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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
William B McCain, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Elmer Bewersdorf, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
McCain Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 53 ; 270 60 ;
Abstract
An insert is incorporated in a book of gathered signatures by a segment wheel which makes one-half turn per machine cycle; to calibrate the speed of the wheel to the lineal speed of the signature a coupling incorporating principles of a Whitworth drive is interposed between the main drive shaft of the machine and the drive for the wheel.