EP1270476A1 - Device for transporting printed products - Google Patents

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EP1270476A1
EP1270476A1 EP01810633A EP01810633A EP1270476A1 EP 1270476 A1 EP1270476 A1 EP 1270476A1 EP 01810633 A EP01810633 A EP 01810633A EP 01810633 A EP01810633 A EP 01810633A EP 1270476 A1 EP1270476 A1 EP 1270476A1
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B65H29/005—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers by chains or bands having mechanical grippers engaging the side edges of articles, e.g. newspaper conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/14—Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/142—Roller pairs arranged on movable frame
    • B65H2404/1423—Roller pairs arranged on movable frame circulating on a path, e.g. not enclosing an area
    • B65H2404/14231—Roller pairs arranged on movable frame circulating on a path, e.g. not enclosing an area enclosing an area

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  • the invention relates to a device for transporting printed products, with an endlessly circulating traction element, to which receiving products which take in and deliver again at regular intervals are attached.
  • Devices of this type are known, inter alia, as cycle conveyors in the printing processing industry and transport individual printing products from a printing press via several processing stations into the shipping area.
  • This device has a traction element formed by a guided chain, to which clamp-like grippers are attached at regular intervals, which take over a printed product in the open position at a feed station by closing the gripper and convey it to a subsequent processing station, where the printed products are opened by opening the grippers these are released for removal.
  • EP 0 380 921 B1 conveys such a device for Loading a inserting machine with printed products.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a device create that is easy to execute and with which the printed products accurate at a relatively high processing speed are feedable.
  • this object is achieved in that the Receiving means interacting in pairs, with their scope have rollers forming a nip, the ends and to be perpendicular to the direction of conveyance on one connected to the traction element Supported axles arranged drivable are.
  • At least one along the train element Feed station for loading the receiving means and at least a delivery station for further processing of the printed products is provided, which is formed by drive members are.
  • the drive members are preferably by means of fixed control cams or driven control means formed one allow exact processing.
  • roller pairs are connected to the drive by gears, so that only the one roller of a pair of rollers in the direction of rotation is driven by a drive element.
  • the one driven by the drive element Roll has a drive bead on the circumference, whereby by change of the bead diameter the rotational speed of the Roller can be influenced.
  • the recording is a larger print product, then it may be necessary to have a longer feed path is to be provided so that the length of a stationary Control curve more than one pitch of a receiving means should be.
  • the inserting machine 4 has pockets 7 running around chains 6, in which, as shown, the printed products 5 are inserted transversely to the conveying direction F.
  • the main products transferred from the peeling feeder 2 (printed product 5) are fed in front of the pockets 7 of the inserting machine 4 on an ascending section of a deflecting wheel and opened on the subsequent descending section of the deflecting wheel, so that they are inserted in the next conveying way by inserting the next printed product can be.
  • the printed products 5 are transferred to a delivery device 9 of a peeling feeder 5 or another feed device to receiving means 8 of the device 1 connected to a driven pulling member 13 or taken over by the latter.
  • the printed products 5 are folded or Fretly, approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction F of the device 1, which has approximately the same speed as the inserting machine 4, is captured by the receiving means 8 on a conveying section communicating with the delivery 9 of the feeder 2.
  • the receiving means 8 each have two rollers 11, 12, which cooperate in pairs and cooperate with one another to form the circumference of a conveying gap 10 and which are supported in opposite directions at one end and about axes 15 arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction F on a support frame 14 connected to the tension member 13.
  • the drive roller 12 leading in the conveying direction F is connected to a feed or Receiving station 16 or a delivery station 17 of the printed products 5 can be brought into a drive connection with a drive member 27.
  • the conveying section communicating with the delivery 9 of the feeder 2 is designed as a feed or Receiving station 16 is formed, whereas a conveying section in the vicinity of the inserting machine 4 is designed as a delivery station 17.
  • a removal station 18 can be provided on the conveyor path for the purpose of removing printed products 5 before they are delivered to the inserting machine 4.
  • the drive elements 27 acting on the roller 12 can, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, be formed by fixed or adjustable control cams 19.
  • Driven control means for example a revolving belt 20 acting on the drive roller 12, as shown in FIG. 4, can also be used as alternative drive elements 27.
  • the effect of adjustable cam 19 or driven control means 20 can be switched off. Due to the processing and arrangement of the processing devices according to FIG. 1, the control cams 19 or control means 20 of the feed 16 and discharge station 17, respectively. Removal station 18 along the traction element 13 of the device 1 alternately arranged opposite one another. Due to the counter-rotation of the rollers 11, 12 of a receiving means 8 to form a conveying gap 10, which runs approximately parallel to the fold of the supplied printed products 5 on the delivery 9 of the feeder 2, preferably approximately horizontally, the rollers 11, 12 of a pair of rollers are each one Gear 21, 22 drive-connected to each other (see Fig.
  • the printed products 5 can be picked up and released by the receiving means 8 in one direction or released by reversing the direction of rotation in the opposite direction to the receiving.
  • the rollers 11, 12 are driven by means of an annular drive bead 23 protruding from the circumference of the roller 12, which is attached to the roller 12 in the region of the one-sided mounting of the roller 12 in order to make optimum use of the conveyor gap. Due to the adjustability of the drive elements 8, these can be switched on or off.
  • the control cams 19 or the control means 20 are approximately as long as two spacing intervals of two receiving means 8 fastened to the pulling element 13.
  • the removal station 18 is formed by two control cams 19, 19 'or control means 20, 20' which are offset next to one another and can be actuated separately, so that it is possible to print a product 5 from the device 1 at the removal station 18 to be discharged without affecting a printed product 5 which is also in the effective range of the control cam 19, 19 'or the control means 20, 20'.
  • the receiving means 8 are in one Guide device 24 of a link chain used as a tension member 13 25 fastened on the fly.

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The mechanism for transporting printed products (5) comprises a pair of rollers (11, 12), between which the product fits. This is attached to a frame (14) mounted on a conveyor.

Description

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Einrichtung zum Transport von Druckprodukten, mit einem endlos umlaufend geführten Zugorgan, an welchem in regelmässigen Abständen zugeführte Druckprodukte übernehmende und wieder abgebende Aufnahmemittel befestigt sind.
Derartige Einrichtungen sind u.a. als Takttransporteure in der druckverarbeitenden Industrie bekannt und transportieren einzelne Druckprodukte von einer Druckmaschine über mehrere Verarbeitungsstationen in den Versandbereich. Diese Einrichtung weist ein durch eine geführte Kette gebildetes Zugorgan auf, an dem in regelmässigen Abständen klammerartige Greifer befestigt sind, die in Offenstellung an einer Zuführstation durch Schliessen des Greifers ein Druckprodukt übernehmen und an eine nachfolgende Verarbeitungsstation weiterfördern, wo die Druckprodukte durch Oeffnen der Greifer von diesen zur Entnahme befreit werden. The invention relates to a device for transporting printed products, with an endlessly circulating traction element, to which receiving products which take in and deliver again at regular intervals are attached.
Devices of this type are known, inter alia, as cycle conveyors in the printing processing industry and transport individual printing products from a printing press via several processing stations into the shipping area. This device has a traction element formed by a guided chain, to which clamp-like grippers are attached at regular intervals, which take over a printed product in the open position at a feed station by closing the gripper and convey it to a subsequent processing station, where the printed products are opened by opening the grippers these are released for removal.

Diese bekannten Einrichtungen fördern das Druckprodukt hängend in ein getaktet rotierendes Zellenrad, welches die Druckprodukte beispielsweise in Taschen einer Einsteckmaschine steckt. Die EP 0 380 921 B1 vermittelt eine derartige Einrichtung zur Beschickung einer Einsteckmaschine mit Druckprodukten.These known devices convey the printed product hanging in a clocked rotating cell wheel, which contains the printed products for example in the pockets of a plug-in machine. EP 0 380 921 B1 conveys such a device for Loading a inserting machine with printed products.

Diese bekannten Einrichtungen lassen an Genauigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit zu wünschen übrig, insbesondere dann, wenn eine relativ hohe Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit gefahren werden soll.These known devices leave accuracy and reliability to be desired, especially when a relative high processing speed should be driven.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es deshalb, eine Einrichtung zu schaffen, die einfach ausführbar ist und mit der die Druckprodukte bei relativ hoher Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit treffsicher zuführbar sind.The object of the invention is therefore to provide a device create that is easy to execute and with which the printed products accurate at a relatively high processing speed are feedable.

Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass die Aufnahmemittel paarweise zusammenwirkende, mit ihrem Umfang einen Förderspalt bildende Walzen aufweisen, die einenends und um senkrecht zur Förderrichtung an einem mit dem Zugorgan verbundenen Traggestell angeordnete Achsen antreibbar gelagert sind.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the Receiving means interacting in pairs, with their scope have rollers forming a nip, the ends and to be perpendicular to the direction of conveyance on one connected to the traction element Supported axles arranged drivable are.

Es erweist sich als einfache Ausführungsform, wenn wenigstens eine Walze eines Walzenpaares mit einem Antriebsorgan verbindbar ist.It proves to be a simple embodiment if at least a roller of a pair of rollers can be connected to a drive member is.

Zur unmittelbaren Nutzung der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung ist es vorteilhaft, wenn entlang des Zugorgans wenigstens eine Zuführstation zur Beschickung der Aufnahmemittel und wenigstens eine Abgabestation zur Weiterverarbeitung der Druckprodukte vorgesehen ist, die durch Antriebsorgane ausgebildet sind.For direct use of the device according to the invention it is advantageous if at least one along the train element Feed station for loading the receiving means and at least a delivery station for further processing of the printed products is provided, which is formed by drive members are.

Vorzugsweise sind die Antriebsorgane durch ortsfeste Steuerkurven oder angetriebene Steuermittel ausgebildet, die eine exakte Verarbeitung gestatten.The drive members are preferably by means of fixed control cams or driven control means formed one allow exact processing.

Zweckmässig ist zur Meidung einer ungenauen Erfassung und Abgabe der Druckprodukte die Länge einer ortsfesten Steuerkurve geringer als der Teilungsabstand zweier an dem Zugorgan befestigter Aufnahmemittel.It is advisable to avoid inaccurate registration and submission of the printed products the length of a fixed control curve less than the pitch of two attached to the traction element Receiving means.

Wenn die Druckprodukte in einer zur Aufnahme entgegengesetzten Richtung wieder aus den Aufnahmemitteln ausgestossen werden, eignet sich eine Anordnungsweise der Steuerkurven besonders, wenn letztere wechselweise gegenüberliegend entlang dem Zugorgan versetzt vorkommen.If the printed products are in an opposite to the recording Direction are ejected again from the receiving means, a way of arranging the control curves is particularly suitable, if the latter alternately opposite each other along the traction element appear staggered.

Es erweist sich als einfache und bewährte Konstruktion, wenn die Walzenpaare durch Zahnräder antriebsverbunden sind, sodass nur die in Umlaufrichtung nur eine Walze eines Walzenpaares von einem Antriebsorgan angetrieben wird.It turns out to be a simple and proven design, though the roller pairs are connected to the drive by gears, so that only the one roller of a pair of rollers in the direction of rotation is driven by a drive element.

Hierzu ist es günstig, wenn die vom Antriebsorgan angetriebene Walze am Umfang einen Antriebswulst aufweist, wobei durch Veränderung des Wulstdurchmessers die Drehgeschwindigkeit der Walze beeinflusst werden kann.For this purpose, it is advantageous if the one driven by the drive element Roll has a drive bead on the circumference, whereby by change of the bead diameter the rotational speed of the Roller can be influenced.

Zur Entnahme einzelner Druckprodukte aus den sich folgenden Aufnahmemitteln oder einer regelmässigen Teilentnahme ist es vorteilhaft, wenn die den anzutreibenden Walzen zugeordneten Antriebsorgane zuschaltbar ausgebildet sind.For removing individual printed products from the following It is reception means or a regular partial withdrawal advantageous if the assigned to the rollers to be driven Drive elements are designed to be switchable.

Handelt es sich bei der Aufnahme um grössere Druckprodukte, dann ist es möglicherweise notwendig, dass eine längere Einzugsstrecke vorzusehen ist, sodass die Länge einer ortsfesten Steuerkurve mehr als ein Teilungsabstand eines Aufnahmemittels betragen müsste.If the recording is a larger print product, then it may be necessary to have a longer feed path is to be provided so that the length of a stationary Control curve more than one pitch of a receiving means should be.

Ist eine längere Einzugsstrecke erforderlich, dann ist es vorteilhaft, wenn eine Zuführ- resp. eine Abgabestation zwei benachbarte Steuerkurven aufweist, denen jeweils ein Antriebswulst einer antreibbaren Walze zweier sich folgender Aufnahmemittel zugeordnet ist.If a longer feed distance is required, it is advantageous to if a feed or one delivery station two neighboring Has control curves, each of which has a drive bead a drivable roller of two following receiving means assigned.

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

Fig. 1
eine schematische Darstellung einer erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung zum Transport von Druckprodukten,
Fig. 2
eine auszugsweise Seitenansicht der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Einrichtung,
Fig. 3
eine Draufsicht der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Einrichtung,
Fig. 4
eine auszugsweise Seitenansicht eines alternativen Antriebsorgans und
Fig. 5
ein Querschnitt durch Aufnahmemittel der Einrichtung in Laufrichtung betrachtet.
Subsequently, the invention is explained with reference to the drawing, to which reference is made with regard to all details not mentioned in the description, using an exemplary embodiment. The drawing shows:
Fig. 1
1 shows a schematic representation of a device according to the invention for transporting printed products,
Fig. 2
2 shows a partial side view of the device shown in FIG. 1,
Fig. 3
2 shows a top view of the device shown in FIG. 2,
Fig. 4
a partial side view of an alternative drive member and
Fig. 5
a cross section through receiving means of the device viewed in the running direction.

Fig. 1 zeigt die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung 1 zum Transport von durch einen sog. Abschälanleger 2 von einem Stapel 3 vereinzelten, einer Einsteckmaschine 4 zugeführten Druckprodukten 5. Die Einsteckmaschine 4 weist an Ketten 6 umlaufende Taschen 7 auf, in denen, wie dargestellt, die Druckprodukte 5 quer zur Förderrichtung F eingesteckt werden. Im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel werden die vom Abschälanleger 2 übergebenen Hauptprodukte (Druckprodukt 5) auf einem ansteigenden Abschnitt eines Umlenkrades den Taschen 7 der Einsteckmaschine 4 bundvoraus zugeführt und auf dem anschliessenden abfallenden Abschnitt des Umlenkrades geöffnet, sodass sie auf dem weiteren Förderweg mit dem nächsten Druckprodukte einsteckweise beschickt werden können. Zuvor werden die Druckprodukte 5 an einer Auslage 9 eines Abschälanlegers 5 oder einer anderen Zuführeinrichtung an mit einem angetriebenen Zugorgan 13 verbundene Aufnahmemittel 8 der Einrichtung 1 übergeben bzw. von letzterer übernommen. Hierzu werden die Druckprodukte 5 falz- resp. bundvoran, etwa senkrecht zur Förderrichtung F der Einrichtung 1, die etwa die gleiche Geschwindigkeit wie die Einsteckmaschine 4 aufweist, auf einem mit der Auslage 9 des Anlegers 2 kommunizierenden Förderabschnitt von den Aufnahmemitteln 8 erfasst. Die Aufnahmemittel 8 weisen jeweils zwei paarweise fördernd zusammenwirkende, mit dem Umfang einen Förderspalt 10 bildende Walzen 11, 12 auf, die einenends und um senkrecht zur Förderrichtung F an einem mit dem Zugorgan 13 verbundenen Traggestell 14 angeordnete Achsen 15 gegenläufig antreibbar gelagert sind. Von den Walzenpaaren 11, 12 ist jeweils die in Förderrichtung F vorauslaufende Antriebswalze 12 an einer Zuführ- resp. Aufnahmestation 16 oder einer Abgabestation 17 der Druckprodukte 5 mit einem Antriebsorgan 27 in Antriebsverbindung bringbar. Der mit der Auslage 9 des Anlegers 2 kommunizierende Förderabschnitt ist als Zuführ- resp. Aufnahmestation 16 ausgebildet, wogegen ein Förderabschnitt im Näherungsbereich der Einsteckmaschine 4 als Abgabestation 17 ausgebildet ist.
Zum Zweck einer Entnahme von Druckprodukten 5 vor der Abgabe an die Einsteckmaschine 4 kann auf dem Förderweg eine Entnahmestation 18 vorgesehen sein. Die auf die Walze 12 einwirkenden Antriebsorgane 27 können, wie in den Fig. 1 bis 3 und 5 veranschaulicht, durch ortsfeste oder verstellbare Steuerkurven 19 ausgebildet sein.
Auch angetriebene Steuermittel, beispielsweise ein auf die Antriebswalze 12 einwirkendes, umlaufend angetriebenes Band 20, wie in der Fig. 4 gezeigt, sind als alternative Antriebsorgane 27 anwendbar.
Verstellbar ausgebildete Steuerkurven 19 oder angetriebene Steuermittel 20 lassen sich in ihrer Wirkung ausschalten. Aufgrund der Verarbeitungsweise und Anordnung der Verarbeitungseinrichtungen gemäss Fig. 1 sind die Steuerkurven 19 oder Steuermittel 20 der Zuführ- 16 und Abgabestation 17 resp. Entnahmestation 18 entlang dem Zugorgan 13 der Einrichtung 1 wechselweise gegenüberliegend angeordnet.
Aufgrund der Gegenläufigkeit der Walzen 11, 12 eines Aufnahmemittels 8 zur Bildung eines Förderspaltes 10, der an der Auslage 9 des Anlegers 2 etwa parallel zum Falz der zugeführten Druckprodukte 5 verläuft, vorzugsweise etwa horizontal, sind die Walzen 11, 12 eines Walzenpaares durch jeweils ein Zahnrad 21, 22 miteinander antriebsverbunden (siehe Fig. 3).
Die Druckprodukte 5 können von den Aufnahmemitteln 8 in einer Richtung aufgenommen und abgegeben oder durch reversieren der Drehrichtung in entgegengesetzter Richtung zur Aufnahme abgegeben werden.
Der Antrieb der Walzen 11, 12 erfolgt über einen am Umfang der Walze 12 überstehenden ringförmigen Antriebswulst 23, der im Sinne einer optimalen Nutzung des Förderspaltes 10 im Bereich der einseitigen Lagerung der Walze 12 an dieser befestigt ist. Durch die Verstellbarkeit der Antriebsorgane 8 sind diese zuschalt- oder ausschaltbar.
Zur Verarbeitung grösserer Druckprodukte 5, die eine längere Einzugsstrecke erfordern, sind die Steuerkurven 19 oder die Steuermittel 20 annähernd so lang wie zwei Teilungsabstände zweier am Zugorgan 13 befestigter Aufnahmemittel 8.
Bei einer Ausführung der Einrichtung 1 gemäss Fig. 3 ist die Entnahmestation 18 durch zwei nebeneinander versetzte, separat betätigbare Steuerkurven 19, 19' oder Steuermittel 20, 20' ausgebildet, sodass es möglich ist, an der Entnahmestation 18 ein Druckprodukt 5 von der Einrichtung 1 auszuschleusen, ohne dass ein sich ebenfalls im Wirkbereich der Steuerkurve 19, 19' oder der Steuermittel 20, 20' befindendes Druckprodukt 5 davon beeinflusst wird.1 shows the device 1 according to the invention for transporting printed products 5, which are separated from a stack 3 by a so-called peeling feeder 2 and fed to a inserting machine 4. The inserting machine 4 has pockets 7 running around chains 6, in which, as shown, the printed products 5 are inserted transversely to the conveying direction F. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the main products transferred from the peeling feeder 2 (printed product 5) are fed in front of the pockets 7 of the inserting machine 4 on an ascending section of a deflecting wheel and opened on the subsequent descending section of the deflecting wheel, so that they are inserted in the next conveying way by inserting the next printed product can be. Prior to this, the printed products 5 are transferred to a delivery device 9 of a peeling feeder 5 or another feed device to receiving means 8 of the device 1 connected to a driven pulling member 13 or taken over by the latter. For this purpose, the printed products 5 are folded or Fretly, approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction F of the device 1, which has approximately the same speed as the inserting machine 4, is captured by the receiving means 8 on a conveying section communicating with the delivery 9 of the feeder 2. The receiving means 8 each have two rollers 11, 12, which cooperate in pairs and cooperate with one another to form the circumference of a conveying gap 10 and which are supported in opposite directions at one end and about axes 15 arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction F on a support frame 14 connected to the tension member 13. Of the roller pairs 11, 12, the drive roller 12 leading in the conveying direction F is connected to a feed or Receiving station 16 or a delivery station 17 of the printed products 5 can be brought into a drive connection with a drive member 27. The conveying section communicating with the delivery 9 of the feeder 2 is designed as a feed or Receiving station 16 is formed, whereas a conveying section in the vicinity of the inserting machine 4 is designed as a delivery station 17.
A removal station 18 can be provided on the conveyor path for the purpose of removing printed products 5 before they are delivered to the inserting machine 4. The drive elements 27 acting on the roller 12 can, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, be formed by fixed or adjustable control cams 19.
Driven control means, for example a revolving belt 20 acting on the drive roller 12, as shown in FIG. 4, can also be used as alternative drive elements 27.
The effect of adjustable cam 19 or driven control means 20 can be switched off. Due to the processing and arrangement of the processing devices according to FIG. 1, the control cams 19 or control means 20 of the feed 16 and discharge station 17, respectively. Removal station 18 along the traction element 13 of the device 1 alternately arranged opposite one another.
Due to the counter-rotation of the rollers 11, 12 of a receiving means 8 to form a conveying gap 10, which runs approximately parallel to the fold of the supplied printed products 5 on the delivery 9 of the feeder 2, preferably approximately horizontally, the rollers 11, 12 of a pair of rollers are each one Gear 21, 22 drive-connected to each other (see Fig. 3).
The printed products 5 can be picked up and released by the receiving means 8 in one direction or released by reversing the direction of rotation in the opposite direction to the receiving.
The rollers 11, 12 are driven by means of an annular drive bead 23 protruding from the circumference of the roller 12, which is attached to the roller 12 in the region of the one-sided mounting of the roller 12 in order to make optimum use of the conveyor gap. Due to the adjustability of the drive elements 8, these can be switched on or off.
To process larger printed products 5 that require a longer feed path, the control cams 19 or the control means 20 are approximately as long as two spacing intervals of two receiving means 8 fastened to the pulling element 13.
In an embodiment of the device 1 according to FIG. 3, the removal station 18 is formed by two control cams 19, 19 'or control means 20, 20' which are offset next to one another and can be actuated separately, so that it is possible to print a product 5 from the device 1 at the removal station 18 to be discharged without affecting a printed product 5 which is also in the effective range of the control cam 19, 19 'or the control means 20, 20'.

In Fig. 5 ist die konstruktive Ausgestaltung der Einrichtung 1 vereinfacht dargestellt. Die Aufnahmemittel 8 sind in einer Führungsvorrichtung 24 einer als Zugorgan 13 verwendeten Gelenkkette 25 fliegend befestigt. An dem jochartig ausgebildeten Traggestell 14 sind zwei abstehende Dorne 26 befestigt, an denen jeweils eine Walze 11, 12 gelagert ist.5 shows the structural design of the device 1 shown in simplified form. The receiving means 8 are in one Guide device 24 of a link chain used as a tension member 13 25 fastened on the fly. On the yoke-like Support frame 14, two projecting mandrels 26 are attached to each of which a roller 11, 12 is mounted.

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Einrichtung (1) zum Transport von Druckprodukten (5), mit einem endlos umlaufend geführten Zugorgan (13), an welchem in regelmässigen Abständen zugeführte Druckprodukte (5) übernehmende und wieder abgebende Aufnahmemittel (8) befestigt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahmemittel (8) paarweise zusammenwirkende, mit ihrem Umfang einen Förderspalt (10) bildende Walzen (11, 12) aufweisen, die einenends und um senkrecht zur Förderrichtung (F) an einem mit dem Zugorgan (13) verbundenen Traggestell (14) angeordnete Achsen (15) antreibbar gelagert sind.Device (1) for transporting printed products (5), with an endlessly circulating traction element (13), to which receiving means (8) receiving and releasing printed products (5) are attached at regular intervals, characterized in that the receiving means ( 8) have rollers (11, 12) which cooperate in pairs and which form a conveyor gap (10) with their circumference and which have axles (15) arranged at one end and around perpendicular to the conveying direction (F) on a support frame (14) connected to the traction element (13) are drivably mounted. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens eine Walze (12) des Walzenpaares (11, 12) mit einem Antriebsorgan (27) verbindbar ist. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one roller (12) of the pair of rollers (11, 12) can be connected to a drive member (27). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass entlang des Zugorgans (13) wenigstens eine Zuführstation (16) und eine Abgabestation (17) vorgesehen ist, die durch Antriebsorgane (27) ausgebildet sind.Device according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one feed station (16) and one delivery station (17) are provided along the pulling member (13) and are formed by drive members (27). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebsorgane (27) durch ortsfeste oder verstellbare Steuerkurven (19, 19') oder angetriebene Steuermittel (20, 20') ausgebildet sind.Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the drive members (27) are formed by fixed or adjustable control cams (19, 19 ') or driven control means (20, 20'). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Länge einer Steuerkurve (19, 19') ein oder mehrere Teilungsabstände zweier an dem Zugorgan (13) befestigter Aufnahmemittel (8) beträgt.Device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the length of a control cam (19, 19 ') is one or more spacing intervals between two receiving means (8) fastened to the traction element (13). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerkurven (19, 19') oder Steuermittel (20, 20') einer Zuführ- (16) resp. Abgabestation (17) wechselweise gegenüberliegend entlang dem Zugorgan (13) angeordnet sind.Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the control curves (19, 19 ') or control means (20, 20') of a feed (16) or. Dispensing station (17) are arranged alternately opposite one another along the traction element (13). Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Walzenpaare (11, 12) durch Zahnräder (21, 22) antriebsverbunden sind.Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the roller pairs (11, 12) are drive-connected by gearwheels (21, 22). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die von der ortsfesten resp. verstellbaren Steuerkurve (19, 19') oder Steuermittel (20, 20') antreibbare Walze (12) eines Walzenpaares (11, 12) am Umfang wenigstens einen Antriebswulst (23, 23') aufweist.Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the of the fixed, respectively. Adjustable roller cam (19, 19 ') or control means (20, 20') drivable roller (12) of a pair of rollers (11, 12) has at least one drive bead (23, 23 ') on the circumference. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebsorgane (27) zuschaltbar ausgebildet sind.Device according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the drive members (27) are designed to be switchable. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine zwischen Zuführ- (16) und Abgabestation (17) angeordnete Entnahmestation (18) zwei getrennt von einander angeordnete und betätigbare Steuerkurven (19, 19') oder Steuermittel (20, 20') aufweist, denen jeweils ein Antriebswulst (23, 23') einer antreibbaren Walze (12) zweier sich folgender Aufnahmemittel (8) zugeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a removal station (18) arranged between the feed (16) and delivery station (17) has two control cams (19, 19 ') or control means (20, 20) which are arranged and operable separately from one another '), to each of which a drive bead (23, 23') of a drivable roller (12) of two following receiving means (8) is assigned. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebsorgane (27) entlang des Förderweges zur Reversierbarkeit der Drehrichtung der Walzen (11, 12) eines Aufnahmemittels (8) angeordnet sind.Device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the drive members (27) along the conveyor path for reversibility of the direction of rotation of the rollers (11, 12) of a receiving means (8) are arranged.
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