WO2013062934A3 - System and method for inline cutting and stacking of sheets for formation of books - Google Patents

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WO2013062934A3
WO2013062934A3 PCT/US2012/061419 US2012061419W WO2013062934A3 WO 2013062934 A3 WO2013062934 A3 WO 2013062934A3 US 2012061419 W US2012061419 W US 2012061419W WO 2013062934 A3 WO2013062934 A3 WO 2013062934A3
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Bruce J. Taylor
Hans Eliasson
Sean Stewart
Richard SJOSTEDT
Edward J. ZANCHI
Steven P. Lewalski
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Lasermax Roll Systems, Inc.
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Abstract

This invention provides a system and method for aligning, feeding, trimming, slitting, rotating, cross-slitting and stacking sheets, each containing one or more discrete page images thereon that allows for greater automation of the overall process so that reduced or no manual intervention is required to generate completed book stacks or "blocks" from a stream or stack of printed sheets. Sheets are fed downstream on a feed surface (124), trimmed at a first, upstream trimming station (720) to remove margin edges and optionally separate the sheets relative to the discrete page images. The sheets are then rotated 90 degrees and fed to a second, downstream trimming station (840) that trims the right-angle edges and optionally separates the sheets into a final group of full-bleed pages, removing margins and gutter strips. The sheets are feed to a stacking assembly (5060, 5840) to be tacked in page order and any rejected, defective sheets or stacks are removed from the order. Trimming stations can be automatically adjusted to accommodate different numbers and sizes of pages in sheets. The stacking assembly can include a right- angle merge assembly (3780) that can include a plurality of decks, served by divert gates (1310, 2170, 3170, 3640, 3650, 3792) to handle a large number of separated pages to-be-stacked.
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