EP0675062B1 - Dispositif pour l'alimentation d'articles plats à un dispositif de traitement de produits imprimés - Google Patents

Dispositif pour l'alimentation d'articles plats à un dispositif de traitement de produits imprimés Download PDF

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EP0675062B1
EP0675062B1 EP95100936A EP95100936A EP0675062B1 EP 0675062 B1 EP0675062 B1 EP 0675062B1 EP 95100936 A EP95100936 A EP 95100936A EP 95100936 A EP95100936 A EP 95100936A EP 0675062 B1 EP0675062 B1 EP 0675062B1
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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
    • B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
    • B65H5/12—Revolving grippers, e.g. mounted on arms, frames or cylinders
    • 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
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/53—Rotary gripping arms
    • B65H2405/531—Rotary gripping arms with relative movement of the arms relatively to the axis of rotation during rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/58—Means for achieving gripping/releasing operation
    • B65H2405/583—Details of gripper orientation
    • B65H2405/5832—Details of gripper orientation and varying its orientation after gripping
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1768—Means simultaneously conveying plural articles from a single source and serially presenting them to an assembly station
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1768—Means simultaneously conveying plural articles from a single source and serially presenting them to an assembly station
    • Y10T156/1771—Turret or rotary drum-type conveyor
    • Y10T156/1773—For flexible sheets
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1744—Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
    • Y10T156/1776—Means separating articles from bulk source
    • Y10T156/1778—Stacked sheet source
    • Y10T156/178—Rotary or pivoted picker

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  • the present invention relates to a device for feeding flat products to a processing device for printed products.
  • a device of this kind is in the older EP-A-0 606 549 and EP-A-0 606 550 and in the corresponding US Pat. Nos. 5,350,167 5,425,837. disclosed. It has a rotatably driven, wheel-like support member, on which, in the circumferential direction at a distance, controllable clamps are arranged via swivel levers and handlebars.
  • the pivot lever and handlebars are pivotally mounted on the support member about axes parallel to the axis of rotation in order to control the position of the clamp as a function of the pivot position of the pivot lever. If the swivel lever is pivoted towards the rear, as seen in the direction of rotation, the mouth of the clamp is directed towards the front.
  • This has a belt conveyor which supplies the card-like products spaced apart from one another to a takeover area. They are taken over there by means of flat holders with suction heads or controlled grippers, these moving in the takeover area essentially with the same direction and at the same speed as the products to be taken over.
  • the holders are mounted on pivot levers, which in turn are articulated on a wheel-like, rotatably driven support member.
  • Handlebars are also articulated on the brackets, which are likewise pivotably mounted on the support member at the other end and which are coupled to an epicyclic gear mechanism in order to control the pivoting position depending on the movement of the support member.
  • the holders or grippers are approximately in the takeover area directed tangentially to their orbit and are pivoted in the course of about half a turn of the support member by the epicyclic gear in the same direction to the support member by about 90 °, so that they are directed approximately at right angles to their orbit in the transfer area.
  • the holders or clamps viewed in the circumferential direction, are moved forwards with respect to the support member in order to bring the products into contact with a printed product placed astride a saddle-shaped support of the processing device and to press them on.
  • this device it is an imperative that the products in the transfer area are moved at essentially the same speed as the holder or gripper. This significantly limits the possible different ways of delivering the products to the delivery point.
  • the support arms and steering elements via which the brackets are arranged on circulating elements, can be controlled separately from one another.
  • the pivoting movement of the bracket is no longer rigidly coupled to the movement of the support arms.
  • the pivotal movement of the brackets is thus also controllable independently of a movement of the support arm.
  • This enables the clamps to be moved in the circumferential direction relative to the circulating elements, the pivoting position of the clamps being independently controllable. This brings advantages in particular when taking over and delivering the products, as well as when they are to be passed to a further processing station in a defined position.
  • the device according to the invention allows the processing of flat products of various properties and sizes. For example, from credit cards, postcards, single and multi-leaf printed products such as magazines and brochures, as well as from samples and CDs packed in sleeves.
  • a particularly preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention is specified in claim 2. It allows the products to be handled extremely gently when they are taken over at the delivery point. The small relative speed between the clamp and the product, even at a high speed of the circulating elements, allows the most varied types of take-over, in particular also that of products which are stationary in the direction of rotation.
  • Another, also particularly preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention is defined in claim 3. It allows the safe and gentle transfer of a wide variety of products from a stationary magazine.
  • the device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a conveyor device 10 with controllable clamps 12, which are designed to grasp a product 18 with its mouth 14 at a delivery point 16 and to transport it in the circumferential direction U to a transfer area 20, in which the products 18 are delivered to a processing device 22 for printed products 24.
  • carrier-like circulation elements 28 are attached along the circumference at equal intervals and protrude in the radial direction towards the outside over the support disk 26.
  • a support arm 30 is articulated on each revolving element 28 about an articulation axis 30 'which is parallel to the axis of rotation 26' and which pivotally supports a bracket 12 at its radially outer end.
  • the support arm 30 is designed as a two-armed angle lever, on the end of which facing away from the bracket 12 a follower roller 32 is freely rotatably mounted, which has a first link track 34 of a control device running around the support disk 26 35 cooperates.
  • each revolving element 28 there is a further articulation axis 36 'which is parallel to the articulation axis 30' and, with respect to this, is arranged further inward in the radial direction two-armed control lever 36 mounted, which is also connected to the bracket 12 via a coupling 38.
  • a control roller 40 is rotatably mounted, which cooperates with a second link track 42 of the control device 35, which also runs around the support disk 26.
  • an oblique magazine shaft 43 the longitudinal direction of which extends approximately radially to the axis of rotation 26 ′, is arranged, which is intended for receiving a stack of products 44.
  • a suction arrangement 46 the suction head 48 of which is intended to take the uppermost product of the obliquely arranged supply stack 44 adjacent to the rear edge 50 seen in the direction of rotation U, to lift it from the supply stack 44 and into the movement path 12 'of the clamps 12 to spend.
  • This product 18 is grasped at the trailing rear edge 50, seen in the direction of rotation U, with the mouth 14 of a clamp 12 facing forward and is held for further transport.
  • Suction device arrangements 46 suitable for this purpose are described, for example, in CH-A-626 589 and the corresponding US-A-4,279,412, in EP-A-0 368 009 and the corresponding US-A-5,042,792, and in EP-A- 0 553 455 and corresponding U.S. Patent Application No. 08 / 007,536.
  • U is seen in the direction of rotation an adhesive application device 52 is arranged between the delivery point 16 and the transfer area 20. This is connected by means of a hose 54 to an adhesive preparation device 56 and is intended to apply an adhesive coating to each product 18 transported past by means of the clips 12.
  • the processing device 22 has wall elements 60 driven in the direction of movement B, which run at right angles to the direction of movement B and form saddle-shaped supports 62 on their outer end facing the conveying device 10 for the astride reception of folded printed products 24.
  • Two adjacent wall elements 60 each delimit a pocket-shaped receiving part 64, into which printed products 24 to be processed can be inserted.
  • Processing devices of this type are described in EP publications EP-A-0 550 828, 0 510 525, 0 341 425, 0 341 424 and 0 341 423, and the corresponding US Pat. Nos. 5,324,014, 5,292,110, 5,052,667 , 5,052,666 and 4,981,291.
  • the drive of the processing device 22 is synchronized with the drive of the conveyor device 10, so that in each case in the transfer area 20 a clamp 12 engages between two wall elements 60 in a receiving part 64.
  • the support arms 30 and the steering members 66 formed by the control levers 36 and couplings 38 are controlled in such a way that the brackets 12 meet the needs at the delivery point 16, in the case of the adhesive application device 52 and the transfer of the products 18 to the processing device 22, adopt an adapted position and speed.
  • each clamp 12 assumes the position in which the clamp 12 leading in the direction of rotation is shown.
  • FIG. 2 For the clamp 12 which runs onto a product 18 at the delivery point 16 with the mouth 14 open, those positions are also shown in FIG. 2 which it has taken half a cycle earlier and will take half a clock later.
  • Fig. 3 the movement of the brackets 12, in the direction of rotation U, is shown first in three thirds steps and then in five quarter steps of a cycle.
  • the support arms 30 are again directed towards the front in the direction of rotation U, which can be seen from the large distances between the clamps 12.
  • the clamps 12 are pivoted counterclockwise after the mouth 14 has been closed so that their leading free end essentially runs along the straight line 68, which is approximately at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the magazine shaft 43 and thus essentially parallel to the products 18 of the supply stack 44.
  • the clamps 12 are pivoted back clockwise into their end position until they have approximately reached the height of the axis of rotation 26'.
  • brackets 12 When passing through the upper half of the movement path 12 ', the brackets 12 maintain their position with respect to the support disk 26 and thus the rotating elements 28.
  • clamps 12 located in the adhesive application device 52 are moved at a reduced speed when passing the adhesive application device 52, which is achieved by pivoting the support arms 30 in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the steering member 66 is activated in such a way that the clamps 12 assume positions parallel to one another. This saves time for applying the adhesive and ensures an even application.
  • the support arms 30 are out their rear end position, seen in the direction of rotation U, which they assume after passing the adhesive application device 52, swivels clockwise to the front and at the same time the clamps 12 are pivoted counterclockwise. This movement ensures that the products 18 are inserted securely into the center of the receiving parts 64.
  • the relevant clamp 12 is now pivoted clockwise, so that the product 18 comes into contact with the printed product 24 which is straddled on the wall element 60 leading astride the clamp in the direction of movement B and in the circumferential direction U.
  • the clamp 12 is opened and, with its drive roller 70, it presses the product 18 against the printed product 24 when it moves out of the receiving part 64, which leads to a good quality adhesive bond.
  • the position of the support arm 30 is also controlled in such a way that an optimal pressing takes place.
  • the brackets 12 are supported only on one side.
  • This has the advantage that the suction head 48 can be arranged close to the movement path 12 ′ of the clips 12, which is particularly advantageous for processing small products 18, such as credit cards or makes this possible.
  • the suction head 48 shown in dashed lines, to arrange this in a region, viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation 26 ′, in which the clamps 12 rotate.
  • the path 48 ′ of the suction head 48 is to be designed in such a way that it in each case surrounds a clamp 12.
  • 3 shows the suction head 48 at four different times during a work cycle in which it rotates along the triangular path 48 'in the direction of the arrow.
  • the support disk 26 is seated in a rotationally fixed manner on a drive shaft 72 which is mounted on a bearing block 76 fastened to the frame 74.
  • the drive shaft 72 Via a toothed belt drive 78, the drive shaft 72 is connected to a drive unit, not shown, which is synchronized with the processing device 22.
  • the two groove-shaped link tracks 34 and 42 are excluded from a control ring 80, which is also supported on the frame 74 and is arranged on the side of the bearing block 76 with respect to the support disk 26 and, viewed in the radial direction, extends outside the support disk 26.
  • the support arm 30 consists of two identical support arm parts 82, each arranged on one side of the circulating element 28 and mounted on the articulation axis 30 '. On both ends, these support arm parts 82 are connected to one another via bearing shafts 84, 84 ', the follower roller 32 being mounted on the first bearing shaft 84 and a first clamping jaw 86 and a second clamping jaw 88 of the clamp 12 being mounted on the second bearing shaft 84'.
  • the first clamping jaw 86 which is located on the outside in the radial direction as seen in the radial direction, is plate-like, has the pressure roller 70 at its free end leading in the direction of rotation U and is provided in the central region with a driver stop 90 which forms the inner end of the jaw 14.
  • the open clamp 12 runs with this driver stop 90 and with the first and second clamping jaw 86, 88 comprising a product 18 on its rear edge 50 and takes it along in the direction of rotation U.
  • Via a connecting pin 92 running parallel to the bearing shaft 84 ' the first clamping jaw 86 is firmly connected to a triangular stop element 94 which is freely rotatable between the two support arm parts 82 on the bearing shaft 84'.
  • the stop element 94 interacts with a stop pin 96 connecting the two support arm parts 82 to one another.
  • the first clamping jaw 86 is in its end position shown in FIG. 6, in which it extends approximately at right angles to the associated lever arm of the support arm 30. From this position, the bracket 12 can only be moved counterclockwise.
  • the second clamping jaw 88 consists of two tongue-like clamping jaw parts 88 ′ which are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner and which protrude far less than the stop element 94 compared to the first clamping jaw 86.
  • the latter of course has recesses in which the jaw parts 88 'can pivot freely.
  • the second clamping jaw 88 is by means of a further connecting pin 98 which also runs parallel to the bearing shaft 84 ' hinged to a tab 100, which is hinged to a tube 102 of the coupling 38 at the other end.
  • a compression spring 104 ' Arranged in this tube 102 is a compression spring 104 'forming the closing spring 104 for the clamping jaws 86, 88, which is supported on the one hand on the end of the tube 102 on the clamp side and on the other hand on a pull rod 106 which is inside the tube 102 by the compression spring 104' runs through and is connected to the stop element 94 by means of a pivot pin 108.
  • the compression spring 104 ' is under prestress and acts on the clamping jaws 86, 88 in the closing direction.
  • the tube 102 can be articulated with its end facing the control lever 36 directly to the control lever 36, which is also designed as a double lever. 5 and 6, however, a linkage shape is shown via a spring element 110 designed as a compression spring. This is under greater prestress than the closing spring 104, is arranged in the interior of the tube 102 and is supported on one end on this and on the other end on a rod-like connecting element 112. The latter runs through the spring element 110, is articulated on the control lever 36 and its stroke in the longitudinal direction of the tube 102 is limited by a limiting pin 114, which passes through an elongated hole-like transverse passage 116 in the connecting element 112 and is fastened to the tube 102.
  • the tube 102 assumes the position shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 with respect to the connecting element 112 in which the control lever end of the transverse passage 116 bears against the limiting pin 114.
  • the bracket 12 is pivoted in the same direction when the control lever 36 is rotated. If the stop element 94 comes into contact with the stop pin 96 when the control lever 36 is pivoted clockwise, the first clamping jaw 86 is prevented from pivoting further, which now results in the opening of the clamp jaw 14 with simultaneous further tensioning of the closing spring 104. If the control lever 36 is pivoted counterclockwise when the clamp 12 is open, the stop element 94 remains in contact with the stop pin 96 as a result of the force of the closing spring 104 until the second clamping jaw 88 abuts the first clamping jaw 86 or the product 18 engaging in the mouth 14 between the jaws 86 and 88 is clamped. The first clamping jaw 86 is then pivoted together with the second 88.
  • the clamp 12 is moved towards the wall element 60, so that the first clamping jaw 86 with its pressure roller 70 moves over the product 18 and printed product 24 is supported on this wall element 60. Since the position of the second clamping jaw 88 is now predetermined by the second link track 42 and the steering member 66, the mouth 14 of the clamp 12 is opened and the product 18 is released by pivoting the first clamping jaw 86 counterclockwise.
  • the pressure roller 70 bears against the product 18 under the force of the closing spring 104 and presses it against the printed product 24 while the clamp 12 is being moved out of the receiving part 64.
  • the mouth 14 is closed by the first clamping jaw 68 swivels under the force of the closing spring 104 to bear against the second clamping jaw 88.
  • the first clamping jaw 86 is pivoted with respect to the second clamping jaw 88 beyond a dimension that can be accommodated by the closing spring 104.
  • the tube 102 is connected to the control lever 36 via the spring element 110, which in this case absorbs the overstroke.
  • FIG. 7 and 8 show the magazine device 118 shown in FIG. 1 and also arranged on the frame 74 on an enlarged scale. It has the magazine shaft 43 which is inclined with respect to the vertical, the discharge end of which is located at the delivery point 16.
  • the magazine shaft 43 is delimited in its longitudinal direction by bottom and side wall profiles 120, 120 'over its entire length and by means of a ceiling element 122 in its end region facing the delivery point 16. Between the ceiling element 122 and the lower end of the magazine shaft 43, the latter is accessible from above for inserting a replacement stack 124.
  • Two carriages 128 are guided along rails 126 which run parallel to the magazine shaft 43 and are arranged beneath it and laterally offset, which drive past one another, each driven by means of a spindle drive 130 (FIG. 1) the magazine shaft 43 are displaceable.
  • a carriage 132 On each carriage 128, a carriage 132, on which a support tongue 134 projecting in the direction toward the magazine shaft 43 is fastened, can be displaced on guide rods 136 in a direction perpendicular to the rails 126, so that the support tongue 134 in the direction of arrow C into the magazine shaft 43 retracted and extended in the opposite direction from the magazine shaft 43.
  • Each carriage 128 is assigned a drive element 138 for the carriage 132 in question.
  • both carriages 128 are in their lower end position remote from the delivery point 16, the supporting tongues 134 being inserted into the magazine shaft 43.
  • the supply stack 44 is then inserted into the magazine shaft 43 and then the one carriage 128 is driven in the direction toward the delivery point 16 until the top product 18 has reached it.
  • the position of the carriage 128 in question is automatically readjusted, so that the upper end of the supply stack 44 is always located at the delivery point 16.
  • a replacement stack 124 is now inserted into the magazine shaft 43.
  • the carriage 128, which is still at the lower end, is now driven in the direction toward the delivery point 16 until the upper end of the replacement stack 124 lies against the supporting tongue 134 of the carriage 128 pushing the supply stack 44. This is shown in FIG. 8.
  • This support tongue 134 can now be withdrawn from the magazine shaft 43 in the opposite direction of the arrow C, whereupon all products 18 are advanced in the magazine shaft 43 through the support tongue 134 of the other carriage 128.
  • the carriage 128, with the support tongue 134 withdrawn from the magazine shaft 43 is now moved back to the lower end of the magazine shaft 43 and the relevant support tongue 134 is then pushed back into the magazine shaft 43. This is now ready to receive another replacement stack 124.
  • the magazine device 118 shown in FIGS. 1, 7 and 8 can be replaced by a device as disclosed in the simultaneous patent application (corresponding to CH 00 887 / 94-6). This device is also suitable for the seamless provision of products 18 at the delivery point 16 and for cooperation with the conveyor device 10.
  • the conveyor device 10 can also have clamps 12 of a different design.

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  1. Appareil pour acheminer des produits plats à une machine de traitement pour produits d'imprimerie, comprenant une pluralité de pinces (12) articulées chacune à un bras porteur (30) et à un organe déflecteur (66), des éléments circulants (28) entraînés en circulation le long d'une orbite fermée sur elle-même, et disposés à un certain écartement les uns derrière les autres dans le sens de la circulation (U), à chacun desquels sont articulés le bras porteur (30) associé à l'une des pinces (12) et l'organe déflecteur (66) correspondant, et un dispositif de commande (35) servant à commander séparément les bras porteurs (30) et les organes déflecteurs (66) pour faire pivoter les pinces (12) autour de l'articulation (84') sur leur bras porteur (30) respectif, même indépendamment d'un mouvement du bras porteur (30), les pinces (12) étant destinées à saisir chacune un produit (18) lorsqu'elles passent à un point de livraison (16), à transporter ce produit à une région de transfert (20) et, là, à le décharger dans la machine de traitement (22).
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'au point de livraison (16), le dispositif de commande (35) déplace le bras porteur (30) dans un sens inverse du sens de la circulation (U), pour réduire la vitesse relative entre la pince (16) et le produit (18) à saisir.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par un magasin (43) disposé à proximité du point de livraison (16), destiné à contenir en une pile une réserve (44) de produits (18), et un dispositif à ventouse (46) qu'on peut faire agir sur le produit (18) qui est le plus extérieur de la réserve (44) au moment considéré pour soulever ce produit (18) de la réserve (44) et placer l'un de ses bords (50), auquel le produit (18) doit être saisi par la pince (12), sur la trajectoire (12') des pinces (12), le dispositif de commande (35) commandant le bras porteur (30) et l'organe déflecteur (66) de manière que la pince (12) considérée se déplace sensiblement le long d'une droite (68) qui s'étend de préférence au moins à peu près perpendiculairement à la direction longitudinale du magasin (43), au point de livraison (16), pour saisir le produit (18), ainsi que dans un segment de la trajectoire (12') qui y fait suite dans le sens de la circulation (U).
  4. Appareil selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'un dispositif de dépôt de colle (52) est agencé à proximité de la trajectoire (12') des pinces (12), en aval du point de livraison (16) et en amont de la région de transfert (20), considéré dans le sens de la circulation (U), et le dispositif de commande (35) commande le bras porteur (30) et l'organe déflecteur (66) de manière qu'au droit du dispositif de dépôt de colle (52), les pinces (12) se déplacent à une vitesse réduite et en prenant des positions de pivotement à peu près parallèles entre elles.
  5. Appareil selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la machine de traitement (22) présente des éléments de parois (60) entraînés en circulation, agencés à un certain écartement les uns derrière les autres dans le sens du mouvement (B) et disposés transversalement au sens du mouvement (B), qui forment des appuis (62) en forme de selle sur lesquels les produits d'imprimerie (24) peuvent être déposés à cheval et/ou des réceptacles (64) en forme de poche dans lesquels les produits d'imprimerie (24) peuvent être introduits, le sens du mouvement (B) des éléments de parois (60) étant orienté à peu près comme le sens de la circulation (U) dans la région de transfert (20), cependant que, dans la région de transfert (20), une pince (12) s'engage dans chaque espace entre deux éléments de parois (60) adjacents, pour décharger un produit (18), et le dispositif de commande (35) commande le bras porteur (30) et l'organe déflecteur (66) de telle manière que la bouche (14) de la pince (12) soit dirigée au moins à peu près parallèlement aux éléments de parois (60) pour l'introduction du produit (18) entre ces éléments.
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (35) commande le bras porteur (30) et l'organe déflecteur (66) de manière que la pince (12) qui se trouve entre les éléments de parois (60) se déplace vers un élément de paroi (60) pour appliquer le produit (18) contre l'élément de paroi (60) ou contre le produit d'imprimerie (24) appuyé contre cet élément.
  7. Appareil selon une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'organe déflecteur (66) présente une bielle (38) articulée, à une extrémité, sur la pince (12) et, à l'autre extrémité, sur un levier de commande (36), le levier de commande (36) et le bras porteur (30) tourillonnent sur l'élément circulant (28), autour d'axes (30', 36') s'étendant perpendiculairement au sens de la circulation (U), et le dispositif de commande (35) présente deux éléments de commande (34, 42), de préférence des coulisses, qui s'étendent le long de l'orbite et qui coopèrent avec un organe suiveur (32, 40) relié respectivement au bras porteur (30) et à l'organe déflecteur (66).
  8. Appareil selon une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'entre les mâchoires coopérantes (86, 88) de chaque pince (12), agit un ressort de fermeture (104), la première mâchoire (86), qui tourillonne sur le bras porteur (30) est reliée à un élément de butée (94) et la deuxième mâchoire (88) est reliée à l'organe déflecteur (66) ou à la bielle (38) et, pour l'ouverture de la pince (12), l'élément de butée (94) coopère avec une contre-butée (96) prévue sur le bras porteur (30).
  9. Appareil selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le ressort de fermeture (104) présente un ressort de compression (104') disposé parallèlement à la bielle (38), qui s'appuie contre la bielle (38) par son extrémité dirigée vers la pince (12) et contre un élément de traction (106) relié à la première mâchoire (86) par son extrémité dirigée vers le levier de commande (36).
  10. Appareil selon la revendication 8 ou 9, caractérisé en ce que la première mâchoire (86) présente, à son extrémité libre, un élément de pression (70), de préférence en forme de cylindre, pour presser le produit (18) contre un contre-élément, de préférence contre un élément de paroi (60) de la machine de traitement (22), et pour ouvrir la pince (12) afin de libérer le produit (18).
  11. Appareil selon une des revendication 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que les éléments circulants (28) sont disposés sur un élément porteur (26) en forme de roue, entrainé en rotation, de telle manière que l'orbite des éléments circulants (28) soit circulaire.
  12. Appareil selon une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce qu'au moment du passage au droit du point de livraison (16), la bouche (14) des pinces (12) est dirigée vers l'avant dans le sens de la circulation (U), pour saisir le produit (18) considéré à son bord arrière (50).
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