Method and installation for the insertion of supplements into printed products

• US 7,950,645 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ferag AG (WRH Walter Reist Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Ferag AG (WRH Walter Reist Holding AG)
• Inventors: Stauber, Hans Ulrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE
• Application Number:
  US11/554,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20070096379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,674 Days
• Field of Search: 270/52.14, 270/52.16, 270/52.18, 270/52.19, 270/52.2, 270/52.21, 270/52.22, 270/52.23
• US Class Current: 270/52.19
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 1/10 Machines for both collating or gathering and interposing inserts
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/0086 Sheets combined with other articles

Abstract

A method and an installation for the insertion of supplements into printed products (1) such as newspapers, periodicals, brochures, etc., wherein each single, folded or multi-paged printed product (1) is opened over a fold (8) and a supplement (2) is inserted, wherein a leader edge (9) of the supplement (2) is placed at least near the fold (8), or against the spine respectively, of the printed product (1). The method further comprises the following steps of:

• • Application of a bonding agent (3) to the supplement (2) near the leader edge (9) or to the printed product (1) near the fold (8);
  • Insertion of the supplement (2) into the printed product (1); and
  • Adhesion by means of the bonding agent (3), of the supplement (2) in at least one place near its leader edge (9) with the printed product (1).

Claims

1. A method for the insertion of supplements into completed, folded or multi-paged printed products, wherein the completed printed products are newspapers, periodicals or brochures, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

Conveying of supplements in a pulsed or phased manner towards an insertion installation;

Applying a bonding agent on to the supplement in the proximity of a leader edge or onto the opened printed product in the proximity of the fold immediately prior to insertion;

Opening the completed printed product;

Inserting the supplement into the completed printed product with a direction of movement of the supplement during insertion being perpendicular to the direction of the fold or the spine of the completed printed product, whereby the insertion takes place by interleaving the supplement, in a high speed unguided manner, into the completed printed product;

Situating the leader edge of the supplement at least in the proximity of the fold or of the spine of the completed printed product;

Attaching the supplement to the completed printed product by closing the printed product and thereby pressing the bonding agent against the inside of the printed product in the proximity of the fold or spine; and

Adhering, by means of the bonding agent, of the supplement in at least one place in the proximity of the leader edge to the printed product,

wherein the bonding agent is removable from the printed product and/or from the supplement without damaging the printed product or the supplement.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is applied to the supplement.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is applied to the printed product.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is applied to several areas of the supplement or the printed product respectively.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the bonding agent is applied immediately prior to the insertion of the supplement.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of, following the insertion of the supplement, closing and compressing the printed product, using clamps, at least in the region of the bonding agent.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is a hot-setting adhesive which is transparent after cooling.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is a double-sided adhesive tape.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the supplement measures at least half the surface of the folded printed product.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the direction of movement of the supplement during insertion is perpendicular to the direction of the spine or fold.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein, during insertion, the supplement slides along the printed product.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein consecutive copies of the printed product are opened between different sets of pages.

13. A set of consecutive copies of combined printed products, wherein the combined printed products are newspapers, periodicals, brochures, etc., produced by the method according to claim 1, each combined printed product comprising a printed product with an inserted supplement, wherein the printed product and the supplement are attached by at least one bonding area, wherein the bonding area or bonding areas concerning the supplement are positioned in proximity of an edge of the supplement, which edge is essentially aligned with a fold or a spine of the printed product wherein the bonding agent is removable from the printed product and/or from the supplement without damaging the printed product or the supplement and wherein, in consecutive copies of the printed product, the supplement is located between different pages of the printed product.

14. A method for the insertion of removable supplements into multi-paged completed printed products, the multi-paged completed printed products being newspapers or periodicals or brochures, wherein a leader edge of the supplement is situated at least in the proximity of the fold or of a spine of the completed printed product, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

applying a bonding agent onto the supplement into the opened completed printed product, wherein during insertion, which takes place by interleaving the supplement into the printed product in a high speed and unguided manner, the supplement slides along the completed printed product, with the direction of movement of the supplement during insertion being perpendicular to the direction of the fold or the spine of the completed printed product and

adhering, by means of the bonding agent, of the supplement in at least one place in the proximity of the leader edge to the completed printed product,

wherein the bonding agent is removable from the completed printed product and/or from the supplement without damaging the completed printed product or the supplement.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of transporting and opening the multi-paged printed product are performed by an insertion drum.