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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Daniel J. Williams, Woodbury, CT (US);
Russell W. Holbrook, Southbury, CT (US);
Edward M. Ifkovits, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Robert F. Marcinik, Wallkill, NY (US);
Daniel J. Williams, Woodbury, CT (US);
Russell W. Holbrook, Southbury, CT (US);
Edward M. Ifkovits, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Robert F. Marcinik, Wallkill, NY (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A stitcher for binding variable thickness collations including a means for determining the thickness of a multi-sheet collation, a stitch head operative to drive a stitch through the multi-sheet collation, an anvil operative to clinch the stitch to bind the sheets of the collation and a plurality of actuators operative to displace forming elements of the stitch head to form the stitch, position the stitch head and anvil against opposite surfaces of the multi-sheet collation, drive the stitch through the collation and clinch the ends of the stitch. A processor, responsive to the thickness value signal, controls the actuators to form the stitch and bind the collation.