EP0619259A1 - Vorrichtung zum Zusammentragen von Bogen mit Übereinander angeordneten Fächern - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Zusammentragen von Bogen mit Übereinander angeordneten Fächern Download PDF

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EP0619259A1
EP0619259A1 EP94104680A EP94104680A EP0619259A1 EP 0619259 A1 EP0619259 A1 EP 0619259A1 EP 94104680 A EP94104680 A EP 94104680A EP 94104680 A EP94104680 A EP 94104680A EP 0619259 A1 EP0619259 A1 EP 0619259A1
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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
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/08—Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
    • B65H3/12—Suction bands, belts, or tables moving relatively to the pile
    • B65H3/124—Suction bands or belts
    • B65H3/128—Suction bands or belts separating from the top of pile
    • 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
    • B65H39/042—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in superposed 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
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/176—Cardboard

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  • the present invention relates to a sheet collator, in particular a sheet collator comprising a frame, a plurality of boxes superimposed in this frame for loading stacks of paper, each box being equipped with a device for ejecting individual sheets and a transfer device, and a vertical conveyor adjacent to the case transfer devices for receiving, via the transfer devices, sheets ejected from their case and for routing them to an assembly station.
  • the device for ejecting each box comprises a pivoting arm which has a suction head at its end, in the vicinity of the front edge of the sheets.
  • the suction head approaches the face of the top sheet to aspirate it.
  • the suction head with the front edge of the sheet is raised by pivoting the lever, and the front edge of the sheet is directed into the slot formed between a roller driven in rotation and a pinch roller.
  • the sheet is taken between the roller and the roller, it is advanced towards the vertical conveyor and deflected parallel to it to be then transported to an assembly station.
  • the range of paper that can be handled in such a sheet collator is quite limited since the sheets must be rigid enough not to bend too much when they are lifted by one or more suction heads, but flexible enough to be '' offer little resistance to bending around their transverse axis.
  • the ejection device comprises at least one endless perforated ribbon mounted on two spaced return rollers and a vacuum chamber surrounded by the ribbon and having air passage openings distributed in the bottom wall which is adjacent to the internal face of the lower strand of the ribbon, the opposite face of the lower arm of the ribbon being located opposite the upper sheet of the stack parallel to the latter and at a distance essentially kept constant by a movable plate on which the battery.
  • the perforated tape performs a triple function: first, it separates, by suction, the top sheet from the stack.
  • the sheet applying essentially over the entire length of the lower strand of the ribbon it is held in a horizontal position before being presented to the transfer device responsible for passing it over the vertical conveyor.
  • the third function is to advance the sheet, still in a horizontal position, towards the transfer device.
  • the trajectory of the sheet consists of a first phase in which it is lifted while remaining in a horizontal position, at least in its part presented subsequently to the transfer device, a second phase in which it is advanced towards the conveyor vertical while maintaining its horizontal position, a third phase of deflection and deflection to be aligned with the vertical conveyor, and a fourth phase of evacuation by the conveyor in a vertical plane.
  • this trajectory is more direct and involves less bending of the sheet, especially during the critical phase of separation of the upper sheet and its passage to the transfer device.
  • This improvement has made it possible to increase amazing the speed of the collator, for a paper of the same quality given.
  • the range of papers which can be handled in the collator could be greatly extended compared to known collators. Indeed, we manage to handle fairly rigid paper or even cardboard.
  • Another surprising advantage of the collator consists in being able to handle papers of variable width and even papers whose width considerably exceeds the width of the perforated tape.
  • the collator according to the invention therefore has great flexibility with regard to the quality and dimensions of the papers, a high yield and a small footprint thanks to the superposition of the boxes.
  • the transfer device is preferably produced by a drive roller, placed in permanent rotation, and at least one pinching roller, the slot formed between the roller and the roller being essentially located in the plane of the lower strand of the perforated tape.
  • the periphery of the drive roller is preferably adjacent to a vertical conveyor conveyor belt whose face opposite the drive roller is supported on a support roller, a deflection element being associated with the periphery of the drive roller to direct the front edge of a sheet advanced by the transport roller, in a slot formed between the latter and the belt of the conveyor.
  • the ejection device, the transfer device and the conveyor to be arranged such that a sheet, separated from its stack and adhering by suction to the underside of the ribbon, advanced by the ribbon to the transfer device, supported by the latter and transferred to the conveyor, still adheres to the ribbon at least by its rear edge at the time of its assumption by the conveyor.
  • an air flow is directed into a space created between the underside of the perforated tape and the face of the top sheet of the stack sucked against the tape, by at least one annular spacer element which extends parallel to the ribbon and whose thickness is greater than that of the ribbon, so as to introduce a local deformation of the sheet which is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the latter.
  • the spacer element consists of an endless belt engaged around the two deflection rollers.
  • the sheet collator shown schematically in FIG. 1 comprises a frame of a generally prismatic shape.
  • the frame 10 comprises a base 12, mounted on rollers, an upright 14 and a vertical wall 16, the upper ends of the upright 14 and the wall 16 being joined by a cover 18.
  • the base 12 has a rectangular shape
  • the cover 18 has a polygonal shape, derived from a rectangle one side of which is cut, forming an oblique side 18a.
  • a series of superimposed boxes 20 for loading stacks of paper are identical and each have a vertically movable plate 22 on which the stacks of paper rest.
  • the plates 22 project laterally from the space below the cover 18, possibly exceeding the projection of the base 12.
  • the boxes 20 are therefore freely accessible by at least two sides 20a and 20b of the collator.
  • the base 12 carries a housing 24 in which various control and drive mechanisms of the assembler are arranged.
  • a vertical conveyor 26 In the space between the upright 14 and the wall 16, on the side opposite to the boxes 20, is arranged a vertical conveyor 26 whose function is to evacuate the sheets ejected from their boxes 20, to an assembly station which will not be not described since it is not part of the invention.
  • Each box 20 includes a device for ejecting individual sheets, which will now be described with reference to FIG. 2.
  • a probe 30 is provided for detecting the level of the top sheet of the stack 28 and for generating a control signal as soon as the level of the top sheet has decreased by a predetermined value.
  • This control signal triggers the operation of a lifting mechanism, not shown, which lifts the plate 22 in response to the control signal, so as to keep the level of the top sheet of the stack 28 essentially constant.
  • each sheet of the stack 28 is supported on a fixed stop 32 which extends to a height slightly greater than the level of the upper sheet of the stack 28.
  • each perforated tape 34 is situated in a plane parallel to that of the upper sheet of the stack 28, and at a substantially constant distance of approximately 10 mm.
  • One or more nozzles 40 are provided for sending an air flow into the space located below the lower strand 34a of the perforated tapes 34, passing over the upper edge of the stop 32.
  • lateral orifices and / or front 42 allow air to be blown on the edge of the stack 28 to cause primary separation of the sheets.
  • an endless belt with a round section 44 is also mounted on the rollers 36, 38 in the middle of the perforated ribbons 34.
  • the diameter of the section of this belt 44 is greater than the thickness of the perforated ribbons 34, as also appears from FIG. 3.
  • a vacuum chamber 46 is formed by a box 48 housed in the space surrounded by the perforated ribbons 34.
  • the box 48 the interior space of which is selectively placed in communication with a suction device, present on its face adjacent to the lower strand 30a of the perforated ribbons 34, air passage openings suitably distributed to allow the suction of the upper sheet through the openings of the perforated ribbons 34 and the slots existing between their adjacent edges.
  • the vertical conveyor comprises one or more endless belts 50 mounted on two deflection rollers 52, 54 whose axes are spaced in a vertical plane and one of which, preferably 54, is motor.
  • a transfer device consisting of a drive roller 56 put in permanent rotation and a pinch roller 58 biased by a spring in contact with the periphery of the roller d drive 56.
  • the belt 50 is tangentially in contact with the periphery of each drive roller 56, and the opposite face of the belt is supported on a support roller 60.
  • Guide plates 62, 64 are provided upstream of the drive roller 56 to ensure correct passage of the front edge of a sheet advanced by the perforated ribbons 34, in the slot formed between the periphery of the roller 54 and that of the pinch roller 58.
  • a deflection plate 66 is provided downstream of the drive roller 56 to ensure the deflection of the front edge of a sheet advanced by the drive roller 56, towards the vertical path of the conveyor 26.
  • an appropriate number of boxes 20 are loaded with stacks of paper.
  • the assembler works in successive assembly cycles, according to a program managed by a control unit which is not part of the invention and which will therefore not be described in detail.
  • the trays 22 of the boxes loaded with batteries are mounted at the level necessary so that the upper sheet of the stack has a predetermined distance, of approximately 10 mm, for example, from the lower strand 34a of the perforated ribbons 34.
  • the vacuum chamber 46 is placed in communication with a suction device. Simultaneously, blowers supply the nozzles 40 and the openings 42 to facilitate the separation of the sheets.
  • the upper sheet 28a of the stack 28 (FIG.
  • the ejection device ensures very reliable individualization of the sheets of the stack 28.
  • the upper sheet thus individualized is applied against the opposite face of the lower strand 34a of the perforated ribbons 34, and is therefore situated in a horizontal plane before being presented to the slot formed between the drive roller 56 and the pinching roller. 58, this slot being essentially in the same horizontal plane.
  • the sheet is positively supported and advanced by the transfer device constituted by the roller 56 and the roller 58. Then, the front edge of the sheet is inclined downward. by the deflection plate 66 and meets the belt 50, to then be engaged in the slot formed between the latter and the periphery of the roller 56.
  • the sheet is then taken up by the conveyor 26 to be brought to the assembly station.
  • the communication of the vacuum chamber 46 with the suction device is stopped, so that the suction ends.
  • the drive of the perforated ribbons 34 is stopped to prevent the next sheet from being prematurely advanced.

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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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EP94104680A 1993-04-07 1994-03-24 Vorrichtung zum Zusammentragen von Bögen mit übereinander angeordneten Fächern. Expired - Lifetime EP0619259B1 (de)

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FR9304122A FR2703670B1 (fr) 1993-04-07 1993-04-07 Assembleuse de feuilles a cases superposees.

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FR2703670A1 (fr) 1994-10-14
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