Method and device to produce printed items
AssigneeMueller Martini Holding AG
InventorsGuenther Silberbauer, Konrad Boos
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Abstract
A method and device to produce printed items having at least one printed product and a supplement. The device includes a gathering device with a gathering section such that the gathering section includes a continuously circulating conveyor. A printer is also provided to produce the printed products wherein the printed products include a single page or partial block stacks. The device further includes feeders to supply the printed products to the conveyor and at least one supplement feeder arranged between two of the feeders to feed at least one supplement to the circulating conveyor.
Claims15
A method to produce printed items each having at least one printed product and a supplement, comprising:
- sequentially printing the printed products with at least one printer, the printed products including at least one of a single page or partial block stacks;
- continuously circulating a conveyor with uniformly spaced apart receiving locations that follow each other;
- supplying by a plurality of feeders arranged along a gathering section of the circulating conveyor the printed products from the printer to the uniformly spaced apart receiving locations;
- and
- selectively gathering the printed products and the supplements along the gathering section to form loose book blocks.
A device to produce printed items having at least one printed product and a supplement, comprising:
- a gathering device with a gathering section, the gathering section including a continuously circulating conveyor;
- a printer to produce the printed products, the printed products including a single page or partial block stacks;
- feeders to supply the printed products to the conveyor;
- and
- at least one supplement feeder arranged between two of the feeders to feed at least one supplement to the circulating conveyor.
The device according to claim 11, wherein the continuously circulating conveyor includes uniformly spaced apart receiving locations which move past the feeders, the receiving locations receiving the single pages, partial block stacks, and the at least one supplement.
A method to produce printed items having at least one printed product and supplement, comprising:
- printing the at least one printed product with a printer, the printed products each including a single page or partial block stacks;
- feeding the printed products from the printer with feeders to a circulating conveyor;
- supplying a supplement with at least one supplement feeder arranged between two of the feeders to the circulating conveyor;
- and
- selectively gathering the printed products and supplement along the gathering section to form loose book blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.