B - Operations – Transporting – 42 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
42
C
271/7
B42C 1/10 (2006.01) B65H 39/045 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1209605
Abstract An apparatus for assembling sheet material assemblages, particularly newspapers, which have a jacket and a plurality of inserts within the jacket are disclosed. The apparatus includes a circular array of stations and a rotor carrying a plurality of pockets which move below the stations. A two-speed transmission is provided so that the rotor can be driven at either of two speeds. At each station there is a hopper for feeding a jacket or insert into the pockets as they move below. The jacket feeding stations are grouped into a group of two or more adjacent stations. The insert feeding stations are likewise grouped into groups of adjacent stations having two or more in each group. All groups having the same number of stations and the stations in each group all feed an identical jacket or insert. In addition there is a single opener station for opening jackets before inserts are fed into the jackets and a single delivery station for each group of jacket feeding stations. In one embodiment each group includes two stations. There is a single opener station and a single delivery station. The rotor is provided with a plurality of groups of pockets. In operation, each jacket feeding station feeds into a corresponding one of each group of pockets. Thereafter, each jacket is opened at the single opening station and each insert feeding hopper feeds an insert into a corresponding one of each group of pockets. In the embodiment where each group of stations consists of two adjacent stations, the jacket feeding stations feed into alternate pockets and likewise each insert feeding station feeds into alternate pockets. It is also possible to operate the machine so that each station feeds a different insert. In this case, the rotor moves the pockets more slowly past the insert feeding stations and each insert feeding station feeds a different insert into each pocket as it moves by. Also, embodiments are disclosed having two or more groups of jacket feeding stations, two or more openers and two or more delivery stations.
427692
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Harris Graphics Corporation
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