EP0767125A1 - Pince pour des articles plats - Google Patents

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EP0767125A1
EP0767125A1 EP96113358A EP96113358A EP0767125A1 EP 0767125 A1 EP0767125 A1 EP 0767125A1 EP 96113358 A EP96113358 A EP 96113358A EP 96113358 A EP96113358 A EP 96113358A EP 0767125 A1 EP0767125 A1 EP 0767125A1
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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
    • B65H29/6609—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming 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
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
    • B65H2301/323—Hanging
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands
    • 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
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/176—Cardboard

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  • the present invention relates to a clamp for holding flat objects, in particular flexible objects such as single-page and multi-page printed products, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a clip of this type is known from CH-A-636 824 and the corresponding US-A-4,307,801.
  • This clamp has two clamp jaws which are pivotally mounted in a holder about a common axis.
  • a closing spring acts on the clamping jaws in the closing direction and holds them in a clamping position.
  • To open the clamp one clamp jaw is pivoted away from the other clamp jaw against the action of the closing spring by the force acting on an opening lever firmly connected to this clamp jaw.
  • the force of the closing spring must be overcome each time.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a clip of the type mentioned, in which the jaws securely clamp the detected object in its clamping position, but the clip can be opened in a simple manner.
  • the locking device ensures that the clamping jaws are pressed against one another to achieve a sufficiently strong clamping effect.
  • the closing device is moved into the release position, the closing forces acting on the clamping jaws disappear and the clamping jaws can become loose move away from each other and release the detected object.
  • the clip according to the invention is suitable for use in a transport device for flat objects, in which the clips are attached to a rotating drive element and are thus moved along a transport path.
  • the clamp 1 has two clamp jaws 2, 3, which consist of a rigid material, preferably of a suitable plastic.
  • the two clamp jaws 2, 3 are pivotally mounted about a common axis 4.
  • the clamp jaw 2 is provided with tabs 5 and the clamp jaw 3 with tabs 6, which grip around the axis 4 and are arranged alternately in the longitudinal direction thereof, as can be clearly seen from FIGS. 1, 3 and 5.
  • the clamping jaws 2, 3 are pressed against one another in their clamping position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 by means of a locking device 7. This locking device 7 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in its closed position and in FIGS. 3 and 4 in its release position.
  • the locking device 7 has two clamping bodies 8, 9 located at a distance a (FIG. 2), between which the clamping jaws 2, 3 extend.
  • Each clamping body 8, 9 is preferably rotatable on one rigid support arm 10 or 11 attached.
  • the two support arms 10, 11 are connected to one another via a connecting piece 12.
  • a bearing pin 13 on which a control roller 14 is mounted protrudes from this connecting piece 12.
  • the latter can be rotatably or fixedly connected to the bearing pin 13.
  • the support arms 10, 11 are attached to a pivot axis 15 which is pivotally mounted in a bearing body 16.
  • the latter is rotatably seated on the axis 4, so that the locking device 7 can pivot with the clamp jaws 2, 3.
  • the support arms 10, 11, the connector 12 and the pivot axis 15 form a bracket.
  • the clamping jaws 2, 3 are provided with locking recesses 19, 20 for the clamping bodies 8, 9 at their end adjacent to the axis 4.
  • These locking recesses 19, 20 are delimited against the axis 4 by a locking lug 21 or 22 in the form of a bead.
  • the distance b (FIG. 2) between the outermost points of the locking lugs 21, 22 is greater than the distance a between the clamping bodies 8, 9.
  • the operation of the bracket 1 is as follows: 3 and 4 is pivoted up into the release position in which the clamping bodies 8, 9 are located on the side of the locking recesses 19, 20 opposite the locking lugs 21, 22, the clamping jaws 2, 3 swivel away from each other about axis 4 and assume the open position (Fig. 4).
  • the opening angle is given by the two clamping bodies 8, 9.
  • the locking device 7 is moved downward from the release position pivoted into the closed position. This state is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the locking lugs 21, 22 must first be run over by the clamping bodies 8, 9 with the application of a certain force, after which the latter then engage in the locking recesses 19, 20.
  • the clamp jaws 2, 3 are designed such that their ends 2a, 3a touch, while the clamp jaws 2, 3 are spaced apart from one another in the region of the latching depressions. In other words, the clamp jaws 2, 3 are slightly curved from the axis 4 to the ends 2a, 3a.
  • Each of the two clamping bodies 8, 9 arranged at a fixed distance a from one another exerts a closing force F1 or F2 (FIG. 2) on the associated clamping jaw 2, 3 in the closed position of the closing device 7.
  • the two closing forces F1, F2 act opposite to each other on the outside 17 and 18 of the corresponding clamp jaw 2 and 3, respectively.
  • FIG. 6 Another embodiment of a clamp 1 in the open position is shown in FIG. 6 in a representation corresponding to FIG. 4.
  • This embodiment of the clamp 1 differs from that according to FIGS. 1 to 5 only in that each clamp jaw 2, 3 is connected to an actuating lever, namely the clamp jaw 2 with an actuating lever 24 and the clamp jaw 3 with an actuating lever 25.
  • the actuating levers 24, 25 are pivotally mounted on the axis 4 and carry a control roller 26 or 27 at their free end. Dashed lines are shown in FIG. 6, control cams 28 and 29 which act on the associated control rollers 26 and 27.
  • the pivoting movement of the clamping jaws 2 and 3 can be changed from the open position into the Clamping position and when the locking device 7 is in the release position can also be controlled from the clamping position into the open position.
  • the clamp 1 When the clamp 1 is closed, ie when the clamp jaws 2, 3 are locked in the clamping position, the clamp 1 can be pivoted as a unit about the axis 4 by means of the actuating levers 24, 25.
  • FIG. 6 it is further indicated that the clip 1, be it of the construction shown in FIG. 6 or of the construction shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, via a holder 30 on a pulling element which is only schematically indicated in FIG. 6 31 can be fastened, which is driven in a guided manner in a guide channel 32.
  • the clamps 1 form part of a transport device, as will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 7.
  • a compression spring 33 can also be used, which is arranged between the clamping jaws 2, 3 and is indicated schematically in FIG. 6.
  • the clamp jaws 2, 3 are held in their open position by the compression spring 33.
  • This compression spring 33 can also be used with a clamp 1, as shown in FIGS. 1-5.
  • FIG. 7 shows a section of the transport device 34 already mentioned.
  • the brackets 30 are brackets 1 on the tension member at regular intervals 31 attached, which is driven in the direction of arrow B.
  • the transport device 34 is used to convey printed products 35 (eg folded printed sheets) to a delivery point Z.
  • a delivery table 36 which is preceded by a rising guide section 36a.
  • the printed products 35 held in place by the closed clamps 1 are guided to the delivery point Z in a hanging manner.
  • the lower end regions 35a of the printed products 35 run onto the rising guide section 36a, with the result that the printed products 35 are forced into a backward sloping position.
  • a stationary opening gate 37 is arranged above the storage table 36 and rises as seen in the conveying direction B.
  • the control rollers 14 of the locking devices 7 run onto this opening link 37, which has the consequence that the locking device 7 is pivoted up from the closed position into the release position.
  • the jaws 2, 3 are released and can move away from each other.
  • the printed products 35 fall down and in each case lay down like roof tiles on the preceding printed product 35.
  • the scale formation S thus formed on the storage table 36 is carried away in the direction of the arrow C by means of a non-illustrated conveyor.
  • the open brackets 1 continue in a hanging position to a receiving station, not shown, in which they again receive a printed product 35.
  • the locking device 7 is also pivoted back from the release position into the closed position by means of a backdrop or the like as soon as the printed product 35 to be transported is inserted between the clamping jaws 2, 3.
  • the position of the clamps 1 is given both in the open and in the closed state. In this given position, the clamps 1 can extend in the vertical direction or be inclined at an angle with respect to the vertical.
  • a buffer station 38 is shown, in which a number of closed clamps 1 are pushed together so that they abut one another.
  • the printed products held by the brackets 1 are not shown.
  • the clamps 1 For such a buffering of the clamps 1, the clamps 1 must be releasably connected to the tension member 31.
  • the clamps 1 clamped on the tension member 31 are brought to the buffer station 38.
  • the connection to the tension member 31 is then released.
  • the clamps 1 are then successively coupled again to the traction element 31, which can be driven either in the conveying direction B or in the opposite direction.
  • the third embodiment of a clamp 50 according to the invention shown in side view and plan view in FIGS. 9-11 also has two clamp jaws 51, 52, which are preferably made of a resilient material, e.g. made of spring steel.
  • One clamp jaw 51 is fastened to a clamp body 53 and is therefore fixed.
  • a bracket 54 in which an axis 55 is held, is attached to the clamp body 53.
  • the movable clamp jaw 52 is pivotably mounted on this axis 55.
  • the clamping jaw 52 has two lateral, bent-up tabs 56, which are penetrated by the axis 55.
  • the movable clamp jaw 52 In its clamped position shown in FIG. 10, the movable clamp jaw 52 is pressed against the fixed clamp jaw 51 by means of a locking device 57.
  • the locking device 57 is shown in its closed position in FIG. 10 and in its release position in FIG. 9. 9 shows the clamp 50 in the open position.
  • the locking device 57 has a clamping roller 58, which is preferably rotatably arranged on a support bracket 59.
  • An actuating lever 60 is connected to the support bracket 59 and has a control roller 61 at its free end.
  • the movable clamp jaw 52 is provided with a locking recess 63 for the pinch roller 58.
  • a resilient tongue 64 is formed in the fixed clamp jaw 51, which in its relaxed position shown in FIG. 9 protrudes from the clamp jaw 51 against the movable clamp jaw 52.
  • the resilient tongue 64 engages with her free end on the movable clamp jaw 52 and keeps it open.
  • the operation of the bracket 50 is as follows: If the locking device 57 is in the release position shown in FIG. 9, the movable clamp jaw 52 can be pivoted away from the fixed clamp jaw 51 by the resilient tongue 64.
  • the bracket 50 is in the open position. If, when the clamp 50 is open, the control roller 61 runs onto the closing link 65, which is only shown schematically in FIG. 9, during its movement in the direction of the arrow D, the closing device 57 is pivoted from the release position into the closed position. In other words, to close the open bracket 50, the support bracket 59 is pivoted with the pinch roller 58 in the direction of the arrow E (FIG. 9).
  • the clamping roller 58 engages in the locking recess 63.
  • the two clamp jaws 51, 52 clamp with their ends 51a and 52a the printed product to be transported.
  • the closed position of the locking device 57 in which, as mentioned, the clamping roller 58 engages in the locking recess 63, the resilient tongue 64 is tensioned.
  • the locking device 57 assumes a stable position in its closed position, which means that no additional means acting on the locking device 57 from the outside are required to lock the two clamping jaws 51, 52 in the clamping position.
  • An opening link 66 which is only shown schematically in FIG. 10 and on which the control roller 61 runs, serves to open the closed clamp 50. Characterized the support bracket 59 is pivoted back with the pinch roller 58 in the direction of arrow F in the release position. The movable clamp jaw 52 is pressed away from the fixed clamp jaw 51 by the resilient tongue 64.
  • the clip 1 or 50 according to the invention has the further advantage that it is of relatively simple and light construction.
  • the clamping jaws 2, 3 and 51, 52 are locked in their clamping position quickly and without excessive force by a short movement of the locking device 7 or 57 from the release into the closed position. Naturally, this also applies to the opening process.
  • the clamp 1 or 50 according to the invention can also be used to hold both flexible objects other than printed products and rigid flat objects, such as e.g. those made of cardboard.

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US08/720,703 US5755436A (en) 1995-10-03 1996-10-02 Clamp for sheet-like articles
CA002187000A CA2187000C (fr) 1995-10-03 1996-10-02 Pince pour articles en feuilles
JP26280696A JP3839529B2 (ja) 1995-10-03 1996-10-03 シート状物用クランプ

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WO1999030997A1 (fr) * 1997-12-17 1999-06-24 Ferag Ag Pince pour tenir des objets plans
WO1999030996A1 (fr) * 1997-12-17 1999-06-24 Ferag Ag Systeme de prehension pour objets plans
WO1999033733A1 (fr) * 1997-12-23 1999-07-08 Ferag Ag Procede et dispositif pour stocker des elements de transport
EP1364899A1 (fr) * 2002-05-22 2003-11-26 Ferag AG Méthode pour transporter des produits plats et flexibles, et dispositif pour mettre en oeuvre la méthode

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CH636824A5 (de) * 1979-03-08 1983-06-30 Ferag Ag Foerdereinrichtung fuer flaechige erzeugnisse, insbesondere druckprodukte.

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CH636824A5 (de) * 1979-03-08 1983-06-30 Ferag Ag Foerdereinrichtung fuer flaechige erzeugnisse, insbesondere druckprodukte.

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WO1999030997A1 (fr) * 1997-12-17 1999-06-24 Ferag Ag Pince pour tenir des objets plans
WO1999030996A1 (fr) * 1997-12-17 1999-06-24 Ferag Ag Systeme de prehension pour objets plans
AU736928B2 (en) * 1997-12-17 2001-08-09 Ferag Ag Gripper for sheet-like articles
WO1999033733A1 (fr) * 1997-12-23 1999-07-08 Ferag Ag Procede et dispositif pour stocker des elements de transport
EP1364899A1 (fr) * 2002-05-22 2003-11-26 Ferag AG Méthode pour transporter des produits plats et flexibles, et dispositif pour mettre en oeuvre la méthode

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