EP1473173B1 - Machine d'insertion de courrier - Google Patents
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- EP1473173B1 EP1473173B1 EP04010278A EP04010278A EP1473173B1 EP 1473173 B1 EP1473173 B1 EP 1473173B1 EP 04010278 A EP04010278 A EP 04010278A EP 04010278 A EP04010278 A EP 04010278A EP 1473173 B1 EP1473173 B1 EP 1473173B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the present invention relates to an envelope filling machine, aimed in particular at introducing sheets into envelopes.
- the envelope filling machines introduce sheets, such as letters, advertisement prints and the like into the already formed envelopes.
- Envelope filling machines are divided substantially in two categories: the first one forms the envelopes, while the other uses ready made envelopes.
- the envelope filling machines of the second category, to which belongs the machine proposed by the present invention usually include distributing means, known also as sheet feeders, aimed at feeding the sheets to a sliding surface below.
- Transferring means act along the sliding surface and, in step relation with the sheets feeding, they transfer the sheets to an envelope filling station.
- An envelope feeding device delivers the envelopes to the sliding surface, in cooperation with suitable means, which open the apertures of the envelopes, e.g. with an air blast.
- the envelopes feeding device is situated above the sliding surface, in the envelope filling station.
- the operation autonomy is generally limited, because it is difficult for the operator to load the feeding device, situated at a relatively high level.
- the envelopes feeding device is situated beside the sliding surface.
- the envelopes are picked up continuously from the bottom of the stack situated inside the feeder and then they are fed to the envelope filling station with the apertures turned upwards.
- the envelopes are transferred in sequence to the envelope filling station in suitable step relation with the feeding of the sheets along the sliding surface.
- each individual envelope is transferred to the envelope filling station after the envelope filled before has been moved away.
- the object of the present invention is to solve the above problem, by proposing an envelope filling machine which introduces sheets into envelopes with a high operation speed.
- Another object of the present invention is to propose an envelope filling machine, which has a simple and functional structure, and which is highly reliable and versatile in its use.
- the reference numeral 1 indicates the proposed envelope filling machine, which introduces sheets 2 into envelopes 3.
- the envelope filling machine 1 includes feeding means 4 for feeding sheets 2 to a sliding surface 5.
- Pushing means 7 move along the sliding surface 5 in the direction indicated with the arrow A, as they are moved by a driving line 6, situated therebelow, including e.g. by an endless belt.
- a transferring line 11 is situated downstream of the conveying line 6 and is equipped with pushing members 17, which transfer the sheets 2, one after another, to an envelope filling station 10 of the machine, and which introduce the sheets 2 into the envelopes 3.
- the transferring line 11 includes an endless conveyor 12, situated above the sliding surface 5 and carrying the above pushing members 17, regularly spaced apart.
- the pushing members 17 are aimed at running within the longitudinal slots 8 made along the sliding surface 5, to take over control of the sheets to be introduced into the envelopes 3.
- the envelopes 3 are transferred to the envelope filling station 10, in the direction indicated with the arrow B, along a direction transversal to the transferring line 11 of the sheets 2.
- the envelopes 3 are supplied by a feeding device 30, situated beside the transferring line 11, in which the envelopes are piled up in a stack.
- the feeding device 30 is aimed at removing individual envelopes 3 from the bottom of the stack and at feeding the envelopes 3 to guiding means 14, formed e.g. by elastic plates, which send the envelopes 3, with the back facing upward, to a support surface 16 of the envelope filling station 10.
- Stationary folding means 15 are situated along the transferring section of the envelopes 3 to the envelope filling station 10, for opening the flap 13 of the envelopes.
- An elevator group 20, working in the envelope filling station 10, prepares the envelopes 3 to the introduction of the sheets 2.
- the elevator group 20 includes at least one screw distributor 21, which is supported rotating on a vertical axis and which is aimed at being operated, by a suitable motor 22, to rotate at a speed, suitably controlled as a function of the transferring steps of the envelopes 3 to the envelope filling station 10 and of the introduction of the sheets 2 into the envelopes 3.
- the envelope filling station 10 includes preferably a pair of screw distributors 21, arranged one beside the other and driven into rotation in opposite directions.
- the screw means 21 work at the side opposite to the one where the sheets 2 arrive, so as to engage the closed edge of the envelopes 3, opposite to the flap 13.
- the envelopes 3 to be filled are supported with a side in abutment against a wall 18.
- the lateral wall 18 can be substituted by another screw member 21.
- nozzles 19 are situated in the envelope filling station 10 to send blasts of air toward the aperture of the envelopes 3 to facilitate their opening.
- the operation of the envelope filling machine is as follows.
- the sheets 2, fed by the distributing means 4 to the sliding surface 5, are moved forward by the pushing means 7 of the driving line 6 and then, they are transferred, one after the other, by the pushing members 17 situated above, to the envelope filling station 10, where the envelopes 3 to be filled are situated.
- the envelopes 3, supplied by the feeding device 30, are sent by the guiding means 14 to the support surface 16 of the envelope filling station 10, with the back turned upwards and the aperture turned upwards and in the direction from which the sheets 2 arrive.
- the envelopes 3 engage with the lower section of the helix of the counter-rotating screw means 21, as it is seen in detail in Figure 5A .
- the rotation of the screw means 21 causes progressive raising of the envelope 3, so as to leave space at the inlet of the envelope filling station 10 for a subsequent envelope 3, which is introduced under the previous one.
- the number of envelopes 3 present in the envelope filling station 10 substantially corresponds to the number of turns of the helix of the screw means 21.
- the topmost envelope 3 of the so obtained stack in the envelope filling station 10 is ready for the introduction of a sheet 2, pushed by the pushing members 17 of the transferring line 11 and moving in the direction A ( Figure 4A ).
- Suitable contrast means 23, which can be seen in Figure 1 , are aimed at preventing an anomalous swelling of the envelopes 3.
- the envelope 3 is moved away from the transferring line 11 toward the sliding surface 25, which forms substantially an extension of the sliding surface 5 and has corresponding longitudinal slots 28.
- the envelopes 3 present in the envelope filling station 10 are raised by one step, while the filled envelope is moved away, so as to prepare the upper envelope for the introduction of the sheet 2 and to create room in the lower part for a new envelope to enter under the previous ones.
- the above described envelope filling machine fulfills its object to introduce sheets into the relative envelopes at high operation speed, considerably higher than the speed at which known machines work.
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Claims (7)
- Une machine à mettre sous enveloppe pour introduire des feuilles (2) dans des enveloppes (3), comprenant des dispositifs de distribution (4) destinés à alimenter lesdites feuilles (2) à une surface de glissement (5), des moyens de transfert (11) actionnés le long de ladite surface de glissement (5) pour transférer lesdites feuilles (2) à une station de mise sous enveloppe (10), des moyens d'alimentation (30) destinés à alimenter des enveloppes (3) individuelles à envoyer à ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10) par des moyens de guidage (14), avec le dos orienté vers le haut et face à la direction d'arrivée desdites feuilles (2), un groupe élévateur (20), dans ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10), équipé de moyens de distribution (21), situés du côté opposé au côté d'arrivée desdites feuilles (2), et comprenant au moins un élément de distribution (21) à vis, supporté de façon rotative sur un axe vertical et actionné, par un moteur (22), pour tourner à une vitesse qui est opportunément régulée en fonction des phases de transfert desdites enveloppes (3) à la station de mise sous enveloppe (10) et de l'introduction desdites feuilles dans les enveloppes (3), la machine étant caractérisée en ce que ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10) a une surface de support (16) sur laquelle sont introduites lesdites enveloppes (3) individuelles, alimentées par lesdits moyens de guidage (14), et en ce que ledit au moins un élément de distribution (21) à vis opère au niveau du bord de la surface de support (16) pour assujettir le bord fermé desdites enveloppes (3) opposé à l'ouverture de celles-ci, l'élément de distribution (21) à vis élevant les enveloppes (3) présentes sur la surface de support (16) de ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10) chacune à leur tour à chaque pas, en relation de phase appropriée avec l'éloignement de l'enveloppe (3) remplie, pour disposer les enveloppes l'une sur l'autre en pile, de manière à faire passer chacune desdites enveloppes (3) d'une position d'entrée basse dans ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10) à une position haute, essentiellement au même niveau que la surface de glissement (5), pour être prêt à l'introduction des feuilles (2), afin de préparer l'enveloppe (3) supérieure de ladite pile pour l'introduction de ladite feuille (2) et de créer de l'espace dans la partie inférieure de la station de mise sous enveloppe (10) pour une nouvelle enveloppe (3) devant entrer sous les précédentes.
- La machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit groupe élévateur (20) comprend une paire desdits éléments à vis (21), disposés l'un à côté de l'autre et actionnés pour tourner dans des sens opposés.
- La machine selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le nombre des enveloppes (3) présentes cycliquement dans ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10) correspond au nombre de tours de l'hélice de l'élément à vis (21).
- La machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de transfert (11) comprennent un transporteur sans fin (12), situé au-dessus de ladite surface de glissement (5) et ayant une pluralité d'organes pousseurs (17), régulièrement espacés pour agir sur le bord arrière desdites feuilles (2).
- La machine selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que lesdits organes pousseurs (17) coulissent dans les fentes longitudinales (8) correspondantes réalisées le long de ladite surface de glissement (5), pour avoir le contrôle desdites feuilles (2) à introduire dans lesdites enveloppes (3).
- La machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens d'alimentation (30) sont situés à côté desdits moyens de transfert (11) desdites feuilles (2) pour alimenter lesdites enveloppes (3), avec le dos orienté vers le haut, aux moyens de guidage (14), qui sont formés par des plaques élastiques disposées le long d'une direction transversale auxdits moyens de transfert (11) et qui envoient les enveloppes (3) à une surface de support (16) de la station de mise sous enveloppe (10).
- La machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que des moyens de pliage (15) sont situés le long d'une section du parcours de transfert desdites enveloppes (3) à ladite station de mise sous enveloppe (10), pour ouvrir un rabat (13) des enveloppes (3).
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IT000253A ITBO20030253A1 (it) | 2003-04-30 | 2003-04-30 | Macchina imbustatrice. |
ITBO20030253 | 2003-04-30 |
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EP1473173A2 EP1473173A2 (fr) | 2004-11-03 |
EP1473173A3 EP1473173A3 (fr) | 2009-08-05 |
EP1473173B1 true EP1473173B1 (fr) | 2011-04-06 |
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EP (1) | EP1473173B1 (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE504455T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE602004032084D1 (fr) |
IT (1) | ITBO20030253A1 (fr) |
Cited By (1)
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DE102011078979A1 (de) * | 2011-07-11 | 2013-01-17 | Böwe Systec Gmbh | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Transport einer Hülle |
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US6973783B1 (en) | 2004-02-27 | 2005-12-13 | Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership | Zero turn drive apparatus |
DE602007009067D1 (de) | 2007-06-05 | 2010-10-21 | C M C Srl | Gerät zum Füllen von Umschlägen |
US7475522B2 (en) | 2007-06-06 | 2009-01-13 | C.M.C. S.R.L. | Envelope filling machine |
DE102011004344A1 (de) | 2011-02-17 | 2012-08-23 | Böwe Systec Gmbh | Füllstation und Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Kuverts |
DE102011004346A1 (de) | 2011-02-17 | 2012-08-23 | Böwe Systec Gmbh | Füllstation und Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Kuverts |
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JP4101482B2 (ja) * | 2001-07-13 | 2008-06-18 | 株式会社サム技研 | 用紙の高速封入装置 |
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DE102011078979A1 (de) * | 2011-07-11 | 2013-01-17 | Böwe Systec Gmbh | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Transport einer Hülle |
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EP1473173A3 (fr) | 2009-08-05 |
DE602004032084D1 (de) | 2011-05-19 |
ITBO20030253A0 (it) | 2003-04-30 |
EP1473173A2 (fr) | 2004-11-03 |
ATE504455T1 (de) | 2011-04-15 |
ITBO20030253A1 (it) | 2004-11-01 |
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