Lead edge mechanical binding device and method
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsJohn James Sposato, Jr., Jeffery S. Upchurch, Jared David Kinson
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Abstract
A cutting cylinder pair for cutting a substrate in a folder of a printing press is provided which includes a cutting cylinder, the cutting cylinder including a knife and a binding pin adjacent the knife in a circumferential direction of the cutting cylinder; and an anvil cylinder, the anvil cylinder including a cutting rubber, the cutting rubber engaging the knife and the binding pin as the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder rotate, the binding pin positioned on the cutting cylinder to impart a dimple to a substrate passing between the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder.
Claims20
A cutting cylinder pair for cutting a substrate in a folder of a printing press, comprising
- a cutting cylinder, the cutting cylinder including a knife and a binding pin adjacent the knife in a circumferential direction of the cutting cylinder;
- an anvil cylinder, the anvil cylinder including a cutting rubber, the cutting rubber engaging the knife and the binding pin as the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder rotate, the binding pin positioned on the cutting cylinder to impart a dimple to a substrate passing between the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder;
- wherein the height of the binding pin is adjustable independent of the height of the knife.
A cutting cylinder pair for cutting a substrate in a folder of a printing press, comprising:
- a cutting cylinder, the cutting cylinder including a knife and a binding pin adjacent the knife in a circumferential direction of the cutting cylinder;
- an anvil cylinder, the anvil cylinder including a cutting rubber, the cutting rubber engaging the knife and the binding pin as the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder rotate, the binding pin positioned on the cutting cylinder to impart a dimple to a substrate passing between the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder,
- wherein the height of the binding pin and the height of the knife are independently adjustable.
A cutting cylinder pair for cutting a substrate in a folder of a printing press, comprising:
- a cutting cylinder, the cutting cylinder including a knife and a binding pin adjacent the knife in a circumferential direction of the cutting cylinder;
- an anvil cylinder, the anvil cylinder including a cutting rubber, the cutting rubber engaging the knife and the binding pin as the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder rotate, the binding pin positioned on the cutting cylinder to impart a dimple to a substrate passing between the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder,
- wherein the cutting cylinder is configured and arranged to accommodate the placement of the binding pin and the knife at multiple angles between each other when the binding pin is in an operational position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.