Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg

Kolbus Gmbh Kg

Helmut Kolkhorst

Siemen Garlichs

Gerhard Franke

A device is used for casing inner books in book covers. The device reciprocates in a vertical direction synchronously with an inner book conveyor. A feed roll system is provided for enclosing the inner book in the book cover. A clamping mechanism is provided for receiving and positioning the cover spine. A pair of alignment elements form part of the clamping mechanism and are operatively connected to an actuating device so as to move from first lateral positions relative to the plane of travel of the inner book towards the book cover, thereby centering the spine of the book cover relative to the plane of travel of the inner book and aligning it in a direction normal to the plane of travel of the inner book. Hold-down elements are provided for holding the book cover against a support surface during centering and alignment.

Device for casing inner books in book covers

The invention relates to a book case magazine for book casing machines, this magazine comprising a device for picking off that book case which, at a given point in time, is lying flat at the bottom of a stack, and for conveying it away. The transport elements for conveying the book case are configured as wide feeders 5, 6, extending from the vicinity of a central support surface 59 for the stack and running laterally at least as far as the mid-regions of the covers of a book case that is representative of the largest format to be accomodated by the magazine. The feeders 5, 6 are mounted on a crossbeam 4 which can be moved forwards and backwards, enabling them to be set conjointly to the book case height, and wherein these feeders 5, 6 are preferably interconnected to form a single component, and can be set conjointly to the book case thickness by means of an adjusting mechanism 9.

Book case magazine for book casing machines

Apparatus for setting the pasting rollers in book casing machines. This setting apparatus features a position indicator 2 that is installed outside the fold-pasting unit 3, to which position indicator 2 a fold angle 1a of a book block 1 can be aligned. When this angle 1a is set to the same height as the indicator, the position of the book block represents the datum zero position of the conveyor. The leading edge 6b of the recess 6a in the pasting roller 6 can then be set, in that the pasting roller drive has a position mark 10 which corresponds to the leading edge 6b of the roller recess 6a, enabling this drive to be brought into register with a mark 7 corresponding to the datum zero position of the conveyor.

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Helmut Kolkhorst