Patent ID: 7384030

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a print article comprising at least one printed product wire-stitched along an outside folded edge with pre-formed wire sections pointing toward an inside folded edge, said apparatus comprising: a first conveying section of a conveying track having: a saddle-shaped support for conveying the printed product, said printed product straddling the saddle-shaped support; and a wire-stitching section for wire-stitching the printed product; a second conveying section of the conveying track having a saddle-shaped support conveying a protective signature; a feeder to feed the protective signature onto an extension region of the second conveying section; an endless intermediate conveyor positioned near the end of the first conveying section and in alignment with the second conveying section, the intermediate conveyor picking up the printed product from the first conveying section in a removal region of the first conveying section and transporting and depositing the printed product in an opened state onto the protective signature conveyed by the second conveying section; wherein the removal region of the first conveying section of the conveying track is operationally connected to a delivery region of the second conveying section where the printed product is deposited to the second conveying section from the intermediate conveyor, and pg, 15 wherein the intermediate conveyor includes: an ascending section positioned downstream from the removal region of the first conveying section; and a descending section oriented in a direction toward the delivery region; and an adhesive applicator positioned in the extension region of the second conveying section of the conveying track, upstream in a conveying direction of a delivery region where the printed product is deposited to the second conveying section from the intermediate conveyor, wherein the adhesive applicator is operative to apply an adhesive to an outside folded edge of the protective signature; and wherein the feeder is positioned upstream of the adhesive applicator.