EP0205144A2 - Appareil pour brocher les pages d'un magazine - Google Patents

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EP0205144A2
EP0205144A2 EP86107866A EP86107866A EP0205144A2 EP 0205144 A2 EP0205144 A2 EP 0205144A2 EP 86107866 A EP86107866 A EP 86107866A EP 86107866 A EP86107866 A EP 86107866A EP 0205144 A2 EP0205144 A2 EP 0205144A2
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Mario Pane
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Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42B—PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
    • B42B4/00—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by discontinuous stitching with filamentary material, e.g. wire
    • B42B4/02—Rotary type stitching machines

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  • the above invention relates to an improved stapler for stapling the pages of magazines.
  • the joined pages are usually arranged with a corresponding angular offset on a rotating cylinder in such a way that the back of the magazine to be produced is directed toward a device for forming and inserting staples.
  • This device consists of a number of arms arranged in the manner of a cross, which are provided in such a way that they always impinge on the pages of a magazine to be stitched together during their rotational movement in periodic intervals.
  • the rotating arms instruct At its outer ends, devices for forming a staple made of metal wire.
  • the wire is fed to the devices for forming the staple by means of specially provided feeders, these feeders being arranged in the upper part of the frame, which receives the device for forming the staple.
  • a stapling device of the type described is already known from the prior art and therefore requires no further, more detailed description.
  • the above-mentioned objects are achieved in that two rotating devices for feeding the wire and for forming the U-shaped staple are assigned to the rotating stapler and in that between these feeding devices at least a third device for feeding the wire and for forming the staple is provided that a control unit is assigned to the feed devices for optionally actuating or for interrupting the feed movement of the metal wire of the device arranged in the middle, depending on control signals which indicate the absence of staples in accordance with the feed devices arranged on the side.
  • At least one third feed device for the metal wire is provided between always two laterally arranged devices for feeding the metal wire and for forming the staple, which, however, is not used if the external devices work properly.
  • the feeding of the metal wire is only activated in the case of the centrally arranged device if a fault in the laterally arranged feeding devices of the metal wire is found due to the lack of stitching. This ensures that the pages of the magazine are always perfectly stitched together with two staples even in the event of faults in the devices arranged on the side.
  • a cylinder 1 which is rotatably driven in the direction of arrow (f), takes up the sides 2 in a known manner on its circumference in a smooth, angular displacement, which are to be stitched together with metal clips.
  • This device is known from the prior art.
  • a known device for forming the staples and for carrying out the stapling operation is associated with the cylinder 1 for receiving the pages 2 to be stapled together.
  • This device is identified overall by 3 and consists of laterally arranged stands 4 which receive a stapler 5 which consists of arms 6 which are arranged in a cross shape.
  • the device 5 rotates in the direction of the arrow (g) and the speed of the rotary movement is synchronized in such a way that when the cylinder 1 (which receives the pages to be stitched together) with the stapler 5, the pages 2 always point to the end of one of the Hit arms 6.
  • Known stapling devices 7 are arranged at the ends of the arms 6.
  • the side machine stands 4 receive a horizontally arranged shaft 10 which serves as a holding device for devices 8 which can be pivoted from a working position into a rest position and vice versa.
  • the devices 8 serve to feed a metal wire (F) and to form the staples, which advantageously have a U-shaped shape.
  • Controllable pliers which are also state of the art belong and are part of the stapler 7, serve to form the staple and to transport the shaped staples into the stapling zone in which the pages 2 of the magazine are stapled together.
  • all the feed devices 8 of the metal wire F are in the working position, as shown by solid lines in FIG. 1 and, thanks to the shaft 10, which is received by the upper ends of the side stands 4 of the machine, it becomes possible by Loosen tensioning screws, not shown, to pivot each wire feed device 8 from a working position 8 into a rest position 8 'as desired.
  • the rest position of the devices is shown with broken lines, and in this rest position (8 ') e.g. Repair work or maintenance work on the devices 8, 8 'can be carried out without having to stop the entire stapler or even the entire rotary printing press.
  • sensors 11 or other suitable devices are arranged at the location where the staples 2 are usually located, which detect the presence or absence of the staples in the passing magazines 2.
  • sensors 11 or other suitable devices are arranged at the location where the staples 2 are usually located, which detect the presence or absence of the staples in the passing magazines 2.
  • Proximity switches, optical sensors or similar means can be used.
  • a control signal is generated, for example, by the sensors 11 "staple missing".
  • the apparatus 3 is in FIG. 2 schematically with a view in the direction of arrow II of FIG. 1 in a view, an example of the arrangement of the devices 8 for the Zuf u of the metal wire and the formation of the staples ehrung shown.
  • the devices 8 which emerge from the outside are those devices which are usually in the working position, and these outside devices 8 are fed in a known manner via rotatably driven feed rollers 12 of the metal wire (F).
  • the metal wire F fed to the external devices 8 via the feed rollers 12 is deformed in such a way that a U-shaped clamp is formed, after which the metal wire in cut in a known manner and the U-shaped metal clip thus formed is used in the subsequent stapling process for stapling pages 2 of the magazine.
  • the centrally arranged feed device 8 for feeding the metal wire and for forming the staple is also always in the working position, in the normal case; if the external devices 8 work properly, the central device 8 or the central device 8 will Devices 8 no metal wire F fed with the aid of the feed rollers 12. For this reason, no staple is made in these devices.
  • the centrally arranged feed device 8 is only driven when one of the external devices 8 is working irregularly or in this case there are problems which do not allow a staple to be inserted correctly. This error is determined by the sensors 11 already mentioned.
  • Fig. 3 the control and control units for the devices 8 for feeding the metal wire and for forming the staple are shown schematically.
  • the sensors 11 constantly deliver corresponding control signals to a control and control unit 13, which is formed, for example, by a microprocessor 13 or the control card of a small data processing system.
  • the sensors 11 can also be designed such that they only emit a control signal if a staple is missing in the pages 2.
  • the processing unit 13 emits a signal 14 which immediately actuates the feed device (feed rollers 12) for feeding the metal wire F to the centrally arranged device 8. This device, as previously described, was not driven until a stapling error occurred.
  • the formation of a U-shaped staple also takes place in this device 8.
  • the centrally arranged device 8 is driven in that an electromagnetic clutch or a pneumatic clutch, which is arranged in the interior of the head 8 for feeding the metal wire, is actuated, as a result of which the feed rollers 12 are set in rotary motion.
  • a control lamp 15 lights up, which indicates precisely which of the feed devices 8 has faults.
  • the device 8 which has the malfunction, is pivoted into the rest position 8 ′ shown in FIG. 1 in order to be subjected to the necessary repair work, and is then pivoted back again into the original working position 8.
  • the control button 16 is actuated (reset).
  • the control device also has a switch 17 with which it is possible, by choice and by hand, to interrupt the operation of one of the devices 8 arranged on the side by interrupting the feed of the stitching wire.
  • operation of the centrally arranged device 8 takes place automatically in order, for. B. during the rest position of one of the laterally arranged devices 8 the simple and convenient replacement of the coil of the metal wire, which is coming to an end, can make.
  • feed rollers 12 for the metal wire F are provided over the pliers 9 of the rotating arms 6, which are part I of the stapler 3.
  • This metal wire F is gripped, cut and deformed in the devices 8 by the pliers 9 to form a U-shaped clip (not shown), which clip is subsequently used for stapling the pages 2 of the script.
  • the feed rollers 12 for feeding the metal wire F are taken up by the corresponding device 8, a half 108 of this device can be pivoted about an upper axis 10 will. With the aid of two shafts 18 and 19, each device 8 receives known feed rollers 12 for the feed of the metal wire F.
  • the shaft 19 is operatively connected to an adjusting device 20, which is not part of the above invention.
  • the shaft 18 has at its upper end a gear 21 which is operatively connected to a toothing 22 of the shaft 19. Furthermore, the drive shaft 18 is operatively connected to a conical gear 23, which meshes with a second conical gear 24, which is operatively connected to a horizontally arranged shaft 25.
  • the end of the shaft 25, which is part of the fixed part of the device 8, has a spur toothing 27 which can be connected by means of a form fit to a counter toothing 28 which is part of the horizontally arranged shaft 29 in the pivotable part of the feed head 108.
  • the shaft 29 is firmly connected to one half 30, an electromagnetic clutch 31.
  • the second half 32 of the coupling is firmly connected to a sleeve 33 which is rotatably mounted in the housing of the device 8 via a ball bearing 34 and is mounted on the shaft 29 with a further ball bearing 35.
  • the sleeve 33 which is rotatably mounted, has a toothing 36 with which a threaded spindle 37 is operatively connected, which traverses all the fixed parts of the devices 8 in order to thus give the corresponding sleeves a rotary movement.
  • the threaded spindle 37 is advantageously driven by an electric motor (not shown), or else the rotary movement is derived from a rotating component of the stapler.
  • the sleeve 33 rotates idle on the bearings 34 and 35, and no rotation is transmitted via the shaft 29 to the feed rollers 12 to feed the wire F.
  • the electromagnetic clutch 31 is actuated, e.g. is excited by control signals of the microprocessor or is switched off, the shaft 29, 25 is set in rotation, and this rotation is synchronized via the pair of conical gears 23, 24 and the gears 21, 22 to the shafts 18, 19 and thus to the Transfer feed rollers 12, whereby a supply of the wire F is made possible, thereby the supplied wire is gripped by the pliers of the device 6 and the U-shaped staple for the subsequent stapling process is generated.

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  • Dovetailed Work, And Nailing Machines And Stapling Machines For Wood (AREA)
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  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
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EP86107866A 1985-06-14 1986-06-09 Appareil pour brocher les pages d'un magazine Expired - Lifetime EP0205144B1 (fr)

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AT86107866T ATE82723T1 (de) 1985-06-14 1986-06-09 Verbesserter heftapparat zum zusammenheften der seiten von zeitschriften.

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IT21159/85A IT1185103B (it) 1985-06-14 1985-06-14 Cucitrice perfezionata per seganture
IT2115985 1985-06-14

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EP0399317A1 (fr) * 1989-05-25 1990-11-28 Ferag AG Appareil pour grouper et coudre des feuilles imprimées et pliées
EP0473902A1 (fr) * 1990-08-06 1992-03-11 Ferag AG Dispositif d'agrafage de produits imprimés composés
DE4117205A1 (de) * 1991-05-27 1992-12-03 Frankenthal Ag Albert Falzapparat
DE4238249A1 (fr) * 1991-12-13 1993-06-17 Ferag Ag
EP0667247A1 (fr) * 1994-02-09 1995-08-16 Ferag AG Procédé et dispositif pour le contrôle de produits imprimés transportés en continu
EP0691215A1 (fr) 1994-07-06 1996-01-10 Ferag AG Dispositif de piquage au fil métallique de produits imprimés
US7194892B2 (en) 2004-04-26 2007-03-27 Müller Martini Holding AG Method and device for monitoring wire staples applied to print products by a wire-stitching machine
EP2439075A1 (fr) 2010-10-08 2012-04-11 Müller Martini Holding AG Dispositif de contrôle de la qualité en continu de pièces appliquées

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EP0399317A1 (fr) * 1989-05-25 1990-11-28 Ferag AG Appareil pour grouper et coudre des feuilles imprimées et pliées
EP0476718A1 (fr) * 1989-05-25 1992-03-25 Ferag AG Dispositif pour piquer des produits d'imprimerie à plusieurs parties
EP0569887A1 (fr) * 1989-05-25 1993-11-18 Ferag AG Dispositif pour assembler et brocher des produits imprimés pliés
EP0473902A1 (fr) * 1990-08-06 1992-03-11 Ferag AG Dispositif d'agrafage de produits imprimés composés
DE4117205A1 (de) * 1991-05-27 1992-12-03 Frankenthal Ag Albert Falzapparat
US5305993A (en) * 1991-05-27 1994-04-26 Albert-Frankenthal Aktiengesellschaft Folder and stitcher assembly with first and second stitching cylinders
DE4238249A1 (fr) * 1991-12-13 1993-06-17 Ferag Ag
EP0667247A1 (fr) * 1994-02-09 1995-08-16 Ferag AG Procédé et dispositif pour le contrôle de produits imprimés transportés en continu
EP0691215A1 (fr) 1994-07-06 1996-01-10 Ferag AG Dispositif de piquage au fil métallique de produits imprimés
US7194892B2 (en) 2004-04-26 2007-03-27 Müller Martini Holding AG Method and device for monitoring wire staples applied to print products by a wire-stitching machine
EP2439075A1 (fr) 2010-10-08 2012-04-11 Müller Martini Holding AG Dispositif de contrôle de la qualité en continu de pièces appliquées
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IT1185103B (it) 1987-11-04
EP0205144B1 (fr) 1992-11-25
EP0205144A3 (en) 1988-12-28
JPS6253894A (ja) 1987-03-09

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