Device for trimming the top and/or bottom edge of printed products moved through a cutting tool
AssigneeMueller Martini Holding AG
InventorMarcel Buerge
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Abstract
A device for cutting printed products arranged successively spaced apart and transverse to a conveying direction. The device includes a conveyor to convey the print products in the conveying direction. The print products rest on a flat side on the conveyor and convey with a bound edge forward. The device also includes a cutting tool synchronized with a timing of the conveyor so that the cutting tool cuts a top and/or bottom edge of the printed products. The device also including a cutter upstream of the cutting tool in the conveying direction so that the cutter is synchronized with the cutting tool and operative to make a cut to the bound edge.
Claims12
A device for cutting printed products arranged successively spaced apart and transverse to a conveying direction, comprising:
- a conveyor to convey the print products in the conveying direction, wherein the print products rest on a flat side on the conveyor and convey with a bound edge forward;
- a cutting tool synchronized with a timing of the conveyor, wherein the cutting tool cuts a top and/or bottom edge of the printed products;
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- a cutter upstream of the cutting tool in the conveying direction, the cutter being synchronized with the cutting tool and operative to make a cut perpendicular to the bound edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.