Multi-function binding machine
AssigneeMeccanotecnica S.p.A.
InventorsRoberto Fustinoni, Giuseppe Andreoni
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Abstract
A multi-function binding machine is proposed. The multi-function binding machine (700) comprises a binding station (135) for binding blocks of signatures (105), and a feeding station (115) for receiving signatures in succession, opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station; in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the multi-function binding machine further comprises a further feeding station (715) for receiving pre-signatures in successions, folding groups of at least one pre-signature into further signatures (729), and feeding the further signatures to the binding station.
Claims70
A multi-function binding machine (700) comprising:
- a binding station (135) for binding blocks of signatures (105);
- a feeding station (115) for receiving signatures in succession, opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station;
- and
- an additional feeding station (715) for receiving pre-signatures in successions, folding groups of at least one pre-signature into additional signatures (729), and feeding the additional signatures to the binding station.
The multi-function binding machine (700) according to claim 52, further comprising transport driving means (215) for driving the transport station, the control means (175) being further adapted to control the transport driving means independently of the binding driving means (210), the feeding driving means (205), and/or the additional feeding driving means (805).
A method for controlling a multi-function binding machine (700) comprising the steps of:
- driving a binding station (135) for binding blocks of signatures (105);
- driving a feeding station (115) for receiving signatures in succession, opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station;
- and
- driving an additional feeding station (715) for receiving pre-signatures in successions, folding groups of at least one pre-signature into additional signatures (729), and feeding the additional signatures to the binding station.
The method according to claim 57, further comprising the step of controlling transport driving means (215) for driving the transport station independently of the binding driving means (210), the feeding driving means (205), and/or the additional feeding driving means (805).
A binding machine (100) comprising:
- a binding station (135) for binding blocks of signatures (105);
- a feeding station (115) for receiving signatures in successions, opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station;
- a binding driving means (210) for driving the binding station;
- a feeding driving means (205) for driving the feeding station;
- and
- a control means (175) for controlling the binding driving means and the feeding driving means independently during a processing of the signatures.
The binding machine (100) according to claim 61, wherein the control means (175) comprises means (175) for stopping the transport station (130) while the feeding station (115) stacks the signatures (105) of the composite signature in the transport station.
A method for controlling a binding machine (100) comprising the steps of:
- driving a binding station (135) for binding blocks of signatures (105);
- driving a feeding station (115) for receiving signatures in successions;
- opening the signatures, and feeding the signatures to the binding station;
- and
- controlling binding driving means (210) for driving the binding station and feeding driving means (205) for driving the feeding station independently during a processing of the signatures.
The method according to claim 66 further comprising the step of stopping the transport station (130) while the feeding station (115) stacks the signatures (105) of the composite signature in the transport station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.