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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1996
Jacques Meier, Hinterer Engelstein, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for trimming printed products which includes a drum with a plurality of radially displaced receiving compartments. The printed products which are to be trimmed rest, along their folded edges, against stops which form the base of the radial receiving compartments. The products are gripped by a displacement device and displaced radially outwards into a cutting position. In the cutting position, the printed products are clamped in the region of their side border located opposite the fold edge. When the clamped printed products run past a stationary cutter element, the printed products are trimmed on the side border. After completion of the cutting operation, the clamping of the printed products is released and the displacement device is moved by a further distance radially outwards. Consequently, the trimmed printed products are advanced into a removal position, in which they are gripped by grippers of a removal conveyor. The controlled advancement of the printed products both into the cutting position and into the removal position ensures that the printed products can be trimmed and received by the grippers of the removal conveyor in precisely defined positions along the printed products.