EP0755886A1 - Dispositif pour alimenter des produits imprimés à une station de traitement ultérieure - Google Patents

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EP0755886A1
EP0755886A1 EP96110777A EP96110777A EP0755886A1 EP 0755886 A1 EP0755886 A1 EP 0755886A1 EP 96110777 A EP96110777 A EP 96110777A EP 96110777 A EP96110777 A EP 96110777A EP 0755886 A1 EP0755886 A1 EP 0755886A1
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/669—Advancing articles in overlapping streams ending an overlapping stream
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6645—Advancing articles in overlapping streams buffering an overlapping stream of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H83/00—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such
    • B65H83/02—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such performed on the same pile or stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4212—Forming a pile of articles substantially horizontal
    • B65H2301/42122—Forming a pile of articles substantially horizontal by introducing articles from under the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4213—Forming a pile of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42324—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from top of the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4472—Suction grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
    • B65H2301/44732—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact transporting articles in overlapping stream
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4474—Pair of cooperating moving elements as rollers, belts forming nip into which material is transported

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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device of this type is known from EP-A 0 551 601 and the corresponding US Pat. No. 5,398,920.
  • the uppermost printed product is raised in the area of the folded edge from the intermediate stack by means of the lifting member and pushed back in a direction opposite to the feed direction of the first conveyor, the open edge of the printed products being guided into the guide gap of the conveyor using an additional guide member is formed by two stacked conveyor belts.
  • the distance between the scales is determined by the movement of the lifting element, the conveying speed is defined by the rotational speed of one of the belt conveyors.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a simple device of the type mentioned, which makes it possible to form a new scale formation, in which each printed product rests on the next, and the leading, lying below Edge is formed by the folded edge.
  • both the conveying speed of the conveyer away and the distance between the scales are advantageously determined with one organ, namely the feed wheel.
  • folded printed products 1 are conveyed in a scale formation S1, in which each printed product 1 rests on the next one, by means of a first conveyor 3 in the direction of arrow A up to a stop 4.
  • the leading, bottom edge of the respective printed product 1 is formed by a folded edge 1a.
  • the trailing edge lying on top of the subsequent product of the respective printed product 1 is formed by an open side edge 1b opposite the folded edge 1a.
  • the conveyor 3 is designed as a belt conveyor, which can have one or more conveyor belts arranged in parallel, which are guided around two deflecting rollers. In Fig. 1, only the front deflecting roller of the conveyor 3 is shown and designated 6.
  • the printed products 1 are piled up to form an intermediate stack 5.
  • a support (not shown in the drawing) is arranged below the conveyor belts, which prevents the conveyor belts from bending under the weight of the intermediate stack 5.
  • the conveyor belt 3 or the support for the intermediate stack 5 is preferably designed to be height-adjustable, whereby a height monitoring device known per se and not shown in the drawing ensures that the upper side 5a of the intermediate stack 5 is always at the desired, constant height .
  • the upper side 5a of the intermediate stack 5 is assigned a lifting element 10 in the area of the folding edge 1a, which is provided with at least one, possibly two suction heads 11, which are operatively connected to a vacuum source, not shown, which can be switched on and off periodically.
  • the suction heads 11 are mounted on a support arm 12 which is connected to a drive and control device 13 (FIG. 2).
  • a drive and control device 13 By means of the drive and Control device 13 periodically moves the lifting member 10 or the support arm 12 with the suction heads 11; the orbit of the lifting member 10 is indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIG. 1 and designated 14.
  • the drive and control device 13 is known per se (for example from EP-A-0 553 455 and the corresponding US Pat. No. 5,377,967 or from EP-A-0 628 505 and the corresponding US-A 08 / 243,752) and will not described in detail.
  • the uppermost printed product 1 is lifted from the intermediate stack 5 and brought into the conveying area of a conveyor 20, by means of which the printed products 1 are arranged in a new scale formation S2 and in the direction of arrow B to a further processing point (not shown), for example for takeover by a gripper conveyor, be performed.
  • the conveyor 22 is now described in more detail below.
  • the conveyor 20 has a star-shaped conveyor wheel 21 which is fastened on a horizontal shaft 22 rotatably mounted in a housing 23.
  • the housing 23 is screwed to a device frame 8.
  • the shaft 22 is operatively connected to a drive 25 via a gear 24.
  • the peripheral speed of the shaft 22 and the conveyor wheel 21 is adjustable.
  • the direction of rotation of the feed wheel 21 is designated by arrow D in FIG. 1.
  • the feed wheel 21 is provided with a number, possibly six recesses 26 and corresponding wheel segments 27.
  • the wheel segments 27 have concavely curved side surfaces 26a, 26b; the contour of the recesses 26 is pronounced of a tooth shape.
  • the peripheral surface of the The conveyor wheel 21 or the wheel segments 27 is designated 28.
  • the conveyor 20 also has a pressing member 30 assigned to the conveyor wheel 21, which is designed as a belt conveyor, one strand 31 of which is assigned to a part of the peripheral surface 28 of the conveyor wheel 21 and together with this forms a guide gap 33 for the printed products 1.
  • the pressure element 30 is designed as a belt conveyor and is equipped with a plurality of pressure belts 34 arranged in parallel, which are guided in a closed manner around three deflection rollers 35, 36, 37.
  • Two of the deflecting rollers 35, 36 are each freely rotatably mounted on a horizontal axis 41, 42 arranged in a fixed manner in the upper region of the device frame 8; the axes 41, 42 are arranged parallel to one another and to the shaft 22.
  • a holder 43 provided with two clamping jaws 44 is fastened by means of a clamping screw 45, which projects downwards into the vicinity of the intermediate stack 5 and is provided with a support bolt 46 for the third, lower deflection roller 37.
  • the deflection roller 37 is also freely rotatably mounted on the support pin 46.
  • a traverse 47 is installed parallel to the shaft 22 and to the axes 41, 42, on each of which a support and guide plate 48, 49 is arranged on both sides of the feed wheel 21 (via screws 50 according to FIG. 2).
  • a support and guide plate 48, 49 is arranged on both sides of the feed wheel 21 (via screws 50 according to FIG. 2).
  • the printed products 1 fed in the first scale formation S1 by the first conveying device 3 are inserted with the folded edge 1a into the intermediate stack 5 at the bottom.
  • the uppermost printed product 1 of the intermediate stack 5 is detected in the area of the folding edge 1a by means of the suction heads 11 of the lifting member 10 connected to the vacuum source and introduced into a recess 26 of the conveyor wheel 21 driven in the direction of rotation D, which is currently above the folding edge 1a.
  • the lifting member 10 which is switched off by the vacuum source - returns from the path to the printed product 1 - along the orbit 14 into its starting position in order to detect the next printed product 1 and to insert it into the next recess 26.
  • the printed product 1 is taken out of the recess 26 and into the guide gap 33 between the peripheral surface 28 of the this recess 26 in the direction of rotation D projecting wheel segment 27 and the above printed product 1 is pushed and its transport begins.
  • each printed product 1 is successively introduced into one of the recesses 26, the lifting member 10 being driven synchronously with the feed wheel drive.
  • the new scale formation S2 is formed by printed products 1, in which in turn each printed product 1 rests on the next one and the leading fold edge 1a lies below.
  • the conveyor wheel 21 of the conveyor 20 determines with its peripheral speed not only the conveyor speed of the printed products 1 to be removed; the scale distance is also defined by the feed wheel 21 and determined by the distance of the wheel segments 27 (measured on the circumference of the feed wheel 21).
  • the shape of the recesses 26 enables the printed products 1 to be guided into the guide gap 33 without kinking or other deformation. While irregularities in the scale spacing occur in the first scale formation S1 and printed products 1 could be missing, the device according to the invention forms a new, precisely defined scale pattern S2 which has no irregularities.
  • the printed products 1 leaving the conveyor in direction B are detected and carried away in a manner not shown, even before the trailing edge 1b leaves the guide gap 33.
  • the part of the printed products 1 leaving the guide gap 33 is gripped by the support and guide plates 48, 49.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
EP96110777A 1995-07-25 1996-07-04 Dispositif pour alimenter des produits imprimés à une station de traitement ultérieure Expired - Lifetime EP0755886B1 (fr)

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DK0755886T3 (da) 2000-11-13
AU698518B2 (en) 1998-10-29
CA2181966A1 (fr) 1997-01-26
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