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US 6,267,366 B1Granted
Apparatus and method of delivering signatures to a binding line
AssigneeQuad/Graphics, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Graushar, John C. Geres
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for delivering signatures to a binding line, the apparatus and method preferably comprising a printer feeder apparatus and method for providing personalized information in a variety of locations upon a selected one of a plurality of signatures types before the signatures are fed to the binding line.
Claims15
An apparatus for delivering signatures to a binding line comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of hopper feeders supported by said frame, each hopper feeder including a hopper to hold a stack of signatures and a first feeder adapted to extract one signature from said respective stack of signatures;
- a printer adapted to print on the extracted signatures;
- a first conveyor portion adjacent said hopper feeders to accept the extracted signature;
- a second feeder to feed the extracted signature to the binding line;
- a second conveyor portion supported by said frame and adapted to transport the extracted signature from said first conveyor portion, to said printer, then to said second feeder;
- and
- a controller in communication with the binding line, said controller adapted to communicate with said hopper feeders to activate a selected one of said hopper feeders at a time.
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A printer feeder for use with a binding line comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of hopper feeders supported by said frame, each of said hopper feeders including a hopper to hold a stack of signatures and a first feeder, said first feeder adapted to extract one signature from said respective stack of signatures;
- a printer supported by said frame, said printer adapted to print on the extracted signature;
- a second feeder to feed the extracted signature to the binding line;
- and
- a conveyor assembly supported by said frame and adapted to transport the extracted signature from said hopper feeder, to said printer, then to said second feeder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.