US 4,966,352 AGranted

System for processing a web

AssigneeFobelmac Consulting AG

InventorPierre Nuttin

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Abstract

The system for processing a virgin web to yield printed documents such as business forms includes a printing device adapted for printing non-repetitive (variable) and repetitive (constant) information and data as determined by a computer, and processing devices disposed--in relation to the transporting direction of the web--in front of and past the printing device and serving for shaping the web and possibly for printing onto the web in color. The processing devices are preferably built in the form of slide-in units adapted to be loosenably mounted into shelves of the system and to be driven for instance through separable connecting means by drive devices fixedly mounted on the frame. The system makes it possible to process the web within a small space and with small energy requirements, and to assembly and disassemble the processing devices with rapidity.

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Dependent claims

System for processing at least one flexible web, the web preferably consisting at least in part of paper, for producing documents therefrom, the system comprising a frame, a first processing device supported on the frame, a printing device supported on the frame and adapted to receive electrical data in digital form and to print variable information and/or data onto the web in response to said electrical data, at least one further processing device supported on the frame, transporting means for conveying the web from said first processing device to and past the printing device and from said printing device to said at least one further processing device, wherein said first processing device includes two rotatable processing members adapted to provide the web at each of its two longitudinal margins with a row of holes running in the longitudinal direction of the web, wherein said at least one further processing device comprises at least one further rotatable processing member adapted to process the web conveyed past said at least one further processing member, said transporting means being arranged to comprise transporting members movably supported on the frame and adapted to engage and convey the web, electrical drive means for driving said transporting members and said processing members, electrical control means connected electrically with said drive means and adapted to control said drive means in such a way, that the rotatable processing members adapted to be driven by said drive means are set in motion or are brought to rest substantially simultaneously with said movable transporting members which engage the web, said processing members, when in rotation, being rotated with angular velocities substantially proportional to the velocities of said transporting members, to have it printed on by said printing device and processed by said processing devices with synchronous timing, wherein shelves and guiding means associated with said shelves supported on the frame are provided, wherein said processing devices are arranged to comprise a support adapted to support the or each processing member and to be slid along the guiding means into and out of the corresponding shelf, and wherein loosenable securing means are provided, for securing said support in a working position predetermined for the operation.

System for processing at least one flexible web, preferably comprising paper, for producing documents and/or envelopes therefrom, the system comprising a frame, transporting means adapted for transporting the web and comprising at least one transporting member movably supported on the frame and adapted to engage the web for transporting the same, guiding means supported on the frame, at least one processing device arranged to comprise a support and at least one rotatable processing member adapted to process the web conveyed past said processing member, wherein the support is displaceable along the guiding means and securing means are provided for securing the support in a working position predetermined for the operation, whereby in the loosened state of the securing means, said support is displaceable from its working position and separable from the guiding means and the frame, wherein said processing device comprises a holding member adjustably held in the support and supporting said at least one rotatable processing member so that the holding member and the or each rotatable processing member are pivotable around a pivot axis that crosses the axis of rotation of said rotatable processing member, and wherein electrical drive means are provided for driving said at least one transporting member and the or each rotatable processing member.

A system for processing at least one flexible web, preferably comprising paper, for producing documents and/or envelopes therefrom, the system comprising:

a first processing device which includes a support and two rotatable processing members adapted to provide the web, at each of its two longitudinal margins, with a row of holes running in the longitudinal direction of the web;
a printing device adapted to receive electrical data in digital form and to print variable information and/or data onto the web in response to the electrical data;
a further processing device which includes a support and at least one further rotatable processing member;
transporting means for transporting the web from the first processing device to the printing device and from the printing device to the further processing device, the transporting means including movable transporting members which engage the web;
and
guiding means associated with each processing device,
wherein the support of each processing device is displaceable along the guiding means and securing means are provided for securing each support in a working position predetermined for the operation, whereby in the loosened state of the securing means, said support is displaceable from its working position and separable from the guiding means, and
wherein drive means are provided for driving said transporting members and rotatable processing members, the drive means including an electric motor for driving the rotatable processing members of said first processing device and at least one electric motor for driving the at least one further rotatable processing member of the further processing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/276,573Filed 28 Nov 1988 · division
Priority: CH 04128/8615 Oct 1986
Granted: 30 Oct 1990
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

B26D 1/626
And is rotating about an axis parallel to the line of cut, e.g. mounted on a rotary cylinder: for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like
B26D 9/00
Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting
B41F 13/02
Common details of rotary presses or machines: conveying or guiding webs through presses or machines
B41F 17/02
Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for: for printing books or manifolding sets