EP0896942A3 - Device for dividing signature streams behind a folding apparatus - Google Patents

Device for dividing signature streams behind a folding apparatus Download PDF

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EP0896942A3
EP0896942A3 EP98112325A EP98112325A EP0896942A3 EP 0896942 A3 EP0896942 A3 EP 0896942A3 EP 98112325 A EP98112325 A EP 98112325A EP 98112325 A EP98112325 A EP 98112325A EP 0896942 A3 EP0896942 A3 EP 0896942A3
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gripper blocks
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Charles Henry Dufour
Kevin Lauren Cote
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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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
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B65H29/005—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers by chains or bands having mechanical grippers engaging the side edges of articles, e.g. newspaper conveyors
    • 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
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
    • 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
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4451—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other forming a stream or streams of separated 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4455—Diverting a main stream into part streams
    • B65H2301/44552—Diverting a main stream into part streams by alternatively directing articles following each other to appropriate part 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
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/53—Rotary gripping arms
    • B65H2405/531—Rotary gripping arms with relative movement of the arms relatively to the axis of rotation during rotation

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)

Abstract

Eine einem Falzapparat nachgeordnete Trenneinrichtung umfaßt ein erstes und zweites Fördersystem, welches jeweils einen Antrieb (9, 10), Förderkabel (3, 4), eine Mehrzahl von Greiferblöcken (1, 2) umfaßt, die jeweils mit den Förderkabeln (3, 4) verbunden sind. Die Greiferelemente (5, 6) sind jeweils mit den Greiferblöcken (1, 2) verbunden, um Exemplare aus einem Falzapparat in getrennte Produktströme aufzuteilen. Die Förderkabel (3, 4) sind derart gestaltet, daß sie während eines Teils des Förderpfades parallel zueinander verlaufen und während eines anderen Teils des Förderpfades voneinander getrennt sind. Jeder der Greiferblöcke (1, 2) hat eine erste Ausnehmung (17, 18), durch welches eines der Förderkabel (3, 4) hindurchgeführt ist, und zweite Ausnehmungen (15, 16), durch welche das jeweils andere Förderkabel (3, 4) berührungsfrei geführt ist. Die Ausnehmungen (15, 16) in den Greiferblöcken (1, 2) sind derart bemessen, daß die Greiferblöcke (1, 2), die auf dem ersten Förderkabel (3) befestigt sind während eines Abschnittes des Förderpfades sich gemeinsam mit den Greiferblöcken (1, 2) auf dem zweiten Förderkabel (4) bewegen und einen jeweils anderen Förderpfad einnehmen, nachdem sich die Förderkabel (3, 4) geteilt haben.

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A separating device arranged after a folder comprises a first and a second conveyor system, each of which comprises a drive (9, 10), conveyor cables (3, 4), a plurality of gripper blocks (1, 2), each with the conveyor cables (3, 4) are connected. The gripper elements (5, 6) are each connected to the gripper blocks (1, 2) in order to divide copies from a folder into separate product streams. The conveying cables (3, 4) are designed in such a way that they run parallel to one another during part of the conveying path and are separated from one another during another part of the conveying path. Each of the gripper blocks (1, 2) has a first recess (17, 18) through which one of the conveyor cables (3, 4) is guided and second recesses (15, 16) through which the other conveyor cable (3, 4 ) is guided without contact. The recesses (15, 16) in the gripper blocks (1, 2) are dimensioned such that the gripper blocks (1, 2), which are fastened to the first conveyor cable (3), come together with the gripper blocks (1 , 2) move on the second conveyor cable (4) and take a different conveyor path after the conveyor cables (3, 4) have divided.
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EP98112325A 1997-08-13 1998-07-03 Device for dividing signature streams behind a folding apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0896942B1 (en)

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US08/914,313 US6062372A (en) 1997-08-13 1997-08-13 Post-folder diverting apparatus using parallel drives
US914313 1997-08-13

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EP0896942A3 true EP0896942A3 (en) 1999-10-20
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