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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1995
Alfred Glanzmann, Reiden, CH;
Heinz Boss, Strengelbach, CH;
GRAPHA-Holding AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Abstract
A device for feeding a gathering section of a gather-stitcher includes a rotatingly driven conveyor drum which pulls printed sheets off a stack of a printed sheet magazine with the fold in front. The printed sheets are conveyed around the circumference of the conveyor drum in an approximately circular path to an arresting device and then into a trajectory extending in an opposite direction from the arresting device which trajectory terminates in a functional area of a rotating gripper device of an opening device which opens the printed sheets. A sweeping device comprising a deflection element is arranged for moving into the trajectory of the printed sheets. A guide element is located opposite the sweeping device during its movement, the sweeping device sweeping the respective printed sheets on the oppositely located guide element and into a gripping position associated with the gripper device.