Patent ID: 7765907

Claim:
A trimming apparatus for trimming a lateral edge of at least one printed product, comprising: a trimming table arranged to receive the printed product in a position ready for trimming; a trimming knife having a cutting edge configured to cut the lateral edge of the printed product during a cutting stroke, thereby creating cuttings separated from the print product; and a removal device for removing the separated cuttings, the removal device comprising: a guide element arranged next to the trimming knife, the guide element comprising a continuous arch-shaped guide wall that extends upward from a first end located proximate to the cutting edge to a second end spaced apart from the cutting edge and located below the cutting edge, wherein the arch-shaped wall in the guide element defines a collection region arranged behind the trimming knife to receive the separated cuttings during the cutting stroke of the trimming knife; and a plurality of air nozzles arranged in the guide wall, the plurality of nozzles located above the collection region and adapted to blow compressed air into the collection region to remove the separated cuttings through the collection region.