Victor A Zugel

50318896, Jul 16, 1991

Apr 18, 1989

7/339810

John W. Raker - Cleveland OH
Keith S. Macey - Rocky River OH
Victor A. Zugel - Parma OH

K. S. Macey Machine Company, Inc. - Cleveland OH

B42C 100

270 45

A feeder-folder unit for use in folding paper sheet stock and delivering it to a signature gathering machine comprises a main frame with a hopper assembly carried by the main frame for receiving and storing a supply of sheets of paper stock. A sheet extractor and transfer drum assembly is located adjacent the hopper for extracting individual sheets of paper stock from the hopper means and conveying the extracted sheets along a path to a scoring and folding unit located adjacent the path. The hopper assembly includes a pair of spaced support surfaces for supporting the sheets of stock and intermittently actuated drive chains are provided for driving the sheets along the support surfaces toward the sheet extractor and transfer drum assembly. Each of the support surfaces is adjustable independently of the other and the drive chains to selectively vary the presentation of the sheets to said sheet exterior and transfer drum assembly to thereby permit precise positioning of the sheets relative to the scoring and folding unit.

43867685, Jun 7, 1983

Feb 17, 1981

6/234923

Victor A. Zugel - Parma OH

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

B42B 200

270 53

An improved machine moves signatures to a work station, stitches the signatures and then moves the signatures away from the work station. The machine includes a conveyor belt assembly having upper and lower belts which grip a signature. The signature is gripped between a lower run of the upper belt and an upper run of the lower belt. When the signature has been moved to the work station, at least central portions of the lower run of the upper belt and the upper run of the lower belt are separated to release the signature. The released signature is accurately positioned relative to a stitcher mechanism by a register assembly which moves the signature relative to the separated upper and lower belts. Once the signature has been stitched, the lower run of the upper belt and the upper run of the lower belt are closed to grip the stitched signature and move it away from the work station. In order to promote accurate positioning of the signature relative to the stitcher mechanism, the upper and lower belts are not driven when they are separated.