DE2262381A1 - ALIGNMENT AND BUNCH COUNTING MACHINE - Google Patents

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PATENTANWÄLTE 8900 Aug «burg-Göggingen, 19-12.1972

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The Ward Machinery Company

10615 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville

Maryland 21030 / USA

Alignment and bundle counting machine

The invention relates generally to machines used in the manufacture of corrugated boxes
in particular to an aligning and bundle counting machine for use in the corrugated box industry for stacking, aligning, counting and transporting away
Flat corrugated cardboard boxes combined into bundles, which are made from print, notch, faIt and
Gluing machines are delivered.

There is a great need for a machine that
accepts freshly glued and folded sheets or boxes that are delivered from a folding and gluing machine; These sheets or boxes are to be accommodated in a magazine or generally in an area in which they can be aligned, thereby avoiding anything that may have occurred

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flaws that have arisen from incorrect folding are destroyed; then the sheets or boxes are counted and layered in a precise pile or bundle with a predetermined number of sheets or boxes.

Two essential requirements of the machine are: It must be able to handle sheets or boxes that are smooth or in other irregular shapes (odd shape) trains see it tervsind, and she has to flow the out of the machine be able to reliably divide emerging sheets or boxes into bundles with precisely counted contents.

It is also desirable to have a machine in which the sequence of bundles exiting the machine is performed generally speaking, runs along the center line of a folding and gluing machine. In other words, it is It is desirable that to facilitate the flow of material and to save space the printing, folding, counting and Bundling takes place in the direction of a continuous straight line.

These work steps are usually carried out in two separate phases using conventional machines. the one phase is the alignment process, the second phase is the counting and bundling process.

The machine according to the invention allows these two functions or processes run in a single machine and arranges it so that these two processes are in one in a straight line exactly along the center line of the folding and gluing machine.

The corrugated cardboard box industry needs a modern, automatically working machine that is capable of stacking, aligning, Counting * and discharging bundled flat corrugated cardboard

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boxes is suitable for taking off at high speed
delivered to the printing, notching, folding and printing press
will·

The invention is therefore based on the object of a
To develop alignment and bundle counting machines of the counter and ejector type.

The invention is intended to provide an aligning and bundle counting machine which performs all of the above functions,
which works automatically and reliably and only
has very low maintenance requirements.

The aligning and bundle counting machine should also be fed into the
Be able to work independently of the speed or the feed sequence with the
your boxes or sheets are fed from the outside.

The alignment and bundle counting machine according to the invention is intended to be connected to the modern existing machines in the corrugated cardboard box industry be customizable.

The aim of the invention is to create an alignment and bundle counting machine which picks up boxes that have just been folded from a folding and gluing machine, lets them enter a magazine in which they can be stacked and aligned, and then accurate
Bundles with a predetermined number of boxes in each bundle.

In addition, the invention is intended to provide an alignment and fret counting machine which can produce boxes or sheets of smooth or irregular cut (odd shape).
process and the sequence of boxes or sheets too precisely

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can reliably assemble counted bundles.

Finally, the machine according to the invention should because of the space savings in a cardboard box factory and to achieve a simple material flow as an alignment and Bundle counting machine, which enables printing, folding, stacking, aligning, counting and Bundling to run in a straight work sequence.

Further features and the advantages that can be achieved with them are readily apparent from the following, detailed description and the accompanying drawings showing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an aligning and bundle counting machine incorporating features of the invention are realized;

2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and 2e are schematic side views, in which the principle of consecutive Working steps of the aligning and bundle counting machine according to Figure 1 is shown;

3a and 3b are schematic side views of the aligning and bundle counting machine according to FIG. 1;

3c is a plan view of the aligning and bundle counting machine according to FIG. 1 with a schematic one Representation of the conveyor belt device and the setting of the slide for the different Sheet sizes of the corrugated cardboard boxes or corrugated cardboard sheets;

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4a shows a detail of the side view with a different type of belt arrangement of the inlet end the alignment and bundle counting machine;

FIG. 4b shows a partial plan view of the arrangement according to FIG. 4a;

5 shows the diagram of a modified form of the aligning and bundle counting machine,

Fig. 1 shows a complete aligning and bundle counting machine, while Figs. 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and 2e and FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c illustrate the sequence of the work phases.

From Figs. 1 and 2a it can be seen that the total Flat-folded, glued cardboard boxes denoted by 22 and in particular box 22a (the positions the boxes or arcs are marked with the number 22 and a book "sticks of the alphabet" in the direction of the arrow directly from a folding and gluing machine into the feed rollers 46 of the aligning and bundle counting machine be directed.

The boxes 22a run through the gap between the two rollers 46, which act as positive guides so that the Boxes 22a are completely guided into an alignment magazine 23 «A stop or locking device 42 with ■ a vibrating plate 44a constitute the front and rear walls of the magazine 23. A vacuum conveyor forms the bottom of the magazine 23. The feed roller 46 below is knurled for effective gripping of the end of each box 22 is facilitated.

When the boxes 22 are diverted into the magazine 23,

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small springs 48 guide the boxes 22a inwards and downwards into the magazine 23 under a feeler and control roller 50.

Directional guides HUb should the entering boxes 22a Place at right angles on top of the stack of boxes 22 in magazine 23 so that a smooth stack of boxes is formed in the area. These directional guides can be moved inwards or outwards to make boxes more diverse Size dimensions can be included. The flat cardboard boxes 22b gradually grow into one Stack in the magazine 2 3 at. When the stack of boxes 22b in the magazine 2 3 up to about the height of the center line the lower feed roller "+6 is enough (Fig. 2a), the feeler and control roller actuates a switch that controls the drive of the vacuum conveyor 14 initiates which conveyor It, as mentioned, forms the bottom of the first magazine 23.

One located immediately below the conveyor belt 14 Vacuum box 36 pulls boxes 22b toward conveyor belt 14.

This conveyor belt 14 is provided with two rows of holes running in the longitudinal direction of the belt, so that these holes run over the vacuum box 36 when the belt is advanced. The pulling force exerted by the negative pressure from the vacuum box 36, in conjunction with the pulling movement of the conveyor belt 14, pulls the boxes 22c one after the other out of the bottom of the stack of boxes 22b.

Then the boxes 22c are successively opened through a gap between the stopper device 42 and the belt 14 the top of this band outwards. The boxes 22a enter the magazine 2 3 with approximately the same

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Number of boxes per unit of time as boxes 22c from the The lower part of the magazine 23 can be carried outside on the conveyor 14.

To achieve that the height of the stack of boxes 22 in the magazine 23 is within a relatively Holds a narrow range, the feeler roller 50 controls a switch for starting the conveyor belt 14 - as well as a resistor, which influences the running speed of the belt 14. This control works so that when the stack of boxes 22 in the magazine 23 approaches the lower limit height, the movement of the belt 14 is slowed down, so that fewer boxes 22c are removed from the magazine 23 than are fed into the magazine 23. the The height of the stack of boxes 22 in the magazine 2 3 then begins to grow again.

When the height of the stack of boxes 22 approaches the desired upper limit, the resistance leaves the conveyor 14 gradually become faster and the flow of boxes 22c emerging from the lower portion of the magazine 23 reaches the amount of boxes 22a that are inserted into the magazine in the unit of time or possibly exceeds this Value.

In this way this aligning and bundle counting machine 10 affect the flow of boxes or sheets 22 from the folding and gluing machine. A fold and glue machine operates in a speed range, and therefore the aligning and bundle counting machine 10 must be a fixed one Maintaining the stacking height of boxes 22 in the magazine 23 so that those with the lower feed roller 46 cooperate Sensing roller 50 can exert a certain downward pressure on this stack, which creates a pressure load

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stung in the arch, and the freshly glued Connection points of the boxes 2 2 allows time to harden.

As the boxes 22 sink through the stack from top to bottom, their front or folding edges are held by the stop device 42 detected and located. The rear edges of the stack of sheets 22 lies against the Oscillating plate 44a, which is articulated about its lower point is arranged and swings back and forth in its upper part so that the upper part of the stack is where the Glued connection of a box 2 2 is pressed. If by any chance there is a freshly folded box that is not aligned with the box 22, the rocking plate 44a presses against this field so that it is opposite to the The rest of the box is aligned until the glue has hardened and the box stays in place.

The vibrating plate 44a is supported by a shaft with thereon Cam controlled. A component is guided around the cam disk, which in turn is attached to the plate is attached.

The stop device 42 can be moved in the longitudinal direction either away from the oscillating plate 44a or towards it so that boxes 22 of different lengths can be accommodated; that is by the position of the movable Carriage 20 indicated in FIGS. 3a and 3b. This carriage 20 can be adjusted to the various length dimensions of flat corrugated cardboard boxes or sheets 2 2. According to Fig. 3a, the carriage 20a is in the direction of the arrow 40a has been set for small boxes or sheets 22h and according to Fig. 3b, the carriage 20 is in the direction of the Arrow 40b is set to boxes or bows 22i. How through

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the center line 30 in Figure 3c to the center of the corrugated boxes or sheets 22 which are fed into the machine indicated is an automatic alignment for centering the alignment and bundle counting machine 10 intended.

When it is not required, the influx of boxes To count 22 in bundles, it is of course also possible to use this part of the machine 10 as an alignment device use. For example, the boxes 22 can be removed piece by piece from the magazine 23 and placed on one conventional stacker, which piles up a stack of a predetermined height.

The lower conveyor belt arrangement under the magazine 23 consists of the vacuum box 36 and two drums 39 and 41, around which the conveyor belt is looped and guided over the vacuum box 36. The vacuum box 36 is designed so that the negative pressure is only in a range of about 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) of the front edge of the box 22c where it is stacked in the pressurized magazine 2 3. Experiments have shown that other methods can be used instead, using a tape having a high-friction surface, a counter-S ^- OId is applied to the next box 22 to be fed when the lower box 22c has been partially withdrawn from the magazine 23.

In other words, and as can be seen in FIG. 2a, a box 22c is just beginning from the magazine 23 through the gap between the. Step out of the stop device H2 and the tape 3Λ. As this box 22c continues to move forward, an ever larger area becomes the rear

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The edge of the next box in the magazine is released towards the tape IH. Of course, the magazine 2 contains 3 one considerable weight and there is a downward force which dutth the weight of the feeler roller 50 and by that Rotation of the lower of the two rollers H 6 is caused and the entire upper load of boxes 22 is down presses against the vacuum belt IH. The friction drive, which acts on the next box to be conveyed, pushes it into the locking device H2 and hangs it on the lock, so that it does not fall freely into the conveying position when it is his turn. By having the negative pressure effect on the front edge of the box and applying a tape with a lower smooth face on it it is possible to use a negative pressure to pull the box 22 towards the belt 16 to give it sufficient pulling force for pulling out without disturbing the next overlying box in the stack. Of the Box remains on hold until the first box 22c is led away and when it falls down, it is subject to the effect of the negative pressure and adheres to the tape IH and continues on his way.

A more versatile method of pulling boxes from under the stack of boxes 22 in the magazine 23 is shown in FIGS and Hb drawn. In this system, the vacuum box 36 is omitted, which significantly reduces the cost of the machine 10. The one that occupies the full width Band IH is replaced by a multiple band 100 that consists of consists of a series of bands lying parallel to one another (see Fig. Hb). The multiple belt 100 consists of one Series of narrow belts that are stretched parallel to each other with a mutual spacing across the width of the machine.

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The two rollers 39 and 41, which are the front and rear, the roller carrying the multiple belt arrangement 100 (FIG. 4a) represent are retained. The vacuum box 36 is replaced by a set of three rollers 101, 103 and 105. The multiple belt assembly 100 runs forward from the top of the rear roller 41 in the direction of the arrow away. The level of the multiple belt 100 lies on this. Place under the stack of boxes 22 by an inch or two or 2) under the bottom of the stack, but the belt 100 is parallel to the bottom of the box stack,

Then the tape 100 is wrapped around a thin roller 105, about 15 to 20 cm (6 or 8 inches) behind the front edge of the stack is, and from there the belt runs down and around a second, under the first roller standing roller 103, then the belt 100 runs upwards over a third roller 101, which is practically below the front edge of the stack of boxes 2 2 in the dcuckbeaufschlag Magazine 23 is up.

The rear edge of the stack of boxes 22 in the magazine 23 is supported by a small inclined plate 103, which are set up at an angle of about 45 ° and just below the rear edge of the stack and just above the Multiple tape 100 is attached.

In these circumstances, the stack of boxes 22 will sit on the bevel plate 103, and at least half the total weight of the stack lies on the belts of the multiple tape that runs over the Wize 101 on the front edge of the stack of boxes 22 is attached, runs upwards.

The surface of the belts of the multiple belt 100 has a high coefficient of friction, so that the coefficient of friction of the moving belts at least twice as large

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is like the coefficient of friction of two rubbing against each other Boxes, whereby half the load of the stack of boxes has sufficient driving force to drive the to promote underlying boxes 22c through the locks and out of the magazine 2 3 out.

The box 22c to be conveyed next is not disturbed until the first box has completely filled the magazine has left because the next box to be conveyed does not have the belts of the multiple belt 100 at any point on its surface until the first box has completely disappeared and the second box is allowed to slide onto the straps of the Multiple tape 100 to fall down exactly at its front edge. This is the reason why the belts of the multiple belt 100 are under the closing edge of the Magazine 2 3 are pressed.

After the boxes 22 have been removed from the magazine 23 the problem arises of counting boxes 2 2 and dividing the stream of boxes into correctly counted ones Bundles of boxes.

The technique of using an electric eye or similar probe to count the boxes or the spaces between the boxes is not new and is used in all types of counting operations. However, there has always been the problem of actually dividing the stream of boxes into precisely counted bundles once counting has started.

In the present, special case , the boxes 22d are brought into a second magazine 15 shown in FIG. 2a with the aid of the belts of a multiple belt conveyor 16,

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which is attached to the front end of the band 14 (cf. FIGS. 1, 2a and 3c). The box 22d is reached then the end of the vacuum belt 14 and then becomes guided upwards onto the multiple belt conveyor 16. When the front edge of the box 22d encounters the light beam of the electrical eye 28 interrupts, the box is counted "

When the oncoming boxes 22 get into the magazine 45, they are transported by the belt conveyor 16 until they touch a stationary stop 24 (FIG. 2a), Each subsequent box 22d takes the same route, and the stack of boxes is from below in the magazine 45 built.

The stack of boxes is therefore built up from below, because the coefficient of friction of the belts of the conveyor 16 is greater than the coefficient of friction between two on each other moving boxes, The weight of the stack of boxes itself is sufficient to support the. oncoming boxes to allow the straps 16 to adhere and then to determine sufficient motive force to pull that box under the To guide the bottom surface of the stack and the straps press that box against with sufficient force the fixed stop rod 24,

At the point when counting a bunch out a predetermined number of boxes is closed by means of an electric eye 28, another rises Stop bar 26a (Fig. 2a) or stop bar 26b (Fig. 2b) by about 2.5 cm (1 inch) or more up the level of the straps 16 so that the next oncoming boxes 22f are at the front of that stop bar 26b stop ^ 'instead of at the front of the stop bar 24 (Fig. 2c). This means that box 22f,

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which has been stopped by the stop rod 26b, now represents the first box in the next bundle, and all boxes 22e above it can be dispensed are as components of the bundle just counted by the electric eye 28,

Three or four more boxes can still be inserted into the magazine 45 (FIG. 2c). When these boxes 22f When pushed together, they eventually rise to a point where they are the underside of a push rod 34b. This push rod 31b can move freely in its holder in the vertical direction.

If more and more boxes 2 2f enter the magazine 45 (see. Fig. 2d), the lifting of the push rod 34c finally another electrical eye 54 triggered. This electrical eye 54 then indicates to the machine 10 that some boxes 22f have been collected in the next bundle and that it is permissible, the first bundle Boxes 22e with the aid of the conveyor 18 (Figs. 1, 2d and 2e) lead away.

This triggers two processes; First, the stop rod 26b rises one more step, as in FIG Fig. 2d indicated by the rod 26c. As soon as the rod 26c is raised to its upper position, a signal is emitted which causes the push rod 34c to reciprocate 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12 inches) and to bring the bundle of boxes 2 2e onto a set of conveyor belts 18. This bundle can then be unimpeded on the conveyor 18 can be moved out of the machine in the direction of arrow 58 (FIG. 2e).

As soon as the push rod 34c reaches the end of its stroke movement

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is enough, it triggers another sensor, in this case an ordinary limit switch, through which the intermediate The stop rod 26c (FIG. 2d) is caused to descend into the position of the stop rod 26a according to FIG. 2e will.

This also causes the push rod 34d to return to a position that is about 4 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 inches) is past the normal point at which the boxes 22f are collected.

At this moment one of two states can occur: Either the boxes in the next Bundles of 'boxes 2 2f have been collected on the Belts 16 move forward, or they stay in some Cases in their rearward position, which means that their front edges are still at the level of the intermediate Stop rod 26 stop. The next boxes that come up are all up to the front side the stationary stop rod 24 run «As a result the push rod 34 is caused to move back so far that it is behind all the boxes, which have not yet reached the front position. Then the push rod 34 takes a short step forward, to cause all of the boxes 22f in the second stack of boxes to be in line with the front of the Stop rod 24 are up and the work cycle begins all over again.

Fig. 5 shows a modified method of actuation the movable stop rod 26 via the already connected activities mentioned in FIGS. 2a to 2e. If a given. Number of boxes 22 from the electric eye 28 in the manner described above

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have been counted into the bundle, a roller assembly 110 lowers the conveyor 16 in the direction of arrow 112 instead of the movable stop rod 26 in the in Fig. 2b is raised in the manner shown. The effect is the same, i.e. lowering the conveyor 16 so far that the stop rod 26a stops without movement the first few boxes in the following bundle. Then the stop rod 26a brought into the position shown in FIG. 2d in order to convert the former bundle into the position described above Way to raise. After that the stop rod and the conveyor 16 is successively moved to its original position so that the operating cycle can be repeated.

The aligning and bundling machine is controlled and preset from a control panel 12 (Fig. 1) and by a handwheel 56, which the setting for the different Strengths of the corrugated cardboard boxes or sheets 22 makes.

Patent claims:

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Claims (1)

226238 Patent claims: 1.} Plant for counting and dividing the stream flatter Objects in counted bundles with a predetermined number of objects, characterized by a fixed stop (24), one at a distance from the fixed stop (24) arranged movable sliding device (34), one between and below the fixed stop and the movable sliding device arranged movable stop (26), wherein the stops in the movement path of the said objects (22) lie one behind the other by means of conveying means (16) for the transport of objects towards the front of said fixed stop (24), this fixed Stop is designed so that it limits the advance of the lowest lying objects, so that a bundle of objects is piled up on this front from below, with one object in the bundle reaches by lifting the other objects contained in the bundle through a device (28) for counting a predetermined number of objects advanced by the conveyor and in that bundle next to the front of the fixed stop (24) are stacked by a means for lifting the movable stop (26) after a predetermined number of objects in the bundle next to the fixed Stop (24) are stacked so that the next object to be added is at the front of the movable 30 9 846/0 743 Strike (26) instead of at the front of the fixed stop (24) is stopped in order to place a new bundle underneath and to be set up laterally offset from the first-mentioned bundle of objects with the aid of the conveyor (16) from below, by means of a scanning device that is operatively connected to the sliding device (34), which indicates that some objects have collected in the subsequent bundle and which causes that the movable stop (26) is further raised to divide the first bundle of articles by a Means which cause the pusher to move forward to the first mentioned bundle of to remove the machine and by a device that causes the sliding device in a starting position return, and which is arranged so that the growing bundle to the front of the fixed stop is pushed to the piling up of a predetermined number of these objects in the said following bundle to reach by the conveyor and to cause that the movable stop (26) in its starting position returns. 2, facility for counting and dividing the current shallower Objects in counted bundles with a predetermined number of objects, according to claim 1, characterized through a magazine (23) for receiving the flat rigid objects for aligning the objects before they are removed from the conveyor (14) are fed to the counting device for counting. 3. System for counting and dividing, according to claim 2, 309846/0743 characterized by a device (46) for the Feeding said flat rigid objects into the magazine for stacking and aligning in the magazine. 4. System for counting and dividing, according to claim 3, characterized by means for aligning (4Hb) the flat rigid objects that are in the magazine (23) should be introduced. 5, system for counting and dividing, according to claim 4, characterized by a device for compressing of said flat rigid objects that are inserted into the magazine, with simultaneous alignment of the objects inserted into the magazine. 6. System for counting and dividing, according to claim 3, characterized in that the means for introducing the articles into the magazine are of a pair at a distance rollers (46) arranged from one another, one of which is corrugated, around which one enters the magazine (23) To grab objects. 7. Plant for counting and dividing, according to claim 1, characterized by a device for controlling the Throughput rate of the objects dispensed from the magazine (23), 8. Plant for counting and dividing, according to claim 1, 309846/0743 characterized by means (18) for removing the bundle from a predetermined number of Objects that are pushed out of the machine by the pushing device (34). 9. Plant for counting and dividing, according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor for feeding the rigid objects for counting is formed by a vacuum belt (14). 10. Plant for counting and dividing, according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor is a multi-belt feed device (100) is formed. 11. Equipment for counting and dividing the stream of flat objects into counted bundles with a predetermined one Number of objects, characterized by a fixed stop (24), one at a distance from the fixed stop (24) arranged movable sliding device (34), one between and below the fixed stop and the movable pusher movable stop (26), wherein the stops lie in the path of movement of said objects (22), by conveyor means (16) for the transport of objects one behind the other towards the front said fixed stop (24), said fixed stop being designed so that it the feed of the counter- 309846/0743 stands limited, so that a bundle of objects is piled up on this front from below, one object entering the bundle "by the other objects contained in the bundle are raised, by means (28) for counting a predetermined number of objects which are from the conveyor moves forward and in this bundle next to the front of the fixed stop are stacked, by means for lowering the movable stop (26) after a predetermined number of items in the bundle next to the fixed stop (24) are stacked so that the next added item at the front of the movable stop (26) instead of the front of the fixed stop (24) is stopped to a new bundle below and laterally offset opposite build over the first-mentioned bundle with the help of the conveyor (16) from below, through one with the Pusher (34) operatively associated scanning device indicating that some items have collected in the following bundle and which causes the movable stop. (26) lifts to divide the first bundle of articles by means of the pusher caused to move forward to remove the first mentioned bundle from the machine and through a device which causes the sliding device to return to a starting position and the so is arranged that the growing bundle is pushed to the front of the fixed stop (24) is to stack a predetermined number of these items in the said following bundle 309846/0743 226238Ί to reach by the conveyor and to cause the movable stop (26) and the Return the conveyor to its original position. 12. Fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine, characterized by two spaced apart arranged magazines (23, 45), the first of which is practically flat, rigid objects (22) from above. for stacking and aligning, by a device that picks up the stacked and aligned items (22) from the bottom of the first magazine into the second magazine (45) so that a first bundle of Objects is stacked from below in the second magazine (45) by a device (28) for counting a preselected number of the aligned objects fed into the second magazine (45) a device for producing an initial set of some items of a subsequent bundle of objects next to and laterally offset from the first bundle of objects in the second magazine (45), by means for separating the first bundle of articles from the adjacent one subsequent bundle of items after some items have accumulated in the subsequent bundle have, through a device for removing the first bundle of objects from the second magazine? and by a device which brings the subsequent bundle of some articles into position which was previously occupied by the first bundle of objects in the magazine, so that the subsequent bundle of .objects that have a predetermined number of objects in this bundle, is replenished. 309846/0743 13, fully automatic alignment and bundle counting • Machine according to Claim 12, characterized by a device for aligning the objects which are inserted into the first magazine to be guided. 14. Fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine according to claim 13, characterized by a device for compressing the objects introduced into the first magazine at the same time
Aligning the objects inserted into the first magazine, 15., Fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine according to claim 12, characterized in that the device for introducing objects into the first magazine of a pair spaced apart arranged rollers C + 6), one of which is corrugated, around the incoming in the first magazine (23) To grab objects. 16, fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine according to claim 12, characterized by a device for controlling the throughput rate of the
stacked and aligned objects guided by the conveyor from the first magazine (23) to the second magazine (45), 17. Fully automatic alignment and bundle counters 309846/07 4 3 Machine according to Claim 12, characterized by a device for aligning the in the first magazine (23) guided objects while simultaneously compressing the flat sheets that are in the first magazine (23) are introduced. 18. Fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine according to claim] 2, characterized in that the conveyor that guides the stacked and aligned objects into the second magazine (45) as Vacuum belt (14) is formed. 19. Fully automatic alignment and bundle counting machine according to claim 12, characterized in that the conveyor means that the stacked and aligned Articles in the second magazine (45) is designed as a multiple belt conveyor (16). 309846/0743 Blank page