Pre-cylinder signature collector
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsKevin Lauren Cote, Michael Lee Hearn, John Lee Ketchum
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Abstract
A web press has cutting cylinders for cutting a web into signatures and a transfer cylinder for receiving the signatures. A pre-cylinder signature collector includes a diverter station for diverting the signatures received from the cutting cylinders. At least two tape paths having different lengths receive the signatures from the diverter station. At least one collection point collects the signatures from all of the tape paths on top of one another for passage to the transfer cylinder.
Claims7
In a web press having cutting cylinders for cutting a web into signatures and a transfer cylinder for receiving the signatures, a pre-cylinder signature collector, comprising:
- a diverter station for diverting the signatures received from the cutting cylinders;
- at least two tape paths having different lengths for receiving the signatures from said diverter station;
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- at least one collection point downstream from said diverter station for collecting the signatures from all of said tape paths on top of one another for collectively transporting to the transfer cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.