Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg

Torsten Meineke

Carsten Brommer

Manfred Albrecht

Bjorn Hoffmann

Axel Jäger

The invention pertains to a device for forming the spine region and/or the adjacent joint areas of a book case prior to casing-in the book block by means of a forming component that lifts the spine region out of the extended starting position relative to rails that hold down the case boards or the joint areas, wherein the forming geometry of the forming component can be varied by means of motor-driven adjustments, and wherein a separate adjusting drive is assigned to each of the elements that can be adjusted relative to the base element and form the book case.

Device for forming book cases

A device () for moving a book () with a clamping device () moved by a first drive () and having two clamping jaws () that can be displaced in a parallel to open and close the clamping device, with a gear mechanism () on the moving clamping device () that converts a rotative movement into a linear adjusting movement for the clamping jaw () which can be displaced in parallel, with a controllable second drive () that is arranged stationarily, and with a permanent driving connection () between the second drive () and the gear mechanism (). The second drive () is not arranged on the moving system, such that the clamping device () can be realized in a lightweight construction. Pneumatic and electric connecting lines and signalling lines () for the second drive () can be permanently installed.

Device for moving a printed product

A device for backing rounded book blocks () clamped near the spine, by a pressing beam () and a slide () that accommodates the pressing beam () and can be alternately displaced along arc-shaped races () in a swinging fashion by driving means () in a height-adjustable supporting bearing () that is laterally supported against the effect of a spring element (). Members are provided for controlling () the lateral position of the supporting bearing () and for lowering and raising () the pressing beam into the starting position for its return stroke. An eccentric starting position is realized during the lowering of the pressing beam () on the spine (), in the form of a swinging position of the slide () that is offset toward the opposite side of the spine center () referred to the respective side to be backed thereafter.

Device for backing book blocks

A binding-in and pressing machine () with a plurality of pressing stations () and heated joint forming rails situated on a reciprocating carriage (). An alignment station () is provided for aligning the book case joints () at the height of the joint forming rails (), including a height-adjustable alignment table () with rails () for supporting the book () on the outer edges of its spine and guide elements () for centering the book on the alignment table. A separate pre-forming station () is also provided that comprises the forming rail (), clamping plates (), and joint rails () that engage into the book case joints () and counteract a downward movement of at least the book case joints (). The books () aligned in the alignment station () are transferred into the pre-forming station () while being clamped in lateral regions near the joints. The effective times available for realizing a functionally safe alignment and a permanent pre-forming of the books are extended due to the assignment of the alignment and pre-forming functions to two separate stations.

Binding-in and pressing machine

A device for transporting printed products, particularly folded and/or unfolded sheets, comprising a conveying unit with several driven endless conveying belts that are arranged parallel to one another and a roller conveyor with several rollers that are respectively arranged between the endless conveying belts. The roller conveyor can be raised and lowered relative to the conveying unit and the vertical lifting movement of the roller conveyor is superimposed with a comparatively much larger movement parallel to the axial direction of the rollers. Such a lifting movement provides the advantage that the printed products are deposited onto the continuous endless conveying belts such that they are pre-accelerated in the transport direction or lifted off the conveying belts with the transport component in order to subsequently be gently decelerated up to the end of the lifting movement.

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Bassum, Germany

Torsten Meineke