Patent ID: 6234231
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B41F,B42C,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for attaching a supplement to an exposed surface of signatures which are transported one after another in a transporting direction along a guide arrangement, said device comprising:a rotating gripping roller, having a circumference and including a controlled gripping tool having a circulation path, for picking up the supplements at the circumference of the rotating gripping roller with the controlled gripping tool, the rotating gripping roller having a rotational axis arranged approximately at a right angle to the transporting direction and at least approximately parallel to the exposed surface of the transported signatures;an adhesive feeder, provided along a transporting path for supplements;a forward feed operatively arranged with the rotating gripping roller to operate in cycle with the rotating gripping roller for placing the supplements approximately tangentially with respect to the rotating gripping roller so that the supplements are on the circulation path of the controlled gripping tool; andmeans for attaching a supplement to an exposed surface of a signature.