Method and device for attaching a supplementary product that is at least approximately flat to a side of a printed product
AssigneeMuller Martini Holding AG
InventorRoland Kost
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Abstract
For attaching at least one flat supplementary product to a printed product, one leaf of the printed product is brought from a folded configuration into an essentially horizontal orientation. A supplementary product is attached, especially by an adhesive, to this horizontal leaf, preferably from above. Supplementary products can be attached to the front side and to the rear side of the printed product. The supplementary product is, for example, a commercial sample or a card.
Claims12
A method for attaching a supplementary product to at least one side of at least one leaf of a printed product that is being conveyed astride a revolving conveyor chain with leaves hanging down on both sides in a first position, comprising raising the leaf from the first position into a substantially horizontal second position, supporting the leaf in the horizontal position on a support surface, resting an output end of a feed device on the support surface, and feeding the supplementary product with exertion of a contact pressure to the side of the raised leaf in substantially the same direction of conveyance as the raised leaf and at substantially the same speed as the raised leaf in the direction of conveyance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.