EP1195324A1 - Maschine and Verfahren zum Lagern von Papierartikeln in abgezählten Stapeln - Google Patents

Maschine and Verfahren zum Lagern von Papierartikeln in abgezählten Stapeln Download PDF

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EP1195324A1
EP1195324A1 EP01123426A EP01123426A EP1195324A1 EP 1195324 A1 EP1195324 A1 EP 1195324A1 EP 01123426 A EP01123426 A EP 01123426A EP 01123426 A EP01123426 A EP 01123426A EP 1195324 A1 EP1195324 A1 EP 1195324A1
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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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
    • 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
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped 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
    • B65H33/00—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles
    • B65H33/02—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by moving a blade or like member into 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
    • B65H2301/42146—Forming a pile of articles on edge by introducing articles from above
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1924—Napkins or tissues, e.g. dressings, toweling, serviettes, kitchen paper and compresses

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  • the present invention concerns a machine for the storage of paper articles, more precisely paper tissues or serviettes that have to be collected in counted piles for subsequent transport and packing if necessary.
  • the invention is designed for the storage in numbered piles of paper tissues already folded in a previous folding phase.
  • the patent describes a machine for storing and counting paper articles fed by a sector disc.
  • the machine comprises a blocking element that intercepts the sheets, causing them to pile up alternatively on two moving horizontal plates positioned below, until a pile containing the required number of sheets is obtained on the plate.
  • the mechanism used ensures that, once the required number of sheets is reached, the second plate replaces the first one in the collecting position and the first one is lowered until it meets a conveyor belt.
  • the pile formed is then deposited on the belt to be moved to a subsequent packing phase if necessary.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the problems encountered with machines of the known type, proposing a machine and a method for the storage of paper articles in numbered piles with a high production rate and efficiency.
  • the invention achieves this purpose by providing a machine and a method for the storage of paper articles in numbered piles, as characterised in the main claims attached.
  • a machine according to the invention comprises:
  • unit 1 consists of a pair of opposed conveyor belts 11 which convey a succession of articles 2;
  • unit 3 consists of a disc 30 which is basically cylindrical and provided with sectors 31 in each of which is deposited a single article 2 coming from the belts 11;
  • unit 5 consists of a chain guide 56 provided at regular intervals with conveyor teeth 55 that provide for movement of the piles 6 formed in the formation unit 4.
  • the pile counting and formation unit 4 consists of a fixed surface plate 41 that intersects the sectors 31 of the disc 30 in order to collect the articles 2 contained in sectors 31.
  • the plate 41 features a first slanting section 42 and a second horizontal section 43 so that the articles 2 run against their side, at first on section 42 and then, in a vertical position, on section 43 pushed by the external curved surface of the sectors 31.
  • the unit 4 also comprises a trolley 44 moved by a mechanism, in the case described a connecting rod and crank 59 and a servomotor 59' which provides for the horizontal movement of the trolley 44 in an alternating synchronised manner in order to control at each cycle the volume of the piles being formed; said unit also comprises a claw 45 driven by a complex mechanism 7.
  • the mechanism 7 consists of a slide 48 which is integral with the claw 45 and can slide on an arm 47 rotating in its turn around a fixed pin 51 and is connected by a rod 49 to a jointed system 50 which provides the arm 47 with alternate vertical movement.
  • the slide 48 in its turn, is connected by a rod 53 to a jointed system 54 which provides the slide with alternate straight-line movement along the arm 47.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the phase immediately prior to the discharge of a formed pile 6, performed by means of the conveyor teeth 55 of the outlet chain 56.
  • the pile formed 6 is contained at the rear of the trolley 44 and in front of the claw 45; said claw remains at its rear stroke end, while at the rear of the pile formed, the trolley 44 maintains its programmed position according to the number of articles counted and the volume of the product being processed.
  • a new pile forms between the claw and the external surface of the sectors 31 which deposit the articles 2 on the plate 41.
  • jointed systems that provide the movement to the slide 48, the arm 47 and the trolley 44 respectively, are synchronised with the disc 3 by means of an electronic control unit so that it is possible to vary both the number of articles that form the piles and the production speed of the piles formed, while maintaining continuous control of the piles.
  • a method for the storage of numbered piles of paper articles according to the invention comprises the following phases:
  • Phase c) is performed by constantly maintaining the pile formed between two lateral containment surfaces.
  • implementation of the mechanisms described can vary by using different elements and different arrangements; likewise the feeding and discharge phases can be obtained in an equivalent way with respect to the above.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Controlling Sheets Or Webs (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • General Factory Administration (AREA)
  • Paper (AREA)
  • Forming Counted Batches (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Controlling Rewinding, Feeding, Winding, Or Abnormalities Of Webs (AREA)
EP01123426A 2000-10-03 2001-09-28 Maschine zum Lagern von Papierartikeln in abgezählten Stapeln Expired - Lifetime EP1195324B1 (de)

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IT2000FI000199A IT1314975B1 (it) 2000-10-03 2000-10-03 Macchina e metodo per lo stoccaggio in pile numerate di articoli incarta

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EP2266907A1 (de) * 2001-07-27 2010-12-29 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. Apparat und Verfahren zum Stapeln von aus einer Schaufelradanordnung abgeführten Bögen
EP2610184A1 (de) * 2011-12-29 2013-07-03 Cisatec, Coop. V. System zum Vereinzeln, Verteilen und Verpacken von Stapeln von Papierprodukten
WO2014075790A1 (de) * 2012-11-14 2014-05-22 Winkler + Dünnebier Gmbh Verfahren und vorrichtung zum bilden von produktstapeln von gefalzten oder ungefalzten produktzuschnitten aus papier, zellstoff oder dergleichen
ITFI20130053A1 (it) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-16 Rent Srl Apparecchiatura e procedimento per l'alimentazione di pile di fazzoletti o simili articoli ripiegati in carta, verso un sistema automatico di confezionamento
CN109626045A (zh) * 2018-12-28 2019-04-16 常德烟草机械有限责任公司 一种方巾纸全自动接纸分片装置
CN109704103A (zh) * 2018-12-28 2019-05-03 常德烟草机械有限责任公司 一种纸巾分片装置、纸巾分片系统及分片方法

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US3416286A (en) * 1966-06-22 1968-12-17 Smithe Machine Co Inc F L Banding machine and method
EP0245226A1 (de) * 1986-05-09 1987-11-11 Niobe Oy Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Papierprodukten und Drucksachen

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2266907A1 (de) * 2001-07-27 2010-12-29 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. Apparat und Verfahren zum Stapeln von aus einer Schaufelradanordnung abgeführten Bögen
EP2610184A1 (de) * 2011-12-29 2013-07-03 Cisatec, Coop. V. System zum Vereinzeln, Verteilen und Verpacken von Stapeln von Papierprodukten
ES2418841R1 (es) * 2011-12-29 2013-11-21 Cisatec Coop V Sistema para la separacion, distribucion y empaquetado de laminas de papel
WO2014075790A1 (de) * 2012-11-14 2014-05-22 Winkler + Dünnebier Gmbh Verfahren und vorrichtung zum bilden von produktstapeln von gefalzten oder ungefalzten produktzuschnitten aus papier, zellstoff oder dergleichen
CN104781171A (zh) * 2012-11-14 2015-07-15 温克勒敦内比尔有限公司 用纸、纤维素或类似物体构成折边的或未折边的产品坯料的产品堆垛的方法和装置
US9546067B2 (en) 2012-11-14 2017-01-17 Winkler + Dünnebier Gmbh Method and device for forming product stacks of folded or unfolded product blanks made of paper, chemical pulp or the like
ITFI20130053A1 (it) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-16 Rent Srl Apparecchiatura e procedimento per l'alimentazione di pile di fazzoletti o simili articoli ripiegati in carta, verso un sistema automatico di confezionamento
CN109626045A (zh) * 2018-12-28 2019-04-16 常德烟草机械有限责任公司 一种方巾纸全自动接纸分片装置
CN109704103A (zh) * 2018-12-28 2019-05-03 常德烟草机械有限责任公司 一种纸巾分片装置、纸巾分片系统及分片方法

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DK1195324T3 (da) 2004-09-20
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ES2220642T3 (es) 2004-12-16
DE60103223T2 (de) 2005-05-04
DE60103223D1 (de) 2004-06-17
ITFI20000199A1 (it) 2002-04-03
IT1314975B1 (it) 2003-01-21
ATE266568T1 (de) 2004-05-15
EP1195324B1 (de) 2004-05-12

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