Method and device for inserting supplements into multipage printed products
AssigneeMueller Martini Holdings AG
InventorsGuenther Silberbauer, Konrad Boos
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Abstract
A method for inserting a supplement into a multipage printed product having a back and composed of signatures and/or individual sheets, and being transported with the back oriented parallel to a conveying direction. The multipage printed product is supplied with a signature or an individual sheet projecting from the multipage printed product to define a predetermined separating location between the projecting signature or individual sheet and an adjacent signature or sheet. The multipage printed product is opened at the predetermined separating location and then the opening is expanded. The supplement is thereafter inserted into the expanded separating location.
Claims27
A method for inserting a supplement into a multipage printed product, having a back and composed of signatures and/or individual sheets, and being transported with the back oriented parallel to a conveying direction, comprising:
- supplying the multipage printed product with a signature or an individual sheet projecting from the multipage printed product to define a predetermined separating location between the projecting signature or individual sheet and an adjacent signature or sheet;
- opening the multipage printed product at the predetermined separating location by inserting a displaceable opening element from one side against the projecting portion;
- expanding the opening at the separating location in the multipage printed product;
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- inserting the supplement into the expanded separating location.
The method according to 17, further comprising compressing the multipage printed product during the transporting on a side in a region of the back of the multipage printed product.
An insertion device to insert a supplement into a multipage printed product composed of signatures and/or individual sheets with a back oriented parallel to a conveying direction of the insertion device, comprising:
- a conveying mechanism to convey the multipage printed product in the conveying direction;
- an opening device to open the multipage printed product at a predetermined separating location where a signature or an individual sheet has a projection portion that projects from the multipage printed product, wherein the opening device comprises an opening element that is displaceable against one side of the projecting portion to open the multipage printed product at the predetermined separating location;
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- a feeding arrangement to insert the supplement at the separating location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.