Device and method for automatically trimming the open side edges of bound printed products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6506008
APP PUB NO 20020018701A1
SERIAL NO

09922710

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An apparatus is provided for automatically trimming tree open side edges of printed products bound along a fourth edge to a desired format for each printed product. The printed products are transported in a transport direction along a surface of a trimming table. First, second and third trimming stations are located one after the other in the transport direction along the trimming table. Each trimming station includes a trimming device having at least one stationary blade that can be driven in a plane extending perpendicular to the surface of the trimming table, a positioning device for positioning one of the open side edges of a respective printed product on the trimming table to be cut, and a pressing device, with which a respective positioned printed product can be pressed over essentially the entire format during a out of the positioned open side edge. A transport device transports a respective printed product from the first trimming station to the second trimming station, and from the second trimming station to the third trimming station.

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GRAPHA-HOLDING AG6052 HERGISWIL

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Merkli, Peter Oftringen, CH 22 96

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