1916 Panoramic Print of a Juengst Collator/Stitcher/Covering machine combination

Publication

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American Bookbinders Museum

Panoramic Print used for advertising by American Assembling Company of the George Juengst and Sons Collator/Stitcher and Coverer used in the production of stitched and covered magazines. This was first installed in 1909 at DC Cook in Elgin, IL and was the earliest known example of coupling the operations of collate, jog, side wire staple and cover application into one continous motion from loose signatures to bound magazine at speeds up to 3,500 per hour.

Panoramic Print used for advertising by American Assembling Company of the George Juengst and Sons Collator/Stitcher and Coverer used in the production of stitched and covered magazines. This was first installed in 1909 at DC Cook in Elgin, IL and was the earliest known example of coupling the operations of collate, jog, side wire staple and cover application into one continous motion from loose signatures to bound magazine at speeds up to 3,500 per hour.

Name/Title

1916 Panoramic Print of a Juengst Collator/Stitcher/Covering machine combination

Entry/Object ID

2025.4.9

Description

Print of a Collator/Stitcher/Covering machine. This has been folded for over 100 years and was found in a file containing exhibits from a patent infringement trial between the George Juengst and Sons and Hill Publishing of which TW & CB Sheridan were defendants. The suit was brought on by George Juengst but the trial did not take place until after the company had been sold to American Assembling. This photo was used in advertising by American Assembling who purchased all rights and assets of the George Juengst and Sons in 1916. This advertising photo has the American Assembling name on it so it was circa 1916/1917 which coincides with the trial dates. The design of the coverer also coincide with the Juengst Brochure in 2025.4.5 which was a 2015/2016 date. The notations on the print were made by engineers or attorneys to denote details of the machine to help argue the patent infringement trial. This is an accurate depection of a continous motion collator, stitcher and coverer prior to more modern day electrics. Note the shaft with handles running the length of the machine, this is how the operator would disengage the drive to stop the machine. Initally these machines were powered by Steam or water and soon by generators or auxillary motors that drove ceiling mounted lineshafts. American Assembling retained the personnel and worked from the Juengst factory in Croton Falls, NY until American Assembling built a brand new facility in Easton, PA in 1927. American Assembling was purchased by TW & CB Sheridan in 1933.

Collection

Sheridan Collection

Dimensions

Width

9-3/4 in