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Apparatus for trimming printed products on at least two borders

  • US 5,715,737 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1995
  • Issued: 02/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for trimming products on at least two side borders, said apparatus comprising a first and a second processing drum positioned adjacent one another which are rotated about respective horizontal axes, said drums each comprising, respectively, first and second radially positioned receiving compartments to receive the products to be trimmed, said compartments being separated from one another by compartment walls and within which are arranged a clamping mechanism for clamping the products firmly while being trimmed wherein said first compartments of said first processing drum each comprise an open end along a circumferential surface of said first processing drum and on at least one end side, each of said first compartments comprising a first co-rotating cutting element positioned to interact with a first stationary cutting element to trim a side border of the product located in each of said first compartments, wherein said second compartments of said second processing drum comprise an open end along a circumferential surface of said second processing drum and each of said second compartments comprises a second co-rotating cutting element which is arranged at a circumference of the second processing drum and interacts with a second stationary cutting element to trim another side border of the product located in each of said second compartments, said apparatus further comprising a conveying arrangement between the two processing drums for transporting the products which have been trimmed in one processing drum into the compartments of the other processing drum.

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