ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,193, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Dynamic change of gang run" was invented by Christian Troxler (Rain, Switzerland) and Heinz Oberholzer (Oftringen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method operates a facility, which serves for the continuous production of multiple gang runs for forming individual signatures or signature packs from which type-specific print products are made in a downstream print further processing machine. An endless web is the basis for the formation of these multiple gang runs. The endless web, in the non-folded state, is imparted complementary...