Patent ID: 8123450
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for pressing a flattened book casing including first and second book covers against first and second adhesive-coated outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in a book casing, in a casing-in machine, said apparatus comprising: a circulating conveyor; a saddle plate disposed on the circulating conveyor which moves the saddle plate vertically upward, the saddle plate arranged to receive the book block in a straddled position with the first and second adhesive-coated outside surfaces being exposed; a pressing-on device that is moveable synchronously with the circulating conveyor, including a support frame and two pressing-on rollers positioned opposite each other in a pressing-on region in which each roller presses a respective first or second book cover of the book casing against a respective first or second adhesive-coated outside surface of the book block, wherein the support frame includes a displaceable guide bush; first and second drive motors each respectively operatively coupled with the pressing-on device and circulating conveyor; a guide arrangement that moves the pressing-on device upward and downward, comprising: a drive control unit operatively coupled to the first and second drive motors, which drive control unit controls the first and second drive motors and controllably links the first and second drive motors, at least the first drive motor including a controllable drive element.