EP0776771A1 - Device for attaching inserts by gluing - Google Patents

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EP0776771A1
EP0776771A1 EP96810813A EP96810813A EP0776771A1 EP 0776771 A1 EP0776771 A1 EP 0776771A1 EP 96810813 A EP96810813 A EP 96810813A EP 96810813 A EP96810813 A EP 96810813A EP 0776771 A1 EP0776771 A1 EP 0776771A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
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    • B42C1/00—Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
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  • the invention relates to a device for the adhesive attachment of inserts to the free-standing surface of printed sheets transported by a conveyor device of a processing machine, by means of a conveyor which removes the inserts individually from an insert formation and which has a driver arrangement which detects the inserts.
  • a generic device is known from EP-A-0 606 550.
  • Flat products are fed between two superimposed conveyor belts, driven in the same direction and at the same speed, to a takeover area, where they are taken over by a transfer conveyor below the upper longer conveyor belt, which has controllable clamps articulated on a wheel-like support member.
  • the brackets are controlled in such a way that the products in the takeover area are picked up at the trailing edge after the products have been collected.
  • the products are glued to the printed sheets on the flanks of the saddle-shaped webs by swiveling the clamps.
  • the adhesive is applied in front of the takeover area of the products by the transfer conveyor.
  • This known device is structurally complex and the functions performed when conveying the products as well as the arrangement and design of the individual processing components do not ensure smooth processing. Specifically, this means that the feeding of the products requires a preliminary separation and a section of the path on which the products pass through a glue application station. The applied glue settles on the affected conveying bodies and from there on the subsequent products. Moreover, the pushing locomotion of the products may prove to be a difficult undertaking due to their instability in the production channel.
  • the object of the invention is to create a device of the type mentioned at the outset which permits reliable processing of flat products or supplements with simpler equipment.
  • this object is achieved in that the driver arrangement is driven by a clock-driven, adhesive device which takes over the inserts from the driver arrangement is coupled, which is connected to a control device causing the adhesive movement.
  • a control device causing the adhesive movement.
  • the device according to the invention is suitable for a saddle stitcher as well as for a collating device or an inserting machine.
  • the device proves to be advantageous for saddle stitching with supports running longitudinally and transversely in the direction of conveyance for the astride recording of printed sheets or printed products; likewise in the case of a collating machine in which the printed sheets are collected in a conveying channel lying one on top of the other or standing against one another and transported transversely to the conveying direction, and in a plug-in machine in which the printed sheets are collected in bag-like containers; the device can optionally be adjusted by 90 ° on a vertical axis above the conveyor.
  • a facility of the beginning proves to be particularly favorable mentioned type, if the conveyor is designed as a rotating drum, in which the driver arrangement for detecting the individually transported inserts is arranged on the circumference, so that the inserts can be processed from a scale or stack formation.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show a device 1 for attaching supplements 2 by gluing to the free-standing surface of folded printed sheets 4 lying astride on a conveying device 3 of a processing machine, in which the supplements 2 are provided with a rotatingly driven drum conveyor 5 which has a circumference Driver arrangement has to be supplied.
  • the supplements 2 are placed one on top of the other in a magazine 6 arranged above the drum conveyor 5.
  • a suction device 7 By means of a suction device 7, the lowest insert 2 in each case is lifted from the rest of the stack in the magazine 6 in the vicinity of the fold edge, so that it can be gripped by the driver arrangement of the drum conveyor 5 rotating in the direction of the arrow F after the pivoting out of a support device 9.
  • the driver arrangement distributed on the circumference of the drum conveyor 5 attached gripping devices 8, which the inserts in the edge or. Take over the folding area by clamping and transfer it to an adhesive device 10 which is coupled in a clocked manner to the rotating gripping devices 8 or the driver arrangement.
  • the conveying device 3 consists of a plurality of support webs 11, which follow one another at intervals one after the other, transversely to the conveying direction P, on a rotating traction means, not shown.
  • the support webs 11 formed with a support saddle rise in the effective range of the gluing device 10 from its approximately horizontal running direction and exert a swiveling movement so that the insert 2 can be inserted without interference between two support webs 11 and can be attached on the back to the printed sheet 4 resting on the front support web 11 in the running direction.
  • the gluing device 10 is designed to be pivotable about at least one axis parallel to the axis of rotation 12 of the drum conveyor 5 arranged at right angles to the running direction P of the conveying device 3 and has a holding device 13 for the inserts 2 to be taken over by the gripping devices 8.
  • the gluing device 10 has one side of the drum conveyor 5 arranged control device 14 in connection.
  • the end of the gluing device 10 opposite that of a holding device 13 for the inserts 2 is pivotably connected to the rotating end of a drive crank 15 of the control device 14.
  • the drive crank 15 is driven in rotation by means of a push rod 17 of a crank mechanism 18 about an axis 16 parallel to the pivot axis of the gluing device 10, the crank mechanism 18 being coupled to the drum conveyor 5 via a two-wheel toothed belt transmission 19.
  • the embodiment angled by approximately 90 ° between the connection point on the drive crank 15 and the holding device 13 of the adhesive device 10 has an intermediate pivot axis 20, which is formed by a fixedly arranged link 21. The latter is pivotally suspended in a bearing and the pivotable end forms a pivot axis 20 of the gluing device 10.
  • the gluing device 10 formed by pressing arms 22 is on the way to the gluing position with an insert 2, which is represented by dash-dotted lines.
  • the takeover position is in Fig. 1 at about 5 o'clock.
  • the inserts 2 pass through an adhesive application station 24, which is positioned on the trajectory of the inserts 2 transported by the drum conveyor 5, that is to say that in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, the adhesive on the inserts 2 during transport through the gripping devices 8 - preferably in the edge area - is applied in strips or dots. Due to the arrangement and design of the control device 14, the pressing arms 22 of the gluing device 10 do not perform a uniform geometric or regular movement, especially since the inserts 2 are immersed between two support webs 11 bearing a printed sheet in narrow spatial relationships.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the design of the device 1 and the interaction and the union of the drum conveyor 5 with the gluing device 10 and the control device 14 on one side.
  • a frame 25 is provided for mounting the device 1, in which a driven main shaft 26 is mounted.
  • a conveyor rotor 27 is attached, which is provided with three gripping devices 8 which are distributed around the circumference and which grip the insert 2 after it has passed through the suction cups 29 attached to a suction shaft 28 pivotally mounted in the frame 25 have been partially lifted from the underside of the stack of inserts located in the magazine 6.
  • Two toothed belt wheels 30, 31 form a toothed belt countershaft 32, through which the control device 14 and the gluing device 10 are driven synchronously with the drum conveyor 5.
  • a crank disk 34 mounted in the frame 25 by means of a shaft 33 transmits the rotational movement to the push rod 17, which controls the adhesive movement of the adhesive device 10 mounted on the handlebar 21.
  • the double tax effective hanging device 10 is mounted on the one hand on the drive crank 15 driven by the push rod 17 and on the handlebar 21, so that overlapping movements occur on the sticking device 10, which lead to favorable adhesive conditions between two support webs 11.
  • the support webs 11 are designed to be movable and controllable, so that they can adapt to the narrow conditions and the movements of the adhesive device 10 in a suitable manner.
  • the deflection of the support webs 11 on the conveying device 3 is adjustable, as are the movements of the adhesive device 10 in coordination with the format size of an insert 2.
  • the device 1 according to the invention is suitable not only for conveying devices 3 of a saddle stitcher forming a collecting section, in which the printed sheets 4 are transported lengthwise or transversely to the conveying direction, but also in known collating devices or. Gathering machines of a perfect binder or thread stapler, the printed sheets lying on top of one another as well as against each other through the The present device 1 can be loaded with an adhesive insert 2. It is irrelevant whether the collating device is connected upstream of the binder or integrated into it.

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The adhesive device comprises a conveyor which has a pick-up device for securing the items. The pick-up device is coupled to an adhesion device (10) which takes the items from it. The adhesion device is connected to a control unit (14) which activates the adhesive movement. The conveyor is formed by a rotatively driven drum with the pick-up device feeding the items on its periphery. At least one grip device (8) is provided on the periphery of the drum conveyor. The adhesion device is pivotable around a parallel axis to the rotary axis (12) of the drum conveyor. A holding device is formed in the flight path of the items (2) transported by the drum conveyor and is connected at the opposite end to the control unit. The control unit is formed by a lever gear drive-connected to the drum conveyor.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Einrichtung zum klebeweisen Befestigen von Beilagen an der freistehenden Oberfläche von durch eine Fördervorrichtung einer Verarbeitungsmaschine transportierten Druckbogen, mittels einem die Beilagen einzeln von einer Beilagenformation entnehmenden Förderer, der eine die Beilagen erfassende Mitnehmeranordnung aufweist.The invention relates to a device for the adhesive attachment of inserts to the free-standing surface of printed sheets transported by a conveyor device of a processing machine, by means of a conveyor which removes the inserts individually from an insert formation and which has a driver arrangement which detects the inserts.

Eine gattungsähnliche Einrichtung ist durch die EP - A - 0 606 550 bekannt. Flache Erzeugnisse werden zwischen zwei übereinander angeordneten, gleichsinnig und gleichschnell angetriebenen Förderbändern einem Uebernahmebereich zugeführt, wo sie unterhalb des oberen längeren Förderbandes von einem Ueberführförderer, der an einem radartigen Tragorgan angelenkte steuerbare Klammern aufweist, übernommen werden. Die Klammern sind derart gesteuert, dass die Erzeugnisse jeweils im Uebernahmebereich nach Einholen der Erzeugnisse diese an der Nachlaufkante erfasst werden. Während dem Umlaufen um die Drehachse des Tragorgans gelangen die frei nach vorne ragenden Erzeugnisse über einen Förderkanal, der durch eine Leitfläche gebildet wird, in den Uebergabebereich einer trommelförmigen Verarbeitungseinrichtung mit gleichsinniger Drehrichtung. Hier werden die Erzeugnisse an die auf den Flanken der sattelförmigen Stege aufgelegten Druckbogen durch Schwenken der Klammern festgeklebt. Der Klebstoffauftrag erfolgt bei dieser bekannten Vorrichtung vor dem Uebernahmebereich der Erzeugnisse durch den Ueberführförderer.A generic device is known from EP-A-0 606 550. Flat products are fed between two superimposed conveyor belts, driven in the same direction and at the same speed, to a takeover area, where they are taken over by a transfer conveyor below the upper longer conveyor belt, which has controllable clamps articulated on a wheel-like support member. The brackets are controlled in such a way that the products in the takeover area are picked up at the trailing edge after the products have been collected. While revolving around the axis of rotation of the support member, those projecting freely come forward Products via a conveyor channel, which is formed by a guide surface, into the transfer area of a drum-shaped processing device with the same direction of rotation. Here, the products are glued to the printed sheets on the flanks of the saddle-shaped webs by swiveling the clamps. In this known device, the adhesive is applied in front of the takeover area of the products by the transfer conveyor.

Diese bekannte Vorrichtung ist konstruktiv aufwendig und die beim Fördern der Erzeugnisse durchgeführten Funktionen sowie die Anordnungsweise und Ausbildung der einzelnen Verarbei-tungskomponenten gewährleisten keine reibungslose Verarbeitung.
Dies bedeutet im Einzelnen, dass das Zubringen der Erzeugnisse eine vorausgehende Vereinzelung und ein Wegabschnitt erfordert, auf welchem die Erzeugnisse eine Leimauftragsstation durchlaufen. Der aufgetragene Leim setzt sich im weiteren Verlauf des Förderweges an den betroffenen Förderorganen und von diesem an den nachfolgenden Erzeugnissen fest. Ueberdies dürfte sich die stossende Fortbewegung der Erzeugnisse aufgrund ihrer Instabilität auch im Förderkanal als schwieriges Unterfangen erweisen.This known device is structurally complex and the functions performed when conveying the products as well as the arrangement and design of the individual processing components do not ensure smooth processing.
Specifically, this means that the feeding of the products requires a preliminary separation and a section of the path on which the products pass through a glue application station. The applied glue settles on the affected conveying bodies and from there on the subsequent products. Moreover, the pushing locomotion of the products may prove to be a difficult undertaking due to their instability in the production channel.

U.a. davon ausgehend, ist an die Erfindung die Aufgabe gestellt, eine Einrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die eine zuverlässige Verarbeitung von flachen Erzeugnis-sen oder Beilagen mit einer einfacheren Ausrüstung gestattet.Among other things based on this, the object of the invention is to create a device of the type mentioned at the outset which permits reliable processing of flat products or supplements with simpler equipment.

Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass die Mitnehmeranordnung mit einer taktverbunden angetriebenen, die Beilagen von der Mitnehmeranordnung übernehmenden Anklebevorrichtung gekoppelt ist, die mit einer die Klebebewegung bewirkenden Steuervorrichtung verbunden ist.
Dadurch lässt sich auch eine Mehrzahl von an dem Anklebevor-gang beteiligten gesteuerten Klammern vermeiden.
Die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung eignet sich sowohl bei einem Sammelhefter wie auch bei einer Zusammentrageinrichtung oder einer Einsteckmaschine.
D.h., die Einrichtung erweist sich beim Sammelheften mit in Förderrichtung längsverlaufenden wie auch querstehenden Auflagen zur rittlingsweisen Aufnahme von Druckbogen oder Druckprodukten als vorteilhaft;
ebenso bei einer Zusammentragmaschine, bei der die Druckbogen in einem Förderkanal aufeinanderliegend, oder stehend anein-anderanliegend gesammelt und quer zur Förderrichtung transportiert werden, sowie bei einer Einsteckmaschine, bei der die Druckbogen in taschenähnlichen Behältern gesammelt werden;
wobei die Einrichtung wahlweise um 90° an einer senkrechten Achse oberhalb der Fördervorrichtung verstellt werden kann.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the driver arrangement is driven by a clock-driven, adhesive device which takes over the inserts from the driver arrangement is coupled, which is connected to a control device causing the adhesive movement.
This also allows a plurality of controlled staples involved in the gluing process to be avoided.
The device according to the invention is suitable for a saddle stitcher as well as for a collating device or an inserting machine.
In other words, the device proves to be advantageous for saddle stitching with supports running longitudinally and transversely in the direction of conveyance for the astride recording of printed sheets or printed products;
likewise in the case of a collating machine in which the printed sheets are collected in a conveying channel lying one on top of the other or standing against one another and transported transversely to the conveying direction, and in a plug-in machine in which the printed sheets are collected in bag-like containers;
the device can optionally be adjusted by 90 ° on a vertical axis above the conveyor.

Nachfolgend wird die Erfindung unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung, auf die bezüglich aller in der Beschreibung nicht näher erwähnten Einzelheiten verwiesen wird, und weitere Vorteile anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels erläutert. In der Zeichnung zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Ansicht der erfindungsgemäs-sen Einrichtung und
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einen teilweisen Schnitt durch die Einrichtung gemäss Fig. 1.
The invention is explained below with reference to the drawing, to which reference is made with regard to all details not mentioned in the description, and further advantages using an exemplary embodiment. The drawing shows:
Fig. 1
a schematic view of the inventive device and
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a partial section through the device of FIG. 1st

Besonders günstig erweist sich eine Einrichtung der eingangs genannten Art, wenn der Förderer als rotierende Trommel ausgebildet ist, bei der die Mitnehmeranordnung zur Erfassung der einzeln transportierten Beilagen am Umfang angeordnet ist, sodass die Beilagen aus einer Schuppen- oder Stapelformation verarbeitbar sind.A facility of the beginning proves to be particularly favorable mentioned type, if the conveyor is designed as a rotating drum, in which the driver arrangement for detecting the individually transported inserts is arranged on the circumference, so that the inserts can be processed from a scale or stack formation.

Die Fig. 1 und 2 zeigen eine Einrichtung 1 zum Befestigen von Beilagen 2 durch Kleben an der freistehenden Oberfläche von auf einer Fördereinrichtung 3 einer Verarbeitungsmaschine rittlings aufliegenden gefalteten Druckbogen 4, bei der die Beilagen 2 mit einem rotierend angetriebenen Trommelförderer 5, der am Umfang eine Mitnehmeranordnung aufweist, zugeführt werden.
Hierzu sind die Beilagen 2 aufeinanderliegend in einem über dem Trommelförderer 5 angeordneten Magazin 6 angelegt.
Mittels einer Saugvorrichtung 7 wird die jeweils unterste Beilage 2 im Näherungsbereich der Falzkante von dem Reststapel im Magazin 6 abgehoben, sodass er nach dem Ausschwenken einer Stützvorrichtung 9 von der Mitnehmeranordnung des in Richtung des Pfeiles F rotierenden Trommelförderers 5 erfasst werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck weist die Mitnehmeranordnung am Umfang des Trommelförderers 5 verteilt befestigte Greifvorrichtungen 8 auf, die die Beilagen im Rand- resp. Falzbereich klemmend übernehmen und an eine mit den umlaufenden Greifvorrichtungen 8 bzw. der Mitnehmeranordnung taktverbunden gekoppelte Anklebevorrichtung 10 übergeben.
Die Fördervorrichtung 3 besteht aus mehreren in Abständen hintereinander sich folgenden quer zur Förderrichtung P an einem nicht dargestellten umlaufenden Zugmittel befestigten Auflagestegen 11. Die mit einem Aufliegesattel ausgebildeten Auflagestege 11 heben sich im Wirkbereich der Anklebevorrichtung 10 sich dieser nähernd von ihrer etwa horizontalen Laufrichtung ab und üben dabei eine Schwenkbewegung aus, damit die Beilage 2 störungsfrei zwischen zwei Auflagestege 11 eingeführt und rückseitig an dem auf dem in Laufrichtung vorderen Auflagesteg 11 aufliegenden Druckbogen 4 befestigt werden kann.
Dabei ist die Anklebevorrichtung 10 um wenigstens eine, zur rechtwinklig zur Laufrichtung P der Fördervorrichtung 3 angeordneten Drehachse 12 des Trommelförderers 5 parallele Achse schwenkbar ausgebildet und besitzt eine Haltevorrichtung 13 für die von den Greifvorrichtungen 8 zu übernehmenden Beilagen 2. Die Anklebevorrichtung 10 ist mit einer beidseits des Trommelförderers 5 angeordneten Steuervorrichtung 14 in Verbindung. Das dem einer Haltevorrichtung 13 für die Beilagen 2 gegenüberliegende Ende der Anklebevorrichtung 10 ist mit dem drehenden Ende einer Antriebskurbel 15 der Steuervorrichtung 14 schwenkbar verbunden. Die Antriebskurbel 15 ist mittels einer Schubstange 17 eines Kurbelgetriebes 18 um eine zur Schwenkachse der Anklebevorrichtung 10 parallele Achse 16 rotierend angetrieben, wobei das Kurbelgetriebe 18 über ein zweirädriges Zahnriemenvorgelege 19 mit dem Trommelförderer 5 gekuppelt ist. Die um etwa 90° abgewinkelte Ausgestaltungsform zwischen der Verbindungsstelle an der Antriebskurbel 15 und der Haltevorrichtung 13 der Anklebevorrichtung 10 weist eine dazwischenliegende Schwenkachse 20 auf, die durch einen ortsfest angeordneten Lenker 21 gebildet wird. Letzterer ist in einem Lager schwenkbar aufgehängt und das schwenkbare Ende bildet eine Schwenkachse 20 der Anklebevorrichtung 10. Durch die Antriebskurbel 15 wird bei deren Rotation einerseits die Position der Schwenkachse 20 und die Lage der Anklebevorrichtung 10 laufend verändert, derart, dass die Haltevorrichtung 13 in eine zur Uebernahme der Beilagen 2 von dem Trommelförderer 5 verlagert und anschliessend in eine entsprechend der Auflagestege 11 etwa gleichförmige Klebebewegung versetzt wird.
Die durch Anpressarme 22 ausgebildete Anklebevorrichtung 10 befindet sich gemäss Fig. 1 mit einer Beilage 2 unterwegs zur Klebeposition, die durch strichpunktierte Linien dargestellt ist. Die Uebernahmestellung befindet sich in Fig. 1 etwa bei 5 Uhr. Es sind über die Breite des Trommelförderers 5 mehrere, etwa in Bewegungsrichtung der Beilagen 2 abstehende Anspress-arme 22 vorgesehen, die an ihren freien Enden jeweils eine betätigbare Klammer- oder Saugvorrichtung 23 zur Erfassung der von den Greifvorrichtungen 8 zugeführten Beilagen 2 aufweisen.1 and 2 show a device 1 for attaching supplements 2 by gluing to the free-standing surface of folded printed sheets 4 lying astride on a conveying device 3 of a processing machine, in which the supplements 2 are provided with a rotatingly driven drum conveyor 5 which has a circumference Driver arrangement has to be supplied.
For this purpose, the supplements 2 are placed one on top of the other in a magazine 6 arranged above the drum conveyor 5.
By means of a suction device 7, the lowest insert 2 in each case is lifted from the rest of the stack in the magazine 6 in the vicinity of the fold edge, so that it can be gripped by the driver arrangement of the drum conveyor 5 rotating in the direction of the arrow F after the pivoting out of a support device 9. For this purpose, the driver arrangement distributed on the circumference of the drum conveyor 5 attached gripping devices 8, which the inserts in the edge or. Take over the folding area by clamping and transfer it to an adhesive device 10 which is coupled in a clocked manner to the rotating gripping devices 8 or the driver arrangement.
The conveying device 3 consists of a plurality of support webs 11, which follow one another at intervals one after the other, transversely to the conveying direction P, on a rotating traction means, not shown. The support webs 11 formed with a support saddle rise in the effective range of the gluing device 10 from its approximately horizontal running direction and exert a swiveling movement so that the insert 2 can be inserted without interference between two support webs 11 and can be attached on the back to the printed sheet 4 resting on the front support web 11 in the running direction.
The gluing device 10 is designed to be pivotable about at least one axis parallel to the axis of rotation 12 of the drum conveyor 5 arranged at right angles to the running direction P of the conveying device 3 and has a holding device 13 for the inserts 2 to be taken over by the gripping devices 8. The gluing device 10 has one side of the drum conveyor 5 arranged control device 14 in connection. The end of the gluing device 10 opposite that of a holding device 13 for the inserts 2 is pivotably connected to the rotating end of a drive crank 15 of the control device 14. The drive crank 15 is driven in rotation by means of a push rod 17 of a crank mechanism 18 about an axis 16 parallel to the pivot axis of the gluing device 10, the crank mechanism 18 being coupled to the drum conveyor 5 via a two-wheel toothed belt transmission 19. The embodiment angled by approximately 90 ° between the connection point on the drive crank 15 and the holding device 13 of the adhesive device 10 has an intermediate pivot axis 20, which is formed by a fixedly arranged link 21. The latter is pivotally suspended in a bearing and the pivotable end forms a pivot axis 20 of the gluing device 10. The drive crank 15, on the one hand, continuously changes the position of the pivot axis 20 and the position of the gluing device 10 during its rotation, in such a way that the holding device 13 into one to take over the supplements 2, shifted from the drum conveyor 5 and then set into an approximately uniform adhesive movement corresponding to the support webs 11 becomes.
According to FIG. 1, the gluing device 10 formed by pressing arms 22 is on the way to the gluing position with an insert 2, which is represented by dash-dotted lines. The takeover position is in Fig. 1 at about 5 o'clock. There are provided across the width of the drum conveyor 5 several, approximately in the direction of movement of the inserts 2 protruding arms 22, each having an actuatable clamp or suction device 23 at its free ends for detecting the inserts 2 fed by the gripping devices 8.

Auf dem Weg von Magazin 6 zur Klebestelle passieren die Beilagen 2 eine Klebstoffauftragsstation 24, die an der Flugbahn der mit dem Trommelförderer 5 transportierten Beilagen 2 positioniert ist, d.h. dass beim veranschaulichten Ausführungsbeispiel der Klebstoff schon während dem Transport durch die Greifvorrichtungen 8 an den Beilagen 2 -vorzugsweise im Randbereich- streifenförmig oder gepunktet aufgetragen wird. Aufgrund der Anordnungsweise und Ausbildung der Steuervorrichtung 14 führen die Anpressarme 22 der Anklebevorrichtung 10 keine gleichmässige geometrische oder regelmässige Bewegung aus, zumal das Eintauchen der Beilagen 2 zwischen zwei druck-bogentragende Auflagestege 11 in engen räumlichen Verhältnis-sen vorgenommen wird.
Fig. 2 verdeutlicht die Ausbildung der Einrichtung 1 und das Zusammenwirken sowie die Vereinigung des Trommelförderers 5 mit der Anklebevorrichtung 10 und der Steuervorrichtung 14 auf einer Seite. Zur Lagerung der Einrichtung 1 ist ein Gestell 25 vorgesehen, in welchem eine angetriebene Hauptwelle 26 lagert. An dieser Hauptwelle 26 ist ein Förderrotor 27 befestigt, der mit drei am Umfang verteilt angeordneten Greifvorrichtungen 8 versehen ist, die die Beilage 2 erfassen, nachdem sie durch die an einer im Gestell 25 schwenkbar gelagerten Saugerwelle 28 befestigten Saugern 29 von der Unterseite des sich im Magazin 6 befindenden Beilagenstapel teilweise abgehoben worden sind.
Zwei Zahnriemenräder 30, 31 bilden ein Zahnriemenvorgelege 32, durch welches die Steuervorrichtung 14 und die Anklebevorrichtung 10 mit dem Trommelförderer 5 synchron angetrieben werden. Eine mittels Welle 33 im Gestell 25 gelagerte Kurbelscheibe 34 überträgt die Rotationsbewegung auf die Schubstange 17, die die Klebebewegung der an dem Lenker 21 lagernden Anklebevorrichtung 10 steuert. Die zweifach steuerwirksam aufgehängte Anklebevorrichtung 10 ist einerseits an der von der Schubstange 17 angetriebenen Antriebskurbel 15 und am Lenker 21 gelagert, sodass Ueberlagerungsbewegungen an der Anklebevorrichtung 10 entstehen, die zu günstigen Klebebedingungen zwischen zwei Auflagestegen 11 führen.
Zur Idealisierung der Klebbewegung sind die Auflagestege 11 beweglich ausgebildet und steuerbar, so dass sie sich an die engen Verhältnisse und die Bewegungen der Anklebevorrichtung 10 in geeigneter Weise anpassen können.
Die Auslenkung der Auflagestege 11 an der Fördervorrichtung 3 ist verstellbar, ebenso sind es die Bewegungen der Anklebevorrichtung 10 in Abstimmung mit der Formatgrösse einer Beilage 2.On the way from magazine 6 to the gluing point, the inserts 2 pass through an adhesive application station 24, which is positioned on the trajectory of the inserts 2 transported by the drum conveyor 5, that is to say that in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, the adhesive on the inserts 2 during transport through the gripping devices 8 - preferably in the edge area - is applied in strips or dots. Due to the arrangement and design of the control device 14, the pressing arms 22 of the gluing device 10 do not perform a uniform geometric or regular movement, especially since the inserts 2 are immersed between two support webs 11 bearing a printed sheet in narrow spatial relationships.
Fig. 2 illustrates the design of the device 1 and the interaction and the union of the drum conveyor 5 with the gluing device 10 and the control device 14 on one side. A frame 25 is provided for mounting the device 1, in which a driven main shaft 26 is mounted. On this main shaft 26, a conveyor rotor 27 is attached, which is provided with three gripping devices 8 which are distributed around the circumference and which grip the insert 2 after it has passed through the suction cups 29 attached to a suction shaft 28 pivotally mounted in the frame 25 have been partially lifted from the underside of the stack of inserts located in the magazine 6.
Two toothed belt wheels 30, 31 form a toothed belt countershaft 32, through which the control device 14 and the gluing device 10 are driven synchronously with the drum conveyor 5. A crank disk 34 mounted in the frame 25 by means of a shaft 33 transmits the rotational movement to the push rod 17, which controls the adhesive movement of the adhesive device 10 mounted on the handlebar 21. The double tax effective hanging device 10 is mounted on the one hand on the drive crank 15 driven by the push rod 17 and on the handlebar 21, so that overlapping movements occur on the sticking device 10, which lead to favorable adhesive conditions between two support webs 11.
To idealize the adhesive movement, the support webs 11 are designed to be movable and controllable, so that they can adapt to the narrow conditions and the movements of the adhesive device 10 in a suitable manner.
The deflection of the support webs 11 on the conveying device 3 is adjustable, as are the movements of the adhesive device 10 in coordination with the format size of an insert 2.

Die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung 1 eignet sich nicht nur für eine Sammelstrecke bildende Fördervorrichtungen 3 eines Sammelhefters, bei dem die Druckbogen 4 längs- oder quergestellt zur Förderrichtung transportiert werden, sondern auch bei bekannten Zusammentrageinrichtungen resp. Zusammentragmaschinen eines Klebebinders oder Fadenhefters, wobei die Druckbogen sowohl aufeinanderliegend wie auch aneinanderstehend durch die vorliegende Einrichtung 1 mit einer aufklebbaren Beilage 2 beschickt werden können.
Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob die Zusammentrageinrichtung dem Binder vorgeschaltet oder in diesen integriert ist.The device 1 according to the invention is suitable not only for conveying devices 3 of a saddle stitcher forming a collecting section, in which the printed sheets 4 are transported lengthwise or transversely to the conveying direction, but also in known collating devices or. Gathering machines of a perfect binder or thread stapler, the printed sheets lying on top of one another as well as against each other through the The present device 1 can be loaded with an adhesive insert 2.
It is irrelevant whether the collating device is connected upstream of the binder or integrated into it.

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Einrichtung zum klebeweisen Befestigen von Beilagen an der freistehenden Oberfläche von durch eine Fördervorrichtung einer Verarbeitungsmaschine transportierten Druckbogen, mittels einem die Beilagen einzeln von einer Beilagenformation entnehmenden Förderer, der eine die Beilagen erfassende Mitnehmeranordnung aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mitnehmeranordnung mit einer taktverbunden angetriebenen, die Beilagen (2) von der Mitnehmeranordnung übernehmenden Anklebevorrichtung (10) gekoppelt ist, die mit einer die Klebebewegung bewirkenden Steuervorrichtung (14) verbunden ist.Device for the adhesive attachment of supplements to the free-standing surface of printed sheets transported by a conveying device of a processing machine, by means of a conveyor which removes the supplements individually from an insert formation and which has a carrier arrangement which detects the supplements, characterized in that the carrier arrangement is driven with a cycle-linked drive Supplements (2) are coupled from the adhesive device (10) which takes over the driver arrangement and is connected to a control device (14) which effects the adhesive movement. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, bei der der Förderer durch eine rotierend antreibbare, die Beilagen zuführende Mitnehmeranordnung am Umfang aufweisende Trommel (5) ausgebildet ist.Device according to Claim 1, in which the conveyor is formed by a drum (5) which can be driven in rotation on the circumference and has the driver arrangement which supplies the inserts. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese oberhalb der Fördervorrichtung (3) an einer senkrechten Achse um 90° verdreh- und feststellbar angeordnet ist.Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is arranged above the conveying device (3) on a vertical axis so as to be rotatable and lockable by 90 °. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese seitlich der Fördervorrichtung (3) und mit einer etwa parallel zur seitlich schräg abfallenden Flanke der Fördervorrichtung (3) eines Sammelhefters verlaufenden Achse (12) des Trommelförderers (5) angeordnet ist.Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is arranged to the side of the conveyor device (3) and with an axis (12) of the drum conveyor (5) which runs approximately parallel to the laterally sloping flank of the conveyor device (3) of a saddle stitcher. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, mit einem wenigstens eine Greifvorrichtung (8) am Umfang aufweisenden Trommelförderer (5), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anklebevorrichtung (10) um wenigstens eine zur Drehachse (12) des Trommelförderers (5) parallele Achse schwenkbar und mit einer in der Flugbahn der vom Trommelförderer (5) transportierten Beilagen (2) angeordneten Haltevorrichtung (13) ausgebildet ist und an dem gegenüberliegenden Ende mit der Steuervorrichtung (14) verbunden ist.Device according to one of claims 2 to 4, with a drum conveyor (5) having at least one gripping device (8) on the circumference, characterized in that the gluing device (10) can be pivoted about at least one axis parallel to the axis of rotation (12) of the drum conveyor (5) and is formed with a holding device (13) arranged in the trajectory of the inserts (2) transported by the drum conveyor (5) and on the opposite one End is connected to the control device (14). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuervorrichtung (14) durch ein mit dem Trommelförderer (5) an-triebsverbundenes Hebelgetriebe ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the control device (14) is formed by a lever gear connected to the drum conveyor (5). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Hebelgetriebe eine mit dem steuerwirksam verbundenen Ende der Anklebevorrichtung (10) gekoppelten Antriebskurbel (15) aufweist.Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the lever gear has a drive crank (15) coupled to the end of the gluing device (10) which is connected for control purposes. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das rotierende Kurbelende mit einer Schubstange (17) eines mit dem Trommelförderer (5) antriebsverbundenen Kurbelgetriebes (18) ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the rotating crank end is formed with a push rod (17) of a crank mechanism (18) which is connected to the drum conveyor (5) in a drive manner. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die eine Schwenkachse (20) der Anklebevorrichtung (10) an dem schwenkbaren Ende eines einseitig ortsfest gelagerten Lenkers (21) angeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the one pivot axis (20) of the adhesive device (10) on the pivotable end of a one-sided fixed link (21) is arranged. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuervorrichtung (14) stirnseitig des Trommelförderers (5) angeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that the control device (14) is arranged on the end face of the drum conveyor (5). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Trommelförderer (5) und die Steuervorrichtung (14) eine gemeinsame Antriebswelle (26) aufweisen.Device according to claim 10, characterized in that the drum conveyor (5) and the control device (14) have a common drive shaft (26). Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltevorrichtung (13) an den freien Enden mehrerer wenigstens annähernd über die Förderbreite des Trommelförderers (5) versetzten, von der Anklebevorrichtung (10) abstehenden Anpressarmen (22) eine Klammer- oder Saugvorrichtung zur Erfassung der Beilagen (2) aufweist.Device according to one of claims 5 to 11, characterized in that the holding device (13) at the free ends of a plurality of at least approximately over the conveying width of the drum conveyor (5) offset from the gluing device (10) pressing arms (22) a clamp or Has suction device for detecting the supplements (2). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schwenkbewegung der Anpressarme (22) innerhalb eines spitzen Winkels erfolgt.Device according to claim 12, characterized in that the pivoting movement of the pressure arms (22) takes place within an acute angle. Einrichtung nach einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, bei der der Trommelförderer (5) am Umfang mehrere als betätigbare Greifer (8) ausgebildete Mitnehmer aufweist.Device according to one of the preceding claims, in which the drum conveyor (5) has a plurality of drivers designed as actuatable grippers (8) on the circumference. Einrichtung nach einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese zur Vereinzelung von in einem Stapelmagazin (6) gelagerten Beilagen (2) ausgebildet, und dem Trommelförderer (5) auf dem Förderweg der Beilagen (2) ein diese an der Unterseite des Stapelmagazins (6) im Randbereich ablösende, mit der Mitnehmeranordnung kommunizierende Separiervorrichtung (7) vorgeschaltet ist.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is designed for separating inserts (2) stored in a stacking magazine (6), and the drum conveyor (5) on the conveying path of the inserts (2) on the underside of the stacking magazine (2) 6) upstream separating separating device (7) communicating with the driver arrangement. Einrichtung nach einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekannzeichnet, dass der Förderweg der Beilagen (2) zwischen Annahmestelle der Mitnehmeranordnung und Uebergabestelle an der Anklebevorrichtung (10) durch ein im Abstand zum Umfang des Trommelförders (5) angeordnetes Leitorgan (35) ausgebildet ist.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the conveying path of the inserts (2) between the acceptance point of the driver arrangement and the transfer point on the gluing device (10) is arranged at a distance from the circumference of the drum conveyor (5) Guide member (35) is formed. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Förderweg durch eine Kleb-stoffauftrageinrichtung (24) ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 16, characterized in that the conveying path is formed by an adhesive application device (24). Einrichtung nach einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese oberhalb einem Druckbogen (4) verabeitenden Sammelförderer (3) angeordnet ist.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is arranged above a collecting conveyor (3) processing a printed sheet (4). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Sammelförderer (3) an einem umlaufenden Zugmittel quer zur Förderrichtung P in Abständen befestigte, sattelförmige Auflagestege (11) für die rittlings aufgelegten Druckbogen (4) aufweist, deren rückwärtige Auflagefläche zur Anbringung der Beilagen (2) an den Druckbogen ausgebildet ist.Device according to claim 18, characterized in that the collecting conveyor (3) has a saddle-shaped support webs (11) fastened at intervals on a rotating traction means transversely to the conveying direction P for the astride printed sheets (4), the rear support surface of which for attaching the supplements (2 ) is formed on the printed sheet. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese einer Zusammentrag- oder Einsteckeinrichtung zugeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that it is assigned to a gathering or insertion device.
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