Patent ID: 8475104
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A book production line to produce books comprising a book casing and a therein encased book block, the production line comprising: a casing-in machine, arranged at a conveying end of the production line, to encase a book block in a book casing; a processing section upstream of the casing-in machine, the processing section comprising processing stations arranged at clocking intervals along the processing section to process a book block spine, the processing stations comprising processing devices, the processing section comprising, in sequence of the conveying direction of the book blocks: a conveyor to successively supply the book blocks in clocked operation to the processing stations with the book block spines exposed and pointing upward toward the processing devices, the conveyor comprising: a control unit operatively connected to the first individual drive and second individual drive, the control unit configured to change the clocking interval length along the processing section based on controlling rotation of the first individual drive and the second individual drive.