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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Klaus Hampel, Bielefeld, DE;
Kolbus GbmH & Co. KG, Rahden, DE;
Abstract
A device for a bookbinding machine for applying and pressing a cover ( ) on to an inner book ( ) which is continuously transported in feed direction (F) comprises a vertically-movable back pressing plate ( ) mounted on a support plate ( ) for pressing the cover ( ) on to the back, and comprises horizontally displaceable side pressing bars ( ) mounted in bearings on the support plate ( ) and controlled by an actuating arrangement for pressing against side faces adjacent to the back, the back pressing plate ( ) and the side pressing bars ( ) being able, in a cyclical reciprocating movement (H), to be advanced synchronously with the transported inner book while pressing against same and being guided at a distance from the back in the reverse movement. To limit the opening of the side pressing bars during the full reciprocating movement, it is provided in a simple construction that the actuating arrangement includes connecting rods ( ) which are pivoted at pivot points ( ) outside the reciprocating support plate ( ) and are pivotally connected by their other ends to the side pressing bars ( ) directly or via an intermediate transmission ( ) which moves with the support plate ( ), and that the outwardly-located pivot points ( ) are displaceable in a guided manner along the feed direction (F) of the inner book transporting system. In addition, the device makes it possible to set a particular opening width of the side pressing bars during the upward movement of the back pressing plate.