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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1978
Willi A Kutzner, Wurzburg, DE;
Georg Schneider, Wurzburg, DE;
Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, Wurzburg, DE;
Abstract
A wire stapling apparatus for use in forming and inserting wire staples in folded copies is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotating staple closing cylinder and a rotating wire stapling cylinder which cooperates with a wire staple forming piece to form a staple from a section of staple wire. The wire stapling cylinder carries a rotatable staple driving punch which rotates 90.degree. between a staple receiving position and a staple driving position. The staple driving punch also reciprocates in the stapling cylinder to insert the staple into the folded product to be stapled. The staple closing cylinder carries suitable fixed and rotating staple shank bending devices.