EP1207128B1 - Appareil de pliage muni d'un dispositif de guidage - Google Patents

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EP1207128B1
EP1207128B1 EP01126455A EP01126455A EP1207128B1 EP 1207128 B1 EP1207128 B1 EP 1207128B1 EP 01126455 A EP01126455 A EP 01126455A EP 01126455 A EP01126455 A EP 01126455A EP 1207128 B1 EP1207128 B1 EP 1207128B1
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Christopher Alan Cloutier
Gary Frank Fowler
Michael Alexander Novick
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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
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16—Rotary folders
    • B65H45/162—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders
    • B65H45/167—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders having associated sheet guide means
    • 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
    • B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation

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  • the present invention relates to a folding apparatus with a transfer cylinder, a folding cylinder and with a guide device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Guiding devices for guiding folded products during the folding process are generally used in machines which substantially fold flat material by means of a rotational movement.
  • these machines include flap folders, pinless folders, wheel folders, knife folders, rapier folders, etc.
  • Guide means for guiding the seaming products in the folding operation used in folders for folding paper products assist in carrying out the signature or bow, direction changes or sudden accelerations or decelerations. Such accelerations or delays often result in the occurrence of folded corners of the folded products, i. of dog-ears, and smearing the paint on the freshly processed paper.
  • Conventional guide devices are guide devices with a fixed radius. While helpful to some extent, they can not accommodate the speed change requirements during product folding. Further, it has been found that the fixed radius guides have not been found to be adequate due to increasing speeds.
  • a guide brush made of a flexible material is known, which is provided in a gusset received between two copy-leading cylinders in parallel bearings, and whose shape allows a desired copy guide at a given operating speed.
  • a device for supporting the controlled copy transport in the folder of rotary printing machines is already known from EP 0 576 810 A1, wherein a rotating and acted upon with suction air guide means is provided in a gusset between copy-leading cylinders of the folder over the length of the copy-carrying cylinder.
  • the guide means in this case has annular running surfaces, which form recesses for circulating conveyor belts, by which the guide means is set in rotation. Due to the rotation of the guide means with the peripheral speed of the copy-carrying cylinders, speed differences are eliminated.
  • the guide means has a circular cross-section and rotates about a stationary axis of rotation.
  • a folder according to the invention comprising a transfer cylinder, a folding cylinder arranged downstream of the transfer cylinder and guide means forming a fold guide surface in the vicinity of the folding cylinder which guides at least one trailing end of a moving product transferred from the transfer cylinder to the folding cylinder during transfer and with respect thereto Limited movement is characterized in that the guide device is so movable, rotatable and / or deformable that the shape of the fold guide surface formed by the guide means is changed synchronously with the transferred moving product.
  • the guide device is movable and / or deformable such that forms a synchronous with the transferred moving product moving Korrugations wave.
  • the guide device comprises at least one flexible plate or a flexible strip, wherein the plate or the strip is received on two parallel to an axis of the transfer cylinder extending clips.
  • one or both of the clasps are rotatably arranged about an axis parallel to the axis of the transfer cylinder to the shape of the flexible plate or strip by bending the plate or strip due to rotation of at least one of the clasps change.
  • the guide device according to the invention is formed by an endless belt which is fixed in such a way that that it passes around or is guided around a plurality of guide rollers and forms a dynamically movable rebate guide surface which moves in the vicinity of the second cylinder or the folding cylinder at a speed substantially equal to the speed of the periphery of the folding cylinder.
  • the folding cylinder is formed by a jaw cylinder, which carries at least one folding flap, which is designed to fold the signature.
  • the transfer cylinder is formed by a NOTEurzylinder or a gripper cylinder, which has at least one folding blade for pushing in or pushing the signatures into the jaw of the jaw cylinder in the rebate.
  • the guide device by a control cam or cam disc having rotating body, for. B. a cylinder having at least one bulge or a raised portion and which rotates synchronously with the signature to be transported through the gap.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B show a schematic representation of a folding apparatus which provides a signature separated from a web with a first transverse fold.
  • the endless web 1 runs here from a last printing unit, not shown, or a product end processing unit, not shown, z. As a former, before it is cut into signatures and folded in the desired shape.
  • the web 1 is first picked up by picking needles 2 from grippers on the transfer cylinder 3.
  • the transfer cylinder 3 can be carried out instead of a pin cylinder as a gripper cylinder.
  • the web is cut by the cutting blade 4 on a cutting cylinder 5.
  • a jaw cylinder - presses a folding blade 7, the paper between a movable jaw 8 and a stationary jaw 9 on the folding cylinder 6.
  • the ceremoniumadeln 2 retracted into the transfer cylinder 3 inside.
  • the foregoing description can also be applied to a sheet processing machine.
  • the signature is not separated from an endless web, but arrives in the form of a sheet in a sheet-fed rotary machine or in a sheet feeder.
  • the signature is held at this point by the folding cylinder 6 and pulled in the counterclockwise direction.
  • a trailing edge 10 of the signature continues its movement along a curvilinear or curved path which is described by the periphery of the transfer cylinder 3 and by the periphery of the subsequent folding cylinder 6.
  • the leading edge 11 is subjected to a very sudden change in direction when it is detached from the clockwise rotating transfer cylinder 3 and is literally “whipped” into the counterclockwise rotation of the folding cylinder.
  • the signature is then transported to other folders, folding cylinders or to a boom, not shown.
  • the leading edge 11 of the signature is subject to extreme acceleration, which leads to whipping or hitting the leading edge 11 when it changes its direction of movement from the transfer cylinder 3 to the folding cylinder 6. As a result, the leading edge 11 also becomes a trailing edge.
  • the signature edges 10 and 11 following the fold are therefore also referred to as signature ends or signature tails.
  • a guide device 12 according to the invention has a fold guide surface which is arranged above the cylinders 3 and 6 in order to minimize the stress of the signature caused by the acceleration and the free whip effect.
  • Guide devices that have a fixed radius can not accommodate the changing requirements and needs during product folding and speed changes. The resulting problems are shown in the image sequence of FIG.
  • the guide means 12 should have a larger radius to minimize smearing and acceleration of the signature.
  • High accelerations can lead to dog ears when the leading edge of the signature in the range of peripheral speed of the jaw cylinder 6 (upwards) turns in the direction opposite to the clockwise direction.
  • a smaller radius is helpful to control the movement of the signature as shown in the instantaneous views 65, 80 and 95.
  • the end of the signature tends to overtake the fold as the fold advances at a constant angular velocity.
  • a smaller radius of the guide means would be helpful at this point to limit the movement of the signature end shot out of the gap between the jaw cylinder 6 and the pin cylinder 3. As has been shown, excessive movement of the end of the signatures leads to dog-ears. In addition, the constant desire for higher speeds requires guide devices with a larger radius.
  • the first embodiment of the invention has a guide means 12 having a statically variable shape.
  • the term "static” as used herein refers to the fact that the seam guiding surface does not move in the direction of signature transport, and that in another embodiment of the invention, the guide means remains completely stationary during the folding operation.
  • the flexible guide means is relaxed back to its original position and prepared for a new signature.
  • the statically changeable guide device of the first Embodiment is the flexible guide means, or guide means 12, attached to two pivotable retaining clips or fastening clips 13, 14.
  • the clips 13 and 14 permit independent adjustment, variation or deformation of the right side and the left side of the guide device according to the invention.
  • side this means that the reference to the right and left sides used herein refers only to the illustration with the transfer cylinder 3 on the right side and the folding cylinder 6 on the left side (as in FIG the figure shown).
  • the flexible guide device 12 At the beginning of a predetermined folding operation of a signature (instantaneous representations 5, 20), the flexible guide device 12 according to the invention is comparatively relaxed, and the two clips 13 and 14 are in their respective zero positions or center positions, as shown in FIG. 4A.
  • both clasps 13 and 14 are rotated counterclockwise.
  • the resulting shape of the flexible guide means 12 is in this case a flattened in the vicinity of the spangentragenden cylinder 6 and pointing in the direction of the transfer cylinder 3 toward, or shifted to this shape, d. H. This leads to a deformation of the guide device 12. This is shown in Fig. 4B.
  • the flexible guide device 12 is prepared by turning the clips 13 and 14 counterclockwise again for a subsequent signature.
  • the clips 13 and / or 14 may be connected directly to the drive gears of the cylinders 3 and 6 via a gear train, or can be powered by its own motor.
  • the force required to rotate the clasps 13 and 14 to change the shape of the flexible guide means 12 is comparatively small, so that a comparatively small and inexpensive motor is sufficient.
  • the second embodiment of the invention shown therein is characterized by a dynamically changing guide device according to the invention.
  • the guide means is formed by one or more belts 15, which, as shown, rotate clockwise.
  • the speed of the belt 15 is substantially identical to the peripheral speed of the cylinders 3 and 6.
  • the belt or belts 15 revolve around guide rollers 16 whose axes of rotation are parallel to the cylinders 3 and 6.
  • the belt 15 is held taut by a spring 17, which urges the roller 16 radially outward.
  • the other guide roller 16 can also be acted upon by a spring, or it can be accommodated in adjustable bearing blocks.
  • a cam roller 18 rotates at about the same speed with the belt 15 in the same direction in the clockwise direction.
  • the cam roller 18 includes a cam surface that causes the lower run 12 of the belt 15, such as the guide 12, to change its shape in synchronism with the signatures passing through the folder.
  • the guide roller 18 is set in such a way that the whipping movement of the signature end 10, 11 is reduced in order to prevent the formation of dog-ears and the smearing of the freshly printed signatures.
  • the third embodiment of the invention which is shown in Fig. 6, has a guide roller 18 or an eccentric 18, the surface of which comes into direct contact with the signature without a belt or more belts 15 are interposed.
  • the guide device 18, which is designed in this case as a rotating body, thus performs a movement.
  • the movement, z. As a rotation and / or translation, or the deformation of the guide means causes the surface of the guide means is variable and the product to be transported, or at least a trailing end of the product during the transfer from a cylinder to a downstream cylinder such The result is that the product can be handed over without damage and at high speed.

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  1. Appareil de pliage comprenant un cylindre de transfert (3), un cylindre de pliage (6) disposé en aval du cylindre de transfert (3) et un système de guidage (12) formant une surface de guidage de pliage, lequel système guide au moins une extrémité arrière d'un produit mobile délivré par le cylindre de transfert (3) au cylindre de pliage (6), pendant la livraison, et limite le déplacement de celui-ci,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) peut être déplacé, amené en rotation et/ou déformé de telle sorte que la forme de la surface de guidage de pliage formée par le système de guidage (12) est modifiée de manière synchrone au produit mobile délivré par le cylindre de transfert (3) au cylindre de pliage (6) et de manière synchrone à la séquence de pliage du produit délivré.
  2. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) peut être déplacé et/ou déformé de telle sorte qu'il se forme une ondulation se déplaçant de manière synchrone avec le produit mobile délivré.
  3. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) comporte au moins une plaque flexible ou une bande flexible, la plaque ou la bande étant reçue sur deux boucles (13, 14) s'étendant parallèlement à un axe du cylindre de transfert (3).
  4. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé
    en ce qu'au moins une des boucles (13, 14) destinée à modifier la forme de la plaque flexible ou de la bande flexible par fléchissement de la plaque ou de la bande, par suite d'une rotation d'au moins une des boucles (13, 14), est disposée de manière à être amenée en rotation autour d'un axe s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe du cylindre de transfert (3).
  5. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) est formé par au moins une courroie sans fin (15) qui est disposée de telle sorte qu'elle circule autour d'une pluralité de rouleaux de guidage (16) et forme une surface de guidage de pliage dynamiquement mobile, la surface de guidage de pliage se déplaçant à proximité du second cylindre (6) à une vitesse qui correspond sensiblement à la vitesse de la périphérie du second cylindre (6).
  6. Appareil de pliage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le cylindre de pliage (6) est un cylindre de rabat de pliage qui comprend au moins un rabat de pliage (8, 9) destiné à plier la signature.
  7. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le cylindre de transfert (3) est un cylindre à pointe ou un cylindre à mâchoires, qui comporte au moins une lame de pliage (7) destinée à pousser la signature à l'intérieur du rabat de pliage (8, 9) du cylindre de rabat de pliage sur la position de pliage.
  8. Appareil de pliage selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) est un corps rotatif, par exemple un cylindre, doté d'une came de commande, et qui est pourvu d'au moins une élévation ou d'un bossage et est amené en rotation de manière synchrone avec les signatures transportées à travers la fente.
  9. Appareil de pliage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système de guidage (12) est disposé au-dessus du cylindre de pliage (6) et du cylindre de transfert (3).
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