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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1974
George Merker, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Joseph Krupp, Bangor, PA (US);
Menashe Navi, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Thomas A Ward, Whitehall, PA (US);
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for high speed in-line paper inserting, primarily for insertion of supplements and the like into newspapers, wherein newspaper jackets and inserts are advanced and manipulated in a straight line motion. The system includes means for rectilinearly conveying a folded newspaper jacket and placement thereof in a pocket, where the jacket is opened by an edge gripping mechanism, and an insert is impelled into the so opened jacket at a higher speed than that of the advancing jacket, the jacket then being released by the gripping mechanism to close with the insert therein, and the assembled newspaper, including insert, is then removed from the jacket for further conveying and processing. The insert pick-up station being of an improved advanced design to so improve pick-up and advancement of the insert.