James G Cosgrove

US Patent:

39661857, Jun 29, 1976

Filed:

Feb 11, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/441056

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Edward J. Zagorski - Chicago IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Corporation - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B41L 4312

US Classification:

270 37

Abstract:

Books are produced by feeding juxtaposed webs of printed matter, obtained from rolls, past a glue applying means which applies glue between the webs; the webs joined by glue are cut to provide juxtaposed sheets in paginated relation which are then folded to signature form and delivered to a conveyor; preferably the conveyor in a saddle conveyor and the fold is so made as to produce signatures with a lap margin.

US Patent:

41748298, Nov 20, 1979

Filed:

Feb 1, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/874265

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Elmer Bewersdorf - Downers Grove IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Corporation - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65H 530

US Classification:

270 55

Abstract:

If a newspaper jacket to be stuffed with a collection of inserts does not timely arrive at the stuffing station the inserts intended therefore are rejected but the machine is not stopped; if the inserts are detected as insufficient in number the ones which are present may be rejected and the jacket may also be rejected.

US Patent:

39812120, Sep 21, 1976

Filed:

Jan 29, 1973

Appl. No.:

5/327488

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Elmer D. Bewersdorf - Downers Grove IL

International Classification:

B26d 706
B26d 716

US Classification:

83155

Abstract:

A three-knife sheet trimmer is so constructed as to separate the drive for the knives (one front knife and two side knives) from the drive for the clamps which hold the sheets (e. g. , the sheets of a book) stationary while being trimmed. The knives at the stations are operated out of phase, and the moving masses are therefore balanced compared to the previous form of these trimmers where all knives move in the same direction at the same time. Separating the drives also enables a book to be sooner advanced from the first knife station to the second knife station. This being so, there is a greater allowance of time in which to make the transfer, and hence there is no need to rush the book. The stops at the several knife stations against which a book is advanced may be adjusted simultaneously, and the separate feed means which advance or feed the books first from the first knife station to the second knife station and then out of the second knife station, may be opened or spread apart simultaneously either for re-adjustment to accomodate books of a different size or for the purpose of clearing a jam.

US Patent:

43847099, May 24, 1983

Filed:

Jun 26, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/277995

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
George D. Higgins - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65H 3902

US Classification:

270 54

Abstract:

This invention is concerned with the elimination of vibration in signature gathering machine delivery chains. Reciprocal motion in some components of a signature gathering system creates periodic forces which may be at or near the natural frequency of the delivery chain. This causes undesired vibration in the chain. The present invention damps this vibration by continuously constraining the lower run of the chain and by placing a positive drive at the tail end sprocket of the chain to take up some of the slack in the return run. The vibration is also substantially reduced at its source by placing a flywheel on the mainline drive shaft near the point where the reciprocal motion is derived.

US Patent:

40463664, Sep 6, 1977

Filed:

Jun 9, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/694221

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Arthur E. Eaves - Morton Grove IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Corporation - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B41F 1356

US Classification:

270 21

Abstract:

Books are produced by juxtaposing webs of printed material obtained from rolls, cut and then folded twice to afford a lap margin and a juxtaposed fold before delivery to a saddle conveyor; the folded sheets or signatures thus produced are trimmed and one trim is at the aforementioned juxtaposed fold.

US Patent:

40506860, Sep 27, 1977

Filed:

Jan 16, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/649639

Inventors:

William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Edward J. Zagorski - Chicago IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Co. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65H 3902

US Classification:

270 54

Abstract:

Books are produced by feeding juxtaposed webs of printed matter, obtained from rolls, to a knife which cuts the webs to provide juxtaposed sheets in paginated relation; a delivery cylinder may be optionally set to feed the paginated sheets to one of two folders, which respectively fold signatures of different form. The signatures are then delivered to a conveyor which is preferably a saddle conveyor in which event the fold is so made as to result in a lap margin.

US Patent:

41802594, Dec 25, 1979

Filed:

Mar 21, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/888776

Inventors:

Elmer Bewersdorf - Downers Grove IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Thomas R. Flavin - Mokena IL
Edward Gallagher - Oak Lawn IL
Willam B. Mc Cain - Hinsdale IL
Ronald W. Weller - Oak Lawn IL
Lawrence J. Werstler - Evergreen Park IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Co. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65H 2914

US Classification:

271200

Abstract:

Signatures fresh from the printing press are fed in a shingled stream toward and then dropped one by one into a hopper which may feed a gathering chain. The signatures are "broken" (unstuck) by first stacking them edgewise on horizontal support, shingling them in a constant stream by an unusual form of suction feed, bending the shingled stream and thereafter cascading the stream into the hopper.

US Patent:

41779827, Dec 11, 1979

Filed:

Feb 24, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/771657

Inventors:

Elmer Bewersdorf - Downers Grove IL
James F. Cosgrove - Western Springs IL
Thomas R. Flavin - Mokena IL
Edward Gallagher - Oak Lawn IL
William B. McCain - Hinsdale IL
Ronald W. Weller - Oak Lawn IL
Lawrence J. Werstler - Evergreen Park IL

Assignee:

McCain Manufacturing Corporation - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65H 522

US Classification:

271 5

Abstract:

Signatures fresh from the printing press are fed in a shingled stream toward and then dropped one by one into a hopper which may feed a gathering chain. The signatures are "broken" (unstuck) by first stacking them edgewise on a horizontal support, shingling them in a constant stream by an unusual form of suction feed, bending the shingled stream and thereafter cascading the stream into the hopper.