Conveying device for book binding machines
AssigneeKolbus GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRolf Hansmann, Dieter Nehring
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Abstract
A conveying device for book binding machines having continous plate or cleated chains or similar conveying machanism. The conveying device includes oppositely disposed logitudinal guides which support the plate or pleated chains for clamping inner books or books therebetween. In a defined subsection of the conveying device, apparatus are provided for opening and closing the subsection for releasing and capturing the book or inner book. Such apparatus includes working cylinders which act on sections of the longitudinal guides, and thereby the plate or cleated chain, to increase or decrease the distance between the longitudinal guides in the subsection.
Claims12
A conveying device for book binding machines defining a clamping region having at least one clamping subsection and at least one release subsection, the conveying device comprising:
- oppositely disposed continuous plates or cleated chains extending longitudinally through the clamping region, the continuous plates or cleated chains defining a gap having a distance and being adapted for clamping inner books or books therebetween in the clamping region;
- a pair of oppositely disposed fixed longitudinal guides disposed in each of the clamping subsections;
- a pair of oppositely disposed moveable longitudinal guides disposed in each of the release subsections, the moveable longitudinal guides being separate from the fixed longitudinal guides;
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- control means for opening and closing each of the release subsections wherein the distance between the oppositely disposed continuous plate or cleated chains within the release subsection is increased and decreased, respectively, whereby the inner book or book is released and captured, respectively.
A conveying device for book binding machines having at least one processing station, the conveying device comprising:
- clamping means having oppositely disposed clamping surfaces for clamping a book or inner book therebetween, the clamping surfaces defining a longitudinally extending clamping region and a distance, the clamping region having at least one clamping subsection and at least one release subsection;
- guide means slidably engaged with the clamping means for guiding the clamping means, the guide means including a plurality of longitudinal conveying guide sections, a pair of oppositely disposed, conveying guide sections being disposed in each of the subsections, the conveying guide sections disposed in the release subsection being separate from conveying guide sections disposed in the clamping subsection;
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- control means for opening and closing the release subsection wherein the distance between the clamping surfaces is increased and decreased, respectively, whereby the inner book or book is released and captured, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.