CA1196038A - Newspaper container loading apparatus - Google Patents

Newspaper container loading apparatus

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CA1196038A
CA1196038A CA000424267A CA424267A CA1196038A CA 1196038 A CA1196038 A CA 1196038A CA 000424267 A CA000424267 A CA 000424267A CA 424267 A CA424267 A CA 424267A CA 1196038 A CA1196038 A CA 1196038A
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newspapers
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Paul D. Siniscal
Thomas E. Lachance
David L. Hebert
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Boeing North American Inc
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Rockwell International Corp
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3009Arrangements for removing completed piles by dropping, e.g. removing the pile support from under the pile
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H33/00Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles
    • B65H33/16Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by depositing articles in batches on moving supports
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4225Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports
    • B65H2301/42254Boxes; Cassettes; Containers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Special Articles (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • Forming Counted Batches (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)

Abstract

"NEWSPAPER CONTAINER LOADING APPARATUS"
Abstract of the Disclosure An apparatus for loading newspapers into a container in a newspaper live storage buffer system having an indexing unit for moving the containers individually from the buffer's conveying device to a loading position. In loading position the container is operatively associated with upper and lower carrier conveying devices in which the upper one is provided with a plurality of spaced tine members that are adapted to receive newspapers emanating from a printing press and to form stacks thereon which are lowered to a position for presenting the stacks to the lower carrier conveying device. This device includes a pair of spaced paddle members that are driven in an elliptical pathway to a position for receiving the stacks of newspapers from the tine members, and then lowering them into the container.

Description

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"NEWSPAPER CONTAINEEI_LOADING APPARATUS"
~J~ the Invention The new~paper container loading apparatus according to th~ invention forms a part of a newspaper live storage bufEer which i9 an automatic system for handling newspapers as they leave the printing press whereby a reserve supply can be maintained that is capable of compensating for unintentional shut-down of the press as well as other devices downstream of the storage buffer which effect fur~her proce~sing of said newspapers.
United States Patent 3,881,716 d;scloses an apparatus for handling newspapers which includes an accumulator for receiving newspapers from the press and storing them in static form in the event the stuffers or other downstream devices should stop and interrupt the flow of newspapers tbat normally bypass the accumulator.
Certain U.S. Patents disclose mechanisms for receiving and forming stacks of newspapers or the like and for a detailed description of such teachings, atteation is directed to United States Paten~s 3,306,173 and 39526,170.
Tbe newspaper container loading apparatus comprising the invcntion utilizes a mechanism for forming stacks of newspapers and is considered a definite advance in the ~rt, for said mechanism is effective in delivering the stacks to a carrier conveying device which lowers said stacks into containers. The loaded containers are automatically placed in the buffer system's conveying apparatus where they are advanced to the systems unloading apparatus whereat the newspaper~ are removed Erom the containers for further processing in the same order in which they were printed.

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_urn ary of the Inventlon I-t is a general. ob~ect of the i.nvention -to provide a contalner loadiny apparatus Eor a newspaper live s-torage buffer sys-tem which is automatic and will not require intervention on the part of an operator.
According to the present invention there is provided a loading device operatively associated with -the conveyiny apparatus oE a newspaper live storage bu-ffer for receiving newspapers from a printing press and loading -thern in-to a container of the type having latching levers cooperating wi-th a bo-ttom defining a ga-te member pivotable between a closed latched position and an unla-tched open position, said loading device comprising: (a) a loader housing connected -tc, the conveying appara-tus; (b) moving means operatively associa-ted with -the conveying apparatus for transferring a container to a newspaper loading positi.on and then returning it to -the conveying apparatus as requlred; (c) means mounted within s~id loader houslng for accepting the newspapers emanating from a printing press and forming stack thereof of a preselected number ; and (d) means operatively associated with said accepting means and the container in its loading position for receiving the stacks of newspapers formed by said accepting means and lowering them into the container.
Other objects and advantages oE the invention will become more fully apparent by reference to the appended claims and as the following detailed description proceeds in reference to the figures of drawing wherein:
: Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a newspaper live s-torage huffer showing the newspaper container loading apparatus according to the inven-tion operatively associated therew:ith;
Figure 2 is a view ln side elevation showing the - 2a -J~3~

various mechanisms co~prising the invention;
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are views in side elevation showing a container, the upper and lower carrier conveying devices and progressively how the stacks of newspapers are formed and lowered into the container.
Description oE the Preferred Embodiment ~ eferring now to Fig. 1 the newspaper container loading apparatus comprising the invention is contained within a housing ident;fied generally by numeral 10 and by mean~ of a stream conveyor 12 is operatively connec~ed to a printing press diagramaticalLy shown and identified by numeral 14. Additionally the housing 10 is operatively connected with a transEer conveyor 16 that in turn is operatively associated with an endless conveyor 1~. This endless conveyor 18 is provided with a plurali~y o carrier elements 20 that depend from a driven chain (not shown) for effecting travel or said carrier elements about the entire pathway of said endless conveyor.
As shown in Fig. 1 each carrier element 20 is capable of supporting a pair oE container members 22 and are adapted to release s~id container members onto roller members 24 which form the upper portion of the transfer conveyor 16. By any appropriate means not shown such as pneumatic cylinders, the container members are caused to travel in the direction of the indicatin~ arrow 26 in Fig. 1.
The container members 22 traveling in this direction are caused to enter the housing 10 as at 28 and when they leave the opposite side of said housing they will have been loaded with superposed newspapers 30 in a manner now to be described. As the eontainer members enter the housing 10l they are individually received by an indexing rotor that is identified generally in Fig. 2 by numeral 32. This indexing rotor 32 is effective in individual removal of each container from the transfer conveyor 16 and of supporting them in a newspaper loading position as at 34 in Figs. 2-5. The newspaper loading position 34 positions a container below a pair of spaced front and rear stack guides 36 and 38 respectively. These ~tack guides 36 and 38 are ~peratively associated with an upper carrier conveying device that is depicted generally in Figs. 2-5 by numeral 40.
The conveying device 40 is provided with a pair of spaced track elements 42 (one only shown) that are operatively connected to a gear reduction drive motor 44 by means of drive chains 46 and 48 (Fig. 2) that in turn are connected to upper and lower drive shafts 50 and 52 respectively.
By means not shown the~se drive shats 50 and 52 are operatively connected to chains that drive carrier elements with cam followersl guide peripheral channels in track elements 42 and which are adapted to support a plurality of tine members 54 ~two only shown in Fig. 2).
With the tine members having one end attached to the carriers which ride in the peripheral grooves, they are caused to move in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 2-S.
The end of the stream conveyor 12 mos~ remote from the printing press 14 is operatively associated with the upper portion of the conveying device 40 &nd is adapted to release the newspapers traveling in shingled relation thereon onto the tines 54 where they form stacks of superposed newspapers 30.
As shown in Figs. 3-5~ a st~ck sensor 56 is located adjacent the area where the newspapers leave the stream conveyor aad are placed one on top of the other on the tines 54.
This stack sensor 56 is effective in controlling the height of each stack of newspapers formed on a set oE
tines 54 so that a tine with a predetermined number of papers is caused to be lowered and another tine moved into position to receive and form another stack.
When each set of tines 54 is lowered with i~s stack of newspapers it is caused to present said stack to a lower carrier conveying device that is depicted generally in Figs. 2-5 by numeral 58.
This conveying device 58 is provided with aligned q9~

and vertically spaced sprocket members 60 and 62 which are interconnected by a drive claim 64. The upper sprocke~ as shown in Fig. 2 is identified by numeral 60 and is operatively connected to a drive motor 66 which is effective in causing the drive chain 64 to travel in an elliptical pathway about the sprockets 60 and 62. This drive chain is of the endless type and has a pair of spaced paddle members 68 and 70 mounted thereon and extending outwardly therefrom their free ends are also caused to travel in an elliptical pathway depicted by the phantom line 7~ in Figs~ 2-5.
The container members 22 are fabricated with one side having an open channel extending the full length thereof and with a U-shaped bottom which permits the paddle members to pass completely through a container in it~ loading position as said paddles are caused to move in their elliptical pathway.
As shown in Fig. 3, paddle member 70 i9 in position for receiving a stack of newspapers from tine member 54.
In Fig~ 4 the stack is resting on paddle member 70 which has been lowered where it supports the stack in the upper portion of the container member 22 and another stack has been formed on another set of tines 54. In Fig. 5 a sufficient number of stacks have been formed to fill the container member 22 and paddle member 70 has passed through and beyond the bottom of said container while paddle member 68 is approaching the position for receiving the next stack to be formed on yet another tine member 54.
When the container member has been filled as shown in Fig. 5, the indexing rotor 32 returns lt to the transfer conveyor 16 aDd simultaneously places another empty container member in loading position 34 where the loading cycle is again repeated.
Although the present invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that modifications and variations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as those skilled in the art will readily ~ J~ 3 understand. Such modifications and variations are considered to be within the purview and scope of the invention and the appended claims.

Claims (6)

WE CLAIM:
1. A loading device operatively associated with the conveying apparatus of a newspaper live storage buffer for receiving newspapers from a printing press and loading them into a container of the type having latching levers cooperating with a bottom defining a gate member pivotable between a closed latched position and an unlatched open position, said loading device comprising:
(a) a loader housing connected to the conveying apparatus;
(b) moving means operatively associated with the conveying apparatus for transferring a container to a newspaper loading position and then returning it to the conveying apparatus as required;
(c) means mounted within said loader housing for accepting the newspapers emanating from a printing press and forming stack thereof of a preselected number; and (d) means operatively associated with said accepting means and the container in its loading position for receiving the stacks of newspapers formed by said accepting means and lowering them into the container.
2. The structure according to Claim 1 wherein said moving means defines an indexing apparatus for supporting a container in its newspaper loading position.
3. The structure according to Claim 1 wherein said loading device includes a stream conveyor interconnecting the printing press with said loader housing for receiving newspapers into the latter.
4. The structure according to Claim 3 wherein said accepting means defines an upper carrier conveying device including:
(a) a plurality of spaced tine members mounted for movement in a generally elliptical pathway for receiving the newspapers conveyed by said stream conveyor; and (b) guide members operatively associated with said tine members for guiding the newspapers stacked thereon to a position for delivery to said receiving means.
5. The structure according to Claim 4 wherein said receiving means defines a lower carrier conveying device including:
(a) a pair of spaced paddle members;
(b) drive means operatively connected to said paddle members for moving the latter in an elliptical pathway to positions for receiving stacks of newspapers from the tine members and lowering them into the container.
6. The structure according to Claim 5 wherein said drive means includes:
(a) a drive motor;
(b) a first sprocket member operatively connected to said drive motor;
(c) a second sprocket member rotatably supported in spaced relation to said first sprocket member; and (d) a drive chain interconnecting said first and second sprocket members with said paddle members operatively connected thereto.
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