Global Patent Index - EP 0846573 B1

EP 0846573 B1 20020306 - Method of forming signatures and folding machine therefor

Title (en)

Method of forming signatures and folding machine therefor

Title (de)

Verfahren zum Herstellen von Bogen und Faltmaschine dafür

Title (fr)

Procédé pour réaliser des cahiers et machine à plier

Publication

EP 0846573 B1 20020306 (EN)

Application

EP 97203578 A 19971118

Priority

IT MI962404 A 19961119

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0846573A1] A method of forming signatures (3) for sending to a sewing machine (2), preferably but not necessarily obtained from sheets (9) output by a photocopying machine, in a production line (1) for the reprographic production of books, includes a stage in which the sheets are folded into an approximate omega shape, resulting in signatures in which a section (7a) of each leaf (7) beginning at the spine (6) is closed and the remaining section (7b) of each leaf (7) further from the spine (6) is open, the said signatures being such that they can be shot directly onto a saddle (5) of the sewing machine (2), which they straddle. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B42B 2/00; B65H 45/18

IPC 8 full level

B65H 45/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B42B 2/00 (2013.01); B65H 45/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE ES FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0846573 A1 19980610; EP 0846573 B1 20020306; DE 69710853 D1 20020411; DE 69710853 T2 20020926; IT 1286382 B1 19980708; IT MI962404 A0 19961119; IT MI962404 A1 19980519

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97203578 A 19971118; DE 69710853 T 19971118; IT MI962404 A 19961119