Book production line for producing books composed of book blocks inserted into a casing

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PATENT NO 8475104
APP PUB NO 20100310339A1
SERIAL NO

12793082

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A production line including a casing-in machine and a processing section upstream of the casing-in machine. The processing section includes processing stations arranged at clocking intervals along the processing section to process a book block spine. The processing section includes a first processing station group and a second processing station group. The production line further includes a conveyor to successively supply the book blocks in clocked operation to the processing stations. The conveyor includes a first conveying section assigned to the first processing station group, the first conveying section including a first individual drive, and a second conveying section assigned to the second processing station group, the second conveying section including a second individual drive. The production line further includes a control unit operatively connected to the first individual drive and second individual drive to change the clocking interval length along the processing section.

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MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AGSONNENBERGSTRASSE 13 HERGISWIL CH-6052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mueller, Hans Lauda-Koenigshofen, DE 27 285

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