EP1297969A3 - Apparatus and method for collating sheets - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for collating sheets Download PDF

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EP1297969A3
EP1297969A3 EP02021821A EP02021821A EP1297969A3 EP 1297969 A3 EP1297969 A3 EP 1297969A3 EP 02021821 A EP02021821 A EP 02021821A EP 02021821 A EP02021821 A EP 02021821A EP 1297969 A3 EP1297969 A3 EP 1297969A3
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sheet
collation
station
sheets
collating sheets
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EP1297969A2 (en
EP1297969B1 (en
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Carl R. Chapman
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Pitney Bowes Ltd
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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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30—Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3027—Arrangements for removing completed piles by the nip between moving belts or rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/04—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic
    • 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
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/14—Buckling folders
    • 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
    • B65H2301/333—Inverting
    • B65H2301/3331—Involving forward reverse transporting means
    • B65H2301/33312—Involving forward reverse transporting means forward reverse rollers pairs
    • 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
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4213—Forming a pile of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles
    • 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
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4226—Delivering, advancing piles
    • B65H2301/42262—Delivering, advancing piles by acting on surface of outermost articles of the pile, e.g. in nip between pair of belts or rollers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)

Abstract

Sheet collation apparatus is disclosed in which an initial sheet (A1) from a sheet feeder (4) is advanced to a collation station (10), reversed into an accumulation station (8) and then returned to the collation station where it is collated with the next sheet (A2) from the sheet feeder. This process may be repeated any number of times to form a collation of sheets of any required number.
EP20020021821 2001-09-28 2002-09-27 Apparatus and method for collating sheets Expired - Fee Related EP1297969B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB0123405A GB0123405D0 (en) 2001-09-28 2001-09-28 Apparatus for collating sheets
GB0123405 2001-09-28

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EP1297969A2 EP1297969A2 (en) 2003-04-02
EP1297969A3 true EP1297969A3 (en) 2003-11-19
EP1297969B1 EP1297969B1 (en) 2006-03-01

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DE (1) DE60209417T2 (en)
GB (1) GB0123405D0 (en)

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NL1027938C2 (en) 2004-12-31 2006-07-03 Neopost Sa Desk place setting machine.
GB2444254A (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-06-04 Pitney Bowes Ltd Re-circulating Paper Accumulator
GB0625656D0 (en) 2006-12-21 2007-01-31 Pitney Bowes Ltd Movable sealer
DE102008048286A1 (en) 2008-09-22 2010-03-25 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Method and device for folding sheets
DE102008048287A1 (en) 2008-09-22 2010-03-25 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Apparatus and method for folding sheets
CN101870424B (en) * 2009-04-27 2013-01-16 株式会社理光 Paper processing device and image forming device
WO2022238829A1 (en) * 2021-05-11 2022-11-17 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Envelope processing apparatus, enclosing-sealing apparatus, and image forming system

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0700794A1 (en) * 1994-09-12 1996-03-13 Pitney Bowes PLC A handling apparatus e.g. for mailpieces
US5529298A (en) * 1992-03-17 1996-06-25 Pitney Bowes Plc Infeed apparatus
EP0943459A1 (en) * 1998-03-19 1999-09-22 Pitney Bowes Limited Method for inverting a folded collation

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5529298A (en) * 1992-03-17 1996-06-25 Pitney Bowes Plc Infeed apparatus
EP0700794A1 (en) * 1994-09-12 1996-03-13 Pitney Bowes PLC A handling apparatus e.g. for mailpieces
EP0943459A1 (en) * 1998-03-19 1999-09-22 Pitney Bowes Limited Method for inverting a folded collation

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DE60209417D1 (en) 2006-04-27
EP1297969A2 (en) 2003-04-02
DE60209417T2 (en) 2006-11-16
EP1297969B1 (en) 2006-03-01

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