EP1211100A1 - Vorrichtung zur Wartung einer Falz- und Kuvertiermaschine - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Wartung einer Falz- und Kuvertiermaschine Download PDF

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EP1211100A1
EP1211100A1 EP01403061A EP01403061A EP1211100A1 EP 1211100 A1 EP1211100 A1 EP 1211100A1 EP 01403061 A EP01403061 A EP 01403061A EP 01403061 A EP01403061 A EP 01403061A EP 1211100 A1 EP1211100 A1 EP 1211100A1
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cleaning sheet
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Marek Krasuski
Patrice Montigny
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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Neopost Technologies SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/04—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M5/00—Devices for closing envelopes
    • B43M5/04—Devices for closing envelopes automatic

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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and it relates more particularly to a system servicing rollers for an automatic feeder documents for a folding and inserting machine.
  • Regular maintenance of a folder / inserter is an element essential to guarantee its long-term operation. More in particular, maintenance of the pick rollers for supplying documents, envelopes, inserts is essential so that training, folding and insertion of these various items is carried out optimally without damaging or dirtying them despite a speed of training, however high.
  • pick rollers can wear out prematurely and get dirty enough quickly (they are in principle rubberized) insofar as, unlike a standard printer, different types of articles (documents, envelopes, inserts) with characteristics various (grammages, formats, materials) can be used.
  • the present invention proposes to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks with a maintenance device allowing periodic cleaning of pick rollers to guarantee improved feeding of the various articles treated, a reduction in the risks of jamming and preservation of the cleanliness and physical characteristics of pick rollers.
  • a device for maintaining the rolls of document feeders taken from a folding machine and insertion characterized in that it comprises a sheet soaked with liquid maintenance product and intended to be entrained inside said machine by said gripping rollers, said self-cleaning sheet comprising blocking means for stopping its advance in said machine and allow its removal once said pick-up rollers the feeder stopped.
  • These locking means comprise a locking rod arranged perpendicular to a direction of introduction of said self-cleaning sheet, and advantageously, fixed at the level a transverse edge of said self-cleaning sheet.
  • this self-cleaning sheet is A4 format.
  • the present invention also relates to the maintenance method partner in which first of all we introduce into the pick rollers a first feeder to be cleaned, by its transverse edge not provided with locking means, the aforementioned maintenance device, then we bring back pressing against a front edge of the feeder, said locking means, and finally we control the rotational drive of said gripping rollers by general drive means of the machine until obtaining slippage of said rollers resulting from stopping the advance of said self-cleaning sheet inside the machine caused by said blocking means.
  • FIG. 1 very generally illustrates the architecture of a conventional folding and insertion machine. This type of architecture is described in more detail for example in US Patents 5,507,129 and US 6,016,638 in the name of the plaintiff.
  • such a machine comprises for example a document entry 10 located at the base of a feeder document 100, an entry 12 of empty envelopes located at the base of a secondary envelope feeder 120, a first input 14 advertising inserts or reply envelopes located at the base of a first auxiliary feeder 140, possibly a second input 16 advertising inserts or reply envelopes located at the base of a second auxiliary feeder 160, and an output 18 of loaded envelopes and closed.
  • a control circuit 24 defines the different commands to apply to a general machine control motor 26 for a complete folding and insertion cycle, in conjunction with circuits interface 28, 30, 32, 34 specific to the main feeder 100, the feeder secondary 120 and the auxiliary feeders 140, 160.
  • FIGS 2 and 3 describe an example of an automatic feeder particularly suitable for the machine prevented.
  • This feeder advantageously made in a chassis in rigid plastic material conventionally comprises, on a plate of support 200, two side feeders 202, 204 self-centered (sliding in synchronism by a rack (not shown) and a rear presser 206 mobile.
  • the support plate has on a part of its bottom a die 208 consisting of a pad covered with a rough coating for ensure separation / selection of different mail items (documents, empty envelopes, advertising inserts or reply envelopes) extracts from the corresponding feeder.
  • the training of these articles is carried out by at least one roller, preferably a set of five pairs of rollers or rollers 210, 212, 214, 216, 218; 220, 222, 224, 226, 228 for taking articles, driven by the general control motor 26 of the machine, via a set of pinions drive (not shown).
  • a front edge 230 forming a stop maintaining items completes this automatic feeder.
  • sensors are provided to ensure correct operation of the various feeders.
  • sensors are provided to ensure correct operation of the various feeders.
  • rollers 210-228 were always cleaned by manual rubbing with a cloth dampened with a specific cleaning product.
  • a cleaner especially in the form aerosol, may be particularly harmful to the respiratory tract and ocular mucous membranes.
  • it can form a mixture flammable with air if the ambient temperature reaches high values (typically around 50 ° C).
  • a self-cleaning sheet 40 (see FIG. 4), advantageously of A4 format, soaked a suitable generally standard liquid cleaning product, such as the product referenced KF blue by the French company CRC Industries, and which is fixed locking means, for example a rod locking 42.
  • This locking rod whose length exceeds the width of the sheet 40 can be simply threaded into two holes 44, 46 drilled at a transverse edge of this sheet (of course, any other fixing for example by gluing or sewing is also possible).
  • This implementation is carried out during a specific procedure maintenance initiated on the machine's user interface and which assumes that the feeders to be cleaned are initially empty of articles, the presence detector at each support plate allowing check this prerequisite.
  • the user is invited, by a message on the user interface, to set up the self-cleaning sheet in a first feeder to be cleaned, this operation carried out in two stages.
  • this sheet is brought against lower gripping rollers 210-218 by its first transverse edge opposite to the locking rod 42.
  • the second edge receiving this locking rod is brought into abutment against the stop 230 in front of the feeder.
  • the user is then invited to start the actual maintenance process, for example, by action on a “start” button on the user interface.
  • This selection has for the purpose of controlling the general motor of machine 26 which then goes activate the lower and upper gripping rollers 210-228 and drive the sheet 40 towards the inside of the machine in an insertion direction up to the position defined by FIG. 7 from which, the sheet being stopped in advance by the locking rod 42, the rollers start to skate.
  • rollers stop automatically and the user is prompted to remove the self-cleaning sheet by pulling the rod towards the outside of the machine.
  • the user can then continue this maintenance process with another machine feeder. Once all the feeders have been cleaned (it is however possible to clean only a specific feeder), the user is invited to return to an operational mode of operation normal machine.

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FR0015559A FR2817506B1 (fr) 2000-12-01 2000-12-01 Dispositif d'entretien pour machine de pliage et d'insertion
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DE4433707A1 (de) * 1993-09-23 1995-03-30 Nat Computer Systems Inc Reinigungsfolie für zum Beispiel einen Scanner und Verfahren zum Verwenden einer solchen
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