EP0214096A1 - Méthode et dispositif pour distribuer des objets individuels sur plusieurs bandes de transport - Google Patents

Méthode et dispositif pour distribuer des objets individuels sur plusieurs bandes de transport Download PDF

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EP0214096A1
EP0214096A1 EP86810360A EP86810360A EP0214096A1 EP 0214096 A1 EP0214096 A1 EP 0214096A1 EP 86810360 A EP86810360 A EP 86810360A EP 86810360 A EP86810360 A EP 86810360A EP 0214096 A1 EP0214096 A1 EP 0214096A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03D—APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03D15/00—Apparatus for treating processed material
    • G03D15/001—Counting; Classifying; Marking
    • G03D15/005—Order systems, e.g. printsorter
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and a corresponding device according to the preamble of claim 7.
  • single sheet paper processors When making photographic copies, i.a. single sheet paper processors are also used which, for reasons of capacity, are provided with a plurality of parallel transport paths by means of which the exposed single sheets ejected by a copying machine are conveyed through the required treatment baths and drying stages.
  • the single sheets are ejected by the copier, i.e. a more or less large number of consecutive sheets belongs to a series, just an order. For understandable reasons, the individual orders must be strictly kept apart.
  • Order sorting according to the paper processor has hitherto usually been carried out on the basis of the number of images per job electronically stored during copying and the number of copies leaving the paper processor.
  • this method has various shortcomings and risks.
  • the stored information can be lost unless special security measures have been taken.
  • a much more serious disadvantage can be seen in the fact that this system is completely out of step if one or more individual images are lost on the way through the processor. That state unless it is detected in any other way, it is retained until the processor is completely drained and the memory is reset.
  • the result is that in the event of an error, the orders have to be re-sorted by hand, which is of course time-consuming and cumbersome and should therefore be avoided if possible.
  • the error cannot be determined automatically, so that a considerable number of images may have to be re-sorted.
  • the invention is intended to create a distribution system which allows the transitions between series of successive individual objects to be marked or recognized and thus to enable automatic sorting by series.
  • the device shown schematically in Figs. 1 and 2 is a so-called "minilab", i.e. a compact system for the production of photographic copies. It comprises an automatic copying machine K, a distribution station V, a wet processing and drying station T for single sheets and a collecting or return station S, and all of these stations are run through in sequence by the photographic copying material P stored in a cassette C.
  • minilab i.e. a compact system for the production of photographic copies. It comprises an automatic copying machine K, a distribution station V, a wet processing and drying station T for single sheets and a collecting or return station S, and all of these stations are run through in sequence by the photographic copying material P stored in a cassette C.
  • the copying material P gets from the cassette C into the copying machine K and is fed there via a pair of transport rollers la, lb to a cutting device 2, which divides it into individual sheets B of the desired format.
  • the copying material is therefore in the form of single sheets B for all further processing steps.
  • the individual sheets B pass into the exposure zone in the copying machine via a conveyor device, hereinafter referred to as the infeed conveyor track 10, consisting of two pairs of rollers 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b and a perforated endless belt 13, where they become image-wise from an original 4 via a projection lens 3 exposed and then pass one after the other into the distribution station V.
  • a conveyor device hereinafter referred to as the infeed conveyor track 10, consisting of two pairs of rollers 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b and a perforated endless belt 13, where they become image-wise from an original 4 via a projection lens 3 exposed and then pass one after the other into the distribution station V.
  • the individual sheets B are distributed from the distribution station V to several, here e.g. three parallel conveying devices, hereinafter referred to as outlet transport tracks 20a, b, c, and transported by means of the latter through the wet treatment and drying station T. Only one pair of takeover rollers 21a, 21b of the outlet transport tracks is shown in the drawing.
  • the individual sheets B leave the treatment station T on their three or more outlet transport tracks, they arrive at the collecting and return conveyor station S via a further pair of takeover rollers 22a, 22b. There, the individual sheets B are passed via a cross conveyor 30 to a return conveyor 40 and, if required, into the drip trays 41 stored the same.
  • the return conveyor 40 is automatically activated in a manner to be described, so that the copies (single sheets B) belonging to the next order get into the next following collecting tray 41.
  • a control device 50 is provided, which cooperates with a light barrier device 60 which extends across the outlet transport tracks 20a-c and in turn is controlled by the latter.
  • the return conveyor 40 then makes the copies ready for further processing (final processing).
  • the distribution station V comprises a distribution device 100 and an associated electronic control 200, which at the same time also controls the transport elements 1 a, 1 b, 10 and the cutting device 2 in the copier K. External commands can be entered into the controller 200 via an input 201.
  • the hardware 200 of the controller 200 can be implemented as long as it is only able to effect the functional sequences described below.
  • the distribution station 100 essentially consists of a carriage 110 which is movable transversely to the conveying direction of the inlet transport path 10 and the outlet transport paths 20a-c and which is displaceably mounted by means of slide bearings on two slide rods 113 and 114 fixed to the device.
  • a toothed belt 115 running around two rollers 111 and 112 and a drive motor 116 for the front roller 111 are provided.
  • the drive motor 116 is controlled by the control device 200.
  • Carriage 110 and toothed belt 115 are connected to one another at point 117.
  • the carriage 110 itself consists essentially of a base plate 121, an upper plate 122, two connecting webs 123 and 124 with slide bearings for the slide rod 113 and two further slide bearings 125 and 126 for the slide rod 114 and a bearing plate 127.
  • the two lower rollers 131b and 132b are driven by a belt 133 from a motor 134 attached to the base plate 121.
  • the motor 134 is controlled by the control device 200.
  • the pairs of transport rollers 131a, b and 132a, b take over the single sheets B from the infeed transport path 10 and pass them on to the outfeed transport paths 20a-c.
  • the transverse movement of the carriage 110 results in a division into the (here three) outlet transport tracks. Specifically, this is done in such a way that the carriage 110 moves to the pick-up position shown in full extension in FIG. 2, so that the sheet B takes over, then moves into the desired delivery position corresponding to the outlet transport path 20a, b or c to be addressed ( in FIG. 2, for example for the outfeed conveyor 20c (indicated by dashed lines at 110 ') and then feeds the single sheet onto this outfeed conveyor.
  • the distribution takes place under the control of the control device 200 according to a distribution scheme which is expediently designed such that there is a uniform and space-saving occupancy of the individual outlet transport lanes.
  • a possible distribution scheme is e.g. cyclically, ie first image on lane 20a, next image on lane 20b, third image on lane 20c and then again from the front, etc.
  • other distribution schemes are also possible.
  • a characteristic of the production of photographic copies is that the individual images are practically always produced in series or in groups, i.e. that a more or less large number of successive individual sheets belong to one and the same customer order and it is essential to ensure that images from different orders do not be messed up.
  • the number of individual images per job is known, it is either entered into the controller 200 in some form or the controller of the copying machine itself determines it in a conventional manner. In practice, however, knowing these individual image numbers per job is not sufficient to reliably separate the individual jobs , as it can happen in rough everyday operation that a single sheet remains undetected in the wet treatment station and thus messes up the entire image sequence.
  • This problem is now solved in a simple manner by the invention in that a separating feature is generated which marks the end of an order or the transition between two successive orders.
  • This separating feature consists of a machine-detectable change in the distribution scheme of the single sheets to the (here three) outfeed transport lanes, for example by skipping a transport lane or by reversing the cycle sense or generally by changing between two (or more) distribution schemes.
  • This separation feature formed in this way is then recognized at the exit of the treatment station or at the entrance to the collection station by means of the system of light barriers 60 and the controller 50 and used to activate the return conveyor 40 in such a way that only the images from one and the same order are activated get into the same bowl 41.
  • the number of sheets between two detected separation features can of course also be determined and compared with the target numbers present in the copier. In the event of deviations, suitable remedial measures can then be taken. It can also be used to suppress or ignore pretended order ends, etc.
  • 3a-6c illustrate the principle according to the invention of generating a separation feature using four examples.
  • the single sheets are made up of three Outlet transport lanes divided according to FIGS. 1 and 2, and in the next two examples four or two.
  • the inlet transport path is symbolized by line 10, the outlet transport paths are indicated by lines 20a-d.
  • 3b-6b show a typical single sheet arrangement on the discharge conveyor tracks, which are to be thought of as moving to the right.
  • the single sheets are labeled A1, A2, A3 etc. or B1, B2, B3 etc. according to their belonging to an order. It can be seen that the sheets in all four examples have been distributed over the three or four or two outfeed conveyor tracks according to a cyclical pattern. Furthermore, a transport path was skipped after the end of an order, that is to say after the last sheet of a series (here according to the one marked by A), which results in a gap 70 which can be detected by the light barrier arrangement 60 and evaluated accordingly by the control device 50 .
  • 3c-6c the scanning signals generated by the light barriers assigned to the individual discharge conveyor tracks, as they result for the sheet arrangements shown in FIGS. 3b-6b, are shown (idealized).
  • the pulses marked 11 to 12 or 13 or 14 correspond to the foremost sheets A1-A3 or A1-A4 or A1-A2 in FIGS. 3b-6b. It can be seen from the pulse diagrams that the gaps can be determined very simply by monitoring the chronological sequence of the single sheet pulses.
  • 7a and 7b indicate possibilities of how the outlet transport tracks 20a-20b can be located relative to the inlet transport track 10.
  • the position of the webs can be set by software, possibly depending on the paper width.

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