EP0305671B1 - Conveyor for prints, and use of the conveyor - Google Patents

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EP0305671B1
EP0305671B1 EP88110166A EP88110166A EP0305671B1 EP 0305671 B1 EP0305671 B1 EP 0305671B1 EP 88110166 A EP88110166 A EP 88110166A EP 88110166 A EP88110166 A EP 88110166A EP 0305671 B1 EP0305671 B1 EP 0305671B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6609Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/006Winding articles into rolls
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2701/1932Signatures, folded printed matter, newspapers or parts thereof and books

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  • the present invention relates to a transport device for printed products according to the preamble of claim 1, and to the use of this transport device.
  • Such a transport device is known from GB-A-2 089 328.
  • a single conveyor has grippers arranged at fixed intervals on a pulling element in order to feed printed products to a removal area, where they are taken over by removal grippers of a removal conveyor and transported away.
  • the removal grippers are also arranged at a fixed distance on a rotating traction element, but the mutual distance between these removal grippers is greater than the distance between the grippers of the individual conveyor. Accordingly, the removal conveyor is driven faster with respect to the individual conveyor, so that in the removal area, in which the two conveyors run in a straight line and parallel to each other, the removal grippers catch up with the printed product to be gripped and held in the area of the leading edge by the gripper and from behind with the forward-facing one Detect mouth opening.
  • the movable jaw of the removal gripper can be pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel to the fixed jaw, so that when printing products are collected by means of the removal conveyor, the printed products lying on the movable jaw and held by subsequent removal grippers are lifted by one when the removal gripper is opened to be able to grasp further printed products with the mouth opening.
  • Another transport device is known from DE-A 26 57 691 or from the largely identical US-PS 4,039,182.
  • the grippers of the removal conveyor are each arranged on a carriage which can be moved in a self-contained guide rail.
  • Each of these carriages (compare FIGS. 4 and 7 of the mentioned DE-A) is coupled directly to the preceding and to the following carriages via a towing connection which allows the mutual spacing of the carriages to be changed between a minimum and a maximum value.
  • Each carriage is provided with follow-up links which engage in the removal area between the gears of a driven screw, which thus defines the mutual distance between the cars in the area of the screw, so that the printed products which are produced by the individual conveyor can be taken over "in phase" by the removal conveyor .
  • the wagons of this removal conveyor are driven by a driven screw, while between the removal area and the delivery area the row of wagons of the removal conveyor can stretch or compress because of the towing connection between them.
  • the printed products can rub against one another during transport through the removal conveyor because of the variable distances between the removal grippers. This is disadvantageous for printed products "fresh from the press".
  • the effort due to the drive of the removal conveyor both in the removal area and in the delivery area is considerable both in technical terms and in terms of power requirements.
  • the removal conveyor generates annoying noise, particularly at higher transport speeds.
  • the movable jaw In the open position, the movable jaw is pivoted laterally from the assigned fixed jaw and the shaft is extended out of the gripper body, so that when the shaft is rotated by means of a link control, the movable jaw can reach under the printed product to be detected in the area of the leading leading edge.
  • the shaft is then raised against the action of an opening spring in order to clamp the printed product between the jaws.
  • the shaft is held by a detachable clamping device by tilting.
  • the proposed transport device has the features defined in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
  • the transport device 10 shown in FIGS. 1-3 has a single conveyor 11 which can be designed, for example, according to CH-PS 592,562 or DE-PS 2,519 561 (largely identical in content to US-PS 3,955,667).
  • the individual conveyor 11 is equipped with a plurality of controlled grippers 12 (FIG. 2), which are fixed at regular intervals a (FIG. 2) from one another on an endless, continuously driven traction element, for example a chain 13 (FIG. 3).
  • the chain is 13 guided over rollers 14 in an open hollow rail 15 and is driven by means not shown in the direction of arrow 16 (FIG. 1).
  • Each of the grippers 12 is set up to grasp the leading edge of a printed product, here a newspaper 17, and to transport this printed product to a certain extent in a hanging manner.
  • a removal conveyor 18 is arranged under the individual conveyor 11. This also has a multiplicity of controlled grippers 19 (FIG. 2) which are fastened at regular intervals from one another to an endless, continuously driven traction element in the form of a chain 20 (FIG. 3).
  • the chain 20 wraps around a double-walled chain wheel 21 which is wedged on a shaft 22.
  • the motor 25 and a bearing tube 27 (FIG. 3) for the shaft 22 are fixedly mounted on a cantilever 26 which protrudes from the frame of a winding station 28 which is only shown schematically in FIG. 1.
  • the double-walled sprocket 21 is arranged inside a casing 29, on the outer edge of which a hollow rail 30 is fastened, in which the chain 20 of the removal conveyor 18 is guided via rollers 31 (FIG. 3).
  • This hollow rail 30 extends to a certain extent as a self-supporting structure, stiffened by a strut 32, into the delivery area of the removal conveyor 18 and carries a further casing 33 in which a chain wheel 34 wrapped around by the chain 20 is rotatably mounted.
  • the height of the delivery area (sprocket 34) of the removal conveyor 18 can thus be adjusted within a certain range.
  • the removal conveyor 18 is under the action of a tension spring, for example a gas spring 36, which is articulated at one end below the arm 26 to a fixed pin and at the other end to a bracket 37 fastened to the casing 29.
  • the gas spring 36 has the tendency to pivot the entire removal conveyor 18 counterclockwise, as is indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2. This will be returned in connection with this particular embodiment. It should be noted, however, that even when the removal conveyor 18 is pivoted, the position of the chain wheel 21 and its drive 24, 25, that is to say the position of the entire removal area, is not changed.
  • the grippers 12 of the individual conveyor are described in detail in the documents already mentioned (DE OS 2 519 561 and US PS 3,955,667).
  • the movable, lower jaws 38 (FIG. 2) of the grippers 12 are fastened to a shaft and are under the action of an opening spring which tends to keep the jaws 38 not only removed from the associated fixed jaws but also swung out sideways (FIG 2 top right).
  • the jaws 38 In the closed position, on the other hand, the jaws 38 are aligned with the assigned fixed jaws and delivered to them and held in this position by a locking mechanism which is not visible here. With this locking mechanism a tongue or flag 39 (Fig.
  • a release device 40 (FIG. 2) is provided in the removal area, which has a roller 41 which grips under the tongues or lugs 39 and can be raised and lowered, for example, by means of an electromagnet. In the raised state, the roller 41 lifts the tongues or flags 39 passing by and thus opens the associated gripper 12.
  • the grippers 19 of the removal conveyor 18 have a gripper plate 42 which projects laterally from the chain and which at the same time carries the fixed jaw of the respective gripper 19.
  • the movable jaw 43 of the grippers 19 is fastened to the upper end of a shaft 44 which is displaceable longitudinally and rotatably in the gripper plate 42.
  • the shaft 44 carries a protruding cam 45, which cooperates with a fixed backdrop 46. If the cam 45 is in contact with the link 46, then the movable jaw 43 is aligned with the gripper plate 42 after the fixed jaw.
  • the lower end face of the shaft 44 which is preferably provided with a plastic coating, interacts with a horizontal-axis link wheel 47, which is freely rotatably mounted on the upper end of a carrier 48 which in turn is mounted on the bearing tube 27 of the shaft 22.
  • a horizontal-axis link wheel 47 which is freely rotatably mounted on the upper end of a carrier 48 which in turn is mounted on the bearing tube 27 of the shaft 22.
  • the compression spring 49 is now mounted in such a twisted state that it not only strives to urge the shaft 44 downward, but also to twist it so far that the movable jaw 43 swings out to the side towards the chain 20.
  • the torsion of the compression spring 49 is not so pronounced that the "restoring force" emanating from it can overcome the friction that exists between the movable jaw 43 pressed against the newspaper 17 by the axial action of the compression spring 49 and the newspaper 17 itself.
  • the consequence of this design is that as long as the jaw 43 clamps a newspaper 17 (or is in engagement with the associated fixed jaw), this movable jaw 43 remains in the closed position.
  • a chain conveyor 50 connects to the chain wheel 34, one deflection roller of which is coaxial with the chain wheel 34 and rigidly connected to the latter, and the other deflection roller of which is rotatably mounted at the end of a boom, not shown, which extends from the casing 33.
  • the ribbon conveyor 50 forms, together with the circumference of a winding 51 being formed in the winding frame 28 or with the circumference of the core 52 of the winding 51 (if the removal conveyor 18 has the position shown in dash-dotted lines in FIG. 1), a clamping gap into which the Withdrawal conveyor 18 taken over newspapers 17 are further wound together with a winding tape, not shown, on the winding rotating in the direction of arrow 53.
  • the gas spring 36 already mentioned ensures that the removal conveyor 18 and with it the ribbon conveyor 50 adapt the growing diameter of the winding 51 without adjustments being necessary in the removal area (sprocket 21).
  • the distance between the grippers 19 and the diameter of the chain wheel 21 are coordinated with one another such that the distance between the grippers 19 during the rotation around the chain wheel 21 corresponds exactly to the distance a between the grippers 12 of the individual conveyor 11.
  • the point where the newspapers 17 are gripped by the grippers 19 projects radially outwards from the chain 20, it follows that the newspapers taken over by the removal conveyor 18 in its straight sections transported in a slightly compressed stream of shingles and thus reach the winding 51. To all In cases, the formation of newspapers 17 taken over by individual conveyor 11 is retained.
  • the removal area is preceded by a few slide rails 54 (FIGS. 2, 3), which prevent the newspapers 17 brought in by the individual conveyor 11 from fluttering, particularly at higher conveying speeds, and also their trailing edges bring the appropriate height for takeover by the grippers 19.

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An independent conveyor (11), which is provided with controlled grippers (12) which are arranged at regular intervals from one another, guides the incoming prints (17) along to the beginning of a removal conveyor (18) which, in the removal zone, is driven in the same direction as the independent conveyor (11). Said conveyor (18) is equipped with controlled removal grippers (19). The mouths of the grippers (12) and of the removal grippers (19) face one another. In the removal zone, the grippers (12) and the removal grippers (19) are controlled oppositely. In order to reduce the technical expenditure for the removal conveyor (18) and the noise generated therefrom during operation, the removal grippers (19) are fastened at regular intervals from one another on a driven, continuous traction element (20). In the open position, the movable jaws (43) of the removal grippers (19) are pivoted laterally away from the associated fixed jaw and prestressed in this position by a first spring action. In the closing position, the movable jaws are directed identically with the associated fixed jaw and are prestressed in this position by a second spring action, the second spring action overcoming the first. <IMAGE>

Description

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Transporteinrichtung für Druckprodukte gemäss dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1, sowie eine Verwendung dieser Transporteinrichtung.The present invention relates to a transport device for printed products according to the preamble of claim 1, and to the use of this transport device.

Eine solche Transporteinrichtung ist aus der GB-A-2 089 328 bekannt. Ein Einzelförderer weist an einem Zugorgan in festen Abständen angeordnete Greifer auf, um Druckereiprodukte einem Entnahmebereich zuzuführen, wo sie von Entnahmegreifern eines Entnahmeförderers übernommen und wegtransportiert werden. Die Entnahmegreifer sind ebenfalls an einem umlaufenden Zugorgan in festem Abstand angeordnet, wobei aber der gegenseitige Abstand dieser Entnahmegreifer grösser ist als der Abstand zwischen den Greifern des Einzelförderers. Entsprechend ist der Entnahmeförderer bezüglich dem Einzelförderer schneller angetrieben, sodass im Entnahmebereich, in welchem die beiden Förderer geradlinig und parallel zueinader verlaufen, die Entnahmegreifer das jeweils zu erfassende und im Bereich der vorlaufenden Kante vom Greifer gehaltene Druckereiprodukt aufholen und von hinten mit der nach vorne gerichteten Maulöffnung erfassen. Die bewegliche Backe der Entnahmegreifer ist jeweils um eine rechtwinklig zur Förderrichtung und parallel zur festen Backe verlaufende Achse schwenkbar, sodass beim Zusammentragen von Druckereiprodukten mittels des Entnahmeförderers die auf der beweglichen Backe aufliegenden und von nachfolgenden Entnahmegreifern gehaltenen Druckereiprodukte beim Oeffnen des Entnahmegreifers angehoben werden, um ein weiteres Druckereiprodukt mit der Maulöffnung erfassen zu können.Such a transport device is known from GB-A-2 089 328. A single conveyor has grippers arranged at fixed intervals on a pulling element in order to feed printed products to a removal area, where they are taken over by removal grippers of a removal conveyor and transported away. The removal grippers are also arranged at a fixed distance on a rotating traction element, but the mutual distance between these removal grippers is greater than the distance between the grippers of the individual conveyor. Accordingly, the removal conveyor is driven faster with respect to the individual conveyor, so that in the removal area, in which the two conveyors run in a straight line and parallel to each other, the removal grippers catch up with the printed product to be gripped and held in the area of the leading edge by the gripper and from behind with the forward-facing one Detect mouth opening. The movable jaw of the removal gripper can be pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel to the fixed jaw, so that when printing products are collected by means of the removal conveyor, the printed products lying on the movable jaw and held by subsequent removal grippers are lifted by one when the removal gripper is opened to be able to grasp further printed products with the mouth opening.

Eine weitere Transporteinrichtung ist aus der DE-A 26 57 691 oder aus der weitgehend inhaltsgleichen US-PS 4.039.182 bekannt. Bei dieser Transporteinrichtung sind die Greifer des Entnahmeförderers je auf einem verschiebbar in einer in sich geschlossenen Führungsschiene verfahrbaren Wagen angeordnet. Jeder dieser Wagen (vergleiche Fig. 4 und 7 der genannten DE-A) ist dierekt an den vorangehenden und an den nachfolgenden Wagen über eine Schleppverbindung gekoppelt, die eine Veränderung des gegenseitigen Abstandes der Wagen zwischen einem Mindest- und einem Höchstwert zulässt. Jeder Wagen ist mit Folgegliedern versehen, die im Entnahmebereich zwischen die Gänge einer angetriebenen Schnecke eingreifen, die somit den gegenseitigen Abstand der Wagen voneinander im Bereich der Schnecke definiert, so dass die Druckprodukte, die vom Einzelförderer anfallen, vom Entnahmeförderer "phasengleich" übernommen werden können. Auch im Abgabebereich sind die Wagen dieses Entnahmeförderers durch eine angetriebene Schnecke angetrieben, während zwischen Entnahmebereich und Abgabebereich die Reihe der Wagen des Entnahmeförderers wegen der Schleppverbindung zwischen ihnen sich strecken oder sich stauchen kann.Another transport device is known from DE-A 26 57 691 or from the largely identical US-PS 4,039,182. In this transport device, the grippers of the removal conveyor are each arranged on a carriage which can be moved in a self-contained guide rail. Each of these carriages (compare FIGS. 4 and 7 of the mentioned DE-A) is coupled directly to the preceding and to the following carriages via a towing connection which allows the mutual spacing of the carriages to be changed between a minimum and a maximum value. Each carriage is provided with follow-up links which engage in the removal area between the gears of a driven screw, which thus defines the mutual distance between the cars in the area of the screw, so that the printed products which are produced by the individual conveyor can be taken over "in phase" by the removal conveyor . In the delivery area, too, the wagons of this removal conveyor are driven by a driven screw, while between the removal area and the delivery area the row of wagons of the removal conveyor can stretch or compress because of the towing connection between them.

Solange die Druckprodukte vom Einzelförderer transportiert werden, ist deren gegenseitiger Abstand konstant, d.h. die Formation ist geordnet und regelmässig. Sobald die Druckprodukte aber vom Entnahmeförderer übernommen und weiterbefördert werden, wird die regelmässige und geordnete Formation in dem Sinne gestört, dass sich die gegenseitigen Abstände zwischen den Druckprodukten in dem Masse ändern, wie die Abstände der die Entnahmegreifer tragenden Wagen zueinander ändern. Erst im Abgabebereich des Entnahmeförderers wird wieder eine regelmässige und geordnete Formation hergestellt.As long as the printed products are transported by the individual conveyor, their mutual distance is constant, ie the formation is orderly and regular. However, as soon as the printed products are taken over by the removal conveyor and transported further, the regular and orderly formation is disturbed in the sense that the mutual distances between the printed products change to the same extent as the distances between the carriages carrying the removal grippers change from one another. Only in the delivery area of the removal conveyor is a regular and orderly formation established again.

Bei der bekannten Transporteinrichtung können die Druckprodukte während ihres Transportes durch den Entnahmeförderer wegen den veränderlichen Abständen zwischen den Entnahmegreifern aneinander reiben. Dies ist für Druckprodukte "frisch ab Presse" nachteilig. Bei der bekannten Transporteinrichtung ist ferner der Aufwand wegen des Antriebes des Entnahmeförderers sowohl im Entnahmebereich als auch im Abgabebereich sowohl in technischer Hinsicht als auch im Bezug auf Leistungsbedarf erheblich. Schliesslich erzeugt beim Betrieb der bekannten Transporteinrichtung der Entnahmeförderer namentlich bei höheren Transportgeschwindigkeiten einen lästigen Lärm.In the known transport device, the printed products can rub against one another during transport through the removal conveyor because of the variable distances between the removal grippers. This is disadvantageous for printed products "fresh from the press". In the known transport device, the effort due to the drive of the removal conveyor both in the removal area and in the delivery area is considerable both in technical terms and in terms of power requirements. Finally, during the operation of the known transport device, the removal conveyor generates annoying noise, particularly at higher transport speeds.

Eine weitere Transporteinrichtung, bei welcher die Entnahmegreifer in einem festen Abstand an einem umlaufend angetriebenen Zugorgan eines Entnahmeförderers angeordnet sind, ist in der DE-A 25 19 561 offenbart. Die Druckereiprodukte werden auf einem Bandförderer in Schuppenformation aufliegend einem Entnahmebereich zugeführt. Im Entnahmebereich ist der Entnahmeförderer oberhalb des und etwa parallel zum Bandförderer geführt und die Entnahmegreifer weisen jeweils eine am Ende eines Schaft befestigte und etwa rechtwinklig von diesem abstehende bewegliche Backe auf, die mit einer festen Backe, die in Förderrichtung gesehen von einem Greiferkörper nach hinten absteht, zusammenwirkt. In Offenstellung ist die bewegliche Backe seitlich von der zugeordneten festen Backe verschwenkt und der Schaft aus dem Greiferkörper ausgefahren, so dass die bewegliche Backe beim Drehen des Schafts mittels einer Kulissensteuerung das zu erfassende Druckereiprodukt im Bereich der obenliegenden vorlaufenden Kante untergreifen kann.Another transport device, in which the removal grippers are arranged at a fixed distance on a revolving drive element of a removal conveyor, is disclosed in DE-A 25 19 561. The printed products are fed onto a belt conveyor in a scale formation lying on a removal area. In the removal area, the removal conveyor is guided above and approximately parallel to the belt conveyor, and the removal grippers each have a movable jaw attached to the end of a shaft and projecting approximately at right angles therefrom, which with a fixed jaw, which protrudes from a gripper body as seen in the conveying direction , cooperates. In the open position, the movable jaw is pivoted laterally from the assigned fixed jaw and the shaft is extended out of the gripper body, so that when the shaft is rotated by means of a link control, the movable jaw can reach under the printed product to be detected in the area of the leading leading edge.

Mittels einer weiteren Kulissensteuerung wird der Schaft dann entgegen der Wirkung einer Oeffnungsfeder angehoben um das Druckereiprodukt zwischen den Backen festzuklemmen. In Schliessstellung ist der Schaft durch eine lösbare Klemmeinrichtung durch Verkannten gehalten.By means of a further link control, the shaft is then raised against the action of an opening spring in order to clamp the printed product between the jaws. In the closed position, the shaft is held by a detachable clamping device by tilting.

Bei diesem Stand der Technik ist es ein Zweck der vorliegenden Erfindung, eine Transporteinrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die bei einfachem Aufbau und ruhigem Lauf eine problemlose Uebernahme der Druckereiprodukte erlaubt, selbst dann wenn sich die Wegförderrichtung ändert.In this prior art, it is a purpose of the present invention to provide a transport device of the type mentioned at the outset which, with a simple construction and smooth running, allows the printed products to be taken over without problems, even if the direction of conveyance changes.

Zu diesem Zweck weist die vorgeschlagene Transporteinrichtung die im Kennzeichen des Patentanspruches 1 definierten Merkmale auf.For this purpose, the proposed transport device has the features defined in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.

Damit ist auf alle Fälle der Antrieb des Entnahmeförderers erheblich vereinfacht und die vom Einzelförderer übernommene Formation bleibt auch während des Transportes durch den Entnahmeförderer praktisch unverändert erhalten.In any case, this significantly simplifies the drive of the removal conveyor and the formation taken over by the individual conveyor remains virtually unchanged even during transport by the removal conveyor.

Bevorzugte Ausfürungsformen der vorgeschlagenen Transporteinrichtung sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen 2 - 5 umschrieben, während die Verwendung einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform im Anspruch 6 angegeben ist.Preferred embodiments of the proposed transport device are described in the dependent claims 2-5, while the use of a preferred embodiment is specified in claim 6.

Nachstehend ist die Erfindung rein beispielsweise anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine Seitenansicht einer Transporteinrichtung in ihrer Verwendung als Zuförderer zu einer Aufwickelstation,
Fig. 2
in grösserem Massstab ein Ausschnitt aus Fig. 1, und
Fig. 3
einen Schnitt etwa entlang der Linie III-III der Fig. 2.
The invention is explained in more detail below, for example, with reference to the drawing. It shows:
Fig. 1
a side view of a transport device in its use as a feed conveyor to a winding station,
Fig. 2
on a larger scale a section of Fig. 1, and
Fig. 3
a section approximately along the line III-III of FIG. 2nd

Die in Fig. 1 - 3 dargestellte Transporteinrichtung 10 weist einen Einzelförderer 11 auf, der beispielsweise gemäss der CH-PS 592.562 oder der DE-PS 2.519 561 (weitgehend inhaltsgleich mit der US-PS 3.955.667) ausgebildet sein kann. Der Einzelförderer 11 ist mit einer Vielzahl von gesteuerten Greifern 12 (Fig. 2) bestückt, die in regelmässigen Abständen a (Fig. 2) voneinander an einem endlosen, umlaufend angetriebenen Zugorgan, beispielsweise einer Kette 13 (Fig. 3) befestigt sind. Die Kette 13 ist über Rollen 14 in einer offenen Hohlschiene 15 geführt und ist durch nichtdargestellte Mittel im Sinne des Pfeiles 16 (Fig. 1) angetrieben. Jeder der Greifer 12 ist dazu eingerichtet, die vorlaufende Kante eines Druckproduktes, hier einer Zeitung 17, zu erfassen und dieses Druckprodukt gewissermassen hängend zu transportieren.The transport device 10 shown in FIGS. 1-3 has a single conveyor 11 which can be designed, for example, according to CH-PS 592,562 or DE-PS 2,519 561 (largely identical in content to US-PS 3,955,667). The individual conveyor 11 is equipped with a plurality of controlled grippers 12 (FIG. 2), which are fixed at regular intervals a (FIG. 2) from one another on an endless, continuously driven traction element, for example a chain 13 (FIG. 3). The chain is 13 guided over rollers 14 in an open hollow rail 15 and is driven by means not shown in the direction of arrow 16 (FIG. 1). Each of the grippers 12 is set up to grasp the leading edge of a printed product, here a newspaper 17, and to transport this printed product to a certain extent in a hanging manner.

Unter dem Einzelförderer 11 ist ein Entnahmeförderer 18 angeordnet. Dieser weist ebenfalls eine Vielzahl von gesteuerten Greifern 19 (Fig. 2) auf, die in regelmässigen Abständen voneinander an einem endlosen, umlaufend angetriebenen Zugorgan in Form einer Kette 20 (Fig. 3) befestigt sind. Die Kette 20 umschlingt ein doppelwandiges Kettenrad 21, das auf einer Welle 22 aufgekeilt ist. Auf dem in Fig. 3 nicht sichtbaren anderen Ende der Welle 22 sitzt ein Kettenrad 23 (Fig. 2), das über eine Kette 24 mit einem Motor 25 verbunden ist. Der Motor 25 sowie ein Lagerrohr 27 (Fig. 3) für die Welle 22 sind auf einem Ausleger 26 fest montiert, der vom Gestell einer in Fig. 1 nur schematisch angegebenen Wickelstation 28 absteht.A removal conveyor 18 is arranged under the individual conveyor 11. This also has a multiplicity of controlled grippers 19 (FIG. 2) which are fastened at regular intervals from one another to an endless, continuously driven traction element in the form of a chain 20 (FIG. 3). The chain 20 wraps around a double-walled chain wheel 21 which is wedged on a shaft 22. On the other end of the shaft 22, which is not visible in FIG. 3, there is a chain wheel 23 (FIG. 2) which is connected to a motor 25 via a chain 24. The motor 25 and a bearing tube 27 (FIG. 3) for the shaft 22 are fixedly mounted on a cantilever 26 which protrudes from the frame of a winding station 28 which is only shown schematically in FIG. 1.

Das doppelwandige Kettenrad 21 ist im Inneren einer Verschalung 29 angeordnet, an deren äusserem Rand eine Hohlschiene 30 befestigt ist, in der die Kette 20 des Entnahmeförderers 18 über Rollen 31 (Fig. 3) geführt ist. Diese Hohlschiene 30 erstreckt sich gewissermassen als selbsttragendes, durch eine Strebe 32 versteiftes Gebilde bis in den Abgabebereich des Entnahmeförderers 18 und trägt dort eine weitere Verschalung 33, in der ein von der Kette 20 umschlungenes Kettenrad 34 drehbar gelagert ist. Wie der Fig. 3 zu entnehmen ist, ist die Verschalung 29 (und damit auch die Hohlschiene 30 und der gesamte Entnahmeförderer 18) über Kugellager 35 auf der Welle 22 drehbar bzw. schwenkbar gelagert. Damit lässt sich die Höhe des Abgabebereiches (Kettenrad 34) des Entnahmeförderers 18 in einem gewissen Bereich verstellen. Im vorliegenden Falle steht der Entnahmeförderer 18 unter der Wirkung einer Zugfeder, beispielsweise einer Gasfeder 36, die einerends unterhalb des Auslegers 26 an einem ortsfesten Zapfen und andernends an einer an der Verschalung 29 befestigten Lasche 37 angelenkt ist. Die Gasfeder 36 hat in diesem Falle die Tendenz, den gesamten Entnahmeförderer 18 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn zu verschwenken, wie strichpunktiert in Fig. 1 und 2 angedeutet ist. Darauf wird noch im Zusammenhang mit diesem besonderen Ausführungsbeispiel zurückzukommen sein. Zu beachten ist jedoch, dass selbst bei einer Verschwenkung des Entnahmeförderers 18 die Lage des Kettenrades 21 und dessen Antriebes 24, 25, d.h. also die Lage des gesamten Entnahmebereichs keine Aenderung erfährt. Die Greifer 12 des Einzelförderers sind in den bereits genannten Schriften (DE OS 2 519 561 bzw. US PS 3.955.667) in allen Einzelheiten beschrieben. Die beweglichen, unteren Backen 38 (Fig. 2) der Greifer 12 sind an einem Schaft befestigt und stehen unter der Wirkung einer Oeffnungsfeder, die bestrebt ist, die Backen 38 von den zugeordneten festen Backen nicht nur entfernt sondern auch seitlich ausgeschwenkt zu halten (Fig. 2 oben rechts). In Schliessstellung sind die Backen 38 dagegen nach den zugeordneten festen Backen ausgerichtet und auf diese zugestellt und in dieser Stellung durch einen hier nicht sichtbaren Verriegelungsmechanismus gehalten. Mit diesem Verriegelungsmechanismus ist eine Zunge oder Fahne 39 (Fig. 2, 3) verbunden, die - wenn angehoben - den Verriegelungsmechanismus entsperrt, so dass die bewegliche Backe 38 augenblicklich in Offenstellung schnellt und die transportierte Zeitung 17 fallenlässt. Zum Anheben der Zungen oder Fahnen 39 ist im Entnahmebereich eine Auslösevorrichtung 40 (Fig. 2) vorgesehen, die eine unter die Zungen oder Fahnen 39 greifende, beispielsweise mittels eines Elektromagneten heb- und senkbare Rolle 41 aufweist. In angehobenem Zustand hebt die Rolle 41 die vorbeilaufenden Zungen oder Fahnen 39 an und öffnet somit den zugehörigen Greifer 12.The double-walled sprocket 21 is arranged inside a casing 29, on the outer edge of which a hollow rail 30 is fastened, in which the chain 20 of the removal conveyor 18 is guided via rollers 31 (FIG. 3). This hollow rail 30 extends to a certain extent as a self-supporting structure, stiffened by a strut 32, into the delivery area of the removal conveyor 18 and carries a further casing 33 in which a chain wheel 34 wrapped around by the chain 20 is rotatably mounted. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the casing 29 (and thus also the hollow rail 30 and the entire removal conveyor) 18) via ball bearings 35 on the shaft 22 rotatably or pivotably. The height of the delivery area (sprocket 34) of the removal conveyor 18 can thus be adjusted within a certain range. In the present case, the removal conveyor 18 is under the action of a tension spring, for example a gas spring 36, which is articulated at one end below the arm 26 to a fixed pin and at the other end to a bracket 37 fastened to the casing 29. In this case, the gas spring 36 has the tendency to pivot the entire removal conveyor 18 counterclockwise, as is indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2. This will be returned in connection with this particular embodiment. It should be noted, however, that even when the removal conveyor 18 is pivoted, the position of the chain wheel 21 and its drive 24, 25, that is to say the position of the entire removal area, is not changed. The grippers 12 of the individual conveyor are described in detail in the documents already mentioned (DE OS 2 519 561 and US PS 3,955,667). The movable, lower jaws 38 (FIG. 2) of the grippers 12 are fastened to a shaft and are under the action of an opening spring which tends to keep the jaws 38 not only removed from the associated fixed jaws but also swung out sideways (FIG 2 top right). In the closed position, on the other hand, the jaws 38 are aligned with the assigned fixed jaws and delivered to them and held in this position by a locking mechanism which is not visible here. With this locking mechanism a tongue or flag 39 (Fig. 2, 3) is connected, which - when raised - unlocks the locking mechanism, so that the movable Jaw 38 instantly pops into the open position and drops the transported newspaper 17. To lift the tongues or lugs 39, a release device 40 (FIG. 2) is provided in the removal area, which has a roller 41 which grips under the tongues or lugs 39 and can be raised and lowered, for example, by means of an electromagnet. In the raised state, the roller 41 lifts the tongues or flags 39 passing by and thus opens the associated gripper 12.

Anders ist die Bauweise der Greifer 19 des Entnahmeförderers 18. Wie aus Fig. 3 hervorgeht, besitzen die Greifer 19 eine seitlich von der Kette abstehende Greiferplatte 42, die zugleich die feste Backe des jeweiligen Greifers 19 trägt. Die bewegliche Backe 43 der Greifer 19 ist am oberen Ende eines längsverschiebbar und verdrehbar in der Greiferplatte 42 gelagerten Schaftes 44 befestigt. Am unteren Ende trägt der Schaft 44 eine abstehende Nocke 45, die mit einer ortsfesten Kulisse 46 zusammenwirkt. Wenn die Nocke 45 mit der Kulisse 46 in Berührung ist, dann ist die bewegliche Backe 43 nach der festen Backe an der Greiferplatte 42 ausgerichtet. Die vorzugsweise mit einem Kunststoffbelag versehene untere Stirnseite des Schaftes 44 wirkt mit einem horizontalachsigen Kulissenrad 47 zusammen, das frei drehbar am oberen Ende eines Trägers 48 gelagert ist, der seinerseits auf dem Lagerrohr 27 der Welle 22 montiert ist. Wenn der Schaft 44 mit seiner unteren Stirnseite auf das Kulissenrad 47 aufläuft, wird er angehoben, d.h. die bewegliche Backe 43 entfernt sich von der zugeordneten festen Backe. Schliesslich ist der Schaft 44 zwischen der Greiferplatte 42 und dem Nocken 45 von einer Druckfeder 49 umgeben, deren Enden an der Greiferplatte 42 bzw. am Nocken 45 verankert sind. Nun ist die Druckfeder 49 in einem solch verwundenen Zustand montiert, dass sie nicht nur das Bestreben hat, den Schaft 44 nach unten zu drängen, sondern diesen auch soweit zu verdrehen, dass die bewegliche Backe 43 nach der Seite zur Kette 20 hin ausschwenkt. Dabei ist die Verwindung der Druckfeder 49 nicht so ausgeprägt, dass die von ihr ausgehende "Rückstellkraft" die Reibung zu überwinden vermöchte, die zwischen der durch die Axialwirkung der Druckfeder 49 an die Zeitung 17 gedrückten beweglichen Backe 43 und der Zeitung 17 selbst herrscht. Die Konsequenz dieser Bauweise ist die, dass solange die Backe 43 eine Zeitung 17 festklemmt (oder im Eingriff mit der zugeordneten festen Backe ist) diese bewegliche Backe 43 in Schliesslage bleibt. Sobald aber der Schaft 44 angehoben wird und keine Kulisse den Schaft 44 über den Nocken 45 an einer Drehung hindert, wird der Reibschluss zwischen der Backe 43 einerseits und der Zeitung 17 bzw. der zugeordneten festen Backe andererseits aufgehoben und die Backe 43 schwenkt schlagartig nach der Seite aus: der Greifer ist in Offenstellung und gibt die an der nachlaufenden Kante festgeklemmte Zeitung 17 frei.The construction of the grippers 19 of the removal conveyor 18 is different. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the grippers 19 have a gripper plate 42 which projects laterally from the chain and which at the same time carries the fixed jaw of the respective gripper 19. The movable jaw 43 of the grippers 19 is fastened to the upper end of a shaft 44 which is displaceable longitudinally and rotatably in the gripper plate 42. At the lower end, the shaft 44 carries a protruding cam 45, which cooperates with a fixed backdrop 46. If the cam 45 is in contact with the link 46, then the movable jaw 43 is aligned with the gripper plate 42 after the fixed jaw. The lower end face of the shaft 44, which is preferably provided with a plastic coating, interacts with a horizontal-axis link wheel 47, which is freely rotatably mounted on the upper end of a carrier 48 which in turn is mounted on the bearing tube 27 of the shaft 22. When the shaft 44 runs with its lower end face onto the link wheel 47, it is raised, ie the movable jaw 43 moves away from the associated fixed jaw. Finally, the shaft 44 is between the gripper plate 42 and the cam 45 surrounded by a compression spring 49, the ends of which are anchored to the gripper plate 42 or to the cam 45. The compression spring 49 is now mounted in such a twisted state that it not only strives to urge the shaft 44 downward, but also to twist it so far that the movable jaw 43 swings out to the side towards the chain 20. The torsion of the compression spring 49 is not so pronounced that the "restoring force" emanating from it can overcome the friction that exists between the movable jaw 43 pressed against the newspaper 17 by the axial action of the compression spring 49 and the newspaper 17 itself. The consequence of this design is that as long as the jaw 43 clamps a newspaper 17 (or is in engagement with the associated fixed jaw), this movable jaw 43 remains in the closed position. However, as soon as the shaft 44 is raised and no backdrop prevents the shaft 44 from rotating via the cam 45, the frictional engagement between the jaw 43 on the one hand and the newspaper 17 or the associated fixed jaw on the other hand is canceled and the jaw 43 swings suddenly after Page out: the gripper is in the open position and releases the newspaper 17 clamped on the trailing edge.

Da mithin zum Oeffnen der Greifer 19 lediglich deren Schaft 44 anzuheben ist, ist am Abgabeende des Entnahmeförderers 18 (Fig. 1) ein zum Kulissenrad 47 analoges Kulissenrad 49, nicht aber eine der Kulisse 46 entsprechende Kulisse im Bereich des Kettenrades 34 vorhanden.Since, therefore, only the shaft 44 has to be lifted to open the gripper 19, at the discharge end of the removal conveyor 18 (FIG. 1) there is a link wheel 49 analogous to the link wheel 47, but not a link corresponding to the link 46 in the area of the chain wheel 34.

In vorliegendem Falle schliesst an das Kettenrad 34 ein Bändchenförderer 50 an, dessen eine Umlenkrolle gleichachsig wie das Kettenrad 34 und mit diesem starr verbunden ist, und dessen andere Umlenkrolle am Ende eines nichtdargestellten Auslegers drehbar gelagert ist, der von der Verschalung 33 ausgeht. Der Bändchenförderer 50 bildet zusammen mit dem Umfang eines im Wickelgestell 28 in Bildung begriffenen Wickels 51 bzw. mit dem Umfang des Kernes 52 des Wickels 51 (wenn der Entnahmeförderer 18 die in Fig. 1 strichpunktiert angegebene Lage hat) einen Klemmspalt, in den die vom Entnahmeförderer 18 übernommenen Zeitungen 17 zusammen mit einem nichtdargestellten Wickelband auf den im Sinne des Pfeiles 53 drehenden Wickel weiter aufgewickelt werden.In the present case, a chain conveyor 50 connects to the chain wheel 34, one deflection roller of which is coaxial with the chain wheel 34 and rigidly connected to the latter, and the other deflection roller of which is rotatably mounted at the end of a boom, not shown, which extends from the casing 33. The ribbon conveyor 50 forms, together with the circumference of a winding 51 being formed in the winding frame 28 or with the circumference of the core 52 of the winding 51 (if the removal conveyor 18 has the position shown in dash-dotted lines in FIG. 1), a clamping gap into which the Withdrawal conveyor 18 taken over newspapers 17 are further wound together with a winding tape, not shown, on the winding rotating in the direction of arrow 53.

Die bereits erwähnte Gasfeder 36 sorgt dafür, dass der Entnahmeförderer 18 und mit ihm der Bändchenförderer 50 sich den wachsenden Durchmesser des Wickels 51 anpassen, ohne dass im Entnahmebereich (Kettenrad 21) Anpassungen erforderlich wären.The gas spring 36 already mentioned ensures that the removal conveyor 18 and with it the ribbon conveyor 50 adapt the growing diameter of the winding 51 without adjustments being necessary in the removal area (sprocket 21).

Der Abstand der Greifer 19 voneinander und der Durchmesser des Kettenrades 21 sind so aufeinander abgestimmt, dass der Abstand der Greifer 19 während des Umlaufs um das Kettenrad 21 exakt dem Abstand a zwischen den Greifern 12 des Einzelförderers 11 entspricht. Da aber, wie aus Fig. 2 und 3 hervorgeht, die Stelle, wo die Zeitungen 17 von den Greifern 19 erfasst werden, radial nach aussen von der Kette 20 absteht, ergibt sich, dass die durch den Entnahmeförderer 18 übernommenen Zeitungen in seinen geraden Abschnitten in einem etwas verdichteten Schuppenstrom transportiert und so auf den Wickel 51 gelangen. Auf alle Fälle bleibt die vom Einzelförderer 11 übernommene Formation der Zeitungen 17 erhalten.The distance between the grippers 19 and the diameter of the chain wheel 21 are coordinated with one another such that the distance between the grippers 19 during the rotation around the chain wheel 21 corresponds exactly to the distance a between the grippers 12 of the individual conveyor 11. However, since, as can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the point where the newspapers 17 are gripped by the grippers 19 projects radially outwards from the chain 20, it follows that the newspapers taken over by the removal conveyor 18 in its straight sections transported in a slightly compressed stream of shingles and thus reach the winding 51. To all In cases, the formation of newspapers 17 taken over by individual conveyor 11 is retained.

Um die Uebernahme der Zeitungen 17 durch den Entnahmeförderer 18 zu erleichtern, sind dem Entnahmebereich ein paar Gleitschienen 54 (Fig. 2, 3) vorgeschaltet, die namentlich bei höherer Fördergeschwindigkeiten ein Flattern der vom Einzelförderer 11 herangeführten Zeitungen 17 verhindern und auch deren nachlaufenden Kanten auf die zur Uebernahme durch die Greifer 19 passende Höhe bringen.In order to facilitate the takeover of the newspapers 17 by the removal conveyor 18, the removal area is preceded by a few slide rails 54 (FIGS. 2, 3), which prevent the newspapers 17 brought in by the individual conveyor 11 from fluttering, particularly at higher conveying speeds, and also their trailing edges bring the appropriate height for takeover by the grippers 19.

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  1. A conveyor arrangement for printed products, particularly for newspapers which arrive in an imbricated formation, with an individual conveyor (11) which picks these up one copy at a time and which is provided with controlled grippers (12) disposed at regular intervals from one another, and with a withdrawal conveyor (18) driven in a withdrawal region of the individual conveyor (11) in the same direction as this latter and provided with controlled withdrawal grippers (19) disposed at regular intervals and revolving along a closed path and intended for taking the printed products (17) from the individual conveyor (11), whereby in the withdrawal region the mouth openings of the grippers (12) and of the withdrawal grippers (19) are towards one another while the grippers (12) and the withdrawal grippers (19) are controlled in opposite directions, characterised in that the withdrawal grippers (19) of the withdrawal conveyor (18) are so mounted on an endless traction means (20) which in the withdrawal region is looped around a driven deflector wheel (21) that in the region of the deflector wheel (21) the reciprocal spaces between the withdrawal grippers (19) correspond to the reciprocal distances (a) between the grippers (12) of the individual conveyor (11) and in that the movable jaws (43) of the withdrawal grippers (19) are in the open position pivoted away laterally from the associated fixed jaw and pretensioned into this position by a first spring action, and in the closed position are aligned in the same way as the associated fixed jaw and are locked in this position by a second spring action which overcomes the first spring action.
  2. An arrangement according to patent claim 1, characterised in that the movable jaws (43) of the withdrawal grippers (19) are mounted on a spindle (44) which is for its part rotatably and axially displaceably mounted on an arm (42) projecting laterally from the traction means (20) and in that the movable jaws (43) are subject to the action of a compressible and twistable coil spring (49) which encloses the spindle (44) and which is initially tensioned in the direction of closure, maintaining the movable jaw (43) in the laterally outwardly pivoted position when in the relaxed and non-twisted state.
  3. An arrangement according to patent claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the traction means (20) is guided in a guide rail (30) which is closed in itself.
  4. An arrangement according to patent claim 3, characterised in that the guide rail (30) is mounted to pivot about the pivot axis (22) of the deflector wheel (21) in order to alter the height of the delivery end of the withdrawal conveyor (18).
  5. An arrangement according to patent claim 4, characterised in that in the withdrawal region means (46,47), for example links, are provided for raising and turning in the closed position the movable jaws (43) of the withdrawal grippers (19), which means are disposed rigidly in relation to the individual conveyor (11).
  6. Use of the arrangement according to patent claim 4 or 5 as a feeder to a winding station (28) for winding the printed product (17) onto a roll (51), characterised in that downstream of the delivery region of the withdrawal conveyor (18) there is a small belt conveyor (50) which is immovable in relation to the withdrawal conveyor (18) and in that the withdrawal conveyor (18) is subject to the action of a force which urges the belt conveyor (50) against the periphery of the roll (51).
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