EP0719705B1 - Procédé pour envelopper un objet dans un enveloppe sous forme de feuille et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé - Google Patents

Procédé pour envelopper un objet dans un enveloppe sous forme de feuille et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé Download PDF

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EP0719705B1
EP0719705B1 EP95203648A EP95203648A EP0719705B1 EP 0719705 B1 EP0719705 B1 EP 0719705B1 EP 95203648 A EP95203648 A EP 95203648A EP 95203648 A EP95203648 A EP 95203648A EP 0719705 B1 EP0719705 B1 EP 0719705B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for enveloping, at least partially so, an object in an envelope comprising a sheet, whereby the object to be enveloped is transported in a direction of transport to a sheet extending transversely to the direction of transport, after which the sheet is carried along by the moving object and folded round the object about a folding line extending transversely to the direction of transport, whereby a first end part of the sheet extends beyond a rear part, seen in the direction of transport, of the object, after which said first end part is folded round said rear part of the object and is attached to a second end part of the sheet folded round the object.
  • the invention also relates to a device suitable for carrying out such a method.
  • a method and a device of this kind are known from Dutch Patent Application NL-A-9300006 and are suitable for enveloping a magazine in a paper sheet, for example, which sheet envelopes said magazine either partially, in the form of a wrapper, or completely, in the form of an envelope.
  • said first end part is folded round the rear part of the object in a manner not shown, after which said first end part is attached to the second end part by means of an adhesive.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method by which said first end part is moved into contact with said second end part and attached thereto in a simple and efficient manner.
  • this objective is accomplished in that, after the sheet has been folded round the object, the sheet-enveloped object is moved in the direction of transport by means of first and second rollers, which are rotatable in opposite directions and which are positioned in opposed parallel relationship, and is then deflected in a first direction of deflection, which is determined by a deflecting platform and which includes an acute angle with the direction of transport and extends transversely to the folding line, to a predetermined stop position on said deflecting platform, and that the enveloped object is then moved in a direction opposite said first direction of deflection, after which the enveloped object is deflected in a second direction of deflection extending transversely to the folding line by means of said first roller and a third roller, which are positioned in abutting parallel relationship and which are rotatable in opposite directions, whereby the first end part of the sheet is folded round the rear part of the object, seen in the direction of transport, and round the front part of the object, seen in the second direction
  • the object is turned around while being deflected, that is, the rear part, seen in the direction of transport, becomes the front part, seen in the second direction of deflection, whereby the first end part is brought into abutment with the second end part during said turning around.
  • the objective set is accomplished in a simple manner.
  • the entire transport of the sheet-enveloped object is carried out by means of only three rollers and a single deflecting platform. This minimizes the risk of failures.
  • One embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that the enveloped object is deflected in a direction away from the first end part when the deflection in the first direction of deflection takes place, after which the enveloped object is deflected in a direction towards said first end part when the deflection in the second direction of deflection takes place.
  • the first end part of the sheet is already partially folded round the rear part of the object, after which the first end part is completely folded round the object and brought into abutment with the second end part when the deflection in the second direction of deflection takes place.
  • end parts and/or the side edge of the sheet are attached together by means of an adhesive, for example a glue.
  • Another preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that an address is provided on the envelope comprising said sheet by means of a printing device after the object with the sheet folded therearound has been deflected in the second direction of deflection.
  • the enveloped object is immediately ready for shipment. This is desirable in particular in connection with the enveloping and sending of periodicals.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device for carrying out said method.
  • said device is provided with a first, a second and a third rotatable conveyor roller and also with a deflecting platform provided with a stop, whereby an object with a sheet folded therearound can be moved in a direction of transport and then in a first direction of deflection determined by said deflecting platform up to said stop by means of said first and said second conveyor roller, which are positioned in opposed parallel relationship and which are rotatable in opposite directions during operation, and whereby said object with the sheet folded therearound, which abuts against said stop on said deflecting platform, can be moved in a second direction of deflection by means of said first and said third conveyor roller, which are positioned in opposed parallel relationship and which are rotatable in opposite directions during operation.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are a front view and a plan view respectively of a device 1 according to the invention, which is provided with an object supplying part 2, a sheet supplying part 3, an enveloping part 4 and a printing and discharging part 5.
  • the object supplying part 2 comprises three at least substantially horizontally extending rollers 7, 9, 11, which are driven so as to rotate counter-clockwise by a motor (not shown).
  • Endless belts 13 are passed over the rollers 9 and 11, said belts extending substantially parallel to a direction of transport indicated by arrow T.
  • Endless belts 15 are passed over the rollers 7 and 9, said belts including and angle ⁇ with the direction of transport T.
  • the object supplying part 2 is furthermore provided with a strip 17 extending parallel to the direction of transport T and being positioned between rollers 7 and 9, said strip forming a stop for an object to be enveloped, which is being transported in the direction of the strip 17 by means of the obliquely disposed belts 15.
  • the strip 17 brings one side of the object to be enveloped into alignment with the direction of transport T.
  • the sheet supplying part 3 comprises a magazine 19 for sheets, a vacuum roller 21 and a deflecting device 23, which is provided with endless flat belts 25, which are passed over a number of horizontally extending rollers 27, 28.
  • a deflecting plate 29 (see Figure 3A) is positioned opposite the rollers 28 being arranged so as to form a circle.
  • the sheet supplying part 3 furthermore comprises a plurality of guides 31 for guiding a sheet into a vertical position. It will be apparent that the space through which the sheet moves downward towards the position shown in Figure 3B must thereby be such that the sheet will remain in a substantially vertical position and cannot collapse and form a number of wrinkles thereby.
  • a stop 33 is provided under the guides 31, which stop can be vertically adjusted to the length of the sheet to be processed.
  • the folding part 4 comprises two parallel conveyor rollers 35, 37, one being disposed above the other, which are driven in opposite directions by a motor (not shown) and by means of which a object is conveyed in the direction of transport T during operation from the moment the object has passed the roller 7.
  • the folding part 4 furthermore comprises a first, a second and a third rotatable conveyor roller 39, 41, 43 and a deflecting platform 45, which will be explained in more detail hereafter with reference to Figures 3A - 3F.
  • the printing and discharging part 5 comprises two conveyors 47, 49, which are each provided with endless conveyor belts 51, which are passed over rollers 53, whereby said rollers 53 can be rotated anti-clockwise by means of a motor (not shown).
  • One part of the conveyor 47 can be pivoted in the direction according to arrow P2 by means of an air cylinder 55 in order to discharge a rejected object.
  • the conveyor 49 is provided with a printer 57, by means of which an address can be placed on the enveloped object.
  • the various parts 2, 3, 4, 5 of the device 1 are mounted on a frame 59.
  • the roller 21 is provided with a plurality of openings 63, which are connected, via a channel 65 extending parallel to the central axis of the roller 21, to a vacuum source (not shown).
  • the roller 21 is positioned under a plate 67, in which a recess 69 (see Figure 2) is provided, through which the roller 21 partially extends.
  • a sub-atmospheric pressure is generated in the openings 63, after which the roller 21 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow P1, whereby the lowermost sheet 61 of a stack present in the magazine 19 is carried along and transported in the direction of the arrow P3.
  • the transport of a sheet 61 is detected by means of a photocell 71, which is located behind the roller 21, seen in the direction of the arrow P3, whereupon glueing units 73 are actuated by means of a control unit (not shown), which glueing units apply strips of adhesive on a rear part of the side edges of the sheet 61 extending parallel to the arrow P3.
  • the sheet 61 is then transported along by means of the flat belts 25 driven by the roller 27 rotating counter-clockwise, and deflected between the rollers 28 and the deflecting plate 29 and between the guides 31 in the direction of the stop 33 (see Figure 3A), until the sheet 61 is supported on the stop 33 (see Figure 3B).
  • the sheet 61 is laterally aligned in the magazine 19 by means of adjustable sides of the magazine 19. During transport the sheet 61 is accurately aligned in lateral direction again by two adjustable stops. At the moment when the sheet 61 is supported on the stop 61, the strips of adhesive are located above the level of the object to be enveloped.
  • the object 75 to be wrapped for example a magazine or a book, is placed on the belts 13 and transported in the direction of transport T by means of the belts 13. Then the object 75 is transported along by the belts 15, whereby the oblique position of the belts 15 causes one side of the object 75 to be aligned with the strip 17.
  • the transport of the object 75 is taken over by the conveyor rollers 35, 37 (see Figure 3B), which press the object 75 against the sheet 61, which is in a vertical position by now.
  • the sheet 61 is carried along by the object 75 and folded round the object (see Figures 3C - 3D) about a folding line 77 extending transversely to the direction of transport T (and transversely to the plane of the drawing of Figures 3B, 3C). Then the object 75 and the sheet 61 folded therearound is guided between the rollers 39 and 41 and transported along in the conveyor T until the front part 75' of the object 75 strikes the deflecting platform 45.
  • the object 75 with the sheet 61 folded therearound is deflected by the deflecting platform 45 in the first direction of deflection indicated by the arrow P4 until the object abuts against an adjustable stop 79 of the deflecting platform 45 (see Figure 3D).
  • glueing units 83 are actuated by means of the control unit (not shown), which glueing units apply a line comprising a plurality of dots of glue on the sheet 61, parallel to the folding line 77.
  • a first end part 61' of the sheet 61 extends beyond the rear part 75'' of the object 75, and is still positioned on the roller 39 in the position of object 75 illustrated in Figure 3D.
  • the object 75 with the sheet 61 folded therearound is moved in a direction opposed to the direction indicated by the arrow P4.
  • This may for example be effected by springing lips (not shown) provided in the stop 77, by means of which the object 75 is shot back to the roller 39, as it were.
  • the object 75 with the sheet 61 is carried along by the rollers 39, 43 and deflected in a second direction of deflection indicated by an arrow P5, whereby the first end part 61' is folded round the object 75 into contact with the second end part 61'' of the sheet 61, and is connected to said second end part 61'' by the dots of glue applied to the second end part 61'' (see Figure 3E).
  • the object 75 with the sheet 61 around the object is moved to a horizontal position (see Figure 3F) by means of conveyor 47. If a fault is detected by the photocells and other sensors (not shown), the air cylinder 55 is actuated by means of the control unit, as a result of which the left-hand part (Figure 3F) of the conveyor 47 is tilted in the direction of the arrow P2, whereupon the "faulty" object is discharged.
  • the enveloped object is taken over by the conveyor 49 and supplied to the printer 57.
  • a printer 57 will then provide an address on the envelope formed by the sheet.
  • side edges of the sheet 61 are pressed together by means of wheels or in another manner known per se, whereby the side edges are interconnected by means of the strips of adhesive applied by the glueing units 73.
  • the stop 33 is provided with a photocell 85 (see Figure 1), which detects whether or not a sheet is present. The moment the photocell 85 detects that the sheet has been removed from the stop 33 the control unit will activate the vacuum roller 21, as a result of which a new sheet 61 is supplied from the magazine 19.
  • the speed at which the respective rollers rotate is infinitely controllable by means of the control unit.
  • the method and the device according to the invention also make it possible to provide an envelope with surrounds the object in the form of a band, whereby the side edges of the object remain uncovered.
  • the glueing units 73 are made inoperative by means of the control unit.
  • the device shown in the Figure is both suitable for providing a band and for providing an envelope-forming cover around an object to be wrapped.

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  1. Procédé pour envelopper, au moins partiellement, un objet (75) dans une enveloppe comprenant une feuille (61), l'objet (75) à envelopper étant transporté dans une direction de transport (T) vers une feuille (61) s'étendant transversalement par rapport à la direction de transport (T), après quoi la feuille (61) est transportée par l'objet en déplacement (75) et pliée autour de l'objet (75) suivant une ligne de pliage (77) s'étendant transversalement par rapport à la direction de transport (T), une première partie d'extrémité (61') de la feuille (61) s'étendant au-delà d'une partie arrière (75''), vu dans la direction de transport (T) de l'objet (75), après quoi ladite première partie d'extrémité (61') est pliée autour de ladite partie arrière (75'') de l'objet (75) et est fixée sur une deuxième partie d'extrémité (61'') de la feuille (61) pliée autour de l'objet (75), caractérisé en ce que , après que la feuille (61) a été pliée autour de l'objet (75), l'objet (75) enveloppé dans la feuille est déplacé dans la direction de transport (T) au moyen de premier (39) et deuxième (41) rouleaux qui peuvent tourner dans des directions opposées et qui sont positionnés en relation parallèle opposée, et est ensuite dévié dans une première direction (P4) de déviation qui est déterminée par une plate-forme de déviation (45) et qui forme un angle aigu avec la direction de transport (T) et qui s'étend transversalement par rapport à la ligne de pliage (77) jusqu'à une position d'arrêt prédéterminée (79) sur ladite plate-forme de déviation (45) et en ce que l'objet enveloppé (75) est ensuite déplacé dans une direction opposée à ladite première direction (P4) de déviation, après quoi l'objet enveloppé (75) est dévié dans une seconde direction (P5) de déviation s'étendant transversalement par rapport à la ligne de pliage (77) au moyen dudit premier rouleau (39) et d'un troisième rouleau (43) qui sont positionnés en relation parallèle en about et qui peuvent tourner dans des directions opposées, la première partie d'extrémité (61') de la feuille (61) étant pliée autour de la partie arrière (75'') de l'objet (75), vu dans la direction de transport (T) et autour de la partie avant (75') de l'objet (75), vu dans la seconde direction (P5) de déviation.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'objet enveloppé (75) est dévié dans une direction s'éloignant de la première partie d'extrémité (61') lorsque la déviation dans la première direction (P4) de déviation a lieu, après quoi l'objet enveloppé (75) est dévié en direction de ladite première partie d'extrémité (61') lorsque la déviation dans la seconde direction (P5) de déviation a lieu.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'à proximité de la position d'arrêt (79) un adhésif est appliqué sur la feuille (61), ledit adhésif servant à coller ladite première partie d'extrémité (61') à une partie de la feuille (61) qui est pliée autour dudit objet (75).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel un adhésif est appliqué sur les bords latéraux de la feuille (61) s'étendant transversalement par rapport à ladite ligne de pliage (77), caractérisé en ce que les bords latéraux opposés de la feuille (61) pliée autour dudit objet (75) sont pressés et collés ensemble une fois que l'objet (75) enroulé dans la feuille (61) a été dévié dans la seconde direction (P5) de déviation.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une adresse est fournie sur l'enveloppe comprenant ladite feuille (61) au moyen d'un dispositif d'impression (57) une fois que l'objet (75) enroulé dans la feuille (61) a été dévié dans la seconde direction (P5) de déviation.
  6. Dispositif (1) adapté pour réaliser le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (1) est muni de premier (39), deuxième (41) et troisième (43) rouleaux transporteurs rotatifs et également d'une plate-forme de déviation (45) munie d'une butée (79), un objet (75) enroulé dans une feuille (61) pouvant se déplacer dans une direction de transport (T) et ensuite dans une première direction (P4) de déviation déterminée par ladite plate-forme de déviation (45) jusqu'à ladite butée (79) au moyen desdits premier (39) et deuxième (41) rouleaux transporteurs qui sont positionnés en relation parallèle opposés l'un par rapport à l'autre et pouvant tourner dans des directions opposées pendant le fonctionnement et ledit objet (75) enroulé dans la feuille (61) qui vient en butée contre ladite butée sur ladite plate-forme de déviation (45) pouvant se déplacer dans une seconde direction (P5) de déviation au moyen desdits premier (39) et troisième (43) rouleaux transporteurs qui sont positionnés en relation parallèle opposés l'un par rapport à l'autre et qui peuvent tourner dans des directions opposées pendant le fonctionnement.
  7. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (1) est muni d'un dispositif d'application d'adhésif (83) positionné à proximité de ladite butée (79).
  8. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (1) est muni de moyens de compression (55).
  9. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (1) est équipé d'une imprimante (57).
  10. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que ladite butée (79) sur ladite plate-forme de déviation (45) peut être réglée.
  11. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce que l'espacement entre lesdits rouleaux transporteurs (39, 41, 43) peut être réglé.
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