Method and apparatus for placing or inserting printed supplements into printed core products
a technology of printed supplements and core products, which is applied in the directions of printing, article feeders, article delivery, etc., can solve the problems of limited depositing capacity of these inserting machines, only suitable apparatus, and subject to a change in direction, and achieve high speed
Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-11
KOLBUS
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"The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reliably and carefully feeding printed supplements to printed core products with high processing capacity. The method involves opening at least one sheet of the printed core product to a degree that more than half of the exposed page is accessible from the vertical direction and feeding the printed supplements in the conveying direction of the conveying channel. The apparatus includes a guide that forms a supporting and guiding surface inclined relative to the conveying channel bottom to facilitate the opening of the printed core product. The printed supplements are then fed in the same conveying direction, avoiding abrupt changes in direction and ensuring precise positioning. This results in a high processing capacity and reduces the likelihood of unstable printed supplements being twisted or deposited at incorrect locations."
Problems solved by technology
After their arrival, the printed supplements are subjected to a change in direction such that the depositing capacity of these inserting machines is limited with respect to a reliable and careful feed of the printed supplements.
Due to the acceleration forces occurring during this process, this apparatus is only suitable for processing light and stable printed supplements.
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[0015]FIGS. 1 and 2 respectively show an inserting machine that is identified as a whole by the reference symbol 1 and equipped with two feeders 11 and 16 for inserting printed supplements 3a, 3b into brochures 2 and a third feeder 11 or 16 for depositing a printed supplement 3c onto said brochures. The differences between the inserting machine shown in FIG. 1 and the variation shown in FIG. 2 are discussed further below.
[0016] The brochures 2 are continuously conveyed forward in a conveying channel 4 by the pushers 6 of a chain conveyor 5 such that they are equidistantly spaced apart from one another, wherein the spine bindings of the essentially flatly conveyed brochures 2 are oriented along the conveying direction F of the conveying channel 4. This conveying channel is composed of a channel bottom 7 and a lateral guide wall 8. According to FIGS. 3 and 4, the conveying channel 4 comprises a conveying channel of the type used in gathering machines, wherein this conveying channel h...
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for placing and / or inserting printed supplements (3a, b, c) into printed core products (2), wherein the printed core products (2) are spaced apart from one another and essentially conveyed flatly in the direction of their format height in a conveying channel. At least one sheet (9, 32) of the printed core products (2) is opened at least to such a degree that more than half of the thusly exposed page (10) intended for the placement of the printed supplement is accessible from the vertical direction. The printed supplements (3a, b) are fed to the printed core products (2) in the conveying direction (F) of the conveying channel (4), wherein the feed direction (20) lies in a vertical plane that is defined by the conveying direction (F).
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention pertains to a method and an apparatus for placing and / or inserting printed supplements such as, for example, sheets, folded sections, CDs, merchandise samples and the like into printed core products. [0002] In print converting, the term insertion refers to the addition of sheets, (folded) sections, CDs, merchandise samples and the like to finished products (e.g., newspapers, magazines, brochures). The printed supplements to be inserted are primarily used for advertising purposes. The inserting process is carried out before the printed core product in question is packaged. Known packaging systems with a modular design consist of a printed core product feeder, a series of supplement feeders and label dispensers for respectively placing or inserting the printed supplements on or into the printed core products, a foil wrapping machine for packaging the printed core products containing the printed supplements, an inkjet printer as ...
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IPC IPC(8): B65H39/04
CPCB42C1/10B65H5/302B65H39/043B65H2301/431718B65H2301/4352B65H2301/4533
Inventor BOKAMPER, WOLFGANG
Owner KOLBUS