US 4,709,910 AGranted

Removable divider wall cell wheel apparatus for processing printed products

AssigneeFerag AG

InventorWerner Honegger

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Abstract

In the substantially radially extending compartments of a cell wheel or drum of a processing apparatus for processing printed products, there are inserted removable divider or partition walls. The removable divider or partition walls divide each of the compartments into two feed channels. These divider or partition walls terminate at a predetermined distance or spacing from the floor of the compartments. Feed structure, such as grippers for advancing the printed products are arranged in the region of the floor of each compartment and such feed structure commonly coacts with both feed channels. A printed product is inserted into each feed channel. Both printed products are conjointly advanced in the longitudinal direction of the compartments by the related product feed structure and these products are simultaneously opened and furnished with inserts. The opening of the printed products and the stuffing of inserts is done separately. The divider or partition walls can be removed without difficulty, whereby the number of reception spaces or regions (feed channels) for printed products is reduced by one half.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for processing printed products, especially for stuffing inserts into the printed products, comprising:

a cell wheel having a substantially horizontally extending longitudinal axis and a periphery;
means for rotatably driving said cell wheel about said substantially horizontally extending longitudinal axis;
said cell wheel comprising a plurality of compartments each having a lengthwise direction of extent;
each of said plurality of compartments being open at said periphery of said cell wheel for receiving the printed products;
means provided for each compartment for advancing the printed products in the lengthwise direction of extent of each said compartment and serving for forwardly feeding the printed products in each compartment in the direction of said substantially horizontally extending longitudinal axis of said cell wheel;
at least one removable divider wall operatively associated with each compartment;
each said removable divider wall extending into each said associated compartment of said plurality of compartments and dividing each said compartment into two feed channels for the printed products;
said means for advancing the printed products having an operative region in the associated compartment thereof;
said removable divider wall of each said associated compartment being located exterior to said operative region of said means for advancing the printed products in the associated compartment and being detachably connected to said cell wheel;
and
said means for advancing the printed products stuffed into said feed channels in each said associated compartment being capable of conjointly advancing the printed products in each said compartment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.