EP0341423A1 - Appareil pour l'assemblage, insertion et groupement de produits imprimés - Google Patents

Appareil pour l'assemblage, insertion et groupement de produits imprimés Download PDF

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EP0341423A1
EP0341423A1 EP89106111A EP89106111A EP0341423A1 EP 0341423 A1 EP0341423 A1 EP 0341423A1 EP 89106111 A EP89106111 A EP 89106111A EP 89106111 A EP89106111 A EP 89106111A EP 0341423 A1 EP0341423 A1 EP 0341423A1
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Werner Honegger
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/26—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping the articles
    • B65H29/28—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping the articles from mechanical grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/06—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams
    • B65H39/065—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams by collecting in rotary carriers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/434—In channels, e.g. in which the articles are substantially vertical or inclined
    • B65H2301/4341—In channels, e.g. in which the articles are substantially vertical or inclined with several channels on a rotary carrier rotating around an axis parallel to the channels
    • 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
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/435—Gathering; Associating; Assembling on collecting conveyor
    • B65H2301/4356—Gathering; Associating; Assembling on collecting conveyor with supports for receiving combination of articles astride and in standing position
    • 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
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands
    • 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
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/44795—Saddle conveyor with saddle member extending transversally to transport direction

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  • the present invention relates to a device for collating, inserting and collecting printed products according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Drum-shaped insertion and collating devices are known, for example, from CH patents 584,153 and 575,303 and the corresponding US patents 3,951,399 and 4,058,202. They have a plurality of pocket-shaped receiving parts which are arranged in the shape of a cellular wheel around a common circumferential axis and with their longitudinal extent in the direction of the circumferential axis. In the direction of the axis of rotation, a plurality of feed stations spaced apart from one another are provided, which shoot printed products into the receiving parts.
  • each receiving part By means of clamping arrangements assigned to each receiving part, the shot printed products are held in the course of the revolutions around the rotational axis and conveyed from one loading station to the next and finally to a removal station, where the printed products which have been collected or inserted into one another are conveyed away.
  • the clamping arrangements can be designed in such a way that the one side boundary of each receiving part is designed as a roller conveyor to which the printed products which have been shot in are pressed by means of roller-shaped clamps which can be driven in rotation.
  • Each receiving part can also have a carriage carrying out a conveying and return stroke in the course of a rotation about the circumferential axis be assigned, on the bottom of which brackets are provided in order to clamp the printed products lying on the floor during the conveying stroke to the carriage.
  • a collecting drum which has saddle-shaped supports arranged around a common axis of rotation.
  • Each support has an all-round drivable conveying element with support members and drivers to transport the folded printed sheets astride the support members in the course of the revolutions of the supports around the circumferential axis in the direction of the circumferential axis.
  • a loading station is described in EP-OS 0 208 081 or the corresponding US Pat. No. 4,684,117, with which the fed folded printed sheets can be opened and placed on the support members. The printed sheets which are thus deposited and collected along the processing path are lifted from the support members and conveyed away by means of a removal station.
  • Another device for collecting folded printed sheets is known for example from DE-OS 36 16 566.
  • This has three saddle-shaped supports arranged parallel to a common axis of rotation and driven around it.
  • two feeders are successively provided for depositing printed sheets on the supports and a stapler for stapling the superimposed printed sheets.
  • the printed sheets thus gathered and stapled slide onto a conveyor belt for transport away.
  • an endless, continuously driven chain with drivers is provided, which act on the printed sheets deposited on the edition and transport them from one installation to the other or to the stapler in the course of one rotation of the edition around the common axis of rotation.
  • Guide plates are provided on both sides of each support, which prevent the printed sheets from spreading open. So that the printed sheets do not fall off the supports while they are being moved under the circumferential axis, a cylindrical jacket half is provided, on which the printed sheets slide with their fold during the lower half of the rotary movement.
  • Each of these known devices is suitable for either collecting or inserting and collating printed products.
  • printers and printing products processing companies such as bookbinderies, must be equipped with the appropriate facilities and machines.
  • the clamping arrangements and the clamping means are identical, so that the same clamping arrangements clamp the printed products inserted into the receiving parts and the printed products astride the supports.
  • the receiving parts and supports are arranged alternately when viewed in the direction of rotation.
  • you can the clamping arrangements assigned to the receiving parts hold the printed products introduced into these.
  • the same clamping arrangements can also clamp the printed product halves extending into the receiving parts of printed products placed on the supports.
  • a preferably removable support is provided approximately in the middle of each receiving part.
  • the receiving parts and their clamping arrangements serve for the transport of the printed products introduced into the receiving parts. If, on the other hand, the supports are mounted, the printed product halves of the printed products straddling the supports get into the receiving parts and are held in place by the clamping arrangements.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cell wheel-like collating drum 12 which is rotatably mounted on a frame 10 and can be driven in a rotating manner, with a plurality of pocket-shaped compartments 14 which extend in the longitudinal direction of the drum 12 and which together rotate in the arrow direction U about a rotation axis 16.
  • a hollow axis 18 is arranged on the frame 10, the longitudinal axis of which coincides with the circumferential axis 16.
  • On the hollow axis 18 are in axial direction from one another
  • Directionally spaced spoke wheels 20 (only one of them is visible in FIG. 1) rotatably mounted.
  • On the rings 22 of the spoke wheels 20 are in the longitudinal direction of the drum 12 extending, projecting in the radial direction outwardly projecting partitions 24 which, seen in the direction of rotation U, separate the compartments 14 from each other.
  • feed conveyors 26 which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the axis of rotation 16 and which can be driven synchronously by means of a common drive shaft 28.
  • a removal conveyor 30 is arranged, which is also only shown schematically.
  • the feed conveyors 26 have individually controllable grippers 32 which are arranged on a pulling element (not shown) which is driven in a rotating manner in the feed direction Z and which are also shown only hinted at.
  • Such feed conveyors 26 are generally known and can be constructed, for example, the same or similar to the feed conveyors shown in EP-OS 0 218 872 or the corresponding US Pat. No. 4,706,951.
  • Each gripper 32 guided to the collating drum 12 holds a printing sheet 34 at its trailing edge 36 as seen in the feed direction Z.
  • the drum 12 is preceded by a guide plate 38, which runs essentially parallel to the feed direction Z and is arranged below the feed conveyor 26 and which guides the leading slide sliding on it Edges of the printed sheets 34 into the respective compartments 14.
  • the removal conveyor 30 also has a gripper 32 which is arranged on a rotating pulling element (not shown) which is driven in the removal direction W and which grips the conveyed printed sheets 34 and conveys them away.
  • a gripper 32 which is arranged on a rotating pulling element (not shown) which is driven in the removal direction W and which grips the conveyed printed sheets 34 and conveys them away.
  • a similar conveyor is described in more detail, for example, in Swiss Patent 584,153 and the corresponding US Patent 3,951,399.
  • Each printed sheet 34 held by a gripper 32 of the feed conveyor 26 is introduced by the guide plate 38 into a compartment 14 of the collating drum 12 and dropped by the gripper 32 as soon as it has reached a position approximately perpendicularly above the rotation axis 16.
  • the printed sheets 34 thus dropped come to rest on the bottom of the respective compartment 14.
  • the first feed conveyor 26 conveys a printed sheet 34 in the course of the revolutions of the drum 12 in the direction of rotation U into each compartment 14 passing under this feed conveyor 26.
  • FIG. 2 shows part of the collating drum 12 in a longitudinal section.
  • the one spoked wheel 20 visible in FIG. 2 is rotatably mounted on the hollow axle 18, and a sprocket 42 of a chain drive, which is operatively connected to a drive motor, not shown, is seated on its hub 40 in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the drum 12 is driven in the direction of rotation U by means of this drive motor (cf. FIG. 1).
  • a rail 44 with a C-shaped cross section which extends in the longitudinal direction of the collating drum 12 and which, together with the support 46 fastened thereon, forms a partition wall 24. All partition walls 24 shown in FIG. 1 are constructed in the same way as partition wall 24 shown in FIG. 2.
  • Each carriage 50 which are visible in FIG. 2 and are connected to one another by means of coupling members 48, are guided in rail 44.
  • Each carriage 50 has three or two pairs of guide rollers 52 rotatably mounted on it, which run in the rail 44.
  • two clamping tongues 54 are pivotally mounted, which can be transferred from their open position to the closed position and back by means of rail pieces 56 of a control device 58 which are coupled to one another. This is described in more detail below.
  • each rail section 56 is mounted on two parallel pivot levers 60, which in turn are pivotably mounted on the rail 44.
  • the Darge at the left end of the rail 44 posed and designated 60 'pivoting lever is designed as an angle lever and is connected via a connecting rod 62 with a, on the rim 22 pivotally mounted two-armed control lever 64 in operative connection, at the other end a follower roller 66 is rotatably mounted, which in turn on a guide surface of a fixed backdrop 68 rolls.
  • One at one end attached to the rail 44 and the other on the pivot lever 60 'acting compression spring 70 presses the follower roller 66 against the guide surface of the link 68 and at the same time biases the clamping tongues 54 against the open position.
  • a coaxial control cylinder 72 is provided in the initial region of the collating drum 12, on the usually stationary hollow axis 18, which is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner and whose outer surface is spaced from the inside, as seen in the radial direction, by the rails 44.
  • a self-contained, like an ellipse, around the control cylinder 72 encircling control link 74 is arranged, which seen in the direction of the axis of rotation 16, in each of the end regions a strong curvature and between these end regions each with an area with respect to the direction of rotation U has constant slope (only part of the control link 74 is indicated in FIG. 2).
  • bracket 76 With all of the carriages 50 guided in a rail 44, only the carriage 50 in the area of the control cylinder 72 has a bracket 76 with which it is connected to one of the carriages 50 which are adjacent in the direction of rotation U.
  • a driver 78 arranged on the bracket 76 runs in the control link 74 on the control cylinder 72 animals on the floor of the carriage 50, indicated by the clamping tongues 54 printed sheets 34 are indicated, viewed in the conveying direction F, starting from the left, the first three printed sheets 34 shown in FIG. 2 essentially coincide with the position of the feed conveyors 26 (see Fig. 1).
  • the first clamping tongue 54 holds a single printed sheet 34 inserted by the first feed conveyor 26
  • the second clamping tongue 54 has its two congruent printed sheets 34, the second being fed by the second feed conveyor 26, and the third clamping tongue 54 there are three, the third was fed by the third feeder 26.
  • Each of the next following clamping tongues 54 also clamps three printing sheets 34 standing side by side.
  • FIG. 3 shows part of the left half of FIG. 2 in perspective and on an enlarged scale, the carriage 50 being shown partially cut away.
  • the same parts are given the same reference numerals as in FIG. 2. It will only be dealt with to the extent necessary for understanding FIG. 3.
  • the opposite ends of the C-shaped rail 44 each carry a guide profile 80, for example made of plastic.
  • the rollers of the guide roller pairs 52, which are rotatably mounted on the carriage 50, are concave, so that they partially encompass the guide profile 80 and give the carriage 50 a secure hold in a direction perpendicular to the rail 44.
  • the pivot levers 60, 60 ' are pivotally mounted, the free ends of which are pivotally connected to the rail section 56.
  • the rail piece 56 is also in the cross cut C-shaped, wherein in the region of the pivot lever 60, 60 'the upper edge 56' is excluded.
  • the connecting piece, which connects the rail section 56 to the next following rail section 56, viewed in the direction F, is identified by 82.
  • the rail piece 56 makes a movement, such as the coupling of a parallel crank mechanism and thus also a lifting movement in the direction of arrow H, ie in the radial direction towards the outside.
  • This movement of the rail section 56 is controlled by the sliding roller 66 on the link 68, the movement of which is transmitted by means of the control lever 64 and the connecting rod 62 to the pivot lever 60 'designed as an angle lever.
  • the carriage 50 has a flat wall element 84 on which the pairs of guide rollers 52 are mounted.
  • a flat wall element 84 on which the pairs of guide rollers 52 are mounted.
  • an upwardly angled guide element 86 which forms a pocket with a bottom and which is cut out in the region of the clamping tongues 54.
  • the clamping tongues 54 which are preferably made of spring steel, are fastened to a shaft 90 which runs in the longitudinal direction of the rail 44 and is pivotably mounted on the wall element 84 by means of bearing elements 88.
  • the free ends of the clamping tongues 54 projecting upwards can carry clamping supports, for example made of rubber.
  • a lever arm 92 projecting against the rail section 56 is fastened to the shaft 90, at the free end of which a roller 94 guided in the C-shaped rail section 56 is rotatable is stored.
  • the roller 94 slides in the rail section 56 and when the rail section 56 is raised or lowered in or against the arrow direction H, the two clamping tongues 54 are pivoted in the open or in the closed position.
  • the carriage 50 makes a conveying stroke in the direction of the arrow F and a return stroke in the opposite direction in accordance with the control link 74 in which the driver 78 slides.
  • the individual printed sheets 34 or placed side by side on the bottom of the guide element 86 are indicated by dash-dotted lines (the printed sheets 34 shown on the right in FIG. 3 are shown cut off on the right side).
  • FIG. 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV of FIG. 2 through several compartments 14 of the gathering drum 12 (cf. FIG. 1).
  • the rails 44 are fastened on the rim 22 of the spoke wheel 20 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), and the cross-sectionally saddle-shaped supports 46 are seated on them in the radial direction towards the outside.
  • the guide profiles 80 are arranged on the mutually directed ends of each rail 44 , on which the guide roller pairs 52 are guided.
  • the pairs of guide rollers 52 are rotatably mounted on the respective wall element 84, and on this the guide element 86 and the bearing elements 88, of which only one is visible in each case in FIG. 4, are fastened.
  • the upper end of the guide element 86 extends behind the leading edge 46 'of the trailing support 46.
  • the top of the Wall element 84 covered by the corresponding support 46, so that the printed sheets 34, 34 'when shooting into the pocket formed by the wall element 84 and guide element 86 can easily reach the bottom thereof and thus in the area of the clamping tongues 54.
  • the clamping tongues 54 are fastened to the shafts 90 mounted on the bearing elements 88, from which the lever arms 92 protrude against the rail pieces 56.
  • a roller 94 is rotatably mounted, which is guided in the respective rail section 56 and has a convex tread.
  • the rail piece 56 shown on the right in FIG. 4 is located in the direction of arrow H in the upper end position in the radial direction, so that the relevant clamping tongues 54 are in their open position, in which the free ends of the clamping tongues 54 are seen in the direction of rotation U. , come to rest behind the guide element 86.
  • the rail piece 56 shown on the left in this figure is located in the lower, radially inner end position counter to the direction of arrow H, as a result of which the corresponding clamping tongues 54 are transferred to the closed position in which they clamp the printed sheets 34 between themselves and the counter-stop formed by the wall element 84.
  • the opposite positions of the clamping tongues 54, rails 44 and rollers 94 are indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • the two carriages 50 shown in FIG. 4 are operatively connected to one another by means of the bracket 76, the rail sections 56 of these two Wagons 50 can be controlled independently of each other.
  • the driver 78 has a roller which is guided on two round profiles which are arranged in parallel on the control cylinder 72 and have a circular cross section and whose opposing surfaces form the control link 74.
  • the coupling members are designated by 48, by means of which the carriages 50 guided in a rail 44 are coupled to one another (cf. FIG. 2).
  • Fig. 5 shows that part of the conveying path of the printed sheets 34, 34 ', which, seen in the direction of rotation U, follows the two in the direction of arrow F of Fig. 1 first feeders 26. 5, these two feed conveyors are indicated by arrows denoted by 26.
  • the structure of the collating drum 12 is indicated in a highly simplified manner.
  • the supports 46 arranged on the rails 44 are not shown.
  • only the wall elements 84 and clamping tongues 54 of the carriages 50 are shown.
  • the catches 78 are shown which slide in the fixed control link 74.
  • the clamping tongues 54 of the wall elements 84 which are each connected to one another by means of a bracket 76, as seen in the direction of the arrow F, are at the same height.
  • the direction of rotation is designated by U.
  • the gathering drum 12 functions as follows:
  • the first feed conveyor 26 seen in the direction of the arrow F leads into each one below it in the direction of the arrow U passing compartment 14 a printing sheet 34. This falls with the clamping tabs 54 in the open position on the floor of the carriage 50 concerned.
  • the clamping tabs 54 are transferred to the closed position, whereby the respective printing sheet 34 between the clamping tongue 54th and the wall element 84 is clamped and taken in the conveying direction F in accordance with the control link 74.
  • a helical conveying path to the next feed conveyor 26 is thus formed, the conveying stroke in the direction of arrow F essentially taking place when passing through the lower half of the conveying path (cf.
  • FIG. 1 As soon as a compartment 14 reaches the upper region of the orbit in the course of one revolution, the clamping tongues 54 in question are moved into the open position and the return stroke is initiated in the opposite direction of arrow F for the carriages 50 in question.
  • these printed sheets 34 arrive at the second feed conveyor 26, where the latter feeds a second printed sheet 34 'into each compartment next to the already existing printed sheets 34 (see in particular FIG. 5).
  • the two adjacent printing sheets 34, 34 ' are now detected in the course of further rotation by the closing clamping tongues 54 and conveyed in the course of one revolution to the third feed conveyor 26, where a third printing sheet 34 is added in an analogous manner.
  • each of these three adjacent printed sheets 34, 34 ' is conveyed to the conveyor 30, where they are gripped by the grippers 32 and conveyed away in the direction of the arrow W (see FIG. 1).
  • pivotally mounted cantilevers can be provided, which during transport of the printed sheets 34, 34' in Arrow direction F are pivoted back by these and which, however, in the event of movement of the printed sheets 34, 34 'counter to the arrow direction F, put them in the way.
  • Such cantilevers are known, for example, from the above-mentioned CH-PS 575,303 or the corresponding US-PS 4,058,202. It should be noted that when collating sheets 34, 34 'they may or may not be folded. It is also possible that the printed sheets 34 or 34 'fed from a feed conveyor 26 are folded, and the sheets 34 or 34' fed from another are not folded.
  • Each of the folded printed sheets 34 and 34 'shown in FIGS. 1 to 4' consists of a plurality of folded single sheets, which are fed to the gathering drum 12 with their fold ahead.
  • the same drum 12 is shown in FIG. 6 in the same representation as in FIG. 4, but now further printing sheets 34 ′ are inserted into a first fed, folded printing sheet 34. In this case, it is therefore a plug-in drum 12.
  • FIG. 6 For the detailed description of FIG. 6, reference is made to FIG. 4 and its description, since the structure of the device in these two figures corresponds to one another.
  • the insert drum 12 (FIG. 6) functions as follows: the first feed conveyor 26 (FIG. 1) seen in the direction of arrow F introduces a folded printed sheet 34 into each compartment 14, with its fold 96 (FIG. 6) ahead.
  • the printing sheet 34 When the grippers 32 are opened, the printing sheet 34, with the clamping tongues 54 in the open position, falls onto the bottom of the compartment 14 formed by the guide element 86.
  • the relevant ones Clamping tongues 54 transferred to the closed position, so that the folded printed sheet 34 is held between the wall element 84 and a clamping tongue 54.
  • the carriage 50 together with the printed sheet 34 is conveyed in the direction of arrow F into the area of the second feed conveyor 26 (see FIG. 1).
  • the folded printed sheets 34 are opened by means of an opening device as described, for example, in CH-PS 641.113 or CH-PS 644.814 or the corresponding US-PS 4,398,710.
  • the clamping tongues 54 are opened, and then a printed sheet 34 ⁇ , which can be folded or unfolded, is inserted into the opened folded printed sheet 34 by the second feeder 26.
  • the printed sheets 34, 34 ⁇ thus inserted into one another are now held by the clamping tongues 54 and conveyed to the third feed conveyor 26, where a second printed sheet 34 ⁇ is inserted in an analogous manner.
  • This second sheet 34 ⁇ can either next to or in the likewise open first sheet 34 ⁇ in the folded Sheet 34 are introduced.
  • the printed sheets 34, 34 ⁇ which are nested in this way are transported in the course of two further rotations in the direction of arrow U to the conveyor 30, where they are gripped by the grippers 32 and conveyed away.
  • Booms can also be provided in the insertion drum 12, as described in connection with the collating drum, in order to prevent the printed sheets 34, 34 ′ from running back in the opposite direction of the arrow F when the carriages 50 are lifted back.
  • FIG. 7 shows another possible use of the drum 12, namely for collecting folded printed sheets 34, 34 ′′′.
  • the structure of the drum 12 used as a collecting drum corresponds to the structure of the collation drum according to FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 A detailed description of this collecting drum 12 and its mode of operation is contained in the simultaneous Swiss patent application No. 01 795 / 88-0.
  • the first feed conveyor 26 shown in FIG. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow F, is placed on each support 46 in the same or similar manner, as is known, for example, from EP-OS 0 208 081 or the corresponding US Pat. No. 4,684,117 folded printed sheet 34 laid astride, so that each printed sheet half 34a or 34b comes to rest in a compartment 14.
  • each printed sheet 34 is now held and transported on its printed sheet halves 34a, 34b by a carriage 50 arranged in different compartments 14.
  • the corresponding clamping tongues 54 are opened, as a result of which the offset printed sheets 34 are realigned in an analogous manner, so that the second feed conveyor 26 in turn applies a folded printed sheet 34 ′′′ onto the support 46 stored sheet 34 can deposit.
  • the printing sheets 34, 34 ′′′ lying one above the other are now clamped to their leading and then also to their trailing printing sheet halves 34a and 34b and conveyed in the course of the next rotation to the next feed conveyor 26, where a third printing sheet 34 ′′′ is placed astride the first two .
  • the printed sheets 34, 34 so thus collected are transported to the conveyor 30, where they are gripped at their folded edges 96 and conveyed away.
  • the opening device required for inserting printed sheets 34 'into a first folded printed sheet 34 (FIG. 6) and the delivery arms, which prevent the printed sheets 34, 34' from being taken along in the opposite direction of the arrow F when the carriage 50 is lifted back, can be arranged firmly on the drum 12 be, in particular the opening device must be designed so that it does not act on the printed sheets 34, 34 ⁇ when collating or collecting.
  • opening devices could be arranged on the supports 46 such that they can be pivoted back into the supports 46.
  • the opening devices and / or arms are removably arranged on the drum 12, so that the drum 12 can be converted for gathering, plugging in or collecting within short changeover times.
  • the carriage 50 and control device 58 are of the same design for all processing purposes.
  • the independence of the control device 58 from the drive device 72, 74, 76, 78 enables the closing or opening of the clamping tongues 54 to be adapted with little effort with regard to the movement or position of the carriage 50.
  • the conveying or return stroke of the carriages 50 can also be adjusted by pivoting the hollow axis 18.
  • the drum 12 (see FIG. 1) can, as viewed in the direction of the arrow F, be composed of sections. So it is quite conceivable that further such sections are added to the drum 12 shown in FIG. 1 in the opposite direction of the arrow F in order to collect, collect or insert more than three printed sheets 34, 34 ', 34 ⁇ , 34 ′′′.
  • each printed sheet 34, 34 ', 34 ⁇ , 34 ′′′ can be held by more than one clamping tongue 54. It is also conceivable that each feed conveyor 26 feeds a plurality of printing sheets 34, 34 ′, 34 ⁇ or 34′′′ arranged one inside the other.
  • the rail pieces 56 can, for example, also be L-shaped. This is particularly the case when the lever arms 92 are biased in a pivoting direction and the rollers 94 press against the one flank of the rail pieces 56.
  • the movement of the rail pieces 56 can also take place in a direction other than in the radial direction H. It only has to be directed transversely to the direction of movement of the carriages 50.
  • feed conveyor 26 could be replaced by known feeders, which feed the printed sheets 34, 34 ', 34 ⁇ , 34 ′′′ to the supports 46 or compartments 14.
  • the receiving parts are fixedly arranged on the drum 12.
  • saddle-shaped supports can be attached to or removed from an insertion or collating drum.
  • the same clamping arrangements are preferably used for the insertion, gathering and collecting.
  • pocket-shaped receiving parts it would also be possible for pocket-shaped receiving parts to be attachable to or removable from a collecting drum, or for the supports and receiving parts to be interchangeable.
  • the receiving parts and supports can be equipped with their own clamping arrangements or clamping means, which can be removed or exchanged together with the supports or receiving parts.
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