EP1274638B1 - Dispositif pour ejecter des signatures d'un appareil de pliage - Google Patents

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EP1274638B1
EP1274638B1 EP01931422A EP01931422A EP1274638B1 EP 1274638 B1 EP1274638 B1 EP 1274638B1 EP 01931422 A EP01931422 A EP 01931422A EP 01931422 A EP01931422 A EP 01931422A EP 1274638 B1 EP1274638 B1 EP 1274638B1
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Manfred Wolfgang Hartmann
Horst Bernhard Michalik
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Koenig and Bauer AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/54Article strippers, e.g. for stripping from advancing elements
    • B65H29/56Article strippers, e.g. for stripping from advancing elements for stripping from elements or machines
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/58Article switches or diverters
    • B65H29/62Article switches or diverters diverting faulty articles from the main streams
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16Rotary folders
    • B65H45/162Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/50Auxiliary process performed during handling process
    • B65H2301/52Auxiliary process performed during handling process for starting
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/202With product handling means
    • Y10T83/2092Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product
    • Y10T83/2192Endless conveyor
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/202With product handling means
    • Y10T83/2092Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product
    • Y10T83/2198Tiltable or withdrawable support
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/465Cutting motion of tool has component in direction of moving work
    • Y10T83/4766Orbital motion of cutting blade
    • Y10T83/4795Rotary tool
    • Y10T83/483With cooperating rotary cutter or backup
    • Y10T83/4838With anvil backup

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Forming Counted Batches (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Preliminary Treatment Of Fibers (AREA)

Claims (3)

  1. Dispositif pour éjecter des signatures (19), ou une amorce (33) d'une bande (26), ou d'un tronçon de bande, hors d'un appareil de pliage (2, 4, 11), un aiguillage (39) d'un dispositif de transport (36) étant associé à un cylindre (4 ou 11) de l'appareil de pliage (2, 4, 11), et en ce que l'aiguillage (39) est commutable à volonté, à l'aiguillage (39) étant associé au moins un dispositif de saisie et de transport de tronçons ou de signatures (36), formé de systèmes à bande (46 ; 47) continus, caractérisé en ce que les systèmes à bande (46 ; 47) sont disposés de façon à pouvoir pivoter, d'une position de repos (C) en une position d'éjection ou de travail (D)
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caracténsé en ce qu'un dispositif d'élimination (28, 56, 62, 63) est associé à l'aiguillage (39) et au dispositif de transport (36).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'aiguillage (39) est disposé dans un gousset de sortie d'emprise (29) d'un dispositif de découpage transversal (2 ; 4).
EP01931422A 2000-04-15 2001-04-06 Dispositif pour ejecter des signatures d'un appareil de pliage Expired - Lifetime EP1274638B1 (fr)

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EP04102367A EP1486443B1 (fr) 2000-04-15 2001-04-06 Dispositif pour l'évacuation de signatures, d'un debût d'une bande ou d'une bande d'un appareil de pliage

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DE10018770 2000-04-15
DE10018770A DE10018770C1 (de) 2000-04-15 2000-04-15 Vorrichtung zum Ausschleusen von Signaturen aus einem Falzapparat
PCT/DE2001/001347 WO2001079099A2 (fr) 2000-04-15 2001-04-06 Dispositifs pour ejecter des signatures d'un appareil de pliage

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EP1274638A2 EP1274638A2 (fr) 2003-01-15
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EP04102367A Expired - Lifetime EP1486443B1 (fr) 2000-04-15 2001-04-06 Dispositif pour l'évacuation de signatures, d'un debût d'une bande ou d'une bande d'un appareil de pliage
EP01931422A Expired - Lifetime EP1274638B1 (fr) 2000-04-15 2001-04-06 Dispositif pour ejecter des signatures d'un appareil de pliage

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US (1) US6913567B2 (fr)
EP (2) EP1486443B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP3908035B2 (fr)
AT (2) ATE388920T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU5820601A (fr)
DE (3) DE10018770C1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2001079099A2 (fr)

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WO2001079099A2 (fr) 2001-10-25
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DE50106693D1 (de) 2005-08-11
EP1274638A2 (fr) 2003-01-15
JP2003531082A (ja) 2003-10-21
US20030106405A1 (en) 2003-06-12
JP3908035B2 (ja) 2007-04-25
WO2001079099A3 (fr) 2002-04-11
US6913567B2 (en) 2005-07-05
ATE388920T1 (de) 2008-03-15
DE50113740D1 (de) 2008-04-24
AU5820601A (en) 2001-10-30
WO2001079099B1 (fr) 2002-07-18
EP1486443B1 (fr) 2008-03-12

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