US Patent 7455171 Method and apparatus for processing printed articles

Printed articles 18 are fed to a processing device 32 by means of a conveying device 10. A measuring device 22 measures the thickness of the printed articles 18 and transmits a corresponding measured signal 28 to a control device 30 of a processing device 32. The latter can be formed, for example, by a packaging machine 34, and the control device uses the measured signal 28 as a basis to actuate processing elements 71 of the packaging machine, such as an input belt conveyor 36, a pressure roller pressing element 48, a stabilization element 54, or a stack forming device 58, via drive and actuating motors 40, 50, 66.