Process for manufacturing brochures and device for performing the process
AssigneeKolbus GmbH & Co. KG
InventorThomas Zahn
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing brochures, books or like products, having a jacket constructed with turned-in flaps, the folded edges of the flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or terminating flush with the latter in which (a) leaves or folded sheets are gathered in a gathering machine (3) to form a block (1), (b) the block (1) is fed to a first cutting station (A) and trimmed on the front side (1a) and (c) then is transferred into an adhesive binding machine (4) in which the leaves or folded sheets are joined by the application of an adhesive, (d) the block (1) is cased into a jacket and (e) the block (1), provided with a jacket, is fed to a second cutting station (B) where the product (2) is trimmed at the top and bottom sides (2a, 2b).
Claims12
A process for manufacturing brochures having a jacket constructed with turned in flaps, the folded edges of said flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or termining flush with the block, comprising:
- gathering a plurality of leaves or folded sheets in a gathering machine to form a block, said block having a front side and top and bottom sides;
- feeding said block to a first cutting station;
- trimming said block on the front side;
- transferring said block from the first cutting station into an adhesieve binding machine in which the block is cased into a jacket to form a brochure having respective top and bottom sides;
- feeding the brochure to a second cutting station;
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- trimming the brochure at the top and bottom sides.
A process for manufacturing brochures having a jacket constructed with turned-in flaps, the folded edges of the flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or terminating flush with the block, comprising:
- gathering a plurality of leaves or folded sheets in a gathering machine to form a block, said block having front and back sides, and top and bottom sides;
- feeding said block to a first cutting station;
- at the first cutting station, trimming said block on the front side;
- transferring said block having a trimmed front side into an adhesive binding machine in which the leaves or folded sheets are joined, by the application of an adhesive, at the back side;
- casing the block into a jacket to form a brochure;
- feeding the brochure to a second cutting station;
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- at the second cutting station trimming the brochure along the top and bottom sides of the block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.