EP0588764B1 - Einrichtung zum Zusammenfassen von einem gefalzten Umschlag zugeführten Druckprodukten - Google Patents

Einrichtung zum Zusammenfassen von einem gefalzten Umschlag zugeführten Druckprodukten Download PDF

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EP0588764B1
EP0588764B1 EP93810619A EP93810619A EP0588764B1 EP 0588764 B1 EP0588764 B1 EP 0588764B1 EP 93810619 A EP93810619 A EP 93810619A EP 93810619 A EP93810619 A EP 93810619A EP 0588764 B1 EP0588764 B1 EP 0588764B1
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/30—Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures
    • B65H5/308—Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures the folded sheets or signatures travelling in hanging position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/54—Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting or depositing of sheets or webs
    • B41F13/68—Adding inserts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C11/00—Casing-in
    • B42C11/02—Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to pamphlets, magazines, pads, or other paper-covered booklets
    • 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
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by 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
    • 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
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/043—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in juxtaposed 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
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/055—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles by collecting in juxtaposed 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
    • 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
    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4317—Signatures, i.e. involving folded main product or jacket
    • B65H2301/43171—Inserting subproducts in a signature as main product
    • B65H2301/431711—Inserting subproducts in a signature as main product the subproduct being inserted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fold of the main product
    • 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
    • B65H2301/44765—Rotary transport devices with compartments

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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a known inserting machine "Insertomatic" from Thorsted maskiner AS, disclosed in the “Zeitungstechnik” April 1983, page 18, consists of a conveyor element rotating about a horizontal axis, which has sector-like receiving pockets which in the overshot conveyor area are supplied by a feeder with a main product or a Envelope is loaded in advance, and in which one or more pre-collected preliminary products or inserts are inserted after opening on the further conveying path.
  • the feeder for the main products and the feed device for the preliminary products are located opposite one another on the conveyor element, the feed device for the preliminary products being arranged downstream of the feeder.
  • the preliminary products are fed by feeders connected in series on a collecting section forming the feed device collected and fed to the main products opened in the pockets.
  • the complete printed products in the undershot conveying area of the conveying member are removed from the receiving pockets and removed by a conveyor belt.
  • Such an arrangement of the delivery is disadvantageous because it enables the inserts and preliminary products inserted in the envelopes or main products to slip over the downwardly sloping opening and thereby disrupt further processing by interruptions.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to create a device of the type mentioned at the outset by means of which the reliability of the processing of supplied printed products can be improved.
  • a drum-shaped conveying element proves to be advantageous due to its high stability and the simple arrangement of the receiving pockets.
  • the removal station it is particularly expedient to have one in the same direction adjacent to the conveyor element as the latter driven, by means of controlled gripping pliers immersed in the open receiving pockets cycle conveyor, which detects the printed products from the receiving pockets on the open side.
  • At least the leading wall of a receiving pocket is preferably controlled in such a way that it experiences a delayed movement at the loading station for the envelope, so that a largely stepless transition from this station to the receiving pockets occurs.
  • the trailing wall of the receiving pockets which leads the inserts into the receiving pockets, can be designed to be controlled in a delayed manner with respect to the movement at the feeding station for the supplements.
  • the receiving pockets are preferably designed with holding devices which hold the supplied envelopes in position after leaving the loading station when they are being passed through, in particular in the undershot area of the conveyor element.
  • both or one of the walls of the receiving pockets can be controlled so that the receiving pockets are closed after the loading station.
  • the receiving pockets are above a plane defined by the axis of rotation of the conveying element, they can be further loaded with supplements or printed products, for which purpose they are advantageously placed in an open position to open the envelopes.
  • the top side of an envelope is preferably formed with the upper or leading wall of the receiving pockets driven towards the opening, for example by means of an actuatable clamp.
  • these expediently have a device which adjoins or closes the supplied printed products including the envelope or main product, which preferably places the printed products against the trailing wall of the receiving pockets, where they are packaged in a next step are gripped and removed by the gripping tongs of the cycle feeder.
  • the loading station for envelopes or a printed product used as the main product is designed as a printed sheet feeder.
  • An alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention is provided with a loading station, which is preceded by a sheet-cutting and folding device producing the envelopes from a paper roll.
  • the envelope could be provided with an adhesive fold on the open side, so that the supplements supplied are completely covered by folding over the adhesive fold.
  • a further possibility for summarizing the supplements is provided by the use of a film web, in that the receiving pockets of the rotating conveyor element at the loading station are fed through an in order to form a folded envelope the receiving device immersing the receiving pockets is fed a section of a film web that can be welded on the open side.
  • the free edges of the sections can be welded to one another after the inserts have been fed in, for example by a closing movement of the receiving pockets, which are provided with a welding device.
  • a feed device has proven to be suitable, which can be lifted out of the receiving pockets at the latest after the loading of the receiving pockets.
  • the supplements completely wrapped in a film can be ejected as a package from the receiving pockets onto a communicating conveying device.
  • Fig. 1 shows a device 1 for summarizing an at least once folded envelope 2 or a main product used as an envelope supplied printing or. Preproducts or supplements, in that one or more printed products 3 are supplied to an envelope 2 or the like in a spread state.
  • the device 1 according to FIG. 1 provides a drum-shaped conveying element 4, which is divided into a plurality of sectoral receiving pockets 9 which can be moved into a closed and open position and to which a loading station 5, for example a sheet feeder, is assigned which folds the envelope 2 in advance, and a feed station 6 downstream of the loading station 5 for the printed products 3 brought together by a plurality of feeders 7 and a removal station 8.
  • the cover 2 is fed from the loading station 5 laterally to the conveying member 4 rotating about an approximately horizontal axis and then in a holding position through the undershot conveying area of the Conveyor 4 transported to a feed station 6 for the supplements.
  • the receiving pockets 9 with the envelope 2 are opened so that the latter can be loaded with the collated inserts 3.
  • the envelope 2 and the inserts 3 are then placed against one another so that they can be removed from the receiving pockets 9 by gripping tongs 11 which are inserted into the receiving pockets 9 and which are arranged above the conveying element 4 in the same direction as the conveying element 4.
  • the supplements 3 are collated by means of several Series-connected feeders 7, which deposit the supplements 3, each of which has been removed from a stack, on a resiliently supported conveyor belt 10.
  • the loose inserts 3 are accompanied by a belt 13 lying on top of them, to the next feeder.
  • Each subsequent investor places his supplement 3 on the feed from behind.
  • the conveyor belt 10 continues in an increasing section after the row of feeders, so that the products can then fall through the opening of the receiving pocket 9 to be loaded.
  • the feeders 7 must be arranged higher and loaded with carriers or the like if necessary.
  • the front wall 14 in the conveying direction is controlled with a delay in terms of its movement, so that the envelopes 2 in the receiving pocket each reach their transport position after a short time and without being influenced.
  • trailing wall 15 at the feed station 6 for the inserts 3 or printed products can also be designed to move in a delaying manner.
  • a holding device (not recognizable in the drawing) is provided on the receiving pockets 9 or, for the same purpose, the receiving pocket can be closed after loading with an envelope 2 through the walls 14, 15 and opened again for the supplements 3 in front of the feed station 6.
  • the inserts 3 are inserted into the receiving pockets 9 when the envelope 2 is opened by a device 16 by means of the delivery 17 assigned to the row of feeders. Thereafter, the products located at the end of the loading in the receiving pocket are placed against one another or combined on the inside of the trailing wall 15 and removed or removed by the gripping pliers 11 which are immersed from above.
  • the envelope 2 summarizing the supplements 3 can be produced from a wound paper web 18 via a sheet-cutting 19 and folding device 20 before it is transferred to the conveying member 4.
  • An addressing device 21 between the folding device 20 and the conveying element 4 ensures that the product is ready for dispatch.
  • the envelope 2 could be formed by an adhesive fold, which serves to completely enclose the inserts.
  • FIG. 3 Another possibility of combining or enclosing the supplements 3 is shown in FIG. 3.
  • the receiving pockets 9 of the conveying member 4 are initially lined with a foil strip 22 at the loading station 5 in order to then be loaded with inserts 3.
  • the inner one Lining is carried out by a drawing-in device 23, which pulls the film, which is brought approximately in circumference, from the outside into the receiving pockets 9.
  • the feed device 23 remains at the lower end of the receiving pockets 9 until it is loaded with the first insert 3. Then it is removed from the receiving pocket 9 and moved back to the delivery position at the loading station 5.
  • a welding device 24 is attached, which, by closing the receiving pockets 9, welds the film web 22 located on the circumference of the conveying member 4 to an envelope that completely encompasses the supplements 3.
  • the receiving pockets 9 are then opened above the axis of rotation of the conveying member 4 and the package-like containers with the printed products are moved from the conveying member 4 onto a conveying device 26 by an indicated ejection device 25 and transported further.

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