EP1044909A3 - Method and apparatus for guiding the open edge of a signature during transfer - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for guiding the open edge of a signature during transfer Download PDF

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EP1044909A3
EP1044909A3 EP00105377A EP00105377A EP1044909A3 EP 1044909 A3 EP1044909 A3 EP 1044909A3 EP 00105377 A EP00105377 A EP 00105377A EP 00105377 A EP00105377 A EP 00105377A EP 1044909 A3 EP1044909 A3 EP 1044909A3
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guiding
during transfer
open edge
signature during
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Paul Emmett Bredenberg
Richard Daniel Curley
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Goss International Americas LLC
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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
    • B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
    • B65H29/06—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles the grippers being carried by rotating members
    • 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
    • B65H29/52—Stationary guides or smoothers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4474—Pair of cooperating moving elements as rollers, belts forming nip into which material is transported

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Preliminary Treatment Of Fibers (AREA)
  • Labeling Devices (AREA)
  • Position Fixing By Use Of Radio Waves (AREA)

Abstract

The guide for the edge of a flat product being transferred has a transfer unit (1) in the form of a cylinder on whose periph surface the flat product is transferred. The guide mechanism (20) is positioned near the transfer appliance's peripheral surface has at least one narrow slit (21). The transfer appliance has at least one pick-up piece (2,3) which has at least one finger (22
EP00105377A 1999-04-06 2000-03-20 Method and apparatus for guiding the open edge of a signature during transfer Expired - Lifetime EP1044909B1 (en)

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US286894 1999-04-06
US09/286,894 US6186489B1 (en) 1999-04-06 1999-04-06 Method and apparatus for constraining the open edge of a signature during transfer

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EP1044909A2 EP1044909A2 (en) 2000-10-18
EP1044909A3 true EP1044909A3 (en) 2002-12-18
EP1044909B1 EP1044909B1 (en) 2005-03-09

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EP00105377A Expired - Lifetime EP1044909B1 (en) 1999-04-06 2000-03-20 Method and apparatus for guiding the open edge of a signature during transfer

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US (2) US6186489B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1044909B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4495298B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE290503T1 (en)
DE (1) DE50009690D1 (en)

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DE19735051C2 (en) * 1997-08-13 1999-06-17 Koenig & Bauer Ag Device for splitting a stream of signatures
WO2008021564A2 (en) 2006-08-18 2008-02-21 Goss International Americas, Inc. Gathering device with book comb

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US5409210A (en) * 1992-09-02 1995-04-25 Grapha-Holding Ag Arrangement for step-by-step conveyance of printed products
EP0725025A2 (en) * 1995-02-01 1996-08-07 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Sheet guiding device for printing machines
EP0924573A1 (en) * 1997-12-19 1999-06-23 Konica Corporation Recording sheet conveying apparatus and method

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5168809A (en) * 1991-02-04 1992-12-08 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Turning device for a sheet-fed rotary offset printing press for first form and perfector printing
US5409210A (en) * 1992-09-02 1995-04-25 Grapha-Holding Ag Arrangement for step-by-step conveyance of printed products
EP0725025A2 (en) * 1995-02-01 1996-08-07 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Sheet guiding device for printing machines
EP0924573A1 (en) * 1997-12-19 1999-06-23 Konica Corporation Recording sheet conveying apparatus and method

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EP1044909B1 (en) 2005-03-09
DE50009690D1 (en) 2005-04-14
ATE290503T1 (en) 2005-03-15
JP4495298B2 (en) 2010-06-30
US6186489B1 (en) 2001-02-13
EP1044909A2 (en) 2000-10-18
JP2000309177A (en) 2000-11-07
US20010016136A1 (en) 2001-08-23
US6347793B2 (en) 2002-02-19

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