EP1268143B1 - Vorrichtung zum trimmen und zum automatischen beschneiden von bildern aus papier und anderen graphischen und photographischen substraten, insbesondere mit grosser grösse - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum trimmen und zum automatischen beschneiden von bildern aus papier und anderen graphischen und photographischen substraten, insbesondere mit grosser grösse Download PDF

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EP1268143B1
EP1268143B1 EP01919748A EP01919748A EP1268143B1 EP 1268143 B1 EP1268143 B1 EP 1268143B1 EP 01919748 A EP01919748 A EP 01919748A EP 01919748 A EP01919748 A EP 01919748A EP 1268143 B1 EP1268143 B1 EP 1268143B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/20—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
    • B26D5/30—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier
    • B26D5/34—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/20—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
    • B26D5/30—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier
    • B26D5/32—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/26—Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting member; Means for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
    • B26D7/2628—Means for adjusting the position of the cutting member

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  • the present invention relates to a device for trimming and automatic cutting of a multiple or single images, obtained in particular by digital rendering on paper or other graphic or photographic supports wound in rolls or in the form of single sheets, especially of large size. It is known from publication EP-A-0951973 (disclosing the preamble of claim 1), in the name of the same applicant, to provide an automatic cutting device which allows to separate one by one multiple copies in a rapid and precise manner according to the positioning as set by the software of the digital rendering system itself in the printing stage by previously inserting between the copies or prints, where the cutting is required, marks of optical reflection recognizing, easily detectable by continuous scanning.
  • the angular correction of the cut can be carried out either with respect to a mark, as it was made previously, at the edge of an opaque material being laminated onto a transparent material, or with respect to images printed not at right angles to the substrate. It was thus possible to obtain the cutting on substrates in the form of reels or as sheets, even if free from any guide system.
  • the substrate introduction steps which require excessive care in the alignment would involve too much labor being engaged, thus lengthening the time of production to become anti-economic to the detriment of the advantages which could be obtained with the above-mentioned prior art as described in the said EP publication. Therefore the solution is that of adopting a pair of feed rollers having reduced lengths with respect to the width to be cut, such as to occupy only the central zone of the support width. In this way, since the feeding rollers have more orientation freedom, there is no problem of perfect alignment at the paper introduction, which thereby requires less care and allows a speedier cutting execution.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for two angular motors placed at the side ends of the cutting unit and synchronized by the microprocessor such as to simulate the central pivoting of the cutting blades in spite of their lateral guide.
  • a device 1 for the automatic trimming and cutting of images 10a, 10b, 10c printed in a traditional way or obtained by digital rendering systems on a substrate 10 formed e.g. as a continuous paper reel but which could instead be formed of single sheets.
  • the successive images 10a, 10b, 10c are separate by marks or boundary lines M which can be detected optically by means of a pair of sensors 4, 4' along an ideal reading line that is perfectly transverse to the feed direction as indicated by the arrow F.
  • the feed of substrate 10 is driven by at least a pair of rollers 2, of which only the one above the substrate 10 is visible.
  • the length of the feeding rollers 2, useful to hold the substrate 10 is reduced with respect to the total width of the mobile cutting device 7 and also to the width A of the working table of the device. They are in a central position with respect to the substrate 10 and are driven by a motor 3.
  • differential length meters 6, 6' or “encoders” having a mutual distance B which is larger than the length of rollers 2 and shorter than said width A.
  • the optical sensors 4, 4' detect an angle zero and the two differential length meters 6, 6' detect a likely identical feed of the substrate 10 starting from the moment at which the mark M is detected by the optical sensor 4, 4' until the end of the feed movement or "offset” being controlled by a microprocessor, corresponding to the distance between the reading point or line as defined by the optical sensors 4, 4' and the working line of the cutting unit 7. If the feed is identically detected by the two "encoders" 6, 6', it means that there are no angular errors to be taken into account for the cutting and this will be accomplished under control of motor 9, along a line perfectly parallel to the separation mark M.
  • the two encoders 6, 6' detect different "offset" lengths during the shift automatically controlled by the microprocessor, this means that the nip of the rollers 2, which is of limited extension in the central zone and due in particular to the weight itself of the paper substrate, causes a skidding. In this way the angle shown by the mark M against the cutting units 7 after the "offset" feed will be modified and to correct the same the device of the present invention will be useful. In fact, the angular error will correspond to the feed difference as detected by the two encoders 6, 6' at the side of rollers 2.
  • the relevant differential data are supplied to the microprocessor which causes its algebraic sum with the possible angle of entering error, whereby the control pulse to the two motors 5, 5' can correct the cutting position to the same extent as the error given by the skidding of material.
  • the drive of the two motors 5, 5', which are placed at the end sides of the cutting unit 7, is synchronized by the microprocessor such as to simulate, with two lateral guides, a central pivoting of the cutting unit itself.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Beschneiden und automatischen Schneiden von Bildern (10a, 10b, 10c...), die auf graphischen und photographischen Trägermaterialien in Form von Rollen oder einzelnen Bögen, insbesondere solchen von großem Format, aufgedruckt sind, wobei jeweils zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Bildern eine Markierung für die optische Erkennung (M) aufgebracht ist und die Vorrichtung mindestens ein Paar von Vorschubwalzen (2), die von einem Motor (3) angetrieben werden, und eine bewegliche Schneideeinheit (7), deren Messer von einem Motor (9) angetrieben werden, umfaßt und zwischen dem genannten Paar von Walzen (2) und der genannten beweglichen Schneideeinheit (7) ein Paar von optischen Sensoren (4, 4') angeordnet ist, um die genannten Markierungen (M) zu erkennen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung seitlich von den genannten Walzen (2), die ihren Berührungspunkt nur in einem mittleren Bereich des genannten Trägermaterials (10) erreichen, und deren Länge kürzer ist als die Breite der beweglichen Schneideeinheit (7) und als die Breite des Bilder-Trägermaterials (10), weiter zwei Längendifferenzmeßvorrichtungen (6, 6') zur Erkennung unterschiedlicher Vorschublängen des Trägermaterials (10) ab dem Punkt, an dem eine Markierungslinie (M) die optischen Sensoren (4, 4') passiert, bis zur Schnittlinie sowie einen Mikroprozessor umfaßt, zur Verarbeitung der Daten von den genannten Meßvorrichtungen (6, 6') in Verbindung mit dem Fehlerwinkel, der sich aus der Lesung durch die beiden optischen Sensoren (4, 4') ergibt, um den Betrieb von zwei Motoren (5, 5') zu steuern, welche die Ausrichtung der genannten beweglichen Schnitteinheit (7) steuern.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß der genannte Mikroprozessor die algebraische Summe aus dem Winkelfehler, der von den beiden Meßvorrichtungen (6, 6') gemessen wird als Folge eines Verrutschens des Trägermaterials (10) während des vom Mikroprozessor gesteuerten festen Vorschubs, welcher dem Abstand zwischen der Linie der genannten optischen Sensoren (4, 4') und der aktiven Linie der genannten Schneideeinheit (7) entspricht, und dem Winkelfehler, der beim Lesen der Markierung (M) durch die optischen Sensoren (4, 4') erkannt wurde, berechnet, wodurch die bewegliche Schneideeinheit (7) durch eine Wirkung auf die genannten Motoren (5, 5') ordnungsgemäß ausgerichtet wird.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet ,daß die genannten Vorschubdifferenz-Meßvorrichtungen (6, 6') an den Seiten des genannten Paars von Vorschubwalzen (2) in einem Gesamtabstand (B) voneinander angeordnet werden, der geringer ist als die Breite (A) des Arbeitstisches der Vorrichtung ohne Seitenführungen.
EP01919748A 2000-04-06 2001-03-15 Vorrichtung zum trimmen und zum automatischen beschneiden von bildern aus papier und anderen graphischen und photographischen substraten, insbesondere mit grosser grösse Expired - Lifetime EP1268143B1 (de)

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PCT/IT2001/000131 WO2001076833A1 (en) 2000-04-06 2001-03-15 Device for trimming and automatic cutting of images on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates, in particular of large size

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