automatic stitcher-feeder machine
A bookbinding machine that gathers and inserts a
number of folded sheets and stitches them through
the folds. The sheets are either fed by operators
to the carrier saddle at various stations, or are
fed automatically. As each folio is carried along
the saddle, another is fed over it at each station
until the section or book is complete. When the
section reaches the end of the machine it is
automatically knocked even, saddle stitched and
delivered to a receiving trough. (179 )