EP1277684B1 - Arrangement for forming a third stream from a first and a second stream of printed products - Google Patents

Arrangement for forming a third stream from a first and a second stream of printed products Download PDF

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EP1277684B1
EP1277684B1 EP01810707A EP01810707A EP1277684B1 EP 1277684 B1 EP1277684 B1 EP 1277684B1 EP 01810707 A EP01810707 A EP 01810707A EP 01810707 A EP01810707 A EP 01810707A EP 1277684 B1 EP1277684 B1 EP 1277684B1
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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
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6609—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/06—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/34—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement
    • B65H2301/342—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement with change of plane of displacement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
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    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
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  • the invention relates to an arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such arrangements are known for the processing of so-called double-benefit products.
  • These double-use products are formed, for example, with a saddle stitcher and stapled as a rule.
  • a cutting machine also called a trimmer
  • these double-use products are trimmed with a leading back.
  • Each double-use product produces two printed products that are trimmed on three sides.
  • the trimmed printed products are conveyed in two synchronously running streams.
  • these two streams are each fed to a further processing machine.
  • These machines are in particular cross-stackers for forming packages or winding devices.
  • the printed products are stacked in a known manner. With the winding devices shingled streams are formed from the streams and these are wound by means of winding tapes to roles. These rolls can be stored and at the desired time be settled again.
  • DE 298 19 145 U1 describes a transport device for flat objects such as paper sheets, which has a first conveyor on which objects are supplied one above the other, and a second conveyor arranged at right angles to the first on which the sheets are transported, the conveyor means being a step form, where the sheets are waterfall promoted.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an arrangement of the type mentioned, which simplifies the processing of double streams and in particular the processing of double-benefit products. Nevertheless, a comparatively high performance should be possible.
  • the object is achieved in a generic arrangement according to claim 1.
  • the two streams are combined to form a common stream. This is achieved with stages at which the printed products are conveyed like a waterfall. Such stages or waterfall-like conveyor lines are also called bumpturn in technical jargon. These are known in the printing industry and are functionally reliable and manageable without great design effort. Since only one stream has to be further processed, only one further processing machine is required in accordance with which this stream is supplied. This simplifies the workflow and saves costs. For example, the printed products can only be bundled into packages in a single cross-stacker or rolled up on a winding roll.
  • the arrangement is designed so that the common third current is a scale flow, it can be wound into a roll.
  • the performance of the inventive arrangement is at least comparable with known arrangements of this type. For products with the DIN A5 format, it is possible to easily process 2x 13'000 copies per hour.
  • the arrangement according to FIG. 2 essentially comprises a first transport device 1, a second transport device 2, a saddle stitcher 18 and a cutting machine 5.
  • a first transport device 1 a second transport device 2
  • a saddle stitcher 18 so-called double-use products 13 are processed and preferably stapled with a conventional stapler not shown here on the back 21.
  • the dual-use products 13 are printed with the information A and B for two printed products 3 and 4.
  • a and B are usually the same and symmetrical.
  • the double-use products 13 formed in the saddle stitcher 18 are transferred to the first transport device 1, on which they are conveyed in the direction of the arrow 14 with leading back 21 and a cutting device 5, also called a trimmer, be supplied.
  • This cutting device 5 has a front section 6 and two side knives 8, 10 and a central cutting knife 9 and stops not shown here.
  • the double-use products 13 are trimmed in the cutting device 5 on the side and parallel to the back 21. With the central cutting knife 9, the double-use products 13 are cut along the indicated dashed line T.
  • the cutting device 5 are thus three-sided trimmed and collection-stitched printed products 3 and 4, for example, brochures, magazines and the like.
  • the printed products 3 and 4 are respectively conveyed forward with the back 24.
  • a front section 22 is thus trailing and the side cuts 23 extend parallel to the conveying direction according to arrow 14th
  • the printed products 3 form a first stream S1 and the printed products 4 form a second stream S2. Both streams preferably run synchronously with one another and, as can be seen, the printed products 3 and 4 are each spaced apart in the flow direction.
  • the transport device 1 has after the cutting device 5 according to FIG. 1, a transport member 15, for example, an endless belt.
  • the transport of the two streams S1 and S2 ends at a front edge 7.
  • the second transport device 2 Transverse to the transport direction according to arrow 14 and after the edge 7, the second transport device 2 is arranged, which has a conveying direction, which according to arrow 25 is substantially transverse to the conveying direction of the transport device 1.
  • the transport device 2 has a first transport member 2a and a second transport member 2b. These are formed for example by a conveyor belt 16 and a conveyor belt 17. But here are also other transport organs possible.
  • the two transport members 2a and 2b are each driven by a separate controllable drive 19 and 20 respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the first transport member 2a is slightly below and in front of the edge 7 and the second transport member 2b is located below a front edge 26 of the first transport member 2a.
  • a second stage is formed. Since the two transport members 2a and 2b are offset in height to each other, a double stage according to W1 + W3 is formed for current S1.
  • the current S2 is fed via the stage W2, which corresponds to the drop height W1 + W3, on transport member 2b.
  • the printed products 3 of the stream S1 pass to W1 via a further step W3, ie from the first transport element 2a to the second transport element 2b.
  • the conveying speed of the streams S1, S2 are indicated by arrow V1, the speed of the conveying member 2a by V2 and the speed of the scale flow S3 by V3.
  • the printed products 3 are offset from the speed V1 to the speed V2.
  • the printed products 4 are converted from the speed V1 to the speed V3 of the conveying member 2b.
  • the speed V2 is rectified as the speed V3, but much higher in magnitude, preferably about twice as high.
  • the stages W1 to W3 are designed so that the two streams S1 and S2 combined to form a common stream S3 become.
  • the stream S3 is here preferably, but not necessarily a scale flow.
  • adjustable stops 100, 101 are preferably arranged on this as well as on the upstream conveying member 2 a, adaptable to different formats. Subsequently, this formation of the common current S3 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3a to 3h.
  • Fig. 3a shows schematically the first transport device 1 and the two transport members 2a and 2b of the second transport device 2.
  • On the second transport device 2 are still no printed products available.
  • the printed product 3 reaches the first transport element 2a and the printed product 4 reaches the second Transport organ 2b.
  • Fig. 3b shows the arrangement in which the printed product 3 on the first transport member 2a and the printed product 4 are on the second transport member 2b.
  • the printed product 3 has the speed V2 and the printed product 4 is converted to the speed V3.
  • the speed V2 is considerably larger in magnitude, for example, twice as large as the speed V3.
  • the printed product 3 is conveyed to the second transport member 2b. Due to the higher speed V2, the printed product 3 is pushed over the printed product 4 and deposited thereon with a scale spacing D shown in FIG. 3a.
  • the following printed products 3 'and 4' reach the edge 7 and pass through the step W1 or W2 onto the second transport device 2.
  • the printed product 4 'becomes, with the scale spacing D, the printed product 3 and the printed product 3' likewise with the scale spacing D stored on the printed product 4 '.
  • a third flow S3, which is a scale flow with the scale spacing D is formed on the transport member 2b.
  • the process is repeated for each product pair arriving at the edge 7.
  • the printed products stored on the transport member 2b are conveyed continuously in the direction of the arrow 25 at the speed V3.
  • the lines L1 to L4 in Figs. 3b to 3h connect edges of the same product and are only for understanding the workflow.
  • the two transport elements 2a and 2b are each driven independently of one another by regulatable drives 19 and 20, respectively.
  • an optimum scale flow S3 can be set.
  • a third transport device 11 is arranged downstream of the transport element 2b and, for example, likewise has an endless conveyor belt and a stop 12, against which the products of the third stream S3 are conveyed.
  • This stop 12 causes a conversion of the current S3 by 90 degrees, whereby from a scale flow, a further scale flow S4 can be formed.
  • the backs 24 are in turn arranged in advance in the conveying direction as in the first transport device 1.
  • the conveying direction of S4 is indicated in FIG. 2 by the arrow 28 and this is thus substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the first transport device. 1
  • the scale flow S4 is supplied, for example, to a winding device 27, which is merely indicated in FIG. 2, on which the printed products 3 and 4 are wound up in a shingled stream and fixed with belts 29.
  • the printed products 3 and 4 can advantageously be addressed in S3 or S4 with an addressing device, not shown here. It is advantageous for this purpose that the printed products 3 and 4 have a defined sequence.
  • the printed products 3 and 4 of the stream S4 can also be supplied to a stacker, not shown here, or to another device for packet formation.
  • the inventive arrangement has the further advantage that tip and standard packages can be formed in any order.
  • the stream S4 is preferably a scale flow.
  • the current S4 is a product current at which the following printed products 3 and 4 do not overlap
  • the current S3 can also be a current in which the following printed products 3 and 4 do not overlap.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Anordnung nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.
Solche Anordnungen sind für die Verarbeitung von sogenannten Doppelnutzen-Produkten bekannt. Diese Doppelnutzen-Produkte werden beispielsweise mit einem Sammelhefter gebildet und in der Regel auch geheftet. In einer Schneidmaschine, auch Trimmer genannt, werden diese Doppelnutzen-Produkte mit vorauslaufendem Rücken beschnitten. Aus jedem Doppelnutzen-Produkt entstehen so zwei Druckprodukte, die an drei Seiten beschnitten sind. Nach der Schneidmaschine werden die beschnittenen Druckprodukte in zwei synchron laufenden Strömen gefördert. Zur Weiterverarbeitung der Druckprodukte werden diese beiden Ströme je einer Weiterverarbeitungsmaschine zugeführt. Diese Maschinen sind insbesondere Kreuzleger zur Bildung von Paketen oder Wickelvorrichtungen. In den Kreuzlegern werden die Druckprodukte in bekannter Weise übereinander gestapelt. Mit den Wickelvorrichtungen werden aus den Strömen Schuppenströme gebildet und diese werden mittels Wickelbändern zu Rollen aufgewickelt. Diese Rollen können gelagert und zur gewünschten Zeit wieder abgewickelt werden.The invention relates to an arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.
Such arrangements are known for the processing of so-called double-benefit products. These double-use products are formed, for example, with a saddle stitcher and stapled as a rule. In a cutting machine, also called a trimmer, these double-use products are trimmed with a leading back. Each double-use product produces two printed products that are trimmed on three sides. After the cutting machine, the trimmed printed products are conveyed in two synchronously running streams. For further processing of the printed products, these two streams are each fed to a further processing machine. These machines are in particular cross-stackers for forming packages or winding devices. In the stackers the printed products are stacked in a known manner. With the winding devices shingled streams are formed from the streams and these are wound by means of winding tapes to roles. These rolls can be stored and at the desired time be settled again.

Die DE 298 19 145 U1 beschreibt eine Transporteinrichtung für flache Gegenstände wie Papierbogen, die eine erste Fördereinrichtung, auf der Gegenstände übereinander angeliefert werden, und eine rechtwinklig zur ersten angeordnete zweite Fördereinrichtung, auf der die Bogen abtransportiert werden, aufweist, wobei die Fördereinrichtungen eine Stufe bilden, an der die Bogen wasserfallartig gefördert werden.DE 298 19 145 U1 describes a transport device for flat objects such as paper sheets, which has a first conveyor on which objects are supplied one above the other, and a second conveyor arranged at right angles to the first on which the sheets are transported, the conveyor means being a step form, where the sheets are waterfall promoted.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Anordnung der genannten Gattung zu schaffen, welche die Bearbeitung von Doppelströmen und insbesondere die Verarbeitung von Doppelnutzen-Produkten vereinfacht. Trotzdem soll eine vergleichsweise hohe Leistung möglich sein.
Die Aufgabe ist bei einer gattungsgemässen Anordnung gemäss Anspruch 1 gelöst.
Bei der erfindungsgemässen Anordnung werden die beiden Ströme zu einem gemeinsamen Strom zusammengeführt. Dies wird mit Stufen erreicht, an denen die Druckprodukte wasserfallartig gefördert werden. Solche Stufen bzw. wasserfallartige Förderstrecken werden in der Fachsprache auch bumpturn genannt. Diese sind in der druckverarbeitenden Industrie an sich bekannt und sind funktionssicher sowie ohne grossen konstruktiven Aufwand beherrschbar. Da lediglich ein Strom weiterverarbeitet werden muss, ist entsprechend lediglich eine Weiterverarbeitungsmaschine erforderlich, welcher dieser Strom zugeführt wird. Damit kann der Arbeitsablauf vereinfacht und es können Kosten eingespart werden. Die Druckprodukte können beispielsweise lediglich in einem einzigen Kreuzleger zu Paketen zusammengefasst werden oder auf eine Wickelrolle aufgerollt werden.The invention has for its object to provide an arrangement of the type mentioned, which simplifies the processing of double streams and in particular the processing of double-benefit products. Nevertheless, a comparatively high performance should be possible.
The object is achieved in a generic arrangement according to claim 1.
In the arrangement according to the invention, the two streams are combined to form a common stream. This is achieved with stages at which the printed products are conveyed like a waterfall. Such stages or waterfall-like conveyor lines are also called bumpturn in technical jargon. These are known in the printing industry and are functionally reliable and manageable without great design effort. Since only one stream has to be further processed, only one further processing machine is required in accordance with which this stream is supplied. This simplifies the workflow and saves costs. For example, the printed products can only be bundled into packages in a single cross-stacker or rolled up on a winding roll.

Ist gemäss einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung die Anordnung so ausgebildet, dass der gemeinsamen dritte Strom ein Schuppenstrom ist, so kann dieser zu einer Rolle gewickelt werden. Die Leistung der erfindungsgemässen Anordnung ist mit bekannten Anordnungen dieser Gattung zumindest vergleichbar. Bei Produkten mit dem Format DIN A5 können ohne weiteres 2x 13'000 Exemplare pro Stunde verarbeitet werden.If according to an embodiment of the invention, the arrangement is designed so that the common third current is a scale flow, it can be wound into a roll. The performance of the inventive arrangement is at least comparable with known arrangements of this type. For products with the DIN A5 format, it is possible to easily process 2x 13'000 copies per hour.

Weitere vorteilhafte Merkmale ergeben sich aus den abhängigen Patentansprüchen, der nachfolgenden Beschreibung sowie der Zeichnung.Further advantageous features emerge from the dependent claims, the following description and the drawings.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
schematisch eine räumliche Teilansicht der erfindungsgemässen Anordnung,
Fig. 2
eine Draufsicht auf die erfindungsgemässe Anordnung und
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schematisch die Bildung eines gemeinsamen Stromes aus zwei Strömen.
An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show it:
Fig. 1
1 is a schematic partial view of the arrangement according to the invention;
Fig. 2
a plan view of the inventive arrangement and
Fig. 3
schematically the formation of a common stream of two streams.

Die Anordnung weist gemäss Fig. 2 im wesentlichen eine erste Transportvorrichtung 1, eine zweite Transportvorrichtung 2, einen Sammelhefter 18 sowie eine Schneidmaschine 5 auf. In dem hier lediglich angedeuteten und üblichen Sammelhefter 18 werden sogenannte Doppelnutzen-Produkte 13 verarbeitet und vorzugsweise mit einer hier nicht gezeigten üblichen Heftmaschine am Rücken 21 geheftet. Die Doppelnutzen-Produkte 13 sind mit den Informationen A und B für zwei Druckprodukte 3 und 4 bedruckt. A und B sind üblicherweise gleich und symmetrisch.The arrangement according to FIG. 2 essentially comprises a first transport device 1, a second transport device 2, a saddle stitcher 18 and a cutting machine 5. In the here only indicated and usual saddle stitcher 18 so-called double-use products 13 are processed and preferably stapled with a conventional stapler not shown here on the back 21. The dual-use products 13 are printed with the information A and B for two printed products 3 and 4. A and B are usually the same and symmetrical.

Die im Sammelhefter 18 gebildeten Doppelnutzen-Produkte 13 werden der ersten Transportvorrichtung 1 übergeben, auf welcher sie in Richtung des Pfeiles 14 mit vorauslaufendem Rücken 21 gefördert und einer Schneidvorrichtung 5, auch Trimmer genannt, zugeführt werden. Diese Schneidvorrichtung 5 weist ein Frontschnitt 6 und zwei Seitenmesser 8, 10 und ein Mittelschnittmesser 9 sowie hier nicht gezeigte Anschläge auf. Die Doppelnutzen-Produkte 13 werden in der Schneidvorrichtung 5 seitig und parallel zum Rücken 21 beschnitten. Mit dem Mittelschnittmesser 9 werden die Doppelnutzen-Produkte 13 entlang der angedeuteten gestrichelten Linie T durchgetrennt. Nach der Schneidvorrichtung 5 liegen somit dreiseitig beschnittene und sammelgeheftete Druckprodukte 3 und 4, beispielsweise Broschüren, Zeitschriften und dergleichen vor. Die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 werden jeweils mit dem Rücken 24 vorlaufend gefördert. Ein Frontschnitt 22 ist somit nachlaufend und die Seitenschnitte 23 erstrecken sich parallel zur Förderrichtung gemäss Pfeil 14.The double-use products 13 formed in the saddle stitcher 18 are transferred to the first transport device 1, on which they are conveyed in the direction of the arrow 14 with leading back 21 and a cutting device 5, also called a trimmer, be supplied. This cutting device 5 has a front section 6 and two side knives 8, 10 and a central cutting knife 9 and stops not shown here. The double-use products 13 are trimmed in the cutting device 5 on the side and parallel to the back 21. With the central cutting knife 9, the double-use products 13 are cut along the indicated dashed line T. After the cutting device 5 are thus three-sided trimmed and collection-stitched printed products 3 and 4, for example, brochures, magazines and the like. The printed products 3 and 4 are respectively conveyed forward with the back 24. A front section 22 is thus trailing and the side cuts 23 extend parallel to the conveying direction according to arrow 14th

Die Druckprodukte 3 bilden einen ersten Strom S1 und die Druckprodukte 4 einen zweiten Strom S2. Beide Ströme laufen vorzugsweise synchron zueinander und wie ersichtlich, sind die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 jeweils in Strömungsrichtung zueinander beabstandet.The printed products 3 form a first stream S1 and the printed products 4 form a second stream S2. Both streams preferably run synchronously with one another and, as can be seen, the printed products 3 and 4 are each spaced apart in the flow direction.

Die Transportvorrichtung 1 weist nach der Schneidvorrichtung 5 gemäss Fig. 1 ein Transportorgan 15, beispielsweise ein endloses Band auf. Der Transport der beiden Ströme S1 und S2 endet an einer vorderen Kante 7.The transport device 1 has after the cutting device 5 according to FIG. 1, a transport member 15, for example, an endless belt. The transport of the two streams S1 and S2 ends at a front edge 7.

Quer zur Transportrichtung gemäss Pfeil 14 und nach der Kante 7 ist die zweite Transportvorrichtung 2 angeordnet, die eine Förderrichtung aufweist, welche gemäss Pfeil 25 im wesentlichen quer zur Förderrichtung der Transportvorrichtung 1 ist. Die Transportvorrichtung 2 weist ein erstes Transportorgan 2a sowie ein zweites Transportorgan 2b auf. Diese werden beispielsweise durch ein Transportband 16 bzw. ein Transportband 17 gebildet. Es sind hier aber grundsätzlich auch andere Transportorgane möglich. Die beiden Transportorgane 2a und 2b sind jeweils von einem separaten regelbaren Antrieb 19 bzw. 20 angetrieben. Wie die Fig. 1 zeigt, befindet sich das erste Transportorgan 2a etwas unterhalb und vor der Kante 7 und das zweite Transportorgan 2b befindet sich unterhalb einer vorderen Kante 26 des ersten Transportorgans 2a. Vom Übergang der ersten Transportvorrichtung 1 zur zweiten Transportvorrichtung 2 wird damit eine erste Stufe und zwischen dem Transportorgan 2a und dem Transportorgan 2b wird eine zweite Stufe gebildet. Da die beiden Transportorgane 2a und 2b zueinander in der Höhe versetzt sind, bildet sich für Strom S1 eine Doppelstufe gemäss W1 + W3. Der Strom S2 wird über die Stufe W2, die der Fallhöhe W1 + W3 entspricht, auf Transportorgan 2b geführt. Die Druckprodukte 3 des Stromes S1 gelangen nach W1 über eine weitere Stufe W3, also vom ersten Transportorgan 2a auf das zweite Transportorgan 2b.Transverse to the transport direction according to arrow 14 and after the edge 7, the second transport device 2 is arranged, which has a conveying direction, which according to arrow 25 is substantially transverse to the conveying direction of the transport device 1. The transport device 2 has a first transport member 2a and a second transport member 2b. These are formed for example by a conveyor belt 16 and a conveyor belt 17. But here are also other transport organs possible. The two transport members 2a and 2b are each driven by a separate controllable drive 19 and 20 respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the first transport member 2a is slightly below and in front of the edge 7 and the second transport member 2b is located below a front edge 26 of the first transport member 2a. From the transition of the first transport device 1 to the second transport device 2 is thus a first stage and between the transport member 2 a and the transport member 2 b, a second stage is formed. Since the two transport members 2a and 2b are offset in height to each other, a double stage according to W1 + W3 is formed for current S1. The current S2 is fed via the stage W2, which corresponds to the drop height W1 + W3, on transport member 2b. The printed products 3 of the stream S1 pass to W1 via a further step W3, ie from the first transport element 2a to the second transport element 2b.

Die Fördergeschwindigkeit der Ströme S1, S2 sind mit Pfeil V1, die Geschwindigkeit des Förderorgans 2a mit V2 und die Geschwindigkeit des Schuppenstromes S3 mit V3 bezeichnet. Auf dem ersten Förderorgan 2a werden die Druckprodukte 3 von der Geschwindigkeit V1 auf die Geschwindigkeit V2 versetzt. Die Druckprodukte 4 werden von der Geschwindigkeit V1 auf die Geschwindigkeit V3 des Förderorgans 2b umgesetzt. Die Geschwindigkeit V2 ist gleichgerichtet wie die Geschwindigkeit V3, jedoch im Betrag wesentlich höher, vorzugsweise etwa doppelt so hoch. Die Stufen W1 bis W3 sind so ausgebildet, dass die beiden Ströme S1 und S2 zu einem gemeinsamen Strom S3 zusammengeführt werden. Der Strom S3 ist hier vorzugsweise, jedoch nicht zwingend ein Schuppenstrom. Zur Erzielung eines weitgehend ausgerichteten Förderstromes auf dem Förderorgan 2b, sind auf diesem wie auch auf dem vorgeschalteten Förderorgan 2a vorzugsweise anpassbar an unterschiedliche Formate, verstellbare Anschläge 100, 101 angeordnet.
Nachfolgend wird anhand der Fig. 3a bis 3h diese Bildung des gemeinsamen Stromes S3 erläutert.The conveying speed of the streams S1, S2 are indicated by arrow V1, the speed of the conveying member 2a by V2 and the speed of the scale flow S3 by V3. On the first conveying member 2a, the printed products 3 are offset from the speed V1 to the speed V2. The printed products 4 are converted from the speed V1 to the speed V3 of the conveying member 2b. The speed V2 is rectified as the speed V3, but much higher in magnitude, preferably about twice as high. The stages W1 to W3 are designed so that the two streams S1 and S2 combined to form a common stream S3 become. The stream S3 is here preferably, but not necessarily a scale flow. To achieve a largely aligned flow on the conveying member 2 b, adjustable stops 100, 101 are preferably arranged on this as well as on the upstream conveying member 2 a, adaptable to different formats.
Subsequently, this formation of the common current S3 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3a to 3h.

Die Fig. 3a zeigt schematisch die erste Transportvorrichtung 1 und die beiden Transportorgane 2a und 2b der zweiten Transportvorrichtung 2. Auf der zweiten Transportvorrichtung 2 sind noch keine Druckprodukte vorhanden. Auf der ersten Transportvorrichtung 1 wird ein erster Strom S1 mit Druckprodukten 3 und ein zweiter Strom S2 mit Druckprodukten 4 wie oben erläutert, gefördert. Erreichen ein Druckprodukt 3 sowie ein Druckprodukt 4 die Kante 7 (Fig. 2), so gelangen diese über die Stufe W1 bzw. W2 auf die zweite Transportvorrichtung 2. Das Druckprodukt 3 gelangt hierbei auf das erste Transportorgan 2a und das Druckprodukt 4 auf das zweite Transportorgan 2b. Die Fig. 3b zeigt die Anordnung, bei welcher sich das Druckprodukt 3 auf dem ersten Transportorgan 2a und das Druckprodukt 4 auf dem zweiten Transportorgan 2b befinden. Das Druckprodukt 3 weist die Geschwindigkeit V2 auf und das Druckprodukt 4 ist auf die Geschwindigkeit V3 umgesetzt. Die Geschwindigkeit V2 ist ihrem Betrag nach wesentlich grösser, beispielsweise doppelt so gross wie die Geschwindigkeit V3. Über die Stufe W3 wird das Druckprodukt 3 auf das zweite Transportorgan 2b gefördert. Aufgrund der höheren Geschwindigkeit V2 wird das Druckprodukt 3 über das Druckprodukt 4 geschoben und auf diesem mit einem in Fig. 3a gezeigten Schuppenabstand D abgelegt.Fig. 3a shows schematically the first transport device 1 and the two transport members 2a and 2b of the second transport device 2. On the second transport device 2 are still no printed products available. On the first transport device 1, a first stream S1 with printed products 3 and a second stream S2 with printed products 4 as explained above, promoted. If a printed product 3 and a printed product 4 reach the edge 7 (FIG. 2), they reach the second transport device 2 via the step W1 or W2. The printed product 3 reaches the first transport element 2a and the printed product 4 reaches the second Transport organ 2b. Fig. 3b shows the arrangement in which the printed product 3 on the first transport member 2a and the printed product 4 are on the second transport member 2b. The printed product 3 has the speed V2 and the printed product 4 is converted to the speed V3. The speed V2 is considerably larger in magnitude, for example, twice as large as the speed V3. Via the step W3, the printed product 3 is conveyed to the second transport member 2b. Due to the higher speed V2, the printed product 3 is pushed over the printed product 4 and deposited thereon with a scale spacing D shown in FIG. 3a.

Gleichzeitig erreichen die nachfolgenden Druckprodukte 3' und 4' die Kante 7 und gelangen über die Stufe W1 bzw. W2 auf die zweite Transportvorrichtung 2. Das Druckprodukt 4' wird mit dem Schuppenabstand D auf das Druckprodukt 3 und das Druckprodukt 3' ebenfalls mit dem Schuppenabstand D auf das Druckprodukt 4' abgelegt. Auf dem Transportorgan 2b bildet sich auf diese Weise ein dritter Strom S3, der ein Schuppenstrom mit dem Schuppenabstand D ist. Der Vorgang wird für jedes an der Kante 7 ankommende Produktepaar wiederholt. Die auf dem Transportorgan 2b abgelegten Druckprodukte werden selbstverständlich kontinuierlich mit der Geschwindigkeit V3 in Richtung des Pfeiles 25 gefördert. Die Linien L1 bis L4 in den Fig. 3b bis 3h verbinden Kanten des gleichen Produktes und dienen lediglich dem Verständnis des Arbeitsablaufes.At the same time, the following printed products 3 'and 4' reach the edge 7 and pass through the step W1 or W2 onto the second transport device 2. The printed product 4 'becomes, with the scale spacing D, the printed product 3 and the printed product 3' likewise with the scale spacing D stored on the printed product 4 '. In this way, a third flow S3, which is a scale flow with the scale spacing D, is formed on the transport member 2b. The process is repeated for each product pair arriving at the edge 7. Of course, the printed products stored on the transport member 2b are conveyed continuously in the direction of the arrow 25 at the speed V3. The lines L1 to L4 in Figs. 3b to 3h connect edges of the same product and are only for understanding the workflow.

Wie bereits oben erläutert, sind die beiden Transportorgane 2a und 2b jeweils unabhängig voneinander von regulierbaren Antrieben 19 bzw. 20 angetrieben. Durch Einstellen der Geschwindigkeiten V2 und V3 kann ein optimaler Schuppenstrom S3 eingestellt werden.As already explained above, the two transport elements 2a and 2b are each driven independently of one another by regulatable drives 19 and 20, respectively. By setting the speeds V2 and V3, an optimum scale flow S3 can be set.

Nach dem Transportorgan 2b ist gemäss Fig. 2 eine dritte Transportvorrichtung 11 angeordnet, die beispielsweise ebenfalls ein endloses Transportband und einen Anschlag 12 aufweist, gegen den die Produkte des dritten Stromes S3 gefördert werden. Dieser Anschlag 12 bewirkt eine Umsetzung des Stromes S3 um 90 Grad, wobei aus einem Schuppenstrom ein weiterer Schuppenstrom S4 gebildet werden kann. Bei diesem Schuppenstrom S4 sind die Rücken 24 wiederum wie bei der ersten Transportvorrichtung 1 in Förderrichtung vorauslaufend angeordnet. Die Förderrichtung von S4 ist in Fig. 2 mit dem Pfeil 28 angegeben und diese ist somit im wesentlichen parallel zur Förderrichtung der ersten Transportvorrichtung 1.According to FIG. 2, a third transport device 11 is arranged downstream of the transport element 2b and, for example, likewise has an endless conveyor belt and a stop 12, against which the products of the third stream S3 are conveyed. This stop 12 causes a conversion of the current S3 by 90 degrees, whereby from a scale flow, a further scale flow S4 can be formed. In this scale flow S4, the backs 24 are in turn arranged in advance in the conveying direction as in the first transport device 1. The conveying direction of S4 is indicated in FIG. 2 by the arrow 28 and this is thus substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the first transport device. 1

Der Schuppenstrom S4 wird beispielsweise einer in Fig. 2 lediglich angedeuteten Wickelvorrichtung 27 zugeführt, auf welcher die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 in einem Schuppenstrom aufgewickelt und mit Bändern 29 fixiert werden. Die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 können vorteilhaft in S3 oder S4 mit einer hier nicht gezeigten Adressiervorrichtung adressiert werden. Vorteilhaft ist hierzu, dass die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 eine definierte Reihenfolge besitzen. Die Druckprodukte 3 und 4 des Stromes S4 können aber auch einem hier nicht gezeigten Kreuzleger oder einer anderen Vorrichtung zur Paketbildung zugeführt werden. Die erfindungsgemässe Anordnung weist den weiteren Vorteil auf, dass Spitzen- und Standardpakete in beliebiger Reihenfolge gebildet werden können. Der Strom S4 ist vorzugsweise ein Schuppenstrom. Denkbar ist aber auch eine Ausführung, bei welcher der Strom S4 ein Produktestrom ist, bei welchem sich folgende Druckprodukte 3 und 4 sich nicht überlappen. Grundsätzlich ist es auch möglich, bereits den Strom S3 einer Weiterverarbeitungsvorrichtung, beispielsweise einem Kreuzleger oder einer Wickelvorrichtung zuzuführen. Auch der Strom S3 kann grundsätzlich ein Strom sein, bei dem sich folgende Druckprodukte 3 und 4 nicht überlappen.The scale flow S4 is supplied, for example, to a winding device 27, which is merely indicated in FIG. 2, on which the printed products 3 and 4 are wound up in a shingled stream and fixed with belts 29. The printed products 3 and 4 can advantageously be addressed in S3 or S4 with an addressing device, not shown here. It is advantageous for this purpose that the printed products 3 and 4 have a defined sequence. However, the printed products 3 and 4 of the stream S4 can also be supplied to a stacker, not shown here, or to another device for packet formation. The inventive arrangement has the further advantage that tip and standard packages can be formed in any order. The stream S4 is preferably a scale flow. However, an embodiment in which the current S4 is a product current at which the following printed products 3 and 4 do not overlap is also conceivable. In principle, it is also possible to supply the stream S3 to a further processing device, for example a cross-stacker or a winding device. In principle, the current S3 can also be a current in which the following printed products 3 and 4 do not overlap.

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  1. An arrangement for forming a third stream (S3) from at least one first (S1) and one second stream (S2) of identical printing products (3, 4), comprising a first conveyor device (1) with which the first and second streams (S1, S2) are conveyed synchronously one beside the other, and a second conveyor device (2) arranged after the first conveyor device (1), which device (2) it conveys products essentially transversely to the direction of conveying (14) of the first conveyor device (1), wherein the two conveyor devices (1, 2) form stages on which the printing products (3, 4) are conveyed in cascade fashion and with which the first and second streams (S1, S2) are combined on the second conveyor device (2) to form a third common stream S3), characterised in that the second conveyor device exhibits graduated conveyor sections (2a, 2b) conveying in the same direction, of which the conveyor section arranged upstream exhibits a stage opposing the first conveyor device that is lower than the conveyor section arranged downstream.
  2. The arrangement according to Claim 1, characterised in that the second conveyor device (2) exhibits at least two conveyor mechanisms (2a, 2b) forming conveyor sections, wherein a first conveyor mechanism (2a) is associated with the first stream (S1) and the second conveyor mechanism (2b), conveying in the same direction, is associated with the second stream (S2).
  3. The arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that two stages (W1, W2) of different heights are formed between the first conveyor device (1) and the second conveyor device (2).
  4. The arrangement according to Claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the first stream (S1) is fed to the first conveyor mechanism (2a) via the first stage (W1), and in that the second stream (S2) is fed to the second conveyor mechanism (2b) via the second stage (W2).
  5. The arrangement according to one of Claims 2 to 4, characterised in that the conveyor mechanisms (2a, 2b) exhibit stops (100,101) that are adjustable according to the format and run parallel with the direction of conveying.
  6. The arrangement according to one of Claims 4 or 5, characterised in that the printing products (3) of the first stream (S1) are accelerated on the first conveyor mechanism (2a) to a transversely direct speed (V2), and in that the printing products (4) of the second stream (S2) are accelerated on the second conveyor mechanism (2b) to a transversely directed speed (V3) which, in terms of its value, is smaller than the value of the speed (V2) of the first conveyor mechanism (2a).
  7. The arrangement according to Claim 6, characterised in that the speed (V2) of the first conveyor mechanism (2a) is approximately double the speed (V3) of the second conveyor mechanism (2b).
  8. The arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the first and second streams (S1, S2) of the first conveyor device (1) are formed by a cutting machine (5) which cuts dual use products (13) into individual products (3, 4).
  9. The arrangement according to one of Claims 5 to 8, characterised in that the stops (100, 101) are arranged flush to each other.
  10. The arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that individual products (3, 4) are conveyed on at least the first conveyor device (1) with leading backs (24).
  11. The arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterised in that a third conveyor device (11) is arranged after the second conveyor device (2), in which device (11) the common stream (S3) runs against a stop (12) and is deflected approximately 90 degrees.
  12. The arrangement according to Claim 11, characterised in that the common stream (S3) is a scalloped stream (S3, S4) before and after the stop (12).
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