EP0603126B1 - Procédé et dispositif pour réaliser des blocs de livres brochés à partir de cahiers et bloc de livres brochés - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour réaliser des blocs de livres brochés à partir de cahiers et bloc de livres brochés Download PDF

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EP0603126B1
EP0603126B1 EP93810848A EP93810848A EP0603126B1 EP 0603126 B1 EP0603126 B1 EP 0603126B1 EP 93810848 A EP93810848 A EP 93810848A EP 93810848 A EP93810848 A EP 93810848A EP 0603126 B1 EP0603126 B1 EP 0603126B1
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Heinz Bötschi
Hans Hollenstein
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42B—PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
    • B42B2/00—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by stitching with filamentary material, e.g. textile threads
    • B42B2/02—Machines for stitching with thread
    • B42B2/04—Machines for stitching with thread with straight needles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42B—PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
    • B42B2/00—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by stitching with filamentary material, e.g. textile threads
    • B42B2/02—Machines for stitching with thread
    • B42B2/08—Machines for stitching with thread with devices for forming safety knots or with tying mechanisms

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  • the invention relates to a process for the production of book blocks from a stack of printed sheets strung together on the flat side, which are stitched by a binding thread and the folds of which form the book block spine, the at least two spaced, through which the folds of the printed sheets penetrate from the outside and along the fold inner edge to the exit point extending double-stranded binding thread formed transverse seams, one of which is formed by chaining successively pulled out of the folds of the printed sheets, loop-like sections of the binding thread and interrupted after a stack section determining the book block.
  • EP-A-0 295 220 discloses a method of the type described at the outset and a device for carrying it out, according to which the separation of book blocks from a stack is known the binding thread is cut in two on the so-called flat seam under the action of a tension force generated by the moving stack of printing sheets and is pulled out of the fold at the adjacent loop seam or linked seam and then cut open by a knife.
  • breathing or relaxation occurs between the printed sheets on the stack, which has a negative effect on the stability of the book blocks and the compactness to be produced by the stapling.
  • Changing the binding thread from the hook needles to the knife creates an additional element of uncertainty regarding the transfer.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to create a method of the type mentioned at the outset with which the production of book blocks stapled with a binding thread can be carried out more reliably and the device used can be designed in a simple manner.
  • this object is achieved in that the binding thread is formed on the last printed sheet of a book block to form a loop-like section connected to the linked transverse seam and on the back of a book block formed by the folds of the printed sheets or on the linked one Cross seam is attached or anchored indissolubly.
  • This will make it possible for the book blocks to be processed without being damaged after stapling. In this way, for example, an additional empty stitch or an adhesive connection to the last printed sheet of a book block can be avoided.
  • the last loop-like section of the binding thread can advantageously be shrunk by means of heat supply for positive anchoring or shrink-wise connected to the existing transverse seam, so that breathing of the book block or partial loosening of the stitching is prevented.
  • An alternative type of attachment or anchoring is that the last loop-like section of the binding thread is attached to the back of the book block with the addition of a flowable and hardening material or by welding.
  • the binding thread is anchored in a form-fitting manner on the back of the book block by deformation of the last loop-like section.
  • drive devices for the supplied printed sheets and the advance of the stack formed therefrom, and for at least two needles (pairs of needles) which bind the binding thread, of which the needle, which is assigned to the interlinked transverse seam and is designed as a hook needle, in the through the fold in the position of the binding thread immersed in the printed sheet by an oscillating within the printed sheet
  • the thread carrier is passed from the other needle passing through the fold to the binding thread and for a separating device for cutting the binding thread in two, in that the hook needle is assigned a control device preventing the rotary movement to form a loop-like section of the binding thread that is exposed at the end of the book block.
  • the illustrated stack 1 has been subjected to a stapling process in the direction of arrow A and the printing sheets 2 required for this have been / are fed from below to the rear of the moving stack 1.
  • a stapled book block consisting of three printed sheets 2 and a book block which is located immediately before the stapling process has ended.
  • a first printed sheet 2 intended for the subsequent book block 4 was again applied to the stapled book block 3.
  • This printed sheet was initially prepared from below by means of the pre-engineering needles penetrating the fold from the inside to the outside for the passage of the binding thread 5, which is drawn into the needle 6 arranged above it.
  • the needle 6, which feeds the binding thread 5, and the hook needle 7, each together become one Form a pair of needles for producing two transverse seams 8 and 9, pushed through the pre-punched openings of the fold 10 of the printing sheet 2 being processed.
  • a loop is formed on the double-stranded binding thread 5 dipped below the fold inner edge, for example by a short return stroke of the needle 6, so that a so-called thread gripper (not shown) grips the binding thread 5 on the loop formed and on the opposite side assigned to the transverse seam 9 can transport.
  • the binding thread 5 is expected from the immersed hook needle 7 and taken over by a tilting movement of the thread gripper on the hook 11.
  • the needles 6 and 7 then move back into the starting position above the sheet 2 that has just been processed and the thread gripper is moved into the starting position. This forms a loop on the hook needle 7 above the printed sheet 2.
  • the hook needle 7 is then rotated by 180 °, so that the hook 11 is directed against the direction of travel of the stack 1.
  • This rotation of the hook needle 7 serves to chain the loop-like section 12, in that it is not intended to move away from the hook needle 7, but rather continues to surround the latter when lowering for the next printed sheet 2, the tensioning force acting on the binding thread 5 corresponding to the loop-like section 12 Distance to the next sheet 2 reduced.
  • the hook needle 7 rotates again into the position in which the hook 11 is aligned in the direction of travel A of the stack 1. For the present case, where four sheets 2 a book block 3, respectively.
  • this process will be after the first Repeated printed sheets twice and changed for the fourth or last printed sheet 2 for a book block in such a way that the hook needle 7 does not twist after the formation of the loop-like section 12, so that the latter turns out when the hook needle 7 is lowered for the first printed sheet of the next book block Hook 11 or from the hook needle 7 will settle.
  • the thread tension is now released for the time being and in the present case the cutting device 13 is inserted or laterally displaced, such that the binding thread 5 wraps around a cutting blade 14 on the cutting device 13 when the needle 6 is lifted.
  • the use of a scissor-like cutting device 13 is recommended, by means of which retensioning of the tensioned binding thread 5 on the loop-like section can be avoided.
  • the binding thread 5 lying above the lower scissor blade is cut in the course of the further stapling, namely when it is positioned between two scissor blades by the printing sheets 2 or book blocks 3, 4 which are continuously shifting in the direction of arrow A. Up to this moment the binding thread moves above the scissor blade with the printed sheet 2 assigned to it.
  • the area of the binding thread 5 to be cut could be clamped on the closest stitch plate 16, 17, 18 to avoid tension. The latter serves as a hold-down device for the printed sheets 2 and to protect the binding thread 5 from being torn out of the printed sheets 2 during stitching.

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  1. Procédé pour fabriquer des corps d'ouvrage (4) à partir d'une pile (1) de feuilles imprimées (2) qui sont juxtaposées sur leur côté plat, qui sont cousues par un fil de reliure (5) et dont les plis (10) forment le dos du corps d'ouvrage, celui-ci présentant au moins deux fils transversaux (8, 9) à distance l'un de l'autre formés par le fil de reliure (5) qui traverse les plis (10) des feuilles imprimées (2) depuis l'extérieur et qui est guidé en étant doublé et en s'étendant le long du bord intérieur du pli à l'endroit de la sortie, fils transversaux parmi lesquels l'un (9) est constitué par un maillage successif de parties en forme de boucles (12) du fil de reliure (5) qui sont retirées des plis (10) des feuilles imprimées (2), en étant interrompu après une partie de la pile déterminant le corps d'ouvrage (4), caractérisé par le fait que le fil de reliure (5) est réalisé sur la dernière feuille imprimée (2) d'un corps d'ouvrage (4) sous la forme d'une partie (12) en forme de boucle de liaison avec le fil transversal maillé (9), et qu'il est fixé ou ancré, respectivement, d'une manière inamovible au dos d'un corps d'ouvrage (4) formé par les plis (10) des feuilles imprimées (2) ou au fil transversal maillé (9).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la dernière partie en forme de boucle (12) du fil de reliure (5) est rétrécie par un apport de chaleur, ou qu'elle est reliée au fil transversal existant (9) en se rétrécissant.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la dernière partie en forme de boucle (12) du fil de reliure (5) est fixée au dos du corps d'ouvrage (4) par amenée d'une matière susceptible de s'écouler et de durcir, ou encore par soudage.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le fil de reliure (5) est ancré par conjugaison des formes sur le dos du corps d'ouvrage (4) par déformation de la dernière partie en forme de boucle (12).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le fil de reliure (5) est coupé en deux à l'extrémité du corps d'ouvrage (4) sur le fil transversal (8) qui est situé en face de lui.
  6. Dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant des dispositifs d'entraînement pour les feuilles imprimées (2) qui sont amenées et pour l'avance de la pile (1) formée par les feuilles imprimées (2), ainsi que pour au moins deux aiguilles (6, 7) qui traitent le fil de reliure (5) par couture, et parmi lesquelles l'aiguille (7) associée au fil transversal maillé (9) et réalisée sous la forme d'une aiguille à bec (11) se voit transmettre le fil de reliure (5) par l'autre aiguille (6) qui traverse le pli (10) et qui guide le fil de reliure (5), et au moyen d'un porte-fil oscillant à l'intérieur des feuilles imprimées (2), dans la position d'enfoncement dans les feuilles imprimées (2) à travers le pli (10), et comprenant aussi un dispositif de sectionnement (13, 14) pour couper en deux le fil de reliure (5), caractérisé par le fait qu'en vue de la formation d'une partie en forme de boucle (12) du fil de reliure (5) libérée sur la feuille imprimée (2) qui constitue l'extrémité du corps d'ouvrage, il est prévu un dispositif de commande empêchant les déplacements en rotation de l'aiguille à bec (7) et des moyens pour fixer d'une manière inamovible ou pour ancrer, respectivement, la partie en forme de bouche sur le dos du corps d'ouvrage ou sur le fil transversal maillé.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif de coupe (13) disposé au-dessus du fil transversal plat (8) est réalisé sous la forme de oiseaux (13) qui sont entraînés en pouvant être déplacés transversalement par rapport à la direction de déplacement vers l'avant de la pile (1).
  8. Corps d'ouvrage (3, 4) constitué par une pile (1) de feuilles imprimées (2) qui sont juxtaposées sur leur côté plat, qui sont cousues par un fil de reliure (5) et dont les plis (10) forment le dos du corps d'ouvrage, celui-ci présentant au moins deux fils transversaux (8, 9) à distance l'un de l'autre formés par le fil de reliure (5) qui traverse les plis (10) des feuilles imprimées (2) depuis l'extérieur et qui est guidé en étant doublé et en s'étendant le long du bord intérieur du pli à l'endroit de la sortie, fils transversaux parmi lesquels l'un (9) est constitué par un maillage successif de parties en forme de bouches (12) du fil de reliure (5) qui sont retirées à chaque fois d'un pli (10) d'une feuille imprimée (2), caractérisé par le fait que la dernière partie en forme de bouche (12) du fil de reliure (5) est fixée ou, respectivement, ancrée directement ou indirectement et d'une manière inamovible sur le dos du corps d'ouvrage, et ce, sur la dernière feuille imprimée d'un corps d'ouvrage (4) qui forme l'extrémité d'un corps d'ouvrage.
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