Walter J Stobb

45181578, May 21, 1985

Aug 31, 1984

6/645867

Walter J. Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb, Inc. - Clinton NJ

B65H 3902

270 58

Method and apparatus of handling signatures which are first presented to a rotating type of trimmer and are then collected in a compensated stack where the folds of the signature are positioned on opposite sides for levelling the stack. The trimmer includes a clamp which secures the signature while it is being trimmed on its three open edges, and the clamp can then be actuated to move the signature to a collection location where the compensated stack of signatures is formed.

40183513, Apr 19, 1977

Mar 4, 1976

5/663825

Walter John Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb, Inc. - Clinton NJ

B21C 4724

214314

Apparatus for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles of sheets are then directed along the conveyor and to selected ones of a plurality of branch conveyors leading to a signature feeder or the like.

46451943, Feb 24, 1987

Aug 26, 1985

6/769605

Walter J. Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb Inc. - Clinton NJ

B65H 534

271203

Method and apparatus for creating a gap in a stream of sheets, and also moving the sheets at a uniform rate onto a take-off conveyor. The function is accomplished by diverting a portion of a conveyor to have it move through a longer path than the original path, and thereby have the portion move faster in order to create the gap.

44783981, Oct 23, 1984

Jul 16, 1982

6/398980

Walter J. Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb, Inc. - Clinton NJ

B42B 102

270 53

A method and system of routing a signature or stitching, and including taking folded signatures from a raceway and onto support bars or fingers and moving the signatures to a rotary stitcher where they are stitched and then removing them from the bars or fingers to a collection conveyor, all in a high-speed continuous action.

45197407, May 28, 1985

Jun 17, 1983

6/505455

Walter J. Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb, Inc. - Clinton NJ

B65G 5703

414 71

Apparatus and method for palletizing bundles of sheets to move them from a first position or pickup station and into rows and stacks on a pallet on a second or deposit station. A single overhead and endless conveyor is utilized. A bundle pickup mechanism, such as a clamp, is employed to the conveyor and has elevator means for lifting the bundle relative to the overhead crane or conveyor and for then lowering the bundle at the deposit station and relative to the overhead crane or conveyor. In that manner, the apparatus is simplified in utilizing one endless overhead crane or conveyor, and the entire system is automated by means of electric sensors and powered mechanisms.

40821749, Apr 4, 1978

Aug 1, 1977

5/820421

Walter John Stobb - Pittstown NJ

B65G 3700

198368

Apparatus and method for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles of sheets are then directed along the conveyor and to selected ones of a plurality of branch conveyors leading to a signature feeder or the like.

52133214, May 25, 1993

Aug 13, 1991

7/744405

Walter J. Stobb - Clinton NJ

B65H 102

271149

A hopper loader for transporting sheets in an edge-standing arrangement and having a pivotal module for loading the sheets therein. The pivotal module is then pivoted downwardly to a horizontal position to align with another module which receives the sheets and continues to move the sheets to their destination.

45028281, Mar 5, 1985

Sep 27, 1983

6/536360

Walter J. Stobb - Pittstown NJ

Stobb, Inc. - Clinton NJ

B65H 126

414226

An automated sheet-moving system for moving sheets from a printing press and to a bindery and with a fully automated system where the sheets need not be manually handled. The sheets are initially formed in a stack on a stacker and are then placed onto a tray where a pick-up mechanism moves the sheets to a station adjacent a bindery feeder. An automated pick-up then moves the sheets from the station to the bindery feeder, in response to the requirement for sheets in the bindery feeder. A specially provided tray and pick-up mechanism are inter-related so that the pick-up mechanism can engage the tray and pick up the tray with the sheets thereon, and the mechanism can also eject the sheets from the tray at the location of the bindery feeder.