Patent ID: 6651558
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An inserter for synchronously feeding a preprinted portion of a pamphlet into a printing press to be adhered to a complemental portion of the pamphlet in substantial registration to form the completed pamphlet, the printing press including a print cylinder that prints the complemental portion of the pamphlet, the preprinted portion of the pamphlet including a leading edge and a trailing edge, the inserter comprising:a feeder assembly; an aligner assembly; and a drive assembly operable to synchronize said feeder assembly and said aligner assembly with the printing press to enable the formation of the completed pamphlets, said feeder assembly being operable to feed the preprinted portion of the pamphlet into the aligner assembly, said aligner assembly being operable to introduce the preprinted portions of the pamphlets into the printing press in sufficient alignment to allow the formation of the completed pamphlets, said aligner assembly including a pneumatic take-away cylinder and a pair of spaced aligner pins, said take-away cylinder being operable to transfer the preprinted portion of the pamphlet from the feeder assembly to at least one of the aligner pins, each of said aligner pins being operable to position the preprinted portion of the pamphlet into the sufficient alignment, said spacing between the aligner pins being independent of the dimensions of the preprinted portion of the pamphlet.