Patent ID: 6769676
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B42C,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for feeding spine inserts in a machine for manufacturing book covers from book boards, covering material and screening, the machine including a gluing mechanism for coating the covering material with glue, the apparatus comprising:a first cutting device adapted for forming a material web by cutting the screening to a predetermined width; a second cutting device adapted for cutting off a portion of the material web to form a flexible spine insert; a board feed defining a board feed plane, the board feed being adapted for pushing the spine inserts and cover boards and for synchronous feeding of the boards in a board feed direction onto the glue coated covering material; and a take-off roller system adapted for advancing the material web into the board feed plane in clocked synchronism and in a direction counter to the board feed direction, the take-off roller system including first guide means for guiding the material web and second guide means for guiding the flexible spine insert until the flexible spine insert is situated entirely in the board feed plane.