EP0872443A2 - Dispositif pour former une pile partielle s'étandant perpendiculèrement aux feuilles imprimées rangées sur la tranche et une à cÔté de l'autre - Google Patents

Dispositif pour former une pile partielle s'étandant perpendiculèrement aux feuilles imprimées rangées sur la tranche et une à cÔté de l'autre Download PDF

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EP0872443A2
EP0872443A2 EP98810211A EP98810211A EP0872443A2 EP 0872443 A2 EP0872443 A2 EP 0872443A2 EP 98810211 A EP98810211 A EP 98810211A EP 98810211 A EP98810211 A EP 98810211A EP 0872443 A2 EP0872443 A2 EP 0872443A2
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Remy Mäder
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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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/32—Auxiliary devices for receiving articles during removal of a completed 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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
    • B65H2301/42146—Forming a pile of articles on edge by introducing articles from above
    • 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
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4223—Pressing piles
    • 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
    • B65H2301/426—Forming batches
    • B65H2301/4263—Feeding end plate or end sheet before formation or after completion of a pile

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  • the invention relates to a device for forming itself extending perpendicularly to the printed sheets standing in a row Partial stack by separating printed sheets, the one the printed sheets in a preferably scaled formation approximately perpendicular to the stack forming conveying feeder is connected downstream and an approximately horizontal stack guide has, along which one for partial stack formation certain, drivable multi-part separator arranged is which parts of the separator each have one in common with the other at the loading end of the stacking guide between two following pre-folded sheets immersing expansion elements of the printed sheets in the vicinity of the stack guide have separating spreading device, of which the spreading element leading in the stack formation direction the rear end of a sub-stack formed and that trailing expansion element the front end of a subsequent Sheet stack respectively. Partial stack, and that one between the spreading elements that keep the printed sheets apart support element which can be driven into the stack of printed sheets Support device is assigned.
  • a device of the type described in the opening paragraph is in EP - A - 0 623 542.
  • a main concern of such a device is the reliable one and harmless separation of the press sheets between two partial stacks to be formed, which for the time being for intermediate storage transported and parked or immediately afterwards be separated again during further processing.
  • the task of the invention according to a simple way is to create a device with which exact separation ratios between two sheets Stacks to form partial stacks can be achieved.
  • this object is achieved in that the Spreading elements of the spreading device by mutual approximation on a guide arrangement parallel to the stack formation direction successively stored parts of the separating device united at the loading end of the stacking guide and in the stack separation position between two printed sheets through the support elements which can be driven into the stack of printed sheets the support device are separable.
  • Fig. 1 shows the starting position in which the two-part separator 4 on the way back to the starting position located.
  • Stack guide 5 is a by a feeder 6 stack of printed sheets 3 formed from lined up printed sheet 2 standing on the fold 7. These come in a scaled formation at the loading end 8 of the stacking guide 5 on. The stacking takes place from the end of the loading device 8 off to the right.
  • FIG. 1 shows the units 15, 16 of the two-part separating device 4 that are in a return movement on a guide arrangement 14 along the stack guide 5.
  • Units 15, 16 are placed in a rest position, ie they are located below the stack guide 5.
  • the units 15, 16 shown are guided by support frames 25, 26 on parallel rails 23, 24 of the guide arrangement 14 in a sliding manner or with ball bushings (see also FIGS. 10 and 11).
  • the support frames 25, 26 are each formed with three bump-like structures 30 spaced apart from one another transversely to the direction of movement, on which spreading elements 17, 18 of a spreading device 19 facing one another are arranged in a bearing block 31 in which they are pivotably mounted.
  • the spreading elements 17, 18 are respectively with a downward. restoring force directed away from the printing sheet stack 3, which can be achieved, for example, by a torsion spring or by gravitation, is acted upon against a stop (not visible) which limits the swiveling movement, so that they are held in an inoperative position on the way back to the starting position.
  • a connected to the piston of the piston-cylinder unit 28 driver 33 is connected by an intermediate member 34 to a drive bracket 35 of a support member 20, 21 of the support device 22, which is distributed across the width of the drive bracket 35 each three to approximately to the expansion elements 17, 18 projecting support plates 42 to 44, the ends of which are directed toward the stack guide 5 and are wedge-shaped in the sense of a gentle advancing movement with respect to width and thickness.
  • the drive carrier 35 of the support elements 20, 21 is displaceably guided on two spaced-apart guide rods 36, 37 anchored on the one hand in the support frame 25, 26 and on the other hand in the support 29 (see also FIGS. 10 and 11). Due to the relatively wide support surface, the printing sheets 2 affected by the propulsion movement can be carefully coated by the support plates 42 to 44.
  • the reference numerals 38, 39 indicate the units 15, 16 which are controlled for joint or independent movement and which are arranged laterally offset from one another and which are of endless design and rotate around at least one drive roller (not shown).
  • the separating device 4 has reached the starting position and the units 15, 16 are opposite or at least approximately with adjacent support elements 21, 22 and. Support plates 42 to 44 merged.
  • the spreading elements 17, 18 of the spreading device 19 have united to form an upright organ, the spreading element 17 of the spreading device 19 facing the printed sheet stack 3 having a nose-like end which has the upstanding end of the other spreading element 18 at least partially covered, so that a stage inhibiting the feed flow is prevented.
  • the spreading device 19 is prepared for the demands which arise, according to which the printed sheets 2 conveyed against the stack guide 5 can slide along the spreading element 18 without interference and both spreading elements 1 have a shape with which damage to the printed sheets 2 affected by them is excluded.
  • the spreading elements 17, 18 have a tooth-flank-like shape on the opposite sides, so that they can line up or roll against each other when they are erected. To reduce wear, the affected surfaces of the expansion elements 17, 18 can be hardened or tempered. That a permanent printing sheet feed to the stack guide or. a continuous stack construction takes place, a comparison of the stack lengths between FIGS. 1 and 2 and the further FIGS. 3 to 9 convey. 2, the support device 22 is still in the retracted rest position, but the units 15, 16 are prepared for use.
  • the separating device 4 has been moved downstream into a dividing or separating position in which the spreading device 19 rests on the existing printed sheet stack 3 by spreading element 17 before the next succeeding one Print sheet 2 of the scale formation reaches the stack guide 5 on the opposite side of the spreading device 19.
  • the position of the separating device 4 on the guide arrangement 14 has changed.
  • the separating element 4 moves in the same direction, a new stack of printed sheets 3 is built up on the rear side of the spreading device 19 in the stack formation direction, opposite the partial stack 1, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • the separating device 4 is therefore located there between a partial stack 1, which will soon be moved into a press lying on the stack guide 5, and a printed sheet stack 3, which is continuously increasing on the stack guide 5.
  • the separating device 4 has reached the separating position on the stack guide 5, which results, inter alia, from the selected or predetermined length of a partial stack 1, ie partial stacks 1 of different lengths can be produced with the device according to the invention.
  • the support elements 20, 21 of the support device 22 are now extended on the separating device 4, which runs along with the increasing stack length, and the expansion elements 17, 18 of the expansion device 19 are separated from one another by this movement, so that a distance between the end of the preceding partial stack 1 and the beginning of the subsequent stack of printed sheets 3 arises.
  • the expansion elements 17, 18 and the support elements 20, 21 could be adjusted to the desired working position in accordance with the common movement sequence by own drive means, however, according to FIG.
  • this common movement sequence takes place in which the expansion elements 17, 18 have a larger penetration gap for the subsequent support elements 20, 21, or their support plates 42 to 44, by the driven support elements 20, 21 or the support plates 42 to 44 acting on the expansion elements 17, 18.
  • a control not shown
  • the pistons of the piston-cylinder units 28 of the units 15, 16 are raised, so that the support elements 20, 21 engaging the spreading elements 17, 18 — at their rounded end edges — the spreading elements 17, 18 the distance between the adjacent ones Push printed sheet 2 to the side to enlarge and then insert it between printed sheets 2.
  • a recess 40 is provided on the support elements 20, 21 to promote the avoidance of injury to the printed sheets 2 lying on the expansion elements 17, 18 (only in FIG 5 indicated by dash-dotted lines), which allows the expansion elements 17, 18 to be at least partially accommodated, so that the frictional pressure generated by them on the surfaces of the printed sheets 2 can be reduced.
  • Fig. 6 shows the progressive sheet stack size Installation of an end plate 41 on the back of the higher Speed of the sub-stack removed from the printing-sheet stack 3 1.
  • the unit 15 holds over the Support plates 42 to 44 temporarily together until the End plate 41 in the from the support plates 42 to 44 and clamping part 13 narrow space formed is introduced. While all of these and the previous functions are running the stack formation on the stack guide 5 continuously.
  • the support element 20 of the unit 15 has now been moved from the intermediate space into the rest position below the stack guide 5 and the expansion element 15 has also reached the rest position due to the retracted support element 20 and the restoring force acting on it.
  • the partial stack 1 is now moved by pressing the printed sheets 2 together and by laying them in a coherently controlled press, where the partial stack 1 is tied or strapped with straps and the latter is pushed out of the machine (read in EP-A-0 623 542 ).
  • the clamping part 12 of the pressing device must be released 11 resp. a coherent coordination of all Functions of the device according to the invention via a control, thus a rational and continuous process for uninterrupted, rapid production of partial stacks 1 from supplied sheet 2 can be achieved.
  • the Clamping parts 12, 13 of the pressing device 11 for insertion of end plates 10, 41 again at the stack ends.
  • the partial stack 1 is ejected from the pressing device for example by means of a drivable support in the side Direction.
  • the next process step, unit 16 of the in the stack formation direction, the front end of the stack of printed sheets 3, is done by inserting an end plate 10 between Support element 21 and retracting clamping part 12 of the Press device 11.
  • This sub-process is shown in FIG. 8 and 9 mediates and runs as described for FIGS. 6 and 7 from.
  • Now unit 16 also leaves the insertion position for one End plate 10 in the direction of the starting position, as shown in FIG. 2 is recognizable.
  • FIG. 10 shows the unit 16 of the separating device 4 immediately after the end plate 10 at the front end of the Sheet stack 3 has been added where it is on the Return to the starting position (see also Fig. 9).

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EP98810211A 1997-03-18 1998-03-12 Dispositif pour former une pile partielle s'étandant perpendiculèrement aux feuilles imprimées rangées sur la tranche et une à côté de l'autre Expired - Lifetime EP0872443B1 (fr)

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EP2159177A1 (fr) 2008-08-29 2010-03-03 Müller Martini Holding AG Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de piles de feuilles imprimées
EP2316767A1 (fr) 2009-11-03 2011-05-04 Müller Martini Holding AG Dispositif et procédé de fabrication de piles de produits d'impression
DE102011088625A1 (de) 2011-12-14 2013-06-20 Müller Martini Holding AG Einrichtung zum Herstellen von Stapelpaketen
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