EP1226083B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum abtransportieren von flächigen erzeugnissen - Google Patents

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EP1226083B1
EP1226083B1 EP00962144A EP00962144A EP1226083B1 EP 1226083 B1 EP1226083 B1 EP 1226083B1 EP 00962144 A EP00962144 A EP 00962144A EP 00962144 A EP00962144 A EP 00962144A EP 1226083 B1 EP1226083 B1 EP 1226083B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a Device for transporting flat, in one Product stack of stored flexible products, in particular printed products, according to the preamble of Claim 1 or claim 16.
  • a device which suitable for this purpose is a stack of paper sheets of his Underside underside.
  • This device has a roller-shaped rotary feeder, which around its Circumference distributed with a number of rotating Satellite rollers is equipped. Every satellite roller has a number of suction elements, by means of which in each case a single sheet of paper can be sucked. Such sucked sheets of paper are caused by the rotation the satellite rollers in a curved state along the Extent circumference, taking between the satellite rollers and a guide tape are held in a conveying nip.
  • Satellite roller After a little over half past the Sucking a sheet of paper taking place a revolution Satellite roller becomes the paper sheet from the suction organs released again, whereupon he through with the Satellite rollers interacting guide tape towards a gripper is transported, which the paper sheet takes and promotes.
  • This known device suffers from the disadvantage that that they are not for the processing of comparatively thick products, because on the one hand to the Satellite rollers taking place curvature and the other Dimensions of the conveying gap with respect to the thickness of Products constitute restrictions.
  • a suction roll is provided below the stack, the across the bottom of the stack across the entire width of the Stack extends.
  • the suction roll has a to her Axis coaxial channel on which connects to a vacuum source is connectable and of which several, in radial Direction running passages going in the direction of the axis of the suction roll are distributed and in the Open the lateral surface of the suction roller.
  • the suction roll inevitably rolls on the circumference of a Transport cylinder from whose axis parallel to the axis of the Suction roller runs and which has a plurality of grippers, the arranged on an axis distributed over the width of the transport cylinder extends.
  • the lowest product in the stack is in his leading edge area over its entire width of the Suction roller detected from the bottom of the stack bent away and into the grippers of the transport roller introduced.
  • the grippers hold the product on his evenly across the entire width.
  • the present invention is based on the object, a method or a device according to the preamble of Claim 1 or claim 16 to create, the or which makes it possible even with a stack that is not slanted provided, flat products of various kinds with to separate increased power.
  • the product to be separated is without any interruption controlled as it is directly from the suction device the gripper is handed over. Because of this controlled Leadership will make it possible with significantly increased performance too work because of the controlled leadership for example, a draft or other Force effect conditional deviation of the products of the predetermined trajectory can be excluded.
  • the inventive method can with particularly high Performance, or reduced speed performed when a second product is from a suction device already sucked before a previously weggebogenes first product completely out of the product stack was pulled out. It's even an extra one Increase the performance thereby possible that the second Product is already sucked in by a suction device, before regarding a previously bent away first Product uses the process of extraction. It So it is possible by bending away a Product initiated singling process with respect to two or even three products overlapping in time perform, so with very high performances can be worked.
  • the product stack is preferably with its bottom partially on at least one rotating, at least a release cut having support disk, the bending away of a product takes place when the leading edge area in the area of the Release cut comes to rest.
  • Such rotating support disc allows one with comparatively low frictional forces taking out a Product from the product stack, since the above the product to be withdrawn already in the process of pulling it back in relatively large areas supported by the support disk so that the weight of the product stack up the product to be removed is reduced.
  • the product stack with its underside in areas of two, preferably counter-rotating, at least one, in particular two diagonally opposite ones Rests with release cuts having support disks the bending away of a product takes place when the middle section of the leading edge area in Area of one release slot each Support disc comes to rest.
  • the providence of two Support discs can be the support of the Produce stack during the extraction of the lowest Optimize product. Because of the providence of two diagonally opposite release cuts in each Support disk is achieved that per revolution of the Supporting discs two products can be separated what a work with very high separation efficiency allows.
  • the Produce stack with its bottom advantageously also in the direction of the leading edge area to the trailing edge area of the product stack moving products and with them Resting release passages provided support means.
  • the Bending of the products takes place when the leading Edge area to lie in the region of the release passage comes.
  • the product stack is with his Base on a number of carrying rollers on which are attached to a conveying member and by means of the same from Leading edge area to the trailing edge area moves the products in the product stack be with the release passages between two formed adjacent support rollers or support roller groups are.
  • the product associated with a suction device and the Grippers assigned to the same product may become during the transfer of the product from the suction device to the Gripper on a common conveyor line or on Move parallel conveyor lines.
  • the transfer of a product from the suction device to the Gripper is easy to navigate through Swiveling the suction device relative to the gripper realize.
  • the product stack its underside at least partially with one after directed upward intermittent force becomes. Due to this application of force can be a fast Up and down movement or a vibration of Product stacks are generated, which ultimately a Loosening the product stack causes and a Extracting products from the product stack under reduced friction counter forces.
  • the inventive device requires in addition to the Support device essentially only one device to promote the suction organs and the gripper.
  • Such Device may, for example, by two transport wheels be realized, one of which the suction organs and the others the grippers along the respective conveyor line transported.
  • the device according to the invention can preferably with respectively suitable elements for carrying out the described above, preferred process variants be provided.
  • the provision of two Supporting disks, one actively or passively movable Support finger and / or a guide roller advantageous, such as they are within the description of the preferred Process variants have already been explained.
  • Support disk and / or support table can finally product stack side with friction reducing agents, be provided in particular with compressed air outlets.
  • the support disk on their side facing the product stack of porous Metal is made, since in this case a largely full-surface discharge of compressed air and thus one particularly efficient friction reduction is possible.
  • the inventive device may preferably also with a support device may be provided which has a number of attached to a self-contained pulling element, a Art roller carpet comprises forming carrier rolls on which the product stack rests with its underside. Between two adjacent support rollers or Cartridge groups of this support device are Release passages for the products to be moved available.
  • Fig. 1 shows a side view of an inventive device with a circulating in the arrow direction of the transport wheel 1, along its circumference coupled at equidistant intervals with suction organs 2 and grippers 3 is.
  • the number of coupled to the transport wheel 1 suction organs 2 is equal to the number of coupled to the transport wheel 1 gripper 3.
  • suction organs 2 and grippers 3 are along the circumference of the transport wheel 1 arranged offset from one another such that in each case a suction member. 2 between two grippers 3 and a gripper 3 between two suction organs. 2 to come to rest.
  • the suction organs 2 each have a base or support unit 4, which firmly and rigidly coupled to the transport wheel 1. Likewise everyone owns Gripper 3, a base or support unit 5, which also firmly and rigidly with is coupled to the transport wheel 1.
  • Base or support units 4 and 5 of the suction organs 2 and the gripper. 3 are thus arranged stationary with respect to the transport wheel 1 and lead even with rotation of the transport wheel 1 no relative movements to each other out.
  • the suction organs 2 each have a suction head 6, which is around a Axis 7 pivotally connected to the base or support unit 4 of the respective Suction organ 2 is stored.
  • the axis 7 extends perpendicular to Circulation direction of the transport wheel. 1
  • transport wheel 1 Above the transport wheel 1 is a product stack 8, in particular a Stack of printed products 9 arranged by means of the in Fig. 1 illustrated device products 9 individually from the suction organs 2 sucked and transferred to each one gripper 3.
  • the printed products 9 are arranged in the product stack 8 such that their respective collar 10 the transport wheel 1 faces and her flower 11 facing away from the transport wheel 1.
  • the product stack 8 is in one Vertical guide 12 out and on its underside by a support table 13 and two perpendicular to the plane arranged one behind the other Support discs 14 supported, with both the support table 13th as well as the support plates 14 extend at least substantially horizontally.
  • the support levels of support table 13 and support plates 14th are arranged parallel to each other, wherein the support plane of the support table 13 is slightly below the support level of the support plates 14. The distance between the two levels depends on the thickness of the printed products 9. Preferably, this distance is adjustable.
  • support plates 14 are on a Gear 16 coupled with respect to its drive with the transport wheel 1, so that the angular velocities of support discs 14 and transport wheel 1 are in a fixed relationship to each other.
  • a preferably freely rotatable deflection roller 17 is provided, whose Axle parallel to the axis of rotation 18 of the transport wheel 1 runs.
  • the extension the guide roller 17 perpendicular to the plane is at least as as large as the corresponding extension of the printed products 9.
  • the deflection roller 17 is provided below the support disks 14, so that it is relieved by the support disks 14.
  • the suction of the printed products 9 by means of the suction organs 2 and the transfer of the printed products 9 of the suction organs 2 to the Gripper 3 takes place in the upper region of the transport wheel 1.
  • the grippers. 3 handed over printed products 9 are by the rotation of the transport wheel 1 clockwise on a circular orbit in the bottom Promoted area of the transport wheel 1.
  • a guide band 19th provided, which ensures that held by the grippers 3 Printed products 9 supported downwards and thus guided defined are.
  • the guide belt 19 assumes the function of a conveyor belt, which the printed products 9 after the bottom of the Transport wheel 1 successful opening the gripper 3 in the arrow direction from Transport wheel 1 transported away.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of a gripper which can be used according to the invention 3.
  • This gripper 3 has a base or carrier unit 5, which is firmly coupled to the transport wheel 1 shown only partially.
  • a perpendicular provided for the direction of rotation of the transport wheel 1 extending axis 20, about the two legs 21, 22 of the gripper 3 pivotally mounted are.
  • the trailing in the direction of the transport wheel 1 leg 21st is made of rigid material, while the corresponding leading Leg 22 is resilient, so the recording different thick printed matter 9 without significant changes in the To enable control of the gripper 3.
  • FIG. 2 Each have a base or carrier unit 4 indicated for a respective suction member 2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a frontal view of a gripper pair designed gripper 3.
  • the gripper 3 accordingly consists of two juxtaposed Gripper elements 25, each gripper element 25 each two Leg 21, 22 for gripping a printed product 9 has.
  • double-walled transport wheel 1 trailing leg of the two gripper elements 25 are fixed coupled with each other, their movement from the common leadership role 24 is triggered in the receiving and transfer area of Transport wheel 1 runs along a guide slot, not shown. The same applies to the two in the direction of rotation of the transport wheel. 1 leading leg of the gripper elements 25, which also rigidly coupled are and are acted upon by the guide roller 23.
  • Fig. 3 is easy to see that the suction head 6 of a suction device 2 in the middle is arranged between the gripper elements 25, so that the suction head 6 a printed product 9 easily defined and controlled in the Area of open gripper legs can move without suction head 6 and gripper elements 25 collide with each other. Alternatively, too a single gripper element between two suction organs are arranged.
  • Fig. 4 shows a plan view of the product stack 8 with the two there down arranged support disks 14.
  • the two axes of rotation 15 of the support disks 14 are parallel to each other, wherein the mutual distance of the two axes of rotation 15 is slight larger than the diameter of the two support disks 14. This distance conditionally that the two support discs 14, each same Diameter and same shape, tangential almost tangential.
  • the support disks 14 have on their product stack 8 facing Top compressed air outlets 30, over the air towards the bottom the product stack 8 is blown, causing the friction between the support disks 14 rotating in the direction of the arrow and the underside of the product stack 8 is reduced.
  • Fig. 5a to c illustrates three different process steps of the inventive Method, each with a detail side view according to 1 and a detailed plan view according to FIG. 4 are shown.
  • the counter-rotating support discs 14 are in one such position, in which there is a maximum support of the product stack 8 from below results.
  • Due to the release of the leading edge region 31 can conditionally by the rotation of the transport wheel 1 and a pivoting of the suction head 6 'insert a bending away of the printed product 9', wherein this bending over the boundary lines of the release cuts 26th he follows.
  • Fig. 5c illustrates that the printed product 9 'is already bent away from the product stack 8 so far that its leading edge region 31 in the receiving region of the suction head 6 ' associated gripper 3 'comes to rest, so in a next step the gripper 3 'can take the printed product 9'.
  • the gripper 3 ' First after the gripper 3 'has grabbed the printed product 9', the Suction of the suction head 6 'lifted and the withdrawal of the Printed product 9 'started from the product stack 8.
  • Fig. 5b and 5c show that for the purpose of transfer to the gripper. 3
  • Successful pivoting of the suction organs 2 is directed such that a Transfer each to a trailing in the direction of transport gripper. 3 he follows.
  • suction organs so pivotable that they can also be pivoted in the opposite direction, which allows that the suction organs 2 and 9 products in the transport direction leading, opening grippers 3 can take over them then, for example, to deliver to a gripper of another conveyor system.
  • FIG. 6a shows a directed perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the guide roller 17 View of a further, preferred embodiment of an inventive Device with partially cut further deflection roller 36.
  • FIG. 6b shows a side view of the device according to FIG. 6a
  • FIG. and FIG. 6c shows a section through the further deflection roller 36 according to FIG Figs. 6a and 6b.
  • the stationarily mounted shaft 37 is connected via a drive belt 35 with a Motor 34 coupled, which actively sets the shaft 37 in rotation.
  • a Motor 34 coupled, which actively sets the shaft 37 in rotation.
  • the further guide roller 36 is mounted eccentrically on the shaft 37, so that the further guide roller 38 upon application of the shaft 37 via Motor 34 and drive belt 35 performs a periodic movement, the a directed perpendicular to the bottom of the product stack 8 component has.
  • the product stack 8 in faster Sequence moved up and down or vibrated, so that a loosening the product stack 8 takes place; the further guide roller 36 can therefore also called vibratory roller.
  • This loosening causes in turn, a reduction of frictional forces between each other adjacent products 9 of the product stack 8, so that the Products 9 with less effort from the product stack. 8 can be pulled out.
  • Means device is to support the product stack 8 at his Bottom instead of the rotating support discs 14 and the support table 13 is a support device 50 designed in the manner of a roller feeder intended.
  • This support device 50 comprises two on both sides of the Produce stack 8 arranged and parallel to the transport wheel 1 in two Planes running conveyor organs, for example, self-contained tension members 51, at which a number of spaced support rollers 53 is arranged in a manner described below.
  • the orbit the tension members 51 runs parallel in the region of the product stack 8 to the bottom of the product stack 8 (i.e., substantially horizontal), and the bottom of the product stack 8 is replaced by those in this area at right angles to the orbital planes of the tension members 51 (i.e., at right angles to the plane of Fig. 7) arranged and a kind of roller carpet forming support rollers 53 under attack.
  • the direction of movement of the bottom the product stack 8 supporting support rollers 53 extends in the direction from the leading edge area to the trailing edge area the products (9) in the product stack (8).
  • the tension members 51 are optionally formed in each case as a double chain and one each with the transport wheel 1 coaxial double sprocket 55th on the one hand and each associated with a further Doppelkettenrad 56 on the other hand.
  • the rotational speed of the tension members 51 and the speed of movement the support rollers 53 is in a fixed ratio to the angular velocity of the transport wheel. 1
  • Seen in the direction of rotation of the traction members 51 forms a number of support rollers 53 a group (optionally a group of three, cf. Fig. 7), wherein between two support roller groups a greater distance is provided as between the group forming carrier rollers 53.
  • the function of the release cuts between the support roller groups 26 of the support plates 14 of FIG. 4 accepting release passages 54 formed by which the leading portion of the Printed matter 9 is released.
  • FIG. 7 by the release of the leading edge region of the printed product 9 'due to the rotation of the transport wheel 1 and a pivoting the suction head 6 'a bending away of the printed product 9 '.
  • Each support roller 53 is free-rotating on a lever arm 57 of a Axis 58 pivotable angle lever 60 mounted (Fig. 8), the other Lever arm 59 is provided with a guide roller 61 and on this at a stationary backdrop 62 is supported.
  • the gate 62 is shaped such that leaving the sprocket 56 and towards the lower area the sprocket 55 and the transport wheel 1 advancing Support rollers 53 through the backdrop-related pivoting of the angle lever 60 from its perpendicular to the orbital plane position continuously be pivoted into a position lying in the orbit plane, so that the transfer of the printed products 9 from the grippers 3 the guide band 19 and the transport away the same unhindered can be done.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates another embodiment of a support device 67 Supporting the product stack 8 on its underside, in its operation the support device 50 of FIG. 7 and 8 corresponds and also is designed as a roll feeder. Also with this support device 67 are on both sides of the product stack 8 self-contained tension members 68, optionally double chains, present, with a kind Rolling carpet forming carrier rollers 69 are provided.
  • the lateral traction members 68 and the corresponding Double sprockets or Doppelkettenziercrue of which in Fig. 9 only the driving wheels connected to the transport wheel 1 double sprockets 70th are visible, in each case inclined in a transport wheel plane, preferably arranged at an angle of 45 ° including plane.
  • the Carrier rollers 69 are free-rotating on with the tension members 68 firmly connected Support arms 71 arranged.
  • the support arms 71 also close one Angle of 45 ° with the sprocket plane, such that the support rollers 69 in the upper part of the Werner stack 8 are directed and form the support surface, in the bottom Area, however, assume a parallel to the transport wheel 1 position, whereby in turn, the space for unhindered transportation of the printed products 9 is created.

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