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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Lauren Cote, Durham, NH (US);
Michael Lee Hearn, Dover, NH (US);
John Lee Ketchum, Old Orchard, ME (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/900 ;
Abstract
A web press has cutting cylinders for cutting a web into signatures and a transfer cylinder for receiving the signatures. A pre-cylinder signature collector includes a diverter station for diverting the signatures received from the cutting cylinders. At least two tape paths having different lengths receive the signatures from the diverter station. At least one collection point collects the signatures from all of the tape paths on top of one another for passage to the transfer cylinder.