EP0623542A1 - Device for forming a stack of printed sheets, where these are piled on the edge - Google Patents

Device for forming a stack of printed sheets, where these are piled on the edge Download PDF

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EP0623542A1
EP0623542A1 EP94810252A EP94810252A EP0623542A1 EP 0623542 A1 EP0623542 A1 EP 0623542A1 EP 94810252 A EP94810252 A EP 94810252A EP 94810252 A EP94810252 A EP 94810252A EP 0623542 A1 EP0623542 A1 EP 0623542A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H33/02—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by moving a blade or like member into the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
    • B65H2301/42146—Forming a pile of articles on edge by introducing articles from above
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  • the invention relates to a device for forming a stack that extends perpendicularly to the printed sheets that are lined up in a standing manner according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a bar delivery or device for forming a stack of standing adjacent to one another with the designation 327 under the Muller Martini brand
  • the latter are fed in partial scale streams, corresponding to the length of a stack to be formed, in the vertical conveying direction to a support of two parallel, endlessly rotating chains.
  • the stack formed by circulating belts and the horizontally driven support is delimited on its front side and on its rear side by an end plate in each case resting on supporting elements of the chain.
  • the stack is displaced in the direction of its extent between two pliers parts of a press, which presses the stack together from the ends and then moves it laterally for strapping.
  • the stack formed on the revolving chains is pressed from the chains by a pressing tongs, lifted off and laterally shifted for strapping in the pressed state.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device which takes up less space and with which the above-mentioned deficiencies can largely be remedied.
  • the device 1 shows the device 1 according to the invention for forming a stack which extends perpendicularly to the printed sheets which are lined up in a standing manner.
  • the printed sheets are in the present example on a conveyor 2, after they have been previously centered or aligned and then the existing fold has been pressed, in the form of a shingled stream or subsequent partial shingled streams, which determine the length of the stack to be produced, in approximately the vertical direction from fed to a horizontal stacking support 3 above.
  • the printed sheets are set down approximately vertically with the fold ahead on the stacking support 3 and on a displaceable supporting structure 4 which is located at the end of the conveying device 2 and which is the front end of the stack End plate 5 carries, stacked on the stack support 3, the support structure 4 is driven on a parallel to the stack support 3 guide arrangement 6 at the speed of the stack assembly.
  • a separating device 8 which can be activated next to the conveying end of the conveying device 2 outside the effective stacking support 3, is inserted between two of the supplied printing sheets as soon as the front of the two determined printing sheets is at least approximately on the stacking support 3.
  • This process takes place by displacing the separating device 8 in the direction of the stack formation and can be favored in terms of reliability if, before the conveying end of the conveying device 2 ends, the scale flow is interrupted by a gap formation device in partial scale flows or the distance between two printed sheets is increased. Ie it should be noted that the dimension of the separating elements 9 projecting from the stack support 3 is less than the scale spacing of two printed sheets.
  • the separating device 8 is arranged in pairs at a distance transversely to the direction of the stack formation, and each separating device 8 in turn has two partial pairs formed from a separating element 9 and a supporting element 10, which are arranged opposite one another along the stack support in a mirror image.
  • the separating device 8 is inserted between two printed sheets with adjacent pairs of parts and raised separating elements 9, whereupon the formation of individual stacks occurs at least in the lower region of the stacked printed sheets.
  • the separating elements 9 are separated from one another to form a larger gap in the stack 6. Then the support elements 10 accompanying the separating elements 9 are moved into the gap to the extent that they can fall the emerging rear end of the leading from the front end of the following stack 7. 3 shows the separating elements 9 and support elements 10 (alternatively) laterally offset, although they are arranged approximately in alignment transversely to the stack movement direction.
  • the support elements 10 are ejected, the separating elements 9 are withdrawn from the stack 7, as is illustrated in FIG. 4. While the rear support elements 10 delimit the front end of a stack that is forming again, the front support elements 10 follow on the rear side of the complete stack 7. As illustrated in FIG.
  • the stack support 3 can be formed at least in the front region of the stack formation section by belts 45 which are driven endlessly in the stack formation direction, so that an optional pre-compression of the stack 7 can be achieved.
  • the belts 45 can be driven both independently and depending on the stack formation speed.
  • the bound stack 7 is then moved to a lateral transport device with the aid of the supporting structures 4 and 11.
  • the structures 4 and 11 on the guide arrangement 6 are then moved back into the area of a newly growing partial stack, as illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • the supporting structures 4 and 11 have meanwhile received an end plate 5 which is intended on the side facing the magazine 13 for the front end of the stack 7 which is in production and relocate this to the front of the stack 7 which is continuously forming.
  • the structure 4 is moved back into the end plate removal position of the end plate magazine 13.
  • the supporting structures 4, 11 each have a pair of printing plates 15, 16, 17, 18 which can be displaced laterally above or from the stacking support 3, of which the printing plates 15, 17 facing the end plate magazine 13 additionally for the removal or. the installation of the end plates 12 are determined in the stack.
  • the guide arrangement 6 consists, inter alia, of two parallel guide rails 19, 20, which run parallel to one another and run in the direction of stack formation, and are fastened to a machine stand or frame and on which the supporting structures 4 and 11 are movably supported.
  • a table Support 21 is provided, on which the drive and actuating members are attached.
  • An adapter 22 screwed onto the support 21 has a bearing journal 23 on which a roller 24 engaging in the guide rail 20 rotates.
  • the guide arrangement 6 for the supporting structures 4, 11, which runs parallel to this above the stacking support 3, also applies as a suspension device for the drive and actuating elements of the device according to the invention.
  • the guide arrangement 6 has at least approximately the length of the production line of a stack from the impact of the shingled stream on the stack support 3 to the finished stack 7 at the end of a press 25.
  • the supports 21 of the supporting structures 4, 11 laterally protrude from the stack support 3 and have on their underside a guide rod 26 which extends transversely to the direction of movement of the supporting structures 4, 11 and is fastened to both lateral support ends.
  • On the guide rod 26 of each supporting structure 4, 11, two downwardly projecting pliers parts 27, 28 are mounted such that they can be moved laterally, the lateral movement distance of a pliers part 27, 28 approximately from the vertical plane in the longitudinal center axis of the stacking support 3 to the lateral edge of the support 21 is measured.
  • the guide rod section assigned to the pliers part 28 for removing the end plate 12 from the magazine 13 is made longer.
  • the lateral displacement of the pliers parts 27, 28 on the guide rod 26 takes place via a traction mechanism gear 29, which is connected to a motor 30 on the drive side.
  • the traction mechanism gear 29 consists of a drive wheel 31 on the motor shaft and a gear 32 mounted on the pliers part 27, 28, which rotate about vertical axes and are drive-connected by a toothed belt 33.
  • pneumatic or hydraulic actuating means could be at least partially How piston-cylinder units are used, provided they are suitable for a synchronous drive.
  • the stabilization of the pliers parts 27, 28 with respect to the direction of movement forming a stack is achieved - as shown in more detail in FIG. 8 - by a cantilever 36 having a roller 35 which engages in a guide link 34 and is connected to the pliers part 27, 28 at the free end , wherein the guide link 34 is attached to the underside of the support 21, on its side running transversely to the stack movement direction.
  • the transverse guidance of the pliers parts 27, 28 is achieved by their (releasable) attachment to the arm 36 which is displaceably mounted on the guide rod 26.
  • FIG. 7 shows the lateral end positions of the pliers parts 27, 28 on the one hand with an extended line in the stacking position (inside) and on the other hand dot-dashed in the return position of a supporting structure 4, 11 (outside), the pliers part 28 in the laterally offset position for receiving end plates 12 has a more distant side position from the end plate magazine 13.
  • the longitudinal drive of the supporting structures 4, 11 above the stack formation takes place according to FIG. 7 by a gear motor 37 arranged horizontally, which is fastened on the support 21 and through a drive pinion 38 with a rack 39 attached to the guide rail 19.
  • An extension of the shaft 41 of the transmission 40 carrying the drive pinion 38 connects the opposite drive pinion (not shown) to the guide rail 20, which is arranged in mirror image, via an identical rack 39.
  • An extension 42 of the shaft 41 of the transmission 40 carrying the drive pinion 38 connects the opposite drive pinion (not shown) to the guide rail 20, which is arranged in mirror image, via an identical rack 39.
  • the stack formation section on the stack support 3 is followed by a strapping device 45 which, between the pliers parts 27, 28, has a section of a band guide 44 running approximately in the longitudinal axis of the stack 7, the front vertical band guide section 46 for the passage of the stack into the Strapping device 45 is designed to be lowerable.
  • the strapping 47 is removed from a drum 48 and articulated from below via a guide surrounding the stack 7 and welded at the ends.
  • the stack 7 formed can be strapped one or more times, a possibility which is to be carried out via the control of the supporting structures 4, 11 and pressure plates 15 to 18.

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The present device serves to form a compact stack of printed sheets compiled upright, in which partial imbricated flows are fed vertically one after the other to a stack support (3), and the stacks (7) are provided at the ends with end plates (5, 12) by means of an insertion device, for which purpose a guiding arrangement (6) for two displaceably driven carrying units (4, 11) is provided above the stack support (3) extending into the range of action of a press (25), which carrying units are assigned, on the stack-forming section, to the stack support (3) as an insertion device for end plates (5, 12), and, on the adjoining section, are designed for driving the stack (7) and as a press (25). <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Einrichtung zur Bildung eines sich senkrecht zu den stehend aneinandergereihten Druckbogen erstreckenden Stapels nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1.The invention relates to a device for forming a stack that extends perpendicularly to the printed sheets that are lined up in a standing manner according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Bei einem mit der Bezeichnung 327 unter der Marke Müller Martini bekannten Stangenausleger oder Einrichtung zur Bildung eines Stapels stehend aneinanderliegender Druckbogen, werden letztere in Teilschuppenströmen, entsprechend der Länge eines zu bildenden Stapels, in senkrechter Förderrichtung einer Auflage aus zwei parallelen, endlos umlaufenden Ketten zugeführt. Der sich durch eine aus umlaufenden Bändern und der horizontal angetriebenen Auflage bildende Stapel wird an seiner Vorderseite wie an seiner Rückseite durch jeweils eine an Stützelementen der Kette anliegende Endplatte begrenzt. In dieser relativ losen Form wird der Stapel in Richtung seiner Erstrekkung zwischen zwei Zangenteile einer Presse versetzt, welche den Stapel von den Enden aus zusammenpresst und anschliessend zur Umreifung seitlich verlegt.In the case of a bar delivery or device for forming a stack of standing adjacent to one another with the designation 327 under the Muller Martini brand, the latter are fed in partial scale streams, corresponding to the length of a stack to be formed, in the vertical conveying direction to a support of two parallel, endlessly rotating chains. The stack formed by circulating belts and the horizontally driven support is delimited on its front side and on its rear side by an end plate in each case resting on supporting elements of the chain. In this relatively loose form, the stack is displaced in the direction of its extent between two pliers parts of a press, which presses the stack together from the ends and then moves it laterally for strapping.

Bei einer anderen bekannten Einrichtung der Bezeichnung 244 wird der auf den umlaufenden Ketten gebildete Stapel durch eine Presszange von den Ketten zusammengepresst, abgehoben und in gepresstem Zustand zur Umreifung seitlich verschoben.In another known device of the designation 244, the stack formed on the revolving chains is pressed from the chains by a pressing tongs, lifted off and laterally shifted for strapping in the pressed state.

Die Bildung der stangenartigen Stapel ist bei diesen Einrichtungen an die Teilung der den Stapel aufnehmenden Ketten gebunden, d.h. auch, dass eine Änderung der Stapellänge nur beschränkt und mit relativ hohem Arbeitsaufwand möglich ist. Überdies sind mehrere, diskontinuierliche Arbeitschritte erforderlich, die in verschiedenen Richtungen und Ebenen durchzuführen sind.The formation of the rod-like stacks in these devices is tied to the division of the chains receiving the stack, i.e. also that a change in the stack length is only limited and is possible with a relatively high amount of work. In addition, several discontinuous work steps are required, which must be carried out in different directions and levels.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es somit, eine Einrichtung zu schaffen, die weniger Raum beansprucht und mit welcher die oben aufgeführten Mängel weitgehend behoben werden können.The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device which takes up less space and with which the above-mentioned deficiencies can largely be remedied.

Erfindungsgemäss wird die Aufgabe nach den Merkmalen des kennzeichnenden Teils des Patentanspruches 1 gelöst.According to the invention the object is achieved according to the features of the characterizing part of patent claim 1.

Dadurch entsteht der erhebliche Vorteil, die in Schuppenströmen zugeführten Druckbogen ohne Unterbruch auf einer kurzen geradlinigen Verarbeitungsstrecke in kompakte, umreifte Stapel umzuwandeln.This has the considerable advantage of converting the printed sheets fed into shingled streams into compact, strapped stacks without interruption on a short, straight-line processing line.

Anschliessend wird die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erörtert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Seitenansicht einer erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung,
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eine vergrösserte schematische Darstellung der Einrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 im Beschickungsbereich der Stapelauflage,
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eine der Beschickung nach Fig. 2 folgende Stapelbildungssituation,
Fig. 4
eine gegenüber Fig. 3 fortgeschrittene Stapelbildungssituation,
Fig. 5
die Rücklaufsituation der Tragwerke,
Fig. 6
einen weiteren Arbeitsschritt der Stapelbildung,
Fig. 7
einen vergrösserten Querschnitt durch die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung und
Fig. 8
einen vergrösserten Längsschnitt durch die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung.
The device according to the invention is then discussed in more detail using an exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:
Fig. 1
2 shows a schematic side view of a device according to the invention,
Fig. 2
an enlarged schematic representation of the device of FIG. 1 in the loading area the stacking support,
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2 a stack formation situation following the loading according to FIG. 2,
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an advanced stack formation situation compared to FIG. 3,
Fig. 5
the return situation of the structures,
Fig. 6
a further step of stack formation,
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an enlarged cross section through the inventive device and
Fig. 8
an enlarged longitudinal section through the inventive device.

Fig. 1 zeigt die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung 1 zur Bildung eines sich senkrecht zu den stehend aneinandergereihten Druckbogen erstreckenden Stapels.
Die Druckbogen werden beim vorliegenden Beispiel über eine Fördervorrichtung 2, nachdem sie zuvor zentriert bzw. ausgerichtet und anschliessend der vorhandene Falz nachgepresst worden sind, in Form eines Schuppenstromes oder von sich folgenden Teilschuppenströmen, welche die Länge des herzustellenden Stapels bestimmen, in etwa senkrechter Richtung von oben einer horizontalen Stapelauflage 3 zugeführt. Dabei werden die Druckbogen bei mehrblättriger Ausführung mit dem Falz voraus auf der Stapelauflage 3 etwa senkrecht abgesetzt und an einem sich am Ende der Fördereinrichtung 2 befindenden, verschiebbaren Tragwerk 4, welches eine das vordere Ende des Stapels bildende Endplatte 5 trägt, auf der Stapelauflage 3 stapelbildend aufgestaut, wobei das Tragwerk 4 an einer sich entlang der Stapelauflage 3 parallel erstreckenden Führungsanordnung 6 mit der Geschwindigkeit des Stapelaufbaus angetrieben ist. In Fig. 2 ist auf diese Situation hingewiesen.
Eine neben dem Förderende der Fördervorrichtung 2 ausserhalb der wirksamen Stapelauflage 3 aktivierbare Trennvorrichtung 8 wird zwischen zwei der zugeführten Druckbogen eingelegt, sobald sich der vordere der beiden bestimmten Druckbogen wenigstens annähernd auf der Stapelauflage 3 befindet. Dieser Vorgang erfolgt durch ein Versetzen der Trennvorrichtung 8 in Richtung der Stapelbildung und kann hinsichtlich Zuverlässigkeit begünstigt werden, wenn vor dem Förderende der Fordervorrichtung 2 der Schuppenstrom durch eine Lückenbildungsvorrichtung in Teilschuppenströme unterbrochen wird oder zwischen zwei Durckbogen der Abstand vergrössert wird.
D.h. es ist zu beachten, dass das Mass der die Stapelauflage 3 überstehenden Trennelemente 9 geringer ist als der Schuppenabstand zweier Druckbogen.
Die Trennvorrichtung 8 ist paarweise mit Abstand quer zur Richtung der Stapelbildung angeordnet und jede Trennvorrichtung 8 weist wiederum zwei aus einem Trenn- 9 und einem Stützelement 10 gebildete Teilpaare auf, die längs der Stapelauflage sich spiegelbildlich gegenüberliegend angeordnet sind.1 shows the device 1 according to the invention for forming a stack which extends perpendicularly to the printed sheets which are lined up in a standing manner.
The printed sheets are in the present example on a conveyor 2, after they have been previously centered or aligned and then the existing fold has been pressed, in the form of a shingled stream or subsequent partial shingled streams, which determine the length of the stack to be produced, in approximately the vertical direction from fed to a horizontal stacking support 3 above. In the case of a multi-sheet design, the printed sheets are set down approximately vertically with the fold ahead on the stacking support 3 and on a displaceable supporting structure 4 which is located at the end of the conveying device 2 and which is the front end of the stack End plate 5 carries, stacked on the stack support 3, the support structure 4 is driven on a parallel to the stack support 3 guide arrangement 6 at the speed of the stack assembly. This situation is indicated in FIG. 2.
A separating device 8, which can be activated next to the conveying end of the conveying device 2 outside the effective stacking support 3, is inserted between two of the supplied printing sheets as soon as the front of the two determined printing sheets is at least approximately on the stacking support 3. This process takes place by displacing the separating device 8 in the direction of the stack formation and can be favored in terms of reliability if, before the conveying end of the conveying device 2 ends, the scale flow is interrupted by a gap formation device in partial scale flows or the distance between two printed sheets is increased.
Ie it should be noted that the dimension of the separating elements 9 projecting from the stack support 3 is less than the scale spacing of two printed sheets.
The separating device 8 is arranged in pairs at a distance transversely to the direction of the stack formation, and each separating device 8 in turn has two partial pairs formed from a separating element 9 and a supporting element 10, which are arranged opposite one another along the stack support in a mirror image.

Das Einlegen der Trennvorrichtung 8 zwischen zwei Druckbogen erfolgt mit aneinanderanliegenden Teilpaaren und hochgestellten Trennelementen 9, worauf wenigstens im unteren Bereich der gestapelten Druckbogen die Bildung einzelner Stapel entsteht.The separating device 8 is inserted between two printed sheets with adjacent pairs of parts and raised separating elements 9, whereupon the formation of individual stacks occurs at least in the lower region of the stacked printed sheets.

Im Verlauf der weiteren Stapelbildung werden die Trennelemente 9 einen grösseren Spalt in dem Stapel 6 bildend voneinander entfernt. Daraufhin werden die die Trennelemente 9 begleitenden Stützelemente 10 in den Spalt eingefahren, soweit, dass sie das entstehende hintere Ende des vorauslaufenden von dem vorderen Ende des folgenden Stapels 7 stürzend trennen können. Fig. 3 zeigt die Trenn - 9 und Stützelemente 10 (hilfsweise) seitlich versetzt, obschon sie quer zur Stapelbewegungsrichtung etwa fluchtend angeordnet sind.
Bei ausgestossenen Stützelementen 10 werden die Trennelemente 9 aus dem Stapel 7 zurückgezogen, wie dies in Fig. 4 veranschaulicht ist. Während die hinteren Stützelemente 10 das vordere Ende eines sich erneut bildenden Stapels begrenzen, folgen die vorderen Stützelemente 10 an der Rückseite des vollständigen Stapels 7.
Wie Fig. 1 veranschaulicht, kann die Stapelauflage 3 wenigstens im vorderen Bereich des Stapelbildungsabschnittes durch in Stapelbildungsrichtung endlos angetriebene Bänder 45 ausgebildet sein, sodass eine wahlweise Vorverdichtung des Stapels 7 erzielt werden kann.
Der Antrieb der Bänder 45 kann sowohl unabhängig wie auch abhängig von der Stapelbildungsgeschwindigkeit erfolgen.
Nach einer auf der Stapelauflage 3 zurückgelegten Wegstrecke wird mit einem weiteren Tragwerk 11, das ebenso wie Tragwerk 4 auf der Führungsanordnung 6 verschoben wird, eine das hintere Ende des vorauslaufenden Stapels 7 bildende Endplatte 12 aus einem seitlichen Magazin 13 gehoben und hinter den Stapel 7 etwa an den Stützelementen 10 anlehnend eingebaut. Sodann können die Stützelemente 10 unterhalb die Stapelauflage 3 abgesenkt werden, worauf der Stapel 7 mit der Rückseite an der Endplatte 12 anliegt. In Fig. 4 ist das vorläufige Anheben der Endplatte 12 aus einem Plattenmagazin 13 auf etwa die Höhe der Stapelauflage 3 dargestellt.
In der Zwischenzeit wird nach einem Weitertransport der Stapel 7 durch die ihn transportierenden Tragwerke 4 und 11 auf der Stapelauflage 3 zusammengepresst und anschliessend in einer am Ende der Stapelauflage 3 angeordneten Umreifungsvorrichtung 14 abgebunden (siehe Fig. 1).In the course of the further stack formation, the separating elements 9 are separated from one another to form a larger gap in the stack 6. Then the support elements 10 accompanying the separating elements 9 are moved into the gap to the extent that they can fall the emerging rear end of the leading from the front end of the following stack 7. 3 shows the separating elements 9 and support elements 10 (alternatively) laterally offset, although they are arranged approximately in alignment transversely to the stack movement direction.
When the support elements 10 are ejected, the separating elements 9 are withdrawn from the stack 7, as is illustrated in FIG. 4. While the rear support elements 10 delimit the front end of a stack that is forming again, the front support elements 10 follow on the rear side of the complete stack 7.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the stack support 3 can be formed at least in the front region of the stack formation section by belts 45 which are driven endlessly in the stack formation direction, so that an optional pre-compression of the stack 7 can be achieved.
The belts 45 can be driven both independently and depending on the stack formation speed.
After a distance covered on the stack support 3, an end plate 12, which forms the rear end of the leading stack 7, is lifted from a lateral magazine 13 and behind the stack 7 with a further supporting structure 11, which, like the supporting structure 4, is displaced on the guide arrangement 6 installed leaning against the support elements 10. Then the support elements 10 can be lowered below the stack support 3, whereupon the stack 7 rests with the back on the end plate 12. 4 shows the provisional lifting of the end plate 12 from a plate magazine 13 to approximately the height of the stacking support 3.
In the meantime, after further transport, the stack 7 is pressed together on the stack support 3 by the supporting structures 4 and 11 which transport it and then tied in a strapping device 14 arranged at the end of the stack support 3 (see FIG. 1).

Der gebundene Stapel 7 wird sodann mit Hilfe der Tragwerke 4 und 11 auf eine seitliche Transportvorrichtung versetzt.The bound stack 7 is then moved to a lateral transport device with the aid of the supporting structures 4 and 11.

Anschliessend werden die Tragwerke 4 und 11 an der Führungsanordnung 6 in den Bereich eines neuerlich anwachsenden Teilstapels zurückverschoben, wie in Fig. 5 veranschaulicht. Die Tragwerke 4 und 11 haben inzwischen eine an ihrer dem Magazin 13 zugewendeten Seite für das vordere Ende des sich in Produktion befindenden Stapels 7 bestimmte Endplatte 5 aufgenommen und verlegen diese an die Vorderseite des sich kontinuierlich bildenden Stapels 7.The structures 4 and 11 on the guide arrangement 6 are then moved back into the area of a newly growing partial stack, as illustrated in FIG. 5. The supporting structures 4 and 11 have meanwhile received an end plate 5 which is intended on the side facing the magazine 13 for the front end of the stack 7 which is in production and relocate this to the front of the stack 7 which is continuously forming.

Fig. 6 vermittelt den letzten Arbeitsschritt, bei dem die Endplatte 5 quer zur Stapelauflage 3 vor den Teilstapel versetzt wird, sodass unmittelbar anschliessend die Stützelemente 10 an der Vorderseite des Teilstapels unter die Stapelauflage 3 abgesenkt werden.
Danach wird Tragwerk 4 in die Endplattenentnahmeposition des Endplattenmagazins 13 zurückgefahren.
Es ist nachzutragen, dass die Tragwerke 4, 11 jeweils ein über bzw. von der Stapelauflage 3 seitlich versetzbares Druckplattenpaar 15, 16, 17, 18 aufweisen, von denen jeweils die dem Endplattenmagazin 13 zugewendeten Druckplatten 15, 17 zusätzlich für die Entnahme resp. den Einbau der Endplatten 12 in den Stapel bestimmt sind.6 shows the last working step in which the end plate 5 is displaced transversely to the stack support 3 in front of the partial stack, so that the support elements 10 at the front of the partial stack are then lowered below the stack support 3.
Thereafter, the structure 4 is moved back into the end plate removal position of the end plate magazine 13.
It is to be added that the supporting structures 4, 11 each have a pair of printing plates 15, 16, 17, 18 which can be displaced laterally above or from the stacking support 3, of which the printing plates 15, 17 facing the end plate magazine 13 additionally for the removal or. the installation of the end plates 12 are determined in the stack.

Fig. 7 zeigt ein Ausführungsbeispiel nach der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung 1, insbesondere die Führungsanordnung 6 sowie die Antriebs- und Betätigungsorgane.
Die Führungsanordnung 6 besteht u.a. aus zwei sich parallel gegenüberliegenden, in Richtung Stapelbildung verlaufenden, an einem Maschinenständer oder -gestell befestigten kulissenförmigen Führungsschienen 19, 20, an denen die Tragwerke 4 und 11 fahrbar gelagert sind. Zu diesem Zweck ist ein tischförmiger Support 21 vorgesehen, an dem die Antriebs- und Betätigungsorgane befestigt sind. Ein jeweils am Support 21 angeschraubter Adapter 22 weist einen Lagerzapfen 23 auf, an dem eine in die Führungsschiene 20 eingreifende Rolle 24 dreht.
Die oberhalb der Stapelauflage 3 zu dieser parallel verlaufende Führungsanordnung 6 für die Tragwerke 4, 11 gilt ebenso als Aufhängevorrichtung der Antriebs- und Betätigungsorgane der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung.
Die Führungsanordnung 6 weist wenigstens annähernd die Länge der Produktionsstrecke eines Stapels vom Auftreffen des Schuppenstromes auf der Stapelauflage 3 bis zum fertigen Stapel 7 am Ende einer Presse 25 auf. Die Supports 21 der Tragwerke 4, 11 überstehen seitlich die Stapelauflage 3 und weisen an ihrer Unterseite eine quer zur Bewegungsrichtung der Tragwerke 4, 11 sich erstreckende Führungsstange 26 auf, die an beiden seitlichen Supportenden befestigt ist. An der Führungsstange 26 jeden Tragwerks 4, 11 sind jeweils zwei nach unten ragende Zangenteile 27, 28 seitenverschiebbar gelagert, wobei die seitliche Bewegungsstrecke eines Zangenteils 27, 28 etwa von der senkrechten Ebene in der Längsmittelachse der Stapelauflage 3 bis an den seitlichen Rand des Supports 21 bemessen ist. Hierbei ist der dem Zangenteil 28 zur Entnahme der Endplatte 12 aus dem Magazin 13 zugeordnete Führungsstangenabschnitt länger ausgebildet.
Die seitliche Verschiebung der Zangenteile 27, 28 an der Führungsstange 26 erfolgt über ein Zugmittelgetriebe 29, das antriebsseitig mit einem Motor 30 verbunden ist. Das Zugmittelgetriebe 29 besteht aus jeweils einem Antriebsrad 31 an der Motorwelle und einem an dem Zangenteil 27, 28 gelagerten Zahnrad 32, die um senkrechte Achsen rotieren und durch einen Zahnriemen 33 antriebsverbunden sind.
Selbstverständlich könnten an Stelle eines Getriebemotors 30 und Zugmittelgetrieben 29 zum seitlichen Antrieb der Zangenteile wenigstens teilweise pneumatische oder hydraulische Betätigungsmittel wie Kolben-Zylinder-Einheiten eingesetzt werden, sofern sie sich für einen Synchronantrieb eignen.7 shows an embodiment according to the device 1 according to the invention, in particular the guide arrangement 6 and the drive and actuating members.
The guide arrangement 6 consists, inter alia, of two parallel guide rails 19, 20, which run parallel to one another and run in the direction of stack formation, and are fastened to a machine stand or frame and on which the supporting structures 4 and 11 are movably supported. For this purpose it is a table Support 21 is provided, on which the drive and actuating members are attached. An adapter 22 screwed onto the support 21 has a bearing journal 23 on which a roller 24 engaging in the guide rail 20 rotates.
The guide arrangement 6 for the supporting structures 4, 11, which runs parallel to this above the stacking support 3, also applies as a suspension device for the drive and actuating elements of the device according to the invention.
The guide arrangement 6 has at least approximately the length of the production line of a stack from the impact of the shingled stream on the stack support 3 to the finished stack 7 at the end of a press 25. The supports 21 of the supporting structures 4, 11 laterally protrude from the stack support 3 and have on their underside a guide rod 26 which extends transversely to the direction of movement of the supporting structures 4, 11 and is fastened to both lateral support ends. On the guide rod 26 of each supporting structure 4, 11, two downwardly projecting pliers parts 27, 28 are mounted such that they can be moved laterally, the lateral movement distance of a pliers part 27, 28 approximately from the vertical plane in the longitudinal center axis of the stacking support 3 to the lateral edge of the support 21 is measured. Here, the guide rod section assigned to the pliers part 28 for removing the end plate 12 from the magazine 13 is made longer.
The lateral displacement of the pliers parts 27, 28 on the guide rod 26 takes place via a traction mechanism gear 29, which is connected to a motor 30 on the drive side. The traction mechanism gear 29 consists of a drive wheel 31 on the motor shaft and a gear 32 mounted on the pliers part 27, 28, which rotate about vertical axes and are drive-connected by a toothed belt 33.
Of course, instead of a geared motor 30 and traction mechanism drives 29 for the lateral drive of the tong parts, pneumatic or hydraulic actuating means could be at least partially How piston-cylinder units are used, provided they are suitable for a synchronous drive.

Die Stabilisierung der Zangenteile 27, 28 hinsichtlich der einen Stapel bildenden Bewegungsrichtung wird - wie in Fig. 8 näher gezeigt - durch einen an einem mit dem Zangenteil 27, 28 verbundenen, am freien Ende eine in eine Führungskulisse 34 eingreifende Laufrolle 35 aufweisenden Ausleger 36 erzielt, wobei die Führungskulisse 34 an der Unterseite des Supports 21, an dessen quer zur Stapelbewegungsrichtung verlaufenden Seite befestigt ist. Die Querführung der Zangenteile 27, 28 wird durch deren (lösbare) Befestigung an dem an der Führungsstange 26 verschiebbar gelagerten Ausleger 36 erreicht. An der Führungsanordnung 6 sind zur Produktion von Stapeln 7 insgesamt vier der eben als möglich beschriebenen Antriebseinheiten für die seitliche Bewegung der Zangenteile 27, 28, d.h. jeweils zwei Antriebseinheiten für ein Tragwerk 4, 11 vorgesehen.
Aufgrund des bei einer einfachen Umreifung zwischen den Zangenteilen 27, 28 hindurchzuführenden Bandes sind die einzelnen Zangenteile 27, 28 oberhalb des strichpunktiert angedeuteten Stapels 7 durch benachbarte Ausnehmungen ausgebildet, die einen Freiraum 43 für die obere Bandführung 44 bilden.
Fig. 7 vermittelt die seitlichen Endpositionen der Zangenteile 27, 28 einerseits mit ausgezogenem Strich in der Stapelbildungsstellung (innen) und andererseits strichpunktiert in der Rücklaufstellung eines Tragwerkes 4, 11 (aussen), wobei Zangenteil 28 in der seitlich versetzten Lage zur Aufnahme von Endplatten 12 aus dem Endplattenmagazin 13 eine weiter entfernte Seitenlage aufweist.The stabilization of the pliers parts 27, 28 with respect to the direction of movement forming a stack is achieved - as shown in more detail in FIG. 8 - by a cantilever 36 having a roller 35 which engages in a guide link 34 and is connected to the pliers part 27, 28 at the free end , wherein the guide link 34 is attached to the underside of the support 21, on its side running transversely to the stack movement direction. The transverse guidance of the pliers parts 27, 28 is achieved by their (releasable) attachment to the arm 36 which is displaceably mounted on the guide rod 26. A total of four of the drive units just described as possible for the lateral movement of the tong parts 27, 28, ie two drive units for a supporting structure 4, 11, are provided on the guide arrangement 6 for the production of stacks 7.
Due to the band to be passed through between the pliers parts 27, 28 in the case of a simple strapping, the individual pliers parts 27, 28 are formed above the stack 7 indicated by dash-dotted lines by adjacent recesses which form a free space 43 for the upper band guide 44.
7 shows the lateral end positions of the pliers parts 27, 28 on the one hand with an extended line in the stacking position (inside) and on the other hand dot-dashed in the return position of a supporting structure 4, 11 (outside), the pliers part 28 in the laterally offset position for receiving end plates 12 has a more distant side position from the end plate magazine 13.

Der Längsantrieb der Tragwerke 4, 11 oberhalb der Stapelbildung erfolgt gemäss Fig. 7 durch einen liegend angeordneten Getriebemotor 37, der auf dem Support 21 befestigt ist und durch ein Antriebsritzel 38 mit einer an der Führungsschiene 19 befestigten Zahnstange 39 kämmt.
Eine Verlängerung der das Antriebsritzel 38 tragenden Welle 41 des Getriebes 40 verbindet das nicht dargestellte gegenüberliegende Antriebsritzel mit der spiegelbildlich angeordneten Führungsschiene 20 über eine gleiche Zahnstange 39.The longitudinal drive of the supporting structures 4, 11 above the stack formation takes place according to FIG. 7 by a gear motor 37 arranged horizontally, which is fastened on the support 21 and through a drive pinion 38 with a rack 39 attached to the guide rail 19.
An extension of the shaft 41 of the transmission 40 carrying the drive pinion 38 connects the opposite drive pinion (not shown) to the guide rail 20, which is arranged in mirror image, via an identical rack 39.

Eine Verlängerung 42 der das Antriebsritzel 38 tragenden Welle 41 des Getriebes 40 verbindet das nicht dargestellte gegenüberliegende Antriebsritzel mit der spiegelbildlich angeordneten Führungsschiene 20 über eine gleiche Zahnstange 39.An extension 42 of the shaft 41 of the transmission 40 carrying the drive pinion 38 connects the opposite drive pinion (not shown) to the guide rail 20, which is arranged in mirror image, via an identical rack 39.

Die übrigen konstruktiven Details werden dem Fachmann durch die Figuren 7 und 8 vermittelt.The remaining constructive details are conveyed to the person skilled in the art through FIGS. 7 and 8.

Gemäss Fig. 1 ist dem Stapelbildungsabschnitt an der Stapelauflage 3 eine Umreifungseinrichtung 45 nachgeschaltet, die zwischen den Zangenteilen 27, 28 einen etwa in der Längsachse des Stapels 7 verlaufenden Abschnitt einer Bandführung 44 aufweist, wobei der vordere senkrechte Bandführungsabschnitt 46 zum Durchtritt des Stapels in die Umreifungseinrichtung 45 absenkbar ausgebildet ist. Das Umreifungsband 47 wird einer Trommel 48 entnommen und von unten über eine den Stapel 7 umgebende Führung angelenkt sowie an den Enden verschweisst.According to FIG. 1, the stack formation section on the stack support 3 is followed by a strapping device 45 which, between the pliers parts 27, 28, has a section of a band guide 44 running approximately in the longitudinal axis of the stack 7, the front vertical band guide section 46 for the passage of the stack into the Strapping device 45 is designed to be lowerable. The strapping 47 is removed from a drum 48 and articulated from below via a guide surrounding the stack 7 and welded at the ends.

Mit der vorliegenden Einrichtung 1 kann der gebildete Stapel 7 ein- oder mehrfach umreift werden, eine Möglichkeit, die über die Steuerung der Tragwerke 4, 11 und Druckplatten 15 bis 18 vorzunehmen ist.With the present device 1, the stack 7 formed can be strapped one or more times, a possibility which is to be carried out via the control of the supporting structures 4, 11 and pressure plates 15 to 18.

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Einrichtung zur Bildung eines sich senkrecht zu den stehend aneinandergereihten Druckbogen erstreckenden Stapels, bestehend aus einer die Druckbogen in Form eines Schuppenstromes oder sich folgenden Teilschuppenströmen senkrecht von oben einer etwa horizontalen Stapelauflage zuführenden Fördervorrichtung und einer entlang der zur Stapelbildung ausgebildeten Stapelauflage angeordnete, die Länge eines Stapels durch endseitig eingeführte Endplatten bildende Einschubvorrichtung sowie einer nachgeschalteten, den Stapel verdichtenden, zangenartigen Presse, welcher eine Umreifungsvorrichtung zugeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass oberhalb der sich in den Wirkbereich der Presse (25) erstreckenden Stapelauflage (3) eine Führungsanordnung (6) zweier verschiebbar angetriebener, entlang des Stapelbildungsabschnittes als Einschubvorrichtung der Endplatten (5, 12) des Stapels (7) zugeordneter Tragwerke (4, 11) vorgesehen sind, welche Tragwerke (4, 11) förderwirksam und auf dem anschliessenden, zur Umreifung bestimmten Abschnitt der Stapelauflage (3) als die den Stapel (7) in Erstreckungsrichtung verdichtende Presse (25) ausgebildet sind.Device for forming a stack extending perpendicular to the printed sheets arranged in a row, consisting of a conveyor device feeding the printed sheets in the form of a scale flow or subsequent partial scale flows vertically from above to an approximately horizontal stack support and a length of a stack arranged along the stack support designed for stack formation by insertion devices forming end plates inserted at the end and a downstream plier-like press compacting the stack, to which a strapping device is assigned, characterized in that a guide arrangement (6) of two can be displaced above the stack support (3) extending into the effective area of the press (25) Driven supporting structures (4, 11) provided along the stack formation section as a push-in device for the end plates (5, 12) of the stack (7) Which structures (4, 11) are effective for conveying and are formed on the subsequent section of the stacking support (3) intended for strapping as the press (25) compacting the stack (7) in the direction of extension. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zur Bildung eines Stapels (7) eine an dem Eintrittsende der Stapelauflage (3) zwischen zwei Druckbogen eines zugeführten Schuppenstromes oder zwei zugeführten Teilschuppenströmen von unten eingreifende, wenigstens zweiteilige Trennvorrichtung (8) vorgesehen ist, deren in Richtung Stapelbildung vorauslaufender Teil dem hinteren Ende eines gebildeten Stapels (7) und der nachlaufende Teil dem vorderen Ende eines nachfolgenden Stapels (7) zugeordnet ist.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that, to form a stack (7), an at least two-part separating device (8), which engages from below at the entry end of the stack support (3) between two printed sheets of a supplied shingled stream or two supplied shingled streams, is provided The part leading in the direction of the stack formation is assigned to the rear end of a stack (7) formed and the trailing part is assigned to the front end of a subsequent stack (7). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Teile der Trennvorrichtung (8) jeweils dem hinteren Ende bzw. vorderen Ende zweier sich folgender Stapel (7) zugeordnete, anheb- und absenkbare Trenn- (9) und Stützelemente (10) aufweisen.Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the parts of the separating device (8) each have the separating (9) and supporting elements (10), which can be raised and lowered, assigned to the rear end or front end of two successive stacks (7). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der in den Stapel (7) eindringende Abschnitt eines Trennelementes (9) kürzer als der Schuppenabstand zweier Druckbogen ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the section of a separating element (9) penetrating the stack (7) is shorter than the scale spacing of two printed sheets. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der vorauslaufende Teil (9, 10) der Trennvorrichtung (8) von dem nachlaufenden Teil (9, 10) entfernbar ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the leading part (9, 10) of the separating device (8) is designed to be removable from the trailing part (9, 10). Einrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trennvorrichtung (8) aus einer sich vor dem Eintrittsende der Stapelauflage (3) befindenden Ruhelage entlang des Stapelbildungsabschnittes und zurück antreibbar ausgebildet ist.Device according to claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the separating device (8) is designed to be drivable from a rest position located in front of the entry end of the stacking support (3) along the stacking section and back. Einrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 2 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trennvorrichtung (8) synchron zur Stapelbildung angetrieben ist.Device according to claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the separating device (8) is driven synchronously with the stack formation. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stapelauflage (3) wenigstens im vorderen Bereich des Stapelbildungsabschnittes durch in Stapelbildungsrichtung endlos antreibbare Bänder (45) ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the stack support (3) at least in the front region of the stack formation section is formed by belts (45) which can be driven endlessly in the stack formation direction. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tragwerke (4, 11) zur Aufnahme von die Enden eines Stapels (7) bildenden, seitlich von dem Stapelbildungsabschnitt in einem Plattenmagazin (13) lagernden Endplatten (5, 12) ausgebildet sind.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting structures (4, 11) are designed to receive end plates (5, 12) which form the ends of a stack (7) and are laterally mounted in a plate magazine (13) in a plate magazine (13). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die als Einschubvorrichtung der Endplatten (5, 12) ausgebildeten Tragwerke (4, 11) über der an der Stapelauflage (3) gebildeten Stapeloberkante quer verschiebbar angetriebene Druckplatten (15 bis 18) aufweisen.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting structures (4, 11) designed as insertion devices for the end plates (5, 12) have pressure plates (15 to 18) which are driven transversely displaceably over the top edge of the stack support (3). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass den Tragwerken (4, 11) zwei Druckplatten (15, 16; 17, 18) zugeordnet sind, die an Führungsstangen (26) angeordnet und mittels eines Antriebsorgans (30) seitlich der Stapelauflage (3) versetzbar sind.Device according to claim 10, characterized in that the supporting structures (4, 11) are assigned two pressure plates (15, 16; 17, 18) which are arranged on guide rods (26) and by means of a drive member (30) to the side of the stacking support (3) are relocatable. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckplatten (15 bis 18) wahlweise mechanisch, pneumatisch, hydraulisch oder elektrisch antreibbar ausgeildet sind.Device according to claim 11, characterized in that the pressure plates (15 to 18) are optionally mechanically, pneumatically, hydraulically or electrically drivable. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckplatten (15, 16; 17, 18) an der Unterseite eines in der Führungsanordnung (6) gelagerten Supports (21) befestigt sind.Device according to claim 11, characterized in that the pressure plates (15, 16; 17, 18) are attached to the underside of a support (21) mounted in the guide arrangement (6). Einrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungsanordnung (6) zwei zur Richtung der Stapelbildung sich gegenüberliegend verlaufende, die Tragwerke (4, 11) aufnehmende Führungsschienen (19, 20) aufweist.Device according to claims 1 and 7, characterized in that the guide arrangement (6) has two guide rails (19, 20) which run opposite one another to the direction of the stack formation and accommodate the supporting structures (4, 11). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mit wenigstens einer Führungsschiene (19, 20) eine Zahnstange (39) verbunden ist, die mit einem Antriebsritzel (38) eines an dem Tragwerk (4, 11) befestigten Getriebemotors (37, 40) kämmt.Device according to claim 14, characterized in that a rack (39) is connected to at least one guide rail (19, 20), which meshes with a drive pinion (38) of a geared motor (37, 40) fastened to the supporting structure (4, 11) . Einrichtung nach Anspruch 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an den Führungsschienen (19, 20) jeweils eine Zahnstange (39) vorgesehen ist, deren zugeordnete Antriebsritzel (38) an einer gemeinsamen Welle (41) befestigt sind.Device according to claim 15, characterized in that a toothed rack (39) is provided on the guide rails (19, 20), the associated drive pinions (38) of which are attached to a common shaft (41). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tragwerke (4, 11) in Richtung der Stapelbildung einzeln antreibbar ausgebildet sind.Device according to claim 12, characterized in that the supporting structures (4, 11) are individually drivable in the direction of the stack formation. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese zur Einfach- oder Mehrfach-Umreifung eines Stapels (7) ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is designed for single or multiple strapping of a stack (7).
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