EP0976672A3 - Transportvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0976672A3
EP0976672A3 EP99113526A EP99113526A EP0976672A3 EP 0976672 A3 EP0976672 A3 EP 0976672A3 EP 99113526 A EP99113526 A EP 99113526A EP 99113526 A EP99113526 A EP 99113526A EP 0976672 A3 EP0976672 A3 EP 0976672A3
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transport chain
transporting device
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bundles
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EP0976672B1 (de
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Martin Brewster
Keith Arthur Bromwich
John Cracknell
Paul Edgley
David Thomas Hazell
Mehmet Oktay Kaya
John Joseph O'brien
Ian Ralph
Gary Frank Rogers
Kathryn Elain Skipp
Andrew Malcolm Smart
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/32—Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering, stitching, or like machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
    • B65H5/085—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers by combinations of endless conveyors and 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
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4479—Saddle conveyor with saddle member extending in transport direction

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Discharge By Other Means (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Threshing Machine Elements (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)

Abstract

Eine Vorrichtung zum Transportieren von Signaturenbündeln (12, 14, 16, 18) von einer ersten, sich mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit bewegenden Transportkette (10) zu einer Bearbeitungsstation umfaßt eine zweite, sich mit variabler Geschwindigkeit bewegende Transportkette (20) sowie eine Vorrichtung (24), welche die
Signaturenbündel (12, 14, 16, 18) in bestimmten Positionen auf der Transportkette (20) hält.
EP99113526A 1998-07-28 1999-07-05 Transportvorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0976672B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9816426A GB2340110A (en) 1998-07-28 1998-07-28 Variable speed indexing chain for signatures
GB9816426 1998-07-28

Publications (3)

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EP0976672A2 EP0976672A2 (de) 2000-02-02
EP0976672A3 true EP0976672A3 (de) 2002-10-30
EP0976672B1 EP0976672B1 (de) 2004-05-06

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EP99113526A Expired - Lifetime EP0976672B1 (de) 1998-07-28 1999-07-05 Transportvorrichtung

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US (1) US6581753B1 (de)
EP (1) EP0976672B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE265978T1 (de)
DE (1) DE59909374D1 (de)
GB (1) GB2340110A (de)

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US6315107B1 (en) * 1997-05-29 2001-11-13 Grapha-Holding Ag Conveyor plant for gathering and processing printed sheets
DE50105766D1 (de) * 2001-01-30 2005-05-04 Grapha Holding Ag Fördereinrichtung zum Sammeln und Transportieren von auf einer ersten Förderkette rittlings aufgelegten Druckbogen
EP1561599B1 (de) * 2004-02-03 2010-09-15 Müller Martini Holding AG Einrichtung zur Herstellung von aus gefalzten Druckbogen bestehenden fadengehefteten Buchblocks
DE102004011973B4 (de) * 2004-03-10 2017-03-23 Hohner Maschinenbau Gmbh Sammelhefter mit einer Heftstation
DE102006015464A1 (de) 2006-03-31 2007-10-04 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Sammelhefter mit einem Falzbogenanleger
US8876099B2 (en) * 2008-10-31 2014-11-04 Goss International Americas, Inc. Profiled chain tops for a conveyor
EP2284107B1 (de) * 2009-08-13 2012-02-08 Müller Martini Holding AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Übergeben von Druckbogen
DE102013003987A1 (de) * 2013-03-07 2014-09-11 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Verfahren zum Heften und Heftverfahren mit nur einem Heftkopf
US11447360B2 (en) * 2021-02-10 2022-09-20 Mueller Martini Holding Ag Apparatus and method for producing printed products

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US3317026A (en) * 1964-09-29 1967-05-02 Harris Intertype Corp Signature handling mechanism
US3591165A (en) * 1968-02-20 1971-07-06 North American Rockwell Method and apparatus for handling sheet material, signatures and the like
DE3602319A1 (de) * 1985-03-07 1986-09-11 Grapha-Holding Ag, Hergiswil Foerderanlage fuer druckbogen
WO1994021544A1 (en) * 1993-03-17 1994-09-29 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Variable speed transfer section between bindering lines

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GB419828A (en) * 1933-05-20 1934-11-20 Brehmer Geb Improvements in or relating to sheet feed devices
US4641825A (en) * 1985-05-22 1987-02-10 Harris Graphics Corporation Collator with moveable stitcher over saddle conveyor system
US4721296A (en) * 1986-05-27 1988-01-26 Harris Graphics Corporation Sheet material handling apparatus
US4898373A (en) * 1986-07-03 1990-02-06 Newsome John R High speed signature manipulating apparatus
US4867433A (en) * 1988-02-19 1989-09-19 The Ward Machinery Company Dual feeding of sheets of processing machinery
US5622268A (en) * 1994-11-30 1997-04-22 Heidelberg Finishing Systems, Inc. Apparatus for calipering a collated assemblage
US5678813A (en) * 1995-03-15 1997-10-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Osako Seisakusho Book-binding method for saddle-stitched bound book
CH690855A5 (de) * 1996-05-07 2001-02-15 Grapha Holding Ag Vorrichtung zum Transportieren von Druckbogen insbesondere in einem Sammelhefter oder in einer Zusammentragmaschine.
EP0893275B1 (de) * 1997-07-25 2001-07-04 Grapha-Holding Ag Verfahren für das Herstellen von Büchern oder Broschüren
US6082724A (en) * 1997-08-01 2000-07-04 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Variable speed signature collating apparatus

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3317026A (en) * 1964-09-29 1967-05-02 Harris Intertype Corp Signature handling mechanism
US3591165A (en) * 1968-02-20 1971-07-06 North American Rockwell Method and apparatus for handling sheet material, signatures and the like
DE3602319A1 (de) * 1985-03-07 1986-09-11 Grapha-Holding Ag, Hergiswil Foerderanlage fuer druckbogen
WO1994021544A1 (en) * 1993-03-17 1994-09-29 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Variable speed transfer section between bindering lines

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GB2340110A (en) 2000-02-16
GB9816426D0 (en) 1998-09-23
US6581753B1 (en) 2003-06-24
EP0976672A2 (de) 2000-02-02
ATE265978T1 (de) 2004-05-15
EP0976672B1 (de) 2004-05-06
DE59909374D1 (de) 2004-06-09

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