Patent ID: 6142353
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B42B

Abstract:
A stapling arrangement for a gathering and stapling machine, comprisinga machine frame;a circulating gathering chain for transporting printed products;a stapling carriage mounted on the machine frame for traveling with the gathering chain during stapling of the printed products;at least one stapling head mounted for traveling with the stapling carriage and including a shaping element for shaping staples and a punch for punching the staples into the printed products;a bending device including a displaceable bending element for bending the staples when the staples are punched through the printed products; anddrive means for the stapling carriage, the bending element and the punch, wherein the drive means includes a first drive for a stroke of the stapling carriage, and a second drive for strokes of the shaping element and of the punch, and a movement of the bending element of the bending device, the first drive being exchangeable independently of the second drive for adaptation to a pitch of the gathering chain.