EP0675005A1 - Device for adhesive binding of printed products - Google Patents

Abstract

The binder has several positioners (16) along its closed circuit (18'). The positioners work with controllable clamps (20) with holders (18) which are continuously driven. A printing product (22) is inserted into each passing holder at the feeder point (24). The processing units (30,40,42,44,46,50,56) operate upon each printing product conveyed past them. Some processing units (30,40,42,50) have tools (34,38,52,82,84) travelling together with the printing products over at least part of their peripheral direction (Y), while at the same time processing them. An aligning unit (30) has aligning elements (34), and a control holding clamping elements (20). An adhesive-application unit (44), an adhesive back (48) applicator unit (46) and a pressure-application unit (50) with pressure elements (52) travel with the holders. <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention relates to a device for perfect binding of printed products, which has the features in the preamble of claim 1.

A device of this kind is disclosed in GB-A-2 114 510. It has an odd number of receiving parts which are arranged around a common horizontal axis of rotation and which are open to the outside in the radial direction. This wheel-like conveying device is rotated step by step in each case by two receiving parts, so that a paper stack can be inserted into every second receiving part at a feed point. This comes to rest on a support element and is aligned in a straightening station downstream of the feed point and, after alignment, is clamped between the support element and a controllable clamping member. Opposite the feed point located approximately at the height of the axis of rotation and offset with respect to this by an odd number of receiving parts, there is a delivery point at which the stack of paper which is bonded to a block is output after every second passing of a receiving part. Viewed in the direction of rotation, an adhesive application, a gauze application and a gauze bending and pressing station are arranged one after the other at a distance from an even number of receiving parts between the dispensing point and the feeding point, so that there is one on the paper stack clamped in every second receiving part and transported past the dispensing point Perfect binding created becomes. The paper stacks thus remain in the receiving parts for approximately one and a half revolutions of the conveying device, and the processing on their radially outer edge, which runs parallel to the axis of rotation, takes place exclusively at a standstill. This leads to a restless run of the facility and thus limits the processing capacity.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a generic device that enables increased processing capacity while running smoothly.

This object is achieved by a device according to the preamble of claim 1, which has the features in its characterizing part.

According to the invention, a printed product is introduced into each receiving part that passes by at the feed point and is processed during transport past the processing stations. This leads to an optimal use of the facility. A smooth run is achieved by the continuous drive of the receiving parts. Where necessary, tools from processing stations run with the printed products, which also allows work steps that take longer to be carried out, despite the continuous running of the receiving parts.

Particularly preferred embodiments of the device according to the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

Fig. 1

in Ansicht und stark vereinfacht eine erste Ausbildungsform einer Einrichtung zum Klebebinden von Druckereiprodukten mit an einem umlaufend angetriebenen Zugorgan hintereinander angeordneten Aufnahmeteilen und mit entlang deren Umlaufbahn hintereinander angeordneten Bearbeitungsstationen;

Fig. 2

in geraffter Darstellung die Bearbeitungsschritte in den verschiedenen Bearbeitungsstationen;

Fig. 3

das Fräsen von Druckereiprodukten, die in Richtung gegen oben offenen Aufnahmeteilen angeordnet sind;

Fig. 4

in gleicher Darstellung wie Fig. 3 das Fräsen von Druckereiprodukten, die in nach unten offenen Aufnahmeteilen angeordnet sind;

Fig. 5

das Fräsen eines zick-zackförmig gefalteten Druckereiprodukts, das in einem nach oben offenen Aufnahmeteil angeordnet ist;

Fig. 6

in Ansicht eine zweite Ausbildungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung zum Klebebinden mit um eine gemeinsame Drehachse trommelartig angeordneten und kontinuierlich drehend angetriebenen Aufnahmeteilen, in welchen die Druckereiprodukte in axialer Richtung verschoben werden und Bearbeitungen während dieser axialen Verschiebung erfolgen;

Fig. 7

einen Vertikalschnitt entlang der Linie VII-VII der Fig. 6 durch die eine Hälfte der dort gezeigten Einrichtung;

Fig. 8

in Seitenansicht und teilweise geschnitten eine weitere Ausbildungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung mit um eine gemeinsame Drehachse herum angeordneten Aufnahmeteilen und bezüglich diesen radial innenliegenden und radial aussenliegenden Bearbeitungsstationen;

Fig. 9

in Ansicht und teilweise geschnitten die in der Fig. 8 gezeigte Einrichtung;

Fig. 10

in Seitenansicht und teilweise geschnitten eine weitere Ausbildungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung mit ebenfalls um eine gemeinsame Drehachse herum angeordneten, stirnseitig offenen Aufnahmeteilen und stirnseitig angeordneten Bearbeitungsstationen; und

Fig. 11

in Ansicht die in der Fig. 10 gezeigte Einrichtung.

The present invention is now based on the drawing illustrated embodiments explained in more detail. It shows purely schematically:

Fig. 1

in view and greatly simplified, a first embodiment of a device for the adhesive binding of printed products with receiving parts arranged one behind the other on a rotatingly driven traction element and with processing stations arranged one behind the other along their orbit;

Fig. 2

the processing steps in the various processing stations in a concise representation;

Fig. 3

the milling of printed products which are arranged in the direction towards the upwardly open receiving parts;

Fig. 4

in the same representation as Figure 3, the milling of printed products, which are arranged in downwardly open receiving parts.

Fig. 5

milling a zigzag folded printed product which is arranged in an upwardly open receiving part;

Fig. 6

in view a second embodiment of the inventive device for perfect binding with drum-like and continuously rotating receiving parts arranged around a common axis of rotation, in which the printed products are displaced in the axial direction and processing takes place during this axial displacement;

Fig. 7

a vertical section along the line VII-VII of Figure 6 by one half of the device shown there.

Fig. 8

in side view and partially sectioned a further embodiment of the device according to the invention with receiving parts arranged around a common axis of rotation and with respect to these radially inner and radially outer machining stations;

Fig. 9

in view and partially sectioned the device shown in Figure 8;

Fig. 10

in side view and partly in section, a further embodiment of the device according to the invention with receiving parts which are also arranged around a common axis of rotation and which are open at the end and processing stations which are arranged at the end; and

Fig. 11

in view the device shown in Fig. 10.

The device shown in FIG. 1 has an endless traction element 10 which is driven continuously in the direction of rotation U, for example a chain, which is guided around deflection wheels 14 which are spaced apart from one another in the horizontal direction and rotate about parallel horizontal axes 12. On the tension member 10 are arranged at a distance A flat support elements 16 which are perpendicular to Circumferential direction U extend. Each support element 16 forms the trailing wall, seen in the direction of rotation U, of a receiving part 18, which is open to the outside with respect to its orbit 18 'and the horizontal axes 12 in the radial direction. Each receiving part 18 is assigned a controllable clamping member 20 which, together with the support element 16, forms a clamping device for clamping the multi-part printed products 22 to be processed.

In the case of a feed point 24 indicated by an arrow, a printed product 22 with an edge 26 to be machined, as seen in the feed direction Z, is introduced into each receiving part 18 passing by this between its support element 16 and its clamping member 20 'in the open position 20', the printed product 22 comes to rest flat on the support element 16 and with its edge 26 ′ opposite the edge 26 to be machined on the bottom 28 of the receiving part 18. For this purpose, the feed point 24 is preferably arranged in the region of the deflection around the deflection wheel 14 shown on the left in FIG. 1, where the support elements 16 assume a position inclined with respect to the horizontal.

As seen in the direction of rotation U, a feed station 24 is followed by a straightening station 30 in the region of the straight part of the orbit 18 '. Below the upper run 10 'of the traction element 10, this has an endless traction element 32, indicated by dash-dotted lines, which is driven in the same direction as the direction of rotation U and at the same speed as the traction element 10. Directional cams 34 are also arranged one behind the other on the tension element 32 at a distance A which can be moved by means of a sliding track 36 during the passage of the upper run of the tension element 32 through openings in the floor 28 into the receiving parts 18 in order to raise the printed products 22 to the desired level for straightening. Above the orbit 18 ', the straightening station 30 has a vibration element 38, which acts on the edges 26 of the printed products 22 to be processed and, by means of the vibrations, causes the individual parts of the printed products 22 to bear against the straightening cam 34. As indicated by the double arrow 38 ′, the vibration element 38 can be arranged so as to be displaceable in and against the direction of rotation U in order to run in a section of the path 18 with the printed products 22. Before the straightening cams 34 are lowered again, the clamping member 20 is brought into the clamping position 20 ″, in which it presses the printed product 20 against the latter in an area running along the outer edge of the support element 16. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the directional printed products 22 protrude over the support element 16 with a region adjoining the edge 26 to be processed.

Downstream of the straightening station 30 is a milling station 40, which is intended to mill the printed products in the region of the edge 26 to be processed back to the level 40 'indicated by dash-dotted lines (see also FIGS. 2-5).

Viewed in the direction of rotation U, the milling station 40 is followed by a fine processing station 42 and this is followed by an adhesive application station 44, which is intended for the previously finely machined backs 22 'of the printed products 22 Apply glue.

In the case of an adhesive back application station 46, a folded envelope 48 is placed astride each printed product 22, which is pressed against the printed product 22 along the entire back at a subsequent pressing station 50 by means of pressing elements 52. The pressing elements 52 are fastened to an endless further pull element 54, indicated by dash-dotted lines, in order to circulate in the direction of the arrow 52 ′ and to run in a section of the circulating spell 18 ′ with the printed products 22 and to press the envelopes 48.

A drying station is indicated at 56, which is located in the region of the deflection of the receiving parts 18 around the deflection wheel 14 shown on the right in FIG. 1, in which the adhesive is dried, for example with heat, ultrasound or draft.

During transport along the lower run of the orbit 18 ', the adhesive can dry up and the printed products 22 which may be heated to accelerate the drying process can cool down. Arranged below the feed point 24 is an output area 58, in which the clamping members 20 are moved in the direction toward the open position 20 'in order to release the bound finished products 60 which slide from the receiving parts 18 onto a removal belt 62 driven in the direction of removal W, in order to there to be transported away in scale formation.

The arrow 64 indicates an insertion station which is intended to be between each envelope 48 and that in to insert this printed product 22 from above, for example, a card. This is possible without any problems, since the envelopes 48 are still partially open when passing through the lower run, since on the one hand the support elements 16 and on the other hand the clamping members 20 engage between them and the printed products 22.

As indicated by the dash-dotted rectangle 66, it is also conceivable that some or all of the processing stations 30, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 56 are arranged below the upper section of the orbit 18 'of the receiving parts 18. In this case, the printed products 22 are introduced at the feed point 24 with the edge 26 to be processed, into which the receiving parts 18 without a bottom 28 are inserted and with the region running along the edge 26 to be processed, in the direction towards the bottom above the support elements 16, aligned and edited. In this case, the clamping members 20 act accordingly in the lower end region of the receiving parts 18 and the printed products 22 are prevented from falling down between the feed point 24 and the straightening station by means of support means.

If necessary, the finished products 60 can still be cut in a cutting station 68, as is known for example from CH-A-668 216.

2 shows the processing of the printed products 22 introduced into the receiving parts 18 in a shirred manner. The bottoms 28 of the receiving parts 18 are fastened to the traction element 10 and from them the support element 16 protrudes in an L-shaped manner at the rear end viewed in the direction of rotation U. Each can continue protrude from them into the receiving part 18 a wall element 70 which runs parallel to the support element 16 and is spaced from it by more than the thickness of the printed products 22 to be processed, so that it is inserted at the feed point 24 between the support element 16 and the wall element 70 can be. On the side facing away from the inside of the receiving part 18, a two-armed lever 72 is mounted on each floor 28 about a pivot axis 74 running at right angles to the pulling element 10. One lever arm passes through a passage of the bottom 28, projects into the interior of the receiving part 18, and the clamping member 20 is arranged at its free end. At the free end of the other lever arm, a closing spring 76 designed as a tension spring is fastened, which is articulated at the other end on the bottom 28 of the receiving part 18 leading in the direction of rotation U. By means of this closing spring 76, the clamping member 20 is biased in the direction against the clamping position 20 ″. Contrary to the action of this closing spring 76, the clamping member 20 is transferred or held in the open position 20 'by means of a link control 78, in which the free end of the clamping member 20 engages in and is covered by a recess in the leading support element 16. This ensures problem-free insertion of the printed products 22 into the receiving parts 18. The gate control 78 has a follower roller 80 'which is rotatably mounted on the lever 72 and which interacts with an opening gate path 80. These hold the clamping member 20 in the open position 20 'at the feed point 24 and during the straightening of the printed products 22 by means of the straightening cams 34. After straightening, the following roller 80 'runs from the opening link path 80, as a result of which the clamping member 20 pivots in the clamping position 20''.

The milling station 40 has an end mill 82 which is driven to rotate about its axis 82 ', which is arranged at right angles to the direction of rotation U, the end face of which is set to the level 40'. Of course, several end millers 82 can be arranged offset to the direction of rotation U.

84 designates a face grinding wheel 84 of the finishing station 42 which is driven to rotate about its axis 84 'parallel to the axis 82' and whose end face is set to the level 42 'in order to grind the back 22' generated in the milling station 40 back to this level 42 '. Of course, here too, several face grinding wheels 84 can be arranged offset in the direction transverse to the direction of rotation U.

The adhesive application station 44 has a first and a second adhesive application roller 86 and 86 ', which are arranged offset both in the direction of rotation U and in their height, in order to apply two layers of adhesive to the back 22' in succession. For this purpose, the adhesive application rollers 86, 86 'are rotatably mounted about axes running at right angles to the direction of rotation U and parallel to the backs 22'. The adhesive application is labeled 88.

In Fig. 2, the adhesive bridge application station 46 is only indicated by an arrow. It can be a generally known investor with an opening device. But it is also conceivable that the folded envelopes 48 by means of of a gripper conveyor, opened and placed astride the back 22 'provided with the adhesive application 88.

From the pressing station 50, only one pressing element 52 is indicated schematically. In contrast to the circumferential arrangement as shown in FIG. 1, it is also conceivable to arrange the pressing element 52 in a manner that can be raised and lowered, as indicated by the double arrow 90, and, as symbolized by the double arrow 90 ', in and against the circumferential direction U. and move it in order to lower the pressing element 52 onto the envelope 48 and, while moving it in the direction of rotation U, press it against the printed product 22 and then lift it and move it back against the direction of rotation U in order to press the next envelope 48.

The drying station is indicated by arrow 56. In the delivery area 58, the clamping members 20 are pivoted from the clamping position 20 ″ into the open position 20 ′ by the follow rollers 80 ′ running onto a further opening link path 80 ″. The clamping member 20 is controlled in such a way that no envelope 48 can be clamped between it and the leading support element 16.

FIG. 3 shows, compared to FIG. 2, an enlarged printed product 22 arranged in a receiving part 18, which is held clamped between the support element 16 and the clamping member 20. The receiving part 18 is open in the upward direction and the printed product 22 projects with an area adjoining the edge 26 to be processed above the support element 16. 40 'denotes the level at which processing in the Milling station 40 is carried out. Fig. 4 shows in the same representation a receiving part 18, which is open towards the bottom and over the support element, the printed product 22 protrudes. The level 40 'now arranged above the edge 26 indicates that the printed products 22 can also be processed in this position of the receiving parts 18; cf. FIG. 1, the processing stations indicated by the rectangle 66. The printed products shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 have a plurality of multi-leaf, folded product parts 92 which lie flat against one another. However, it is also conceivable for a printed product 22 to consist of a stack of sheets or of a plurality of folded sheets inserted into one another. As can be seen from FIG. 5, it is also conceivable for a printed product 22 to consist of a plurality of product parts folded together in a zigzag fashion. Such zig-zag folded printed products 22 can be formed, for example, by means of devices such as those disclosed in CH Pat. Nos. 645 074 and 645 073, and the corresponding US Pat. Nos. 4,408,755 and 4,408,754.

In the embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the receiving parts 18 are arranged in a drum-like manner around a common horizontal rotary shaft 94 in the circumferential direction, with the flat support elements 16 running parallel to the rotary shaft 94 and with respect to the latter being approximately radial in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 94 over several, in the present case four sections 96.1,96.2,96.3,96.4. The support elements 16 can be displaced together with the clamping members 20 assigned to them in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 94 stored. In each case three successive support elements 16, seen in the direction of rotation U, are firmly connected to one another via a carrier bracket 98, on which a follower 98 'is arranged, which is guided in a self-contained sliding guide track 100 which runs around the rotary shaft 94 and is fixed. The clamping members 20, which are likewise pretensioned in the clamping position 20 ″, are pivotably mounted on the corresponding support elements 16 or on the bases 28 protruding therefrom, as is shown in FIG. 2. The clamping elements 20 assigned to the interconnected support elements 16 are connected to a common follow-up roller corresponding to the follow-up roller 80 ', not shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, which cooperates with a back-up track analogous to the opening backdrop path 80, 80'', in order to pass through them an upper part of the orbit 18 'to pivot the clamping members 20 in the open position 20'. A possible embodiment of the drive for the support elements 16 and control of the clamping members 20 is disclosed in EP-A-0 341 423 and EP-A-0 341 424, as well as the corresponding US Pat. Nos. 4,981,291 and 5,052,666.

The sliding link track 100 is designed such that the receiving parts 18, viewed in the direction of rotation U, after passing through the lowest point of their orbit 18 'during the time in which the drum rotates two receiving parts 18, in the direction of arrow V by one working stroke be advanced to further move the printed products 22 from the drum sections 96.1,96.2 and 96.3 into the subsequent drum sections 96.2,96.3 and 96.4. At the top of the orbit 18 ', in which the clamping members 20 are no longer in the clamping position 20'', the support elements 16 are pushed back into the original position against the feed direction V without taking the printed products 22 with them. 6, the path that printed products 22 travel during a working stroke is indicated by dash-dotted lines 100 '.

The feed point 24 is assigned to the first drum section 96.1. A printed product 22 to be processed is introduced into each receiving part 18 that runs past it and is open radially to the outside. The straightening station 30 and the milling station 40 are also assigned to the same drum section 96.1. The station 30 can be designed analogously to that of FIG. 1.

On a support bracket 102, which can be pivoted back and forth about the rotary shaft 94, three end millers 82 are arranged, viewed in the direction of rotation U, at a distance from the support elements 16 and radially outside the orbit 18 ', so as to rotate about their radially extending axes 82'. These are intended to move along with the three coupled support elements 16 during their working stroke V in the circumferential direction U in order to move the printed products 22 transported along the dash-dotted lines 100 'along the level 40' of the radially outer edge 26 to be processed milling. Since the working stroke V takes place during two work cycles, but three printed products 22 are processed at the same time, the support bracket 102 has one work cycle available for moving back against the direction of rotation U into the starting position. The milling station 40 is then for processing the subsequent print products 22 ready.

In the same way as for the milling station 40, three end grinding wheels 84 are likewise arranged on the support bracket 102 in the fine processing station 42 assigned to the second drum section 96.2, in order to process three printed products 22 during the working stroke.

It is also conceivable to arrange the milling station 40 and finishing station 42 at a point where the printed products 22 stand still in the direction of the rotary shaft 94. In this case, the tools 82, 84 of these stations are moved.

The third drum section 96.3 is assigned the adhesive application station 44 and the fourth drum section 96.4 the adhesive bridge application station, the pressing station, the drying station and the delivery area.

The printed products 22 introduced into the receiving parts 18 at the feed point 24 are aligned in the straightening station 30 and then held clamped between the support elements 16 and clamping members 20 and transported through the lower part of the orbit 18 '. As they pass through the milling station 40, they are machined along the edge 26 in the feed direction V during the working stroke and then conveyed further in the second drum section 96.2 in the direction of rotation U, where they are again aligned by means of a straightening station when the clamping members 20 are in the open position 20 '. In the course of the feed V from the second drum section 96.2 into the third drum section 96.3, the printed products 22 Finely machined as it passes the finishing station 42. The remaining processing takes place in a corresponding manner in drum sections 96.3 and 96.4, so that the finished products can be removed from the latter at the output area.

8 and 9 show a further embodiment of the device according to the invention, in which the receiving parts 18 are likewise arranged in the circumferential direction distributed around a common rotating shaft 94 running in the horizontal direction. The flat support elements 16 also run essentially radially to the rotary shaft 94 and parallel to the latter. The processing of the printed products 22 takes place during approximately three quarters of a revolution of the receiving parts 18 around the rotary shaft 94. The receiving parts 18 are open to the outside in the radial direction and the various processing stations are in succession in the circumferential direction U between the feed point 24 and the output region 58 in the radial direction arranged outside the orbit 18 'of the receiving parts 18. A well-known gripper conveyor 104 leads to the feed point 24 and has individually controllable grippers 108 arranged one behind the other on a circulation chain 106 driven counter to the direction of rotation U. These each hold a printed product 22 at its edge 26 to be processed and insert it with the edge 26 ′ opposite this edge into the receiving parts 18 in advance. By opening the grippers 108 by means of an opening control 108 ′, the printed products 22 fall onto the bottom 28 of the receiving parts 18, whereby they come to bear flat against the support elements 16.

In the straightening station 30 downstream of the feed point 24 in the direction of rotation U, the printed products 22 are aligned by means of radially inner straightening cams 34 and optionally radially outer vibrating elements 38, as shown in FIG. 1, the printed products 22 being aligned with one parallel to the rotating shaft 94 extending area to be machined edge 26 protrude in the radial direction towards the outside over receiving parts 18. After the alignment of the printed products 22, the clamping members 20 are transferred into the clamping position 20 ″ in order to clamp the printed products 22 between themselves and the support elements 16. During further transport in the direction of rotation U, the printed products 22, as described above, are processed in the milling station 40, fine processing station 42, adhesive application station 44, adhesive bridge application station 46, pressing station 50 and drying station 56. In the dispensing area 58 arranged below the feed point 24, the clamping members 20 are successively transferred to the open position 20 ', as a result of which the released finished products 60 slide from the receiving parts 18 with their backs 22' ahead into the open grippers 108 of a conveyor 110 which is also designed as a gripper conveyor. After the grippers 108 are closed, the finished products 60 are conveyed away for further processing. If the grippers 108 are designed accordingly, a pressing station 50 and a drying station 56 in the area of the orbit of the receiving parts 18 can possibly be dispensed with in this type of design of the conveyor 110, since the envelope 48 is pressed on by the grippers 108 and the adhesive during the transport can dry with the conveyor 110.

The embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 likewise has receiving parts 18 which are arranged in the circumferential direction and are arranged around a rotating shaft 94 extending in the horizontal direction. Clamping elements 20 cooperate with the flat support elements 16 of the receiving parts 18 arranged in the radial direction and parallel to the rotary shaft 94, but now cooperate with an end edge region of the support elements 16. The receiving parts 18 are open to the outside at least on this end face 112 and in the radial direction. The processing stations are arranged along the orbit 18 ′ of the open end face 112 of the receiving parts 18.

A gripper conveyor 104, which has already been described further above, leads to the feed point 24 and is intended, with its grippers 108, to insert the printed products 22 into the receiving parts 18 with an edge 26 to be processed laterally viewed in the feed direction and an edge extending transversely thereto. The straightening station 30 has straightening cams indicated by an arrow 34, which are intended to engage in the receiving parts 18 from the side opposite the open end face 112 in order to align the printed products 22 with their edge 26 to be machined so that they align with a protrude from this adjoining area on the end face via the support element 16. For this purpose, the directional cams 34 are moved over a section with the receiving parts 18, as indicated by the arrow pointing in the direction of rotation U. After straightening the printed products 22, the clamping members 20 are in the clamping position 20 '' transferred to clamp the printed products 22 between themselves and the support member 16.

In the course of further rotation in the direction of arrow U, the printed products 22 are appropriately processed on the front side in the milling station 40, fine processing station 42, adhesive application station 44, adhesive bridge application station 46, etc., as described above.

Also located at the end of the orbit 18 'of the receiving parts 18 is a conveyor 110, which is also designed as a gripper conveyor and in the output area 58 with its grippers each grips a finished product 60 at its back for transport away.

Of course, it is not necessary for the device for the adhesive binding of the printed products 22 to have all the processing stations described. Depending on the situation, processing stations may be missing or others may be arranged along the orbit 18 ′ of the receiving parts 18.

Instead of envelopes 48, gauzes or other types of adhesive bridge elements spanning the back 22 'can also be used.

Of course, the feed point 24 can have a plurality of feeders arranged one behind the other, which, for example, alternately load receiving parts 18 with printed products 22, so that ultimately a printed product 22 is present in each receiving part 18.

Claims (8)

Device for the adhesive binding of printed products, with a plurality of support elements (16) driven along a closed orbit (18 ') in the circumferential direction (U) and arranged one behind the other, each with a support element (16) arranged transversely to the orbit (18') and a controllable clamping member () 20) having receiving parts (18), a feed point (24) at the multi-part printed products (22) into the receiving parts (18) between the support element (16), on which they lie flat during processing, and the clamping member (20) can be inserted , several of the feed points (24) downstream in the direction of rotation (U) and arranged one behind the other and required for adhesive binding, such as straightening (30), milling (40), fine processing (42), adhesive application (44), adhesive bridge application - (46), Klebrückenandrück- (50), drying stations (56), and an output point (58) at which the bound finished products (60) from the receptacle ilen (18) are output, characterized in that the receiving parts (18) are continuously driven, at the feed point (24) a printed product (22) is introduced into each passing receiving part (18), the processing stations (30, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 56) act on each printed product (22) transported past them and processing stations (30, 40, 42, 50) have tools (34, 38, 52, 82, 84) which are compatible with the printed products (22). in the direction of rotation (U) run at least in sections and edit them while running. Device according to claim 1, characterized by a straightening station (30) with certain straightening members (34) for engaging in the receiving parts (18) and running with them, and a control device (76, 80, 80 ', 80' ') which is intended for this purpose to hold the clamping members (20) in a position distant from the clamping position (20 '') as they pass the feed point (24) and the output point (58) and at the straightening station (30) for straightening the printed products and after straightening to spend in the clamped position (20 ''). Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by an adhesive application station (44), an adhesive bridge application station (46) connected downstream thereof and a pressing station (50) with pressing elements (52) which run with the printed products (22) for pressing the adhesive backs (48). Device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the receiving parts (18) are arranged on an endless traction element (10) which is guided around spaced-apart deflecting means (14), preferably rotating about horizontal axes (12), the orbit (18 ' ) runs essentially rectilinearly between the deflection means (14), and the processing stations (30, 50) are preferably arranged between the deflection means (14) with moving tools (34, 52). Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the receiving parts (18) are arranged around a common, preferably horizontal axis of rotation (94) with support elements (16) running approximately in the radial direction and parallel to the axis of rotation (94). Device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the processing stations (30, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 56) are arranged on the inside or outside with respect to the orbit (18 '). Device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the receiving parts (18) are open on one end face (112), and the processing stations (30, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 56) with respect to the orbit (18 ') are arranged at the end. Device according to one of Claims 4 to 6, characterized by drive means (98, 98 ', 100) for moving the support elements (16) and the clamping members (20) in the clamping position (20' ') in a direction transverse to the direction of rotation (U) running direction of displacement (V), and in the displacement direction (V) stationary tools (82, 84) of processing stations (40, 42) for processing the printed products (22) clamped between the support elements (16) and clamping members (20) during their transport in the displacement direction (V).

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