EP1231173B1 - Device for composing a printed product of superposed printed sheets in a certain order - Google Patents

Device for composing a printed product of superposed printed sheets in a certain order Download PDF

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EP1231173B1
EP1231173B1 EP01810135A EP01810135A EP1231173B1 EP 1231173 B1 EP1231173 B1 EP 1231173B1 EP 01810135 A EP01810135 A EP 01810135A EP 01810135 A EP01810135 A EP 01810135A EP 1231173 B1 EP1231173 B1 EP 1231173B1
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Günther Silberbauer
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/32—Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering, stitching, or like machines

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  • the invention relates to a device for the formation of in a certain order astride each other into one Printed sheet, consisting of one of a feeder that can be fed with printed sheets, saddle-shaped Edition, which above one the printed matter of another Processing feed conveyor arranged is.
  • Such a device is i.a. described in EP 00810936.5.
  • the printed sheets are continuous over there running conveyor on a sword-shaped Edition in a specific order for a printed product collected and fall together by withdrawing the edition on the conveyor, which is the printed matter of a further processing, for example a stapling station.
  • the object of the invention is a device for forming according to a certain order astride each other to form a printed product.
  • To create printed sheets for the transfer of the on the Edition of the printed product takes less time takes so that the processing process on the conveyor accelerates or more time for greater reliability can be provided.
  • this object is achieved in that the saddle-shaped support attached to a rotating traction device, parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor on the Has driving products promoting promotional. This allows the processing to be optimized achieve.
  • the saddle-shaped support on one side is advantageous a stop for belching the printed sheet backwards Printed product and drive motor of the driver is designed to be reversibly switchable.
  • the saddle-shaped support is preferably in the conveying direction of the printed product viewed at the upstream End connected to the frame so that there is the possibility to form the saddle-shaped support as a boom.
  • the saddle-shaped support is expediently arranged in such a way that the overlying printed products partially convey the device protrude so that the spread Guaranteed printed products from the saddle-shaped edition is.
  • 1 shows in excerpt a schematically illustrated conveyor device 1, for example a collecting chain of a saddle stitcher, on which the printed products 4 formed from printed sheets 3 and thrown off by a saddle-shaped support 2 are transported.
  • the printed sheets 3 are previously pulled from a sheet stacking magazine by a feeder arranged above the saddle-shaped support 2, opened and dropped onto the saddle-shaped support 2.
  • the printed sheets 3 are dropped in a certain order and number onto the saddle-shaped support 2 or collected on the saddle-shaped support 2 and placed as a printed product 4 on the conveying device 1 for further processing.
  • 1 illustrates a printed product 4 pushed off the saddle-shaped support 2 as well as a sheet lying on the saddle-shaped support 2 and a printed sheet 3 following from the feeder 5.
  • the saddle-shaped support 2 shows the saddle-shaped support 2 with essential details. It consists of two laterally sloping support surfaces 6, on which the first printed sheet 3 of a printed product 4 rests.
  • the conveying direction of the printed products 4, denoted by F, indicates the direction of rotation of the drivers 7 around the deflecting rollers 9, 10, of which the deflecting roller 10 is designated as driving and is connected to a motor (not shown).
  • the saddle-shaped support 2 is designed as a cantilever and is connected to a frame part 12 at the end of the driving deflection roller 10 via a carrier 11.
  • a stop 13 is fastened at least to a support surface 6, on which the bundled printed sheets 3 can be pushed open with an edge by a reversing rotational movement of the motor driving the drivers 7.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur Bildung von nach einer bestimmten Reihenfolge rittlings übereinander zu einem Druckerzeugnis gesammelten Druckbogen, bestehend aus einer von einem Anleger mit Druckbogen beschickbaren, sattelförmigen Auflage, welche oberhalb einer die Druckerzeugnisse einer weiteren Verarbeitung zuführenden Fördervorrichtung angeordnet ist.The invention relates to a device for the formation of in a certain order astride each other into one Printed sheet, consisting of one of a feeder that can be fed with printed sheets, saddle-shaped Edition, which above one the printed matter of another Processing feed conveyor arranged is.

Eine solche Vorrichtung ist u.a. in der EP 00810936.5 beschrieben. Die Druckbogen werden dort über einer kontinuierlich laufenden Fördervorrichtung auf einer schwertförmigen Auflage in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge zu einem Druckerzeugnis gesammelt und fallen gemeinsam durch Zurückziehen der Auflage auf die Fördervorrichtung, die die Druckerzeugnisse einer weiteren Verarbeitung, beispielsweise einer Heftstation, zuführt. Such a device is i.a. described in EP 00810936.5. The printed sheets are continuous over there running conveyor on a sword-shaped Edition in a specific order for a printed product collected and fall together by withdrawing the edition on the conveyor, which is the printed matter of a further processing, for example a stapling station.

Diese Art der Umsetzung des Druckerzeugnisses resp. der auf der Auflage gesammelten Druckbogen an die Fördervorrichtung verlangt ein Unterbruch der Zuführung der Druckbogen vom Anleger an die Auflage, die mehrere Verarbeitungstakte dauert und sich auf den Verarbeitungsprozess an der Fördervorrichtung verzögernd auswirkt.This type of implementation of the printed product resp. the on the edition collected printed sheets to the conveyor requires the feeder to interrupt the feeding of the printed sheets to the edition, which takes several processing cycles and on the processing process on the conveyor has a delaying effect.

Auf diesen Nachteil stellt sich die Aufgabe an die Erfindung, eine Vorrichtung zur Bildung von nach einer bestimmten Reihenfolge rittlings übereinander zu einem Druckerzeugnis gesammelten Druckbogen zu schaffen, die zur Ueberführung des auf der Auflage liegenden Druckerzeugnisses weniger Zeit in Anspruch nimmt, sodass der Verarbeitungsprozess an der Fördervorrichtung beschleunigt oder mehr Zeit zugunsten einer grösseren Zuverlässigkeit bereitgestellt werden kann.In view of this disadvantage, the object of the invention is a device for forming according to a certain order astride each other to form a printed product To create printed sheets for the transfer of the on the Edition of the printed product takes less time takes so that the processing process on the conveyor accelerates or more time for greater reliability can be provided.

Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass die sattelförmige Auflage an einem umlaufenden Zugmittel befestigte, parallel zur Förderrichtung der Fördervorrichtung auf die Druckerzeugnisse fördernd einwirkende Mitnehmer aufweist. Damit lässt sich eine Optimierung des Verarbeitungsprozesses erzielen.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the saddle-shaped support attached to a rotating traction device, parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor on the Has driving products promoting promotional. This allows the processing to be optimized achieve.

Vorteilhaft ist die sattelförmige Auflage an einer Seite mit einem Anschlag zum rückwärtigen Aufstossen der Druckbogen eines Druckerzeugnisses versehen und Antriebsmotor der Mitnehmer ist reversibel schaltbar ausgebildet.The saddle-shaped support on one side is advantageous a stop for belching the printed sheet backwards Printed product and drive motor of the driver is designed to be reversibly switchable.

Vorzugsweise ist die sattelförmige Auflage in Förderrichtung des Druckerzeugnisses betrachtet am stromaufwärts gerichteten Ende gestellfest verbunden, sodass die Möglichkeit entsteht, die sattelförmige Auflage als Ausleger auszubilden.The saddle-shaped support is preferably in the conveying direction of the printed product viewed at the upstream End connected to the frame so that there is the possibility to form the saddle-shaped support as a boom.

Zweckmässig ist die sattelförmige Auflage so angeordnet, dass die aufliegenden Druckerzeugnisse die Fördervorrichtung teilweise überragen, sodass ein korrekter Abwurf der gespreizten Druckerzeugnisse von der sattelförmigen Auflage gewährleistet ist.The saddle-shaped support is expediently arranged in such a way that the overlying printed products partially convey the device protrude so that the spread Guaranteed printed products from the saddle-shaped edition is.

Anschliessend wird die Erfindung unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung, auf die bezüglich aller in der Beschreibung nicht näher erwähnten Einzelheiten ausdrücklich verwiesen wird, anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels erläutert. In der Zeichnung zeigen:

Fig. 1
auszugsweise eine Darstellung einer von einem Anleger mit Druckbogen beschickten sattelförmigen Auflage oberhalb einer Fördervorrichtung und
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eine vergrösserte Darstellung der sattelförmigen Auflage.
The invention is then explained with reference to the drawing, to which reference is expressly made with regard to all details not mentioned in the description, using an exemplary embodiment. The drawing shows:
Fig. 1
extracts from a representation of a saddle-shaped support loaded by a feeder with printed sheets above a conveyor and
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an enlarged view of the saddle-shaped pad.

Fig. 1 zeigt auszugsweise eine schematisch dargestellt Fördervorrichtung 1, beispielsweise eine Sammelkette eines Sammelhefters, auf der die von einer sattelförmigen Auflage 2 abgeworfen, aus Druckbogen 3 gebildeten Druckerzeugnisse 4 transportiert werden. Die Druckbogen 3 werden zuvor von einem über der sattelförmigen Auflage 2 angeordneten Anleger getaktet von einem Bogenstapelmagazin abgezogen, geöffnet und auf die sattelförmige Auflage 2 abgeworfen. In der vorliegenden Angelegenheit werden die Druckbogen 3 in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge und Anzahl auf die sattelförmige Auflage 2 abgeworfen bzw. auf der sattelförmigen Auflage 2 gesammelt und als Druckerzeugnis 4 auf die Fördervorrichtung 1 zur Weiterverarbeitung abgesetzt. Fig. 1 veranschaulicht ein von der sattelförmigen Auflage 2 abgeschobenes Druckerzeugnis 4 sowie einen auf der sattelförmigen Auflage 2 liegendeg und einen aus dem Anleger 5 nachfolgenden Druckbogen 3.
In Fig. 2 ist die sattelförmige Auflage 2 mit wesentlichen Einzelheiten dargestellt. Sie besteht aus zwei seitlich schräg abfallenden Auflageflächen 6, auf denen der erste Druckbogen 3 eines Druckerzeugnisses 4 aufliegt. Ueber einen durch die Auflageflächen 6 gebildeten First ragt einer von mehreren Mitnehmern 7, die an einem umlaufenden Zugmittel 8 befestigt sind, hinaus. Die mit F bezeichnete Förderrichtung der Druckerzeugnisse 4 deutet auf die Umlaufrichtung der Mitnehmer 7 um die Umlenkrollen 9, 10 hin, von denen die Umlenkrolle 10 als treibende bezeichnet und mit einem nicht dargestellten Motor verbunden ist. Die sattelförmige Auflage 2 ist als Ausleger ausgebildet und ist am Ende der treibenden Umlenkrolle 10 über einen Träger 11 mit einem Gestellteil 12 verbunden. In der Nähe der treibenden Umlenkrolle 10 ist wenigstens an einer Auflagefläche 6 ein Anschlag 13 befestigt, an dem die gebündelten Druckbogen 3 durch eine Umkehrdrehbewegung des die Mitnehmer 7 antreibenden Motors kantengenau aufgestossen werden können.1 shows in excerpt a schematically illustrated conveyor device 1, for example a collecting chain of a saddle stitcher, on which the printed products 4 formed from printed sheets 3 and thrown off by a saddle-shaped support 2 are transported. The printed sheets 3 are previously pulled from a sheet stacking magazine by a feeder arranged above the saddle-shaped support 2, opened and dropped onto the saddle-shaped support 2. In the present case, the printed sheets 3 are dropped in a certain order and number onto the saddle-shaped support 2 or collected on the saddle-shaped support 2 and placed as a printed product 4 on the conveying device 1 for further processing. 1 illustrates a printed product 4 pushed off the saddle-shaped support 2 as well as a sheet lying on the saddle-shaped support 2 and a printed sheet 3 following from the feeder 5.
2 shows the saddle-shaped support 2 with essential details. It consists of two laterally sloping support surfaces 6, on which the first printed sheet 3 of a printed product 4 rests. One of a plurality of drivers 7, which are fastened to a circumferential traction means 8, projects beyond a ridge formed by the support surfaces 6. The conveying direction of the printed products 4, denoted by F, indicates the direction of rotation of the drivers 7 around the deflecting rollers 9, 10, of which the deflecting roller 10 is designated as driving and is connected to a motor (not shown). The saddle-shaped support 2 is designed as a cantilever and is connected to a frame part 12 at the end of the driving deflection roller 10 via a carrier 11. In the vicinity of the driving deflecting roller 10, a stop 13 is fastened at least to a support surface 6, on which the bundled printed sheets 3 can be pushed open with an edge by a reversing rotational movement of the motor driving the drivers 7.

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  1. Apparatus for forming a printed product (4) from printed sheets (3) collated in a specific sequence and astraddle one another, consisting of a saddle-shaped rest (2) chargeable with printed sheets (3) by a sheet feeder (5) and arranged above a conveyor device (1) feeding the printed products (4) to a further processing stage, characterized in that the saddle-shaped rest (2) has pusher dogs (7) attached to an endless belt or chain (8) and acting on the printed products (4) so as to convey them parallel with the conveying direction (F) of the conveyor device (1).
  2. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the saddle-shaped rest (2) has a stop (13) at one end for the rearward jogging of the printed sheets (3) of a printed product (4) and in that the drive motor of the pusher dogs (7) is reversibly switchable.
  3. Apparatus according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that the saddle-shaped rest (2) is fixedly connected to the frame at the upstream end, viewed in the conveying direction of the printed product (4).
  4. Apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the saddle-shaped rest (2) is arranged in such a way that the free-hanging sides of the printed products (4) partly overtop the conveyor device (1).
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EP01810135A EP1231173B1 (en) 2001-02-09 2001-02-09 Device for composing a printed product of superposed printed sheets in a certain order
DE50103864T DE50103864D1 (en) 2001-02-09 2001-02-09 Device for forming printed sheets straddling one another in a certain order to form a printed product
US10/066,085 US20020109285A1 (en) 2001-02-09 2002-01-31 Device for collecting printed sheets in a certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product
JP2002033240A JP4088452B2 (en) 2001-02-09 2002-02-08 Apparatus for forming printed paper that is accumulated so as to form a printed material superimposed on a horseback riding state in a predetermined order
US11/522,129 US7431277B2 (en) 2001-02-09 2006-09-15 Device for collecting printed sheets in a certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product

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