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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Kai Winkelmann, Wagenfeld, DE;
Jürgen Garlichs, Rahden, DE;
Andreas Walther, Bünde, DE;
Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG, Rahden, DE;
Abstract
In a machine () for manufacturing perfect-bound brochures () that includes a book block conveying device () with an endless conveying means (), a plurality of clamps () that are arranged on the conveying means at a fixed pitch spacing (T) and serve for clamping book blocks (), and of at least one processing station () that can be adjusted in a motor-driven fashion, the cycle time (t) referred to the conveyance of the clamps () by the pitch spacing (T) defined in the at least one processing station is divided into an adjusting segment (t, t) for resetting and/or adjusting the at least one processing station () in accordance with changing printed product characteristics and a processing segment (t, t) for processing the book blocks () and/or covers (). The resetting of the at least one processing station to another printed product can take place within one work cycle (t) of the respective processing station while the conveyance of the book blocks () continues.