EP0037650A1 - Machines à plier en accordéon - Google Patents

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EP0037650A1
EP0037650A1 EP81301095A EP81301095A EP0037650A1 EP 0037650 A1 EP0037650 A1 EP 0037650A1 EP 81301095 A EP81301095 A EP 81301095A EP 81301095 A EP81301095 A EP 81301095A EP 0037650 A1 EP0037650 A1 EP 0037650A1
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folding
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Adi Kaikhushiroo Ashburner
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Harper and Tunstall Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/20—Zig-zag folders

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  • the invention relates to Zig-Zag folding machines for the concertina-like folding of pliable strip material, suit-, able for use in folding engineering drawings and the like.
  • one known form of Zig-Zag folding machine comprises folder means having first and second parts; first and second spaced folding rollers respectively co-operable with the first and second parts of the folder means to form first and second spaced folding devices; non-return feed means which prevent return movement of pliable strip material fed between the first and second spaced rollers; aid movable guide means for directing the pliable strip material towards at least one of the spaced folding devices.
  • the first and second parts of the folder means respectively constitute third and fourth folding rollers and the folder means include an intermediate part extending between the third and fourth folding rollers and providing a fixed guide surface for the pliable strip material.
  • the non-return feed means of this machine comprise a pair of feed rollers disposed upstream of the first and second folding rollers, at the entrance of the path of the pliable strip material between the first and second folding rollers.
  • the movable guide means of the machine constitute an oscillatory guide extending from a fixed guide which extends downstream from the feed rollers and is movable between two positions in which the pliable strip material is directed, respectively, into the nip between the first and third folding rollers and into the nip between the second and fourth folding rollers.
  • first and second folding rollers always rotate in the same direction as each other, first one way and then the other.
  • the third and fourth rollers always rotate in the opposite direction to the first and second rollers.
  • the first and second folding devices therefore alternate in rotating in such a way as to provide a folding nip for the pliable strip material from the feed . rollers.
  • the oscillatory guide is pointed towards the first and third folding rollers which are rotated in such a way as to provide a folding nip and the leading end of the strip material is fed between the feed rollers, through the oscillatory guide and between the first and third rollers constituting the first folding device. All the folding rollers are then stop and rotated in the opposite direction and the oscillatory guide is swung away from its initial position until it is pointing towards the second and fourth folding rollers.
  • a loop is formed in the pliable strip material and this loop is fed into the nip between the second and fourth folding rollers to form a first fold.
  • All the folding rollers are then stop once again and then rotated in the first direction.
  • Another loop is formed in the pliable strip material and this loop is fed into the nip between the first and third folding rollers to form a second fold.
  • Third, fourth. and subsequent folds may be formed in a completely analogous manner.
  • the first and second parts of the folder means comprise peripherally spaced portions of a single roller or spaced portions of an endless band trained around two parallel rollers.
  • the non-return feed means of this machine do not feed the pliable strip material between the first and second rollers and into the nips provided by the first and second folding devices, but allow this movement and prevent movement of the pliable strip material in the opposite direction.
  • the movable guide means of this machine are provided by an intermediate part of the folder means extending between the first and second parts.
  • the movable guide means are provided by a circumferential portion of the single roller and in another embodiment the movable guide means are provided by a part of the endless band providing the first and second parts of the folder means.
  • the intermediate part of the folder means does not provide positive guidance for the pliable strip material and, because the speed of the intermediate part of the folder means is limited to the speed at which the pliable strip material is fed into the first and second folding devices, there is unwanted slipage between the pliable strip material and the intermediate part of the folder means and this results in inaccurate folding.
  • first and second parts of the folder means comprise third and fourth rollers; the folder means include an intermediate part between thr first and second parts; and the movable guide means are mounted between the third and fourth folding rollers and capable of movement relative to the intermediate part of the folder means.
  • a Zig-Zag folding machine for the concertina-like folding of pliable strip material, comprising folder means having first and second spaced folding rollers rotatable about parallel axes, folder means having third and fourth folding rollers and then intermediate part extending between the third and fourth folding rollers, the third and fourth folding rollers being cooperable, respectively, with the first and second folding rollers-to form first and second folding devices; non-return feed means which prevent return movement of pliable strip material fed between the first and second folding rollers; and movable guide means mounted between the third and fourth folding rollers and capable of movemnet relative to the intermediate part of the folddr means for directing the pliable strip material towards at least one of the spaced folding devices.
  • the intermediate part of the folder means remains stationary, it is possible to mount the movable guide means in this part of the machine for movement relative to the intermediate part of the folder means.
  • the non-return feed means may be situated closer to the nips provided by the first and second folding devices, thus ensuring that there is less space for the pliable strip material to be deflected from its desired path so as to cause folding inaccuracies.
  • Another consequence is that the limations on the control and effectiveness of the movable guide means can be more easily overcome.
  • the movable guide means may be mounted for pivotal movement about an axis extending parallel to the axes of the first and second folding rollers for pivotal movement between a retracted position in which the movable guide means extend between the third and fourth folding rollers and a deflecting position in which the movable guide means obliquely intersect the axis of movement of the pliable strip material through the non-return feed means so as to deflect the pliable strip material towards one of the first and second folding devices.
  • This movement may be affected by a reciprocable plunger such as a solenoid core or the piston of a piston-cylinder assembly fed with pressurised fluid, so as to operate independently of the drive means for rotating the first and second rollers.
  • the pivotal axis of the guide means may be disposed on the opposite side of the intermediate part of the folder means to the non-return feed means; the intermediate part of the folder means may be formed with at least one elongate opening; and the movable guide means may be provided with a portion which is movable through the elongate opening in the intermediate part of the folder means on movement of the movable guide means from their retracted position to their deflecting.
  • the movable guide means are provided with a series of fingers
  • the intermediate part of the folder means is provided with a plurality of parallel slots, each of which allows one of the fingers to move from one side of the intermediate part of the folder means to the other.
  • At least one of the feed rollers with -a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves for receiving the tips of these fingers so as to ensure that the movable guide means are moved into suffeciently close proximity to the pliable strip material to deflect the leading edge of the strip material effectively into the folding nip provided by one of the first and second folding devices.
  • adequate . deflection is provided by the guide means when in their deflecting position, but when the movable guide means are withdrawn to their retracted position, the passage of pliable strip material between the first and second folding devices is facilitated by the guidance provided by the intermediate part of the folder means.
  • the movable guide means are mounted for rotation about an axis extending parallel to the axes of the first and second folding rollers and disposed on the opposite side of the intermediate part of the folder means to the non-return feeding means.
  • the intermediate part of the folder means is formed with at least one opening, through which part of the movable guide means extends, further drive means are provided for rotating the movable guide means in opposite directions; and the outer periphery of the movable guide means provides and irregular surface for alternately directing the pliable strip material towards the first and second folding devices.
  • the movable guide means may comprise one or more series of spokes or radial projections having outer ends which are circumferentially spaced apart.
  • a slot or opening may be formed in the intermediate part of the folder means to permit the outer extremities of the spokes of radial projections in each such series to extend into the axis of the path of movement of the pliable strip material through the non-reutrn feed means.
  • the movable guide means may comprise one or more discs having roughened peripheries and mounted so that parts of these peripheries extend through slots formed in the intermediate part of the folder means.
  • the guide means may be rotated at a greater circumferential speed than the first and second rollers.
  • the circumferential speed of the rotary guide means may be three or four times as high as the circumferential speed of the first and second folding rollers.
  • pliable strip material 3 is fed, for example, from a printing machine (not shown), through a sheet matal guide 20 which is provide with recesses (not shown) so as to allow the strip material 3 to engage a freely rotable guide roller 21 and a clamping roller 22 mounted on a pivotal arm 23 so as to rest on the guide roller 21.
  • Feed rollers 8 and 9 are mounted at the outlet end of the guide 20 and are driven so as to feed the strip material 3 through the machine 1.
  • Movable guide means 12 are provided with a plurality of fingers 16 and, when in their position, as shown in Figu Figure 1, the fingers 16 intersect the axis of movement of the strip material 3 from the feed rollers 8 and 9 so as to deflect the leading end 24 of the strip material 3 into a folding nip between a first folding 6 which is mounted on a pivotal arm 25 so as to rest on a third folding roller 4 which is driven, as scamatically shown, by a roller chain 26 and sprockets 27 and 28.
  • the movable guide means 12 are mounted for rotation on a shaft extending parallel to the axis of the first folding roller 6 and a roller chain 29 is trained around a sprocket 30 mounted on this shaft.
  • One end of the roller chain 20 is connected to an anchored tension spring 31 and the other end of the roller chain 29 is connected to the core 15 of a solenoid 32 which, as shown in Figure 1, has been actuated so as to extend the tension spring 31 and lift the fingers 16 of the movable guide means 12 upwards into the deflecting position of the movable guide means 12.
  • first and third folding rollers 6 and 4 are stoped and rotated by the prime mover 11 in the opposite direction.
  • both the feed rollers 8 and 9 and the first and third folding rollers 6 and 4 feed strip material towards each other so as to form a loop which moves away from the first folding device, as shown in Figure 2.'
  • This loop is eventually fed into a folding nip between a second folding roller 7 and a fourth folding roller 5.
  • transmission means connect the prime mover 11 to the fourth roller 5 so that the fourth roller 5 always rotates in the same direction as the third roller 4.
  • the second roller 7 is mounted on a pivotal arm 33 so as to rest on the fourth roller 5 and so the second folding roller 7 always rotates in the same direction as the first folding roller 6.
  • the folding rollers 4 to 7 are rotated in the original direction, as shown in Figures 1 and 3 until the concertina-like formation is fed right through the nip between the first and third folding rollers 6 and 4.
  • the folded formation is then ejected from the folding machine through discharged rollers 34-and 35.
  • the feed rollers 8 and 9 and-the discharged rollers 34 and 35 are all drivably connected to the prime mover 11.
  • the third and fourth folding rollers 4 and 5 constitute first and second parts of folder means which also include an intermediate part 14 in the form of a fixed guide extending between the third and fourth rollers 4 and'5 for supporting the strip material 3 and the concertina-like formation as the concertina-like formation is reciprocated between the first and second folding devices formed, respectively, by the first and third folding rollers 6 and 4 and the second and fourth folding rollers 7 and 5.
  • the movable guide means 12 are mounted for pivotal oscillation about an axis disposed on the opposite side of the intermediate part 14 to the feed rollers-8 -and 9, so as to allow the feed rollers 8 and 9 to be located as close as possible to the intermediate part 14. Therefore, in order to allow the movable guide means.12 to move from their retracted position to their deflecting position, the intermediate part 14 is formed with a plurality of elongate slots through which the fingers 16 are able to pass.
  • a plurality of circumferential grooves 17 are formed in the feed roller 9 so as to accommodate the extremities of the fingers 16, thus permitting the movable guide means to be moved into a deflecting position in which they are most effective in deflecting the leading end 24 of the pliable strip material 3.
  • the movable guide means are in the form of rotary guide means 13 driven by a second prime mover 36 which, as shown scamatically, is connected to the rotary guide menas 30 by means of a roller chain 37 and sprockets 38 and 39 so that the peripheral speed of the rotary guide means 13 is three times the peripheral speed of the four folding rollers 4 to 7.
  • the rotary guide means 13 always rotate in the same direction as the third and fourth folding rollers 4 and 5 and so, when the leading end 24 of the pliable strip material 3 is fed between the feed rollers 8 and 10, which in this case both have uniterrupted cylindrical surfaces, the leading end 24 is flicked towards the nip between the first and third folding rollers 6 and 4 so as to ensure that the length of strip material 3 between the free end 24 and the first fold can be accurately con- trolled.
  • the rotary guide means 13 comprise a series of axially spaced sets of radial projections which have outer ends 18. As shown in Figures 4 and 5 each set comprises four equiangularly spaced radial projections or spokes and these radial projections or spokes extend through slots formed in the intermediate part 14 extending between the third and fourth folding rollers 4 and 5 so that the extremities of these radial projections or spokes are able to engage the strip material 3.
  • both machines 1 and 2 are pro- vided with sheet metal guide means 40 for supporting the pliable strip material 3 and the concertina-like formation produced by the machine.
  • the upper parts of these guide means 40 extending between the feed rollers 8 and 9 or 10 and the first and second folding devices 4, 6 and 5, 7 also cooperate with-the intermediate part 14 extending between the third and fourth rollers 4 and 5 to direct loops formed in the pliable strip material 3 into the nips provided by the two folding devices.

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EP0171486A1 (fr) * 1984-05-08 1986-02-19 RIGOLI F.I.M.E. S.p.A. Plieuse pour plier en accordéon des matériaux en feuilles
EP0379712A1 (fr) * 1989-01-25 1990-08-01 Faltex Ag Dispositif de pliage en accordéon d'une bande de papier
EP0645335A1 (fr) * 1993-09-24 1995-03-29 RIGOLI F.I.M.E. S.p.A. Dispositif pour guider le bord avant d'une feuille à plier et machine à plier pourvue d'un tel dispositif
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FR842423A (fr) * 1938-02-16 1939-06-12 Dispositif de guidage des feuilles de papier dans les plieuses à poches
DE962258C (de) * 1954-04-29 1957-04-18 Falz Und Heftmaschinenwerk Lei Stauchfalzwerk fuer Falzmaschinen
DE2110964A1 (de) * 1970-05-29 1971-12-09 Polygraph Leipzig Falzwerk fuer Taschenfalzmaschinen
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FR842423A (fr) * 1938-02-16 1939-06-12 Dispositif de guidage des feuilles de papier dans les plieuses à poches
DE962258C (de) * 1954-04-29 1957-04-18 Falz Und Heftmaschinenwerk Lei Stauchfalzwerk fuer Falzmaschinen
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DE2227582A1 (de) * 1972-06-07 1974-01-03 Meteor Siegen Apparat Schmeck Vorrichtung zum falten von bogen aus papier, folien oder dergleichen

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EP0171486A1 (fr) * 1984-05-08 1986-02-19 RIGOLI F.I.M.E. S.p.A. Plieuse pour plier en accordéon des matériaux en feuilles
EP0379712A1 (fr) * 1989-01-25 1990-08-01 Faltex Ag Dispositif de pliage en accordéon d'une bande de papier
EP0645335A1 (fr) * 1993-09-24 1995-03-29 RIGOLI F.I.M.E. S.p.A. Dispositif pour guider le bord avant d'une feuille à plier et machine à plier pourvue d'un tel dispositif
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