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US 2014/0272142 A1Published application
Imaging apparatus and methods for bindery systems
AssigneeR. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
InventorsTy Daniel Wyble, Todd Tracy Rose
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Abstract
Imaging apparatus and methods for bindery systems. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a platform having a plurality of openings to provide suction through a surface of the platform and a first track that moves across the surface of the platform. The first track has a plurality of apertures to fluidly couple the suction to an upper surface of the first track.
Claims21
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a platform having a plurality of openings to provide a suction through a surface of the platform;
- and
- a first track to move across the surface of the platform, the first track having a plurality of apertures to fluidly couple the suction to an upper surface of the first track.
A method comprising:
- moving a first track across a surface of a platform;
- applying a suction to the surface of the platform;
- and
- separating a first page from a plurality of pages of a signature assembly to cause the first page to move across the surface via the first track, the first track having apertures to fluidly couple the suction to the first page to hold the first page against an upper surface of the first track when the first page is positioned on the first track.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for moving a first page of a book across a surface of a platform;
- means for providing a suction to the surface of the platform;
- means for fluidly coupling the suction to the surface of the platform;
- and
- means for fluidly coupling the means for providing the suction provided to the surface of the platform to the first page to hold the first page against the means for moving when the first page is positioned on the means for moving.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.