EP0103104A2 - Dispositif de transport de feuilles ou de paquets de feuilles - Google Patents

Dispositif de transport de feuilles ou de paquets de feuilles Download PDF

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EP0103104A2
EP0103104A2 EP83106859A EP83106859A EP0103104A2 EP 0103104 A2 EP0103104 A2 EP 0103104A2 EP 83106859 A EP83106859 A EP 83106859A EP 83106859 A EP83106859 A EP 83106859A EP 0103104 A2 EP0103104 A2 EP 0103104A2
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Ingo Köbler
Godber Petersen
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Manroland AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/54—Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting or depositing of sheets or webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
    • B65H2301/332—Turning, overturning
    • B65H2301/3321—Turning, overturning kinetic therefor
    • B65H2301/33216—Turning, overturning kinetic therefor about an axis perpendicular to the direction of displacement and to the surface of material

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  • the invention relates to a device for conveying sheets or packages of sheets between a first and a second processing station, in particular for a rotary printing press with a first and second folding station, with a device which can be moved along the conveying path and which detects the sheets at the first processing station and at the second Processing station releases.
  • the print carrier web is drawn over the former for the purpose of producing the first longitudinal fold and then cross-cut after the last printing unit.
  • the first transverse fold is then usually produced in the folding apparatus with the aid of a folding jaw cylinder, after which the third fold is produced as required by means of a so-called sword folding mechanism.
  • sword folding mechanism For this third fold, it is necessary to slow down copies to be folded, which is particularly problematic for machines working at high throughput speeds and places limits on the maximum processing speed.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a conveyor device for transporting sheets or sheet packages preferably of folded or to be folded specimens, with which a targeted rotation of the sheets is possible at full transport speed, so that the third fold or the second longitudinal fold with rotating means, such as another jaw cylinder, are generated at full speed can.
  • deflection devices for curved folding products are already known, in which a change of direction of the products to be transported is possible using inclined transport means, such as conveyor belts, however, such a deflection always involves braking and moreover, it is not possible to rotate the products in such a way that the leading edges of the products can optionally be changed.
  • the conveyor device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is preferably suitable in a folding device arranged downstream of a rotary printing press.
  • the conveyor device according to the invention can be attached to a generally known folding jaw cylinder 1, in which the first transverse fold was produced in the usual way.
  • the first longitudinal fold is generated beforehand by the former (not shown) by the former cylinder 1.
  • Band lines 2 guided around the folding jaw cylinder 1 take over the folding products to be transported, for example sheet packs or sheets 3, at full machine speed.
  • the sheets pass between two plates 4, 5, of which the plate 4 is referred to below as the upper plate and the plate 5 as the lower plate.
  • the plates 4 run in between the plates 4, 5, they are at a certain distance. If the sheet 3 is in the desired position between the plates 4, 5, it is ensured in a manner to be described below that the plates 4, 5 move together and clamp the sheet 3.
  • Fig. 2 three such plate pairs are shown along the conveyor path, which with 4, 5; 4 ', 5' and 4 ", 5".
  • Fig. 2 shows that a total of six such pairs of plates can be used, three of which are in action along the conveyor path and three are on the way back of an oval path.
  • the sheet can at a certain angle amount filmed here by exactly 90 0 Who the so that the leading edge of the sheet 3 is changed.
  • the sheet 3 released by the plates 4 "and 5" is transferred to a gripper cylinder 7 via a ribbon cable 6.
  • a folding jaw cylinder 9 carrying folding jaws 10 is employed on the gripper cylinder 7, a folding jaw cylinder 9 carrying folding jaws 10 is employed.
  • the second longitudinal fold can be produced on the folding jaw cylinder 10 in the same way as the first transverse fold on the folding jaw cylinder 1.
  • a conventional paddle wheel 11 Downstream of the folding jaw cylinder 10 is a conventional paddle wheel 11 for receiving the folded copies, which this passes on to a delivery, for example a belt delivery 12.
  • Fig. 3 shows in section the control and guidance of the plates 4 and 5 along the line III-III in the illustration according to Fig. 1.
  • the lower plate 5 forms an abutment for the upper plate 4.
  • the plate 5 is fixed with a Axis 13 connected, which is easily rotatable but axially fixed in a pair of bearings 14.
  • a bushing 15 is seated on the roller bearings 14 and is fastened to a toothed belt 16, for example vulcanized to it.
  • the toothed belt 16 moves at the speed of the sheets 3 to be transported from the folding jaw cylinder 1 to the belt line 6.
  • the bush 15 is arranged via a bearing 17 in a support roller 18, which in turn is supported on a cam track 19 arranged along the sheet conveying path.
  • the toothed belt 16 is guided around a drive gear 20 and driven by this at machine speed.
  • the upper plate 4 is also rotatably connected to an axis 21.
  • a support roller 22 which is rotatable on the axis 21 but cannot be displaced axially is pressed against a cam track 25 by a compression spring 24 via an axial bearing 23 which comprises the axis 21.
  • the support roller 22 is seated on a bearing 26.
  • the cam track 25 is, as indicated by dashed lines, shaped so that the upper plate 4 during the sheet transport path when the sheet 3 is taken over from the ribbon cable 2, an upper, i.e. H. assumes a position raised from the lower plate and, as shown in FIG. 2, is lowered for the purpose of detecting the sheet 3 to be transported, i. H. is pressed against the lower plate 5.
  • the upper plate 4 is raised again by the cam track 25 for the purpose of transferring the sheet 3 to the ribbon line 6.
  • the cam track 25 thus causes the upper plates 4, 4 'and 4" to perform up and down movements at the right time while they are moving move them together with the lower plates 5, 5 'and 5 "at sheet speed.
  • the axis 21 is also easily rotatable via a pair of roller bearings 27, but is axially displaceably mounted in a bushing 28.
  • the sleeve 28 is vulcanized into an upper toothed belt 29, which is also driven by a drive gear 30 at sheet speed.
  • the sleeve 28 is supported against the compression spring 24 via a roller bearing 31 on which a support roller 32 is arranged. The latter is guided along a curved path 33, which performs the same function as the curved path 19 for the lower plate 5.
  • a toothed belt wheel 34 is fixedly connected to the axis 21 and is driven by a toothed belt 35.
  • a stepping gear 37 for example a stepping motor Bevel gears 38, 39 and spur gears 40, 41 and a hollow axis 42 is driven.
  • Bevel gears 38, 39 and spur gears 40, 41 and a hollow axis 42 is driven.
  • the axis 21 and thus the upper plate 4 and the lower plate 5 can be rotated by a defined angular amount by which the sheet 3 located between the plates 4, 5 is also rotated.
  • the sheet turning device comprises six pairs of plates here.
  • the plate pairs 4, 5; 4 ', 5' and 4 "and 5" are shown, while on the opposite side (FIG. 2) three "returning" plate pairs, which are not identified, can be seen.
  • the six pairs of plates are guided on an oval path within the curved paths 19, 25 and 37. This path runs from point 43 to point 44 in the direction of arrow 45 in a straight line.
  • the pair of plates 4, 5 reaches the point 43, the plates are spaced apart from one another, i. H. the upper plate 4 is raised by the cam track 25.
  • the curve stroke of the cam track 25 is determined so that the upper plate 4 can perform a rapid downward movement in the direction of the lower plate 5 in order to detect the sheet 3 to be taken over by the ribbon cable 2.
  • the upper plate 4 is then pressed by the force of the compression spring 4 against the lower plate 5, so that the sheet 3 to be transported and rotated can be held exactly.
  • the drive of the stepping gear 37 was initially switched so that the upper plate 4 moved without self-rotation at the sheet transport speed. After a sheet 3 has been securely grasped, the upper plate 4 now receives a defined angular momentum from the gear 37, which is defined such that the rotation is exactly 90 ° shortly before reaching point 44 and
  • Fig. 3 shows the toothed belt wheel 54 on an axis 21 ', which is assigned to the upper plate 4'. From Fig. 1 it is clear that successive pairs of plates are rotated by different gears. This is the step manual transmission 37 via the toothed belt wheel 34, the axis 21 of the upper plate 4 and the stepping transmission 46 via the toothed belt wheel 54 the axis 21 'of the upper plate 4'.
  • FIG. 1 shows yet another advantageous embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention.
  • a stapling cylinder 55 By using a stapling cylinder 55, stapling in the second longitudinal fold (meaning the so-called third fold) is possible in a simple manner.
  • This stapling cylinder 55 installed in an exchangeable stapler, can also be used in the first cross fold without any problems.
  • belts 35 and 54 run at sheet speed. This enables the transverse folding process to be repeated, a so-called second transverse fold with stapling is possible in this case.
  • the folding knife 8 is deactivated and grippers 56 on the gripper cylinder 7 and 57 on the folding jaw cylinder 10 are used, a normal delivery of the copies provided with only a first transverse fold is possible without a complicated switching process being required.
  • the sheet which was folded in the known manner in the former 1 and in a folding jaw cylinder would be gripped by the grippers 56 of the gripper cylinder 7 without rotation, taken over by the grippers 57 of the folding jaw cylinder 10 and laid out without a further fold.
  • the arrangement according to the invention thus enables a problem-free and simple changeover to different types of folds.
  • the toothed belts used are deflected via toothed belt wheels.
  • Fig. 2 is only the deflection of the toothed belt 29 on the right to the drive gear 30 and left to see a toothed belt wheel 58.
  • the drive gear 30 is driven by a main drive, not shown, which is connected to a main drive gear 59, which is arranged on the main drive shaft 60 in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the drive gear 20 for the lower toothed belt 16 is driven by the same main drive, namely that it is introduced to the lower main drive shaft 62 via a main drive gear 61.
  • the drive is advantageously initiated for the rotation of three plate pairs via the bushing 42 mounted on the main drive shaft 60 to the toothed belt 35 and for others three pairs of plates via the bushing 51 mounted on the bushing 42 to the toothed belt 53.
  • the upper system is arranged in a fixed position in a frame 64 via a bearing 63.
  • the lower system can also be positioned in frame 64 via bearing 65.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Registering Or Overturning Sheets (AREA)
  • Discharge By Other Means (AREA)
  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
EP83106859A 1982-08-19 1983-07-13 Dispositif de transport de feuilles ou de paquets de feuilles Expired EP0103104B1 (fr)

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DE3230846A DE3230846C2 (de) 1982-08-19 1982-08-19 Vorrichtung zum Fördern von Bogen oder Bogenpaketen

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JPS5953340A (ja) 1984-03-28
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