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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Brian Joseph Gentle, Rochester, NH (US);
Barry Mark Jackson, York, ME (US);
Inventors:
Brian Joseph Gentle, Rochester, NH (US);
Barry Mark Jackson, York, ME (US);
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A variable format signature collection apparatus is provided. The variable format signature collection apparatus includes a sprocket and a timing belt traveling about the sprocket. The timing belt includes a plurality of gripper mounts. The gripper mounts include a first set of gripper mounts arranged on the timing belt to support grippers for receiving first signatures of a first cutoff length and a second set of gripper mounts positioned to support grippers for receiving second signatures of a second cutoff length.