Patent ID: 7032898

Claim:
A wire-stitching apparatus for producing wire-stitched print items, comprising: a conveying arrangement for supplying folded, printed products in a straddling position; a wire-stitching unit installed at an adjustable distance above the conveying arrangement and including a bending device, at least one wire-stitching aggregate, and a stitching carriage for moving the at least one wire-stitching aggregate back and forth along a path, wherein the at least one wire-stitching aggregate includes a bender for forming a wire segment into a staple with legs and a driver for pushing the staple legs through the printed products; at least one wire feed for feeding wire for the staple to the at least one wire-stitching aggregate at a stitching wire length; at least one adjustable wire-cutting device for adapting the stitching wire length of the staple to the thickness of the printed products; a control unit for performing one of the following functions 1) measuring the thickness of the printed products positioned on the conveying arrangement upstream of the wire-stitching unit, and 2) processing stored data related to the printed products; means for adjusting the wire-cutting device coupled to the control unit; means for adjusting the wire-stitching unit, including at least one locally fixed means for driving the adjustment of the wire-stitching unit connected to the control unit; and means for adjusting the height of the conveying arrangement, including controllable, locally fixed means for driving.