preprinted product.
In the case of this embodiment of the method according to the invention, it is thus possible, for example, for the first preprinted product to be arrested without an insert being inserted therein, whereupon the second preprinted product is inserted. An arrested printed product or main product is intended to mean a part, or the entire respective product, retained in a defined position. In order to arrest a product, it is made of retaining elements which are fixed statically or can be moved in a controllable manner and, in particular in one state, retain a product in a defined position and, in the other state, have no direct influence on the position of the product, with the result that the product assumes a position of its own accord, for example, as a result of the action of gravitational force. By virtue of the arresting operation, a printed product may be held either open or closed in a controllable manner. Following the insertion of the second preprinted product, one or more inserts are inserted into the latter, whereupon the first, arrested preprinted product is opened and inserts can be inserted into said first preprinted product. This makes it possible to produce printed material or a newspaper in the case of which two preprinted products which are located one beside the other, and in which in each case further preprinted products or inserts are located, are arranged in a main product. It is not necessary here for the inserts which are intended for the first preprinted product to be inserted into the preprinted product immediately following the insertion of the preprinted product into the main product. Insertion of the inserts into the first preprinted product can take place, within the same processing operation, at any desired, later point in time. The desired arrangement of the printed products in the main product and/or the structure of the printed material can be obtained by virtue of such an insertion method.
In the case of that embodiment of the method according to the invention which is described hereinbelow, it is possible to select freely not just the point in time at which inserts are inserted into the first preprinted product, but also the point in time at which inserts are inserted into the second preprinted product.
In the case of this embodiment of the method which is intended for inserting printed products into a folded main product and in the case of which at least one printed product which is formed as a folded preprinted product and then further printed products are inserted, a first folded preprinted product is inserted into an open main product, it being the case that the preprinted product either is inserted in the closed state or is closed following the insertion operation, and subsequently at least a second folded preprinted product, which comes to rest alongside the closed, first preprinted product, is inserted in the closed state or is closed following the insertion operation. The method proceeds such that, following these actions, both the first preprinted product and the second preprinted product are in an arrested state, and in which [sic] at least one further printed product, which comes to rest alongside the arrested, first preprinted product and/or alongside the arrested, second preprinted product, can be inserted. At this stage of the method, of course, it is also possible for a plurality of further printed products to be inserted with any desired structuring.
Depending on the printed material which is to be produced, the main product may be configured as a main part, a cover or a frontispiece.
Following the insertion of said further printed product or of said further printed products, the first or second preprinted product can be opened and at least one further printed product can be inserted into the first or second preprinted product, whereupon the second or first preprinted product may then be opened and at least one further printed product may be inserted into the second or first preprinted product. It is thus possible for both the first preprinted product and the second preprinted product to have inserts or further printed products inserted into them at any desired points in time.
A printed product may be arrested in an open position or in a closed position. In particular it is possible, once the first preprinted product and the second preprinted product have been arrested in a closed position, for a third preprinted product, which comes to rest between the arrested preprinted products to be inserted and, in turn, to have printed products or inserts inserted in it. This then produces printed materials in the case
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Ferag AG
Hess Douglas
Ridley Richard
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