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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Douglas Joseph Dawley, Dover, NH (US);
Kent Dirksen Kasper, Dover, NH (US);
Daniel Matthew Perdue, Rochester, NH (US);
Kyle Albert Sandahl, Dover, NH (US);
Douglas Joseph Dawley, Dover, NH (US);
Kent Dirksen Kasper, Dover, NH (US);
Daniel Matthew Perdue, Rochester, NH (US);
Kyle Albert Sandahl, Dover, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A web conversion and collating apparatus is provided. The web conversion and collating apparatus includes a cutting apparatus cutting a printed web into a first signature and a second signature, a transport conveyor for transporting the first signature and the second signature away from the cutting apparatus and a first diverter for diverting the first signature from the transport conveyor. The second signature passes by the first diverter on the transport conveyor. A first assembly receives the first signature from the first diverter and a second assembly downstream of the first assembly receives the second signature. A stack receiving conveyor downstream of the first assembly and the second assembly is also included. The stack receiving conveyor receives the first signature and the second signature and the first signature is stacked on the second signature on the stack receiving conveyor. A printing press and a method of producing and collating signatures are also provided.