EP0997420A3 - Device for forming and removing sheet stacks - Google Patents

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EP0997420A3
EP0997420A3 EP99120599A EP99120599A EP0997420A3 EP 0997420 A3 EP0997420 A3 EP 0997420A3 EP 99120599 A EP99120599 A EP 99120599A EP 99120599 A EP99120599 A EP 99120599A EP 0997420 A3 EP0997420 A3 EP 0997420A3
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Wolfram Wolf
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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
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • 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
    • B65H31/20—Pile receivers adjustable for different article sizes
    • 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
    • B65H31/30—Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3036—Arrangements for removing completed piles by gripping the pile
    • B65H31/3045—Arrangements for removing completed piles by gripping the pile on the outermost articles of the pile for clamping the 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
    • B65H31/32—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
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4224—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/42242—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles by acting on the outermost articles of the pile for clamping the 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
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/52—Gripping means reciprocating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/11—Length
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
    • Y10S414/114—Adjust to handle articles or groups of different sizes

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • Battery Mounting, Suspending (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Forming Counted Batches (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)

Abstract

Stapelablage (1), in der über eine Bänderbahn (7) zugeführte Papierbogen (2) unter Verwendung eines auf- und abfahrbaren Hilfsbodens (17) zu Bogenstapeln (3) angesammelt und mittels eines Zangengreifers (5) zu Querfördermitteln (9) abtransportiert werden.
Es ist das Ziel, eine verbesserte Formatverstellung der Stapelablage zu erstellen.Stacking tray (1), in which paper sheets (2) fed via a belt conveyor (7) are collected into sheet stacks (3) using an auxiliary shelf (17) that can be moved up and down and transported to cross conveyors (9) by means of a pliers gripper (5).
The goal is to create an improved format adjustment of the stacking bin.

Erreicht wird dies durch einen den Hilfsboden (17) und hintere Stapelanschläge (14) der Stapelablage (1) tragenden Schlitten (16), welcher längsverstellbar sowie auf- und abfahrbar ist und außerdem mit festem Abstand über dem Hilfsboden die Bänderbahn (7) aufnimmt.
Die Formatverstellung an der hinteren Seite der Stapelablage hat auf den Längshub des Zangengreifers keinen Einfluß.

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This is achieved by means of a carriage (16) carrying the auxiliary floor (17) and rear stacking stops (14) of the stacking tray (1), which is longitudinally adjustable and can be moved up and down and also holds the belt conveyor (7) at a fixed distance above the auxiliary floor.
The format adjustment on the rear side of the stacking tray has no influence on the longitudinal stroke of the gripper.
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EP99120599A 1998-10-29 1999-10-16 Device for forming and removing sheet stacks Expired - Lifetime EP0997420B1 (en)

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DE19849859 1998-10-29
DE19849859A DE19849859A1 (en) 1998-10-29 1998-10-29 Device for forming and removing stacks of sheets

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EP0997420A3 true EP0997420A3 (en) 2001-05-16
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EP (1) EP0997420B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2000136062A (en)
AT (1) ATE264262T1 (en)
DE (2) DE19849859A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2216404T3 (en)
PT (1) PT997420E (en)

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