EP0614760A1 - Butée pour aligner le bord avant des feuilles sur une table de mange - Google Patents

Butée pour aligner le bord avant des feuilles sur une table de mange Download PDF

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EP0614760A1
EP0614760A1 EP94101342A EP94101342A EP0614760A1 EP 0614760 A1 EP0614760 A1 EP 0614760A1 EP 94101342 A EP94101342 A EP 94101342A EP 94101342 A EP94101342 A EP 94101342A EP 0614760 A1 EP0614760 A1 EP 0614760A1
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Willi Becker
Stefan Döpke
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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
    • B65H11/00—Feed tables
    • B65H11/007—Feed tables with front stop arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F21/00—Devices for conveying sheets through printing apparatus or machines
    • B41F21/12—Adjusting leading edges, e.g. front stops
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/06—Movable stops or gauges, e.g. rising and falling front stops

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  • the invention relates to a leading edge stop for aligning paper sheets on the feed table of a sheet processing machine, in particular a printing machine. It is known to align paper sheets which are conveyed over a feed table of a paper sheet processing machine to front edge stops of a front marker device which are distributed across the sheet width.
  • a leading edge stop usually several leading edge stops are arranged on one or more front mark bodies, which are pivoted cyclically about a common pivot axis oriented transversely to the sheet conveying direction in accordance with the conveying cycle for the sheet request so that the leading edge stops penetrate into the sheet conveying plane, so that the incoming paper sheets with their leading edge touch the Leading edge stops are aligned, and which are pivoted away from the conveying plane again after the paper sheets have been aligned.
  • leading edge stops It is known to reset individual leading edge stops from the alignment line, which the leading edge stops take, so that they do not come into contact with the paper sheet during the alignment process.
  • the choice of the placement of individual leading edge stops depends on the type of paper, the paper size and individual operator requests.
  • the known leading edge stops are formed via a complex adjusting mechanism with additional adjusting means which act on the leading edge stop. Fine adjustments, for example for only slightly parking a single leading edge stop, are only possible to a limited extent with additional effort with such leading edge stops.
  • Such a slight parking of a leading edge stop may be necessary, for example, in the case of very thin sheets of paper, in which only two for the appropriate sheet format optimally selected outer leading edge stops are set, against which the paper sheet is aligned and between which one or more leading edge stops are only placed so slightly that they only provide additional support for the leading edge of the sheet without directly influencing the leading edge alignment.
  • the invention is based on the problem of a leading edge stop for aligning paper sheets on the lay-up table of a sheet-processing machine, in particular a printing press, which is pivotally arranged on a front mark body which can be pivoted cyclically about an axis from an aligning position to a rest position and back to the aligning position, the position in the conveying or counter-conveying direction of the paper sheet relative to the front mark body in its alignment position for starting and stopping the alignment function of the leading edge stop is adjustably fastened using an adjusting means, so that it can be turned on and off with little effort can.
  • the problem is solved by the configuration of such a front edge stop according to the features of claim 1.
  • the configuration of the front edge stop itself as an adjusting means makes it possible to dispense with additional adjusting means.
  • a simple, inexpensive front edge stop is possible. Transmission losses between the positioning device and the front edge stop are eliminated, which favors the functional reliability and the exact adjustability.
  • Coupling elements between the adjusting means and the front edge stop are omitted.
  • the provision of additional installation space for an additional actuating means can be omitted.
  • the inventive design according to the features of claim 2 enables a technically simple, inexpensive design of the leading edge stop, with simple adjustability for starting and for individually setting up leading edge stops.
  • the inventive design according to the features of claim 3 enables the particularly easy to restore the state of attack of a leading edge stop.
  • the operator can individually or partially turn off the leading edge stop by simply turning the leading edge stop.
  • To establish the precisely defined state of alignment of the leading edge stop it is sufficient to twist the leading edge stop in the opposite direction up to the stop on the front mark body.
  • the exact alignment state is thus easy to produce without additional measuring, adjusting or other auxiliary devices.
  • the inventive design according to the features of claim 4 enables easy adjustment of the leading edge stop.
  • the formation of the circumferential surface area with friction surface areas is particularly advantageous, as a result of which a simple manual adjustment is made possible safely and sensitively.
  • the design of the friction surfaces as a knurled or rubber-coated area is particularly simple, inexpensive and reliable.
  • claims 7 to 9 represent preferred, particularly simple and technically advantageous embodiments of a leading edge stop. If the threads of claims 7 to 9 or the axial curve of claim 8 are designed with a small pitch, for example as a fine thread in the embodiments according to claims 7 and 9, is a very sensitive setting and increased self-locking can also be achieved.
  • the inventive design according to the feature of claim 10 enables the additional adjustability not only by hand, but also with the help of tools.
  • a front edge stop can be used universally. It can be used on a wide variety of machines with different customer requirements without any special effort. It enables simple manual adjustment by external intervention on the circumference of the front edge stop, or for example through openings in the conveyor table or from the side of the printing press with the aid of tools or also the connection of remote-controlled tools for remote adjustment of the front marks.
  • inventive design according to the features of claim 12 enables a particularly safe use of the leading edge stop without risk of damage to the paper sheet to the paper sheet processing unit that was last aligned on the leading edge and conveyed over the area of the leading mark.
  • inventive design according to the features of claims 13 and 14 represent particularly advantageous, simple and safe embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show a partial section of a feed table of a sheet offset rotary printing press, in which Paper sheets in the representation of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2a are conveyed according to the arrow from right to left over a feed table 7 in a known manner from known conveying means in an area for aligning the paper sheet along the leading edge of the sheet.
  • the paper sheets are conveyed by screws 3 with their front edge on screw heads 2 arranged transversely to the sheet conveying direction and symmetrically to the table center. The leading edge of the sheet lies against the screw heads and aligns itself in the process.
  • the screws 3 are each screwed with their thread 4 into a front body 10.
  • the thread 4 is a fine thread.
  • the screw 3 is provided in one end with a blind hole 9 in which a spring 9 is guided, which is supported on the one hand against the screw 3 and on the other hand against the front body 10 and thus the screw 3 to improve self-locking and to overcome the game preloaded.
  • the front body 10 are attached to a common front shaft 5 so that the axes of the screws 3 lie in a common plane and that the abutment surfaces 11 on the front body 10 to limit the adjustment of each screw 3 are in a common plane.
  • the paper sheets 1 are conveyed from the right to the left for alignment of the sheet over the feed table 7, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2a, until they rest on the screw heads 2 with their front edge and align with them.
  • the paper sheet 1 is then taken up in a known manner by subsequent funding.
  • the front mark body and thus the screw heads 2 are pivoted by pivoting the front mark shaft 5 in a known manner (pivoting direction in the direction of the solid arrow in FIG. 2) in the sheet conveying direction until the screw head 2 is below the sheet conveying plane.
  • the paper sheet 1 is with the funding on the Screw head 2 conveyed away in the aligned state to the first printing unit.
  • the front mark shaft 5 then pivots back into its starting position (swivel direction corresponding to the dashed arrow of FIG. 2a) until the stop surface 11 of the front mark shaft is again perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction.
  • the printer can screw individual screw heads individually into the alignment position according to FIG. 2 c according to the sheet format to be printed or the type of paper or paper thickness to be printed or according to other individual criteria; this is the position in which the screw head rests on the stop surface 11 of the front mark body 10. All screw heads 2 thus positioned are thus on a common line, as shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b.
  • FIG. 1a shows the alignment of an arc on six screw heads 2 adjusted for alignment.
  • the screw head can thus be individually positioned for starting or stopping between stop 6 and stop surface 11.
  • a scale 18 is attached to an end face of the screw head, on the basis of which the operating printer can precisely define the adjustment path.
  • Knurling 19 is attached to the circumference of the screw head 2 and improves the grip for adjusting the screw head.
  • other measures to improve grip are of course also conceivable. For example, it is conceivable to rubberize the circumference of the screw head.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment in which paper sheets 1 are aligned on rotationally symmetrical pin heads 13.
  • the pin heads 13 are mounted with their cylindrical pin body 15 rotatably and axially displaceable in the front mark body 10.
  • Each pin body 15 is provided with a circumferential groove 16 which represents an axial curve and into which a guide pin 17 attached to the front mark body 10 engages.
  • the pin head 13 By rotating the pin head 13, the pin 14 is displaced axially in the conveying direction or in the counter-arc conveying direction due to the engagement of the guide pin 17 in the circumferential groove 16.
  • the pin heads 13 individually used for alignment are adjusted so that they rest against the stop surface 11 of the front mark body 10, as in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment, in which screw heads 20 of screws 21 are also screwed into a front mark body 10.
  • the front mark bodies 10 are attached to a shaft 5 as in the previous examples.
  • the screw 21 is screwed with its thread 22 into a through hole provided in the front mark body 10 with an internal thread.
  • the screw 21 is provided with a slot 23 at its end opposite the screw head 20.
  • the slot 23 is chosen so that the screw by engaging with a screwdriver can be twisted. It is also conceivable to provide the screw end with other profiles corresponding to tools. It is also conceivable to use a remote-controlled tool to engage this screw end.
  • the screw head 20 is pretensioned with the aid of a spring 25 arranged between a cover plate 24 and the screw head 20.
  • the cover plate 25 can also be part of a cover mark 26, which extends with its upper edge above the screw head 20.
  • the paper sheets aligned on the screw head 20 are conveyed over the cover mark 26 and the screw head 20 by means of known conveying means after the front mark body 10 has been pivoted away.
  • the cover mark 26 enables the sheet conveyed away to slide away safely over the cover mark 26 without the screw head 20 being touched by the paper sheet. It is also conceivable to additionally support a sheet guide roller 27 in the cover mark 26 so that the paper sheet essentially rests on this sheet guide roller 27 and rolls on it. Damage to the paper surface due to sliding effects can thus be largely excluded.
  • FIG. 5 shows an exemplary embodiment in which a sheet of paper 1 is aligned with screw nuts 28, which are each screwed onto a threaded pin 29 fastened in front mark bodies 10.
  • a compression spring 30 is fastened between the nut 28 and the front body 10 for prestressing.
  • Additional limit stops as represented by the stop 6 in the embodiment of FIG. 2, are of course also conceivable in the other embodiments.
  • they are Screw nut 28 and the pin head 19 and the screw head 21 can be designed by corrugation or rubber coating according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 to improve the grip. Measures for precise adjustment according to the scale 18 of FIG. 2 are also conceivable in the other exemplary embodiments.
  • Fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment in which the front edge stops 2 with their lower region are slidably mounted in a guide groove 31 provided obliquely to the sheet conveying direction below the sheet conveying plane 32 bodies.
  • the leading edge stops 2 can be moved laterally between limit pins 34 in the guide groove without play, possibly spring-supported, by means of displacement approaches 33, whereby their position in the sheet conveying direction is also changed in the intended slight adjustment range, possibly readable by means of a scale (not shown).
  • Suitable surface design and the slight slope of the guide groove 31 in the sheet conveying direction enable a self-locking, secure setting without unintentional adjustment possibilities due to incoming sheets during operation.

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