EP0993413B1 - Pince pour maintenir des objets plans - Google Patents

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EP0993413B1
EP0993413B1 EP98916772A EP98916772A EP0993413B1 EP 0993413 B1 EP0993413 B1 EP 0993413B1 EP 98916772 A EP98916772 A EP 98916772A EP 98916772 A EP98916772 A EP 98916772A EP 0993413 B1 EP0993413 B1 EP 0993413B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50Gripping means
    • B65H2405/58Means for achieving gripping/releasing operation

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  • the present invention relates to a clamp for holding of flat objects according to the preamble of the claim 1.
  • a generic type designed in the manner of pliers Klemme is in CH Patent No. 569 197 and in corresponding U.S. Patent No. 3,948,551. It has a clamping tongue fixedly arranged on a holding part on.
  • One jaw is perpendicular to one Axle extending from an open position in a clamped position in which it can be pivoted with the Clamping tongue forms a clamping gap.
  • the tongue and the The jaws are relative to each other in the extension of the Clamping gap away from each other in the open position and movable against each other in their clamping position. This does it is necessary that the clamp when opening and closing 90 ° out of or into that defined by the object Surface is rotated.
  • a turning of the clamp according to the invention when opening and Closing is no longer necessary. It's just in the Construction, cheap to manufacture and extremely simple in handling.
  • the jaw is self-locking held in the clamped position; Locking elements are not necessary.
  • the slim design of the clamp enables a buffering of those held by the clamp Objects in the smallest space, while maintaining the individualization the objects; i.e. any object is individually composed and can therefore be handled individually. Further the clamp can be opened if in a buffer Adjacent terminals are against each other.
  • the terminal 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a essential cuboid supporting part 12. Longitudinal of the support member 12 are seen at its two ends Shaped guide lugs 14, which are intended in Cross-section of C-shaped, open guide rails 16 intervene. The terminal 10 is thereby sliding in the guide rails 16 slidable.
  • a side surface 18 of the support part 12 is a flat, essentially rectangular clamping tongue 20, the by means of suitable fastening means 22, for example Screws or rivets, is attached to the support member 12.
  • the Side surface 18 is at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the guide rails 16 extending plane, so that the clamping tongue 20 transversely to the guide rails 16 cantilevered over this and the support member 12.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show the clamping tongue 20 by one to the longitudinal direction of the supporting part 12 parallel bending line 24 bent so that free end 20 'of the clamping tongue 20 approximately in one plane lies by the opposite of the side surface 18 Area of the support part 12 which is rectangular in cross section is defined.
  • the clamping tongue 20 in her about the support part 12 projecting part to save weight a triangular passage 26. Adjacent to its free end 20 'is the clamping tongue 20 on the seen the bend with radially inner side provided two adhesive covering strips 28.
  • the support member 12 has a guide gap 30 which of a flat, essentially rectangular, curved Clamping jaw 32 is penetrated. This is from one in 1 and 3 open position 34 shown by moving in the closing direction S into one shown in FIG. 2 Clamping position 36 movable.
  • the jaw 32 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the support member 12 extending axis in the manner of a circular cylinder segment bent and guided in this way on the supporting part 12, that the clamping tongue 20 on the radially inner Side of the jaw 32 is located.
  • the leadership gap 30 corresponds to the curvature of the jaw 32 shaped.
  • clamping jaw 32 From its free end 32 'facing the clamping tongue 20 forth, is the jaw 32 with an approximately triangular Incision 38 provided, whereby two clamping legs 40 of Clamping jaw 32 are formed, which on their at the free End 32 ′ adjoining end region to form a clamping foot 42 are cranked against the bend of the jaw 32. In Clamping position 36 form the clamping feet 42 with the clamping tongue 20 a clamping gap 44.
  • the jaw 32 In the open position 34, the jaw 32 is in a position in which the clamping feet 42 at Support part 12 are.
  • the clamping feet 42 When moving the jaw 32 out the open position 34 move in the closing direction S. the clamping feet 42 along a circular trajectory 46, the clamping tongue 20 at an acute angle ⁇ cuts.
  • the movement path 46 is a circular path whose Center lies in the axis of the bend of the jaw 32 and their radius the distance from the axis to the jaw 32 corresponds.
  • the angle ⁇ is in the embodiment shown about 30 °. But it can also be smaller or to be taller; however, it is preferably less than 45 °.
  • the Clamping jaw 32 made of self-resilient material, for example made of spring steel sheet and in the guide gap 30 is inevitably led to this, are thereby the clamping feet 42 elastically pushed back, thereby creating a Clamping force K is generated on the flat object the clamping tongue 20 and in particular the adhesive covering strips 28 presses. Due to the acute angle ⁇ , none or only a small force component against the closing direction S act on the jaw 32. This force component is easily due to the frictional force in the guide gap 30 added so that the terminal 10 in the clamping position 36 is self-holding.
  • the jaw 32 At the end 48 opposite the clamping feet 42 the jaw 32 provided with lateral projections 50 and bent like a tube.
  • the projections 50 are designed to cooperate with an opening element to the Jaw 32 from the clamping position 36 against the To move the closing direction S into the open position 34.
  • the support part 12 consists of a support body 52 with a Recess 54, in which a wedge body 56 is inserted, the reaches behind the clamping tongue 20 with a retaining lug 58 and is held in the recess 54 in this way.
  • the supporting body 52 and the wedge body 56 delimit the guide gap 30.
  • FIG. 4 to 6 show part of an apparatus 60 for processing printed products 62 such as newspapers, magazines and the like.
  • a takeover section 64 in which printed products 62 fed from a belt conveyor 66 are taken over by means of clamps 10 for further transport.
  • the guide rails 16 run in the vertical direction and the clamps 10 which are arranged one behind the other and abut one another are continuously moved forward in a conveying direction F from below towards above. Seen in the direction of conveyance F, the clamping tongues 20 of the clamps 10 are trailing with respect to the clamping jaws 32.
  • the free end 20 'of the clamping tongues 20 faces the belt conveyor 66, which is intended to transport the printed products 62 in the feed direction Z in a scale formation, in which each printed product 62 rests on the trailing one.
  • a closing device 68 for the clamps 10 is arranged on the side opposite the belt conveyor 66 with respect to the guide rails 16. It has an endless traction element 70 which is driven in the direction of arrow A at a speed v and which is greater than the speed v f at which the clamps 10 are moved.
  • Cams 72 which are intended to interact with the end 48 of a clamping jaw 32, are arranged one behind the other on the traction element 70.
  • the feed speed of the belt conveyor 66 and the speed v f at which the clamps 10 are moved are coordinated with one another such that a printed product 62 is fed to each clamp 10.
  • a clamping tongue 20 engages under the printed product 62 projecting over the end of the belt conveyor 66 and lifts it in the conveying direction F.
  • a cam 72 of the closing device 68 strikes the end 48 of the relevant clamping jaw 32 and moves it from the open position 34 in the closing direction S; this is due to the difference between the speed v of the cams 72 and the speed v f of the terminals 10.
  • the adhesive effect of the adhesive covering strips 28 on the printed product 62 is greater than the sliding friction between the clamping feet 42 and the printed product 62. If necessary, the clamping foot 42 can be provided with a sliding coating be provided. As can be seen in FIG. 6 is, the terminals 10 are each at the end the locking device 68 in the closed position 36.
  • FIG. 7 to 9 show a further part, a delivery section 74, already in connection with FIG. 4 to 6 addressed device 60.
  • the guide rails 16 run horizontally Direction and the terminals 10 are used to transport the Printed products 62 hanging towards the bottom directed.
  • the clamps 10 are moved in the conveying direction F.
  • the jaws 32 When entering the delivery section 74 are the jaws 32 in the clamping position 36 and hold in the them and the relevant clamping tongue 20 formed clamping gap 44 one printed product each 62.
  • a wedge-shaped opening backdrop 76 On the two guide rails 16 is a wedge-shaped opening backdrop 76 arranged.
  • Fig. 7 shows the time at which the protrusions 50 one Terminal 10 touch the opening gate 76.
  • Fig. 8 shows the time at which the clamping foot 42 the Printer product 62 releases, so that this is down is handed over to the next processing station. Then the jaw 32 is completely in Open position 34 moves, as shown in FIG. 9. the clamp 10 is for re-accepting a printed product 62 ready.
  • the friction conditions in the guide gap 30 are sufficient to close the jaw 32 in the open position 34 hold.
  • the 10 shows a buffer section 78 of the device 60. This is for example between the in the 4 to 6 takeover section 64 and the in 7 to 9 discharge section 74.
  • the guide rails 16 also run in the horizontal direction and each with a printed product 62 equipped terminals 10 abut each other.
  • This figure shows in particular that the terminals 10 in Seen longitudinal direction of the guide rails 16, very much are slim, so that they are in relation to the Thickness of the printed products 62 that they would not last Instruct. This creates a high packing density in the buffer section reachable.
  • 11 and 12 is a view and a top view Drive section 80 of device 60 shown.
  • the drive section 80 is the bottom 82 of the C-shaped in cross section Guide rails 16 removed.
  • the others Sections connected by the bottom 82 lateral legs 84 extend continuously also through the drive section 80 to the terminals 10 too to lead.
  • the support parts 12 of the terminals 10 engage with their Guide lugs 14 in the guide rails 16 and their End faces 86 are intended in the drive section 80 interact with driver bodies 88 of a drive device 90; each guide rail 16 is a drive device 90 assigned.
  • the following is a of the symmetrically constructed and arranged drive devices 90 described.
  • a variety of takeaways 88 are arranged on a self-contained chain 92, around two parallel axes, in the direction of the guide rails 16 spaced sprockets 94 is led.
  • One of these sprockets 94 is by means of a Drive unit, not shown, rotating in the direction of conveyance F. driven.
  • the conveyor strand 96 of chain 92 runs parallel to the relevant guide rail 16 and is arranged in such a way that the corresponding Driving body 88 between the legs 84 in engage the guide rail 16 and frictionally on the Face 86 of the support parts 12 of the clamps 10 abut.
  • a pressure and arranged between the sprockets 94 Guide rail 98 ensures that the pressing force is maintained.
  • the Clamps 10 outside the drive device 90 in the Guide rails 16 are freely movable so that they face each other can take a different distance.
  • a drive section 80 can be, for example, with a take-over section 64 or a discharge section 74 overlap to the terminals 10 in. in these sections To move the conveying direction F.
  • clamping jaws it is also conceivable for the clamping jaws to be flat are and the clamping shoes 42 along a straight line of motion moves when closing and opening the clamp become. In this case too, the trajectory closes an acute angle with the clamping tongue.
  • terminals 10 and the device 60 can be designed differently.
  • Clamps according to the invention are suitable, for example, for Use in devices such as those in the WO patent applications PCT / CH97 / 00200 and PCT / CH97 / 00201 are disclosed.
  • the terminals 10 according to the invention are also suitable for holding stiff, flat surfaces Objects or different flexible flat Objects.
  • the objects can have different thicknesses.
  • the Thickness K also increases.
  • the clamping tongue can be designed to be self-elastic and to do so be made of spring steel sheet, for example. Ultimately, it would also be conceivable to use the clamping tongue elastic and the jaw rigid.

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L'invention concerne une pince (10) servant à maintenir des objets plans. Cette pince comporte une partie support (12) sur laquelle est montée fixe une languette de serrage (20). Une mâchoire de serrage (32) est placée dans une fente de guidage (30) de la partie support (12) de façon à pouvoir se déplacer dans le sens contraire au sens de fermeture (S). Lors du déplacement de la mâchoire de serrage (32) à partir de sa position ouverte (34), dans le sens de fermeture (S), l'extrémité de serrage (42) se déplace jusqu'à ce qu'elle vienne reposer contre la languette de serrage (20) ou contre un objet reposant sur celle-ci. Lorsque le déplacement dans le sens de fermeture (S) est continué, l'extrémité de serrage est repoussée hors de sa trajectoire de déplacement (46), une force de serrage servant au maintien de l'objet étant ainsi produite grâce à l'élasticité de la mâchoire de serrage (32).

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  1. Pince pour soutenir des objets plans, comportant une lame de pince (20), disposée fixe, sur une pièce support (12), et un mors de pince (32) qui est disposé, mobile, sur la pièce support (12) et peut se déplacer pour passer d'une position d'ouverture (34) à une position de pincement (36) dans laquelle le mors de pince (32) forme avec la lame de pince (20) une fente de pincement (44) pour l'objet (62), caractérisée par le fait qu'à son extrémité libre (32'), le mors de pince (32) présente un pied de pince (42) qui, en position de pincement (36), collabore avec la lame de pince (20), le pied de pince (42), lors du mouvement du mors de pince (62) pour passer de la position d'ouverture (34) à la position de pincement (36), peut se déplacer le long d'une trajectoire (46) faisant avec la lame de pince (20) un angle aigu (α) et qui, lors de la poursuite du mouvement après sa rencontre avec l'objet (62), qui s'appuie alors sur la lame de pince (20), est conçu pour être repoussé élastiquement hors de sa trajectoire (46) par cet objet, selon une direction perpendiculaire à la lame de pince (20), pour produire la force de pincement (K).
  2. Pince selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que le mors de pince (32) et éventuellement la lame de pince (20) sont conçus à élasticité propre.
  3. Pince selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée par le fait que la lame de pince (20) présente une surface (28), de préférence un revêtement adhérant, qui exerce une action d'adhérence sur l'objet (32).
  4. Pince selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée par le fait que l'angle aigu (α) est inférieur à 45°, de préférence inférieur ou égal à 30°.
  5. Pince selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée par le fait que le mors de pince (32) est porté sur la pièce support (12) avec possibilité de se déplacer en translation, de préférence à peu près selon la direction longitudinale de la lame de pince (20).
  6. Pince selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée par le fait que le mors de pince (32) présente au moins approximativement la forme d'un secteur cylindrique et que la lame de pince (20) est disposée radialement intérieurement par rapport au mors de pince (32).
  7. Pince selon la revendication 6, caractérisée par le fait que la pièce support (12) présente, pour le mors de pince (32), une fente de guidage (30) dont la courbure correspond au moins approximativement à la courbure du mors de pince (32).
  8. Pince selon la revendication 7, caractérisée par le fait que, dans sa zone d'extrémité (32'), le mors de pince (32) est plié à l'encontre de sa courbure pour former le pied de pince (42).
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