摘要 |
The signature assembling machine has saddle-shaped supports (14), travelling round a closed track and extending at right angles to the direction of rotation (U), over which the signatures (20) are placed at spaced feed stations. One station is followed by another one with stapling heads (28) travelling in synchronism with the supports during the stapling operation on the signatures straddling the holders. The staples are formed from straight wire lengths (28), with teh signatures discharged after stapling. The stapling heads travel round a closed track (26) and past a dispenser (30) for the wire lengths and at the same speed as the supports. A part (D) of this track coincides with that for the supports. |