EP1557387B1 - Transport organ with a link chain and clamps - Google Patents

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EP1557387B1
EP1557387B1 EP04405040A EP04405040A EP1557387B1 EP 1557387 B1 EP1557387 B1 EP 1557387B1 EP 04405040 A EP04405040 A EP 04405040A EP 04405040 A EP04405040 A EP 04405040A EP 1557387 B1 EP1557387 B1 EP 1557387B1
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Jörg Meier
Jean-Claude Oppliger
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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
    • 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
    • B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
    • B65H29/04—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles the grippers being carried by endless chains or bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/55—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means
    • B65H2405/552—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means with permanent interconnection and determined spacing between the grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/55—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means
    • B65H2405/552—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means with permanent interconnection and determined spacing between the grippers
    • B65H2405/5521—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means with permanent interconnection and determined spacing between the grippers details of interconnection, e.g. chain, link

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  • the invention relates to a transport member with a link chain and brackets, which are each attached to a chain link of the link chain and with each of which at least one printed product is palpable, wherein the brackets each have the same distances from each other in the link chain.
  • Transport organs of the type mentioned have long been known in the printing industry. In particular, these are used to promote newspapers.
  • the newspapers are fed to the transport organ in a scaly formation and taken by the transport organ.
  • the brackets hereby engage in the scale flow and each capture a newspaper at the fold.
  • the brackets are controlled by a backdrop and are opened and closed accordingly.
  • the newspapers are fed to a further device for further processing.
  • the newspapers are stored in packages with such a device.
  • the opening of the brackets is again via the control gate.
  • the printed products can be in any desired Direction and in particular be promoted to curves. They can also be processed during the conveying process, for example addressed with an inkjet device.
  • the manufacturing costs, the assembly costs, the wear or the lifetime and the noise during operation are essential factors.
  • the production costs are mainly due to the number of additional parts per meter and by the assembly work. Additional parts are especially rollers, ball joints and screw connections.
  • the wear of the transport organ is usually comparatively high. It is proportional to the conveying speed. The higher the conveying speed, the higher the wear and the shorter the service life of the conveyor. If a transport organ has to be replaced, this causes a longer standstill and thus a business interruption.
  • the noise development is also dependent on the conveying speed, but also on other technical factors.
  • Desirable would be a transport organ that is less expensive to produce and assemble, has a longer life and also quieter in operation.
  • the pre-published DE 196 42 130 A1 describes a device for transferring printed products from blades of a rotating paddle wheel to grippers of a driven traction device, the axes of rotation of the paddle wheel and of the driven deflecting wheel of the traction means lying on a common axis of rotation and paddle wheel and guide wheel having independent drives.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a transport member of the type mentioned, which is cheaper to produce, has a longer life and is also quieter in operation.
  • the transport member should simultaneously avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • the object is achieved in a generic transport organ in that at least two brackets are attached to each chain link of the link chain.
  • the invention is based on the finding that in a transport member with several brackets per chain link fewer accessories, such as rollers or ball joints, per meter are needed. This results in significant advantages from an economic and technical point of view. Since fewer rollers are required per meter, the transport organ runs much quieter. Since the number of additional parts can be reduced, correspondingly less costs incurred during manufacture and assembly.
  • chain links can be made longer and thereby the operating forces of the brackets are locally better absorbed by a guide rail.
  • High forces acting on the transport organ can stimulate this and the drive to vibrate.
  • the forces can be better distributed by longer chain links.
  • the occurrence of vibrations can thus be reduced.
  • the loads on the chain links can thus be reduced, which results in lower wear.
  • the possible smaller chain pitch results in a lower running speed, which means less noise, less wear and greater safety. At the same power results in the inventive transport member a much smaller running speed.
  • the smaller chain pitch is easier to implement with two brackets on a chain link and it creates more favorable space.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a portion of an inventive transport member 1 with four chain links 2, which are firmly connected to each other in space.
  • the joints G, with which the chain links 2 are connected to each other are preferably ball joints and according to Figure 1, a joint socket 4, in which a joint ball 5 is mounted, which is fixedly connected to a next chain link.
  • the transport member 1 may be guided in a cross-sectionally cross-shaped profile rail 1, which is open at the bottom and in which of each chain link 2 four rollers 10, 11, 12 and 13 are guided.
  • the rollers 12 and 13 are mounted on a horizontal axis 9, which are mounted in bearing bores 8 of two tabs 7 of a body 3. Between these tabs 7 is the above ball joint 5.
  • the two rollers 10 and 11 are mounted on a vertical axis, not shown here. This axis is also stored in the body 3. With these rollers 10, 11, 12 and 13, the chain links 2 are guided in said rail.
  • the conveying direction of the transport member 1 is indicated in Figure 3 by the arrow 21.
  • the transport member 1 is preferably endless and driven by a drive member, not shown here. Suitable drives are well known to those skilled in the art and need not be discussed here.
  • Each chain link 2 has a front bracket 14 and a rear bracket 15. These two brackets 14 and 15 are fixedly attached to a support 6 of the body 3. For example, the two brackets 14 and 15 can be screwed from below to the carrier 6 with fastening screws, not shown here.
  • the carrier 6 may be formed on the body 3, which is made for example of a suitable plastic.
  • the clamps 14 and 15 may be formed the same and each have a lower clamp jaw 17 and an upper clamp jaw 16.
  • the upper clamp jaws 16 are immovably fixed to the body 3, while the lower clamp jaws 17 are each pivotable about an axis 19.
  • the axes 19 are each mounted in bearing openings, not shown here, of the carrier 6.
  • the pivoting of the lower clamp jaws 17 takes place with a control link, not shown here, which acts on levers 18, which are each formed on a lower bracket 17 and extending as shown in Figure 1 from the axis 19 upwards.
  • Each lower clamp jaw 17 preferably has two mutually spaced levers 18.
  • a clamp mouth 20 can be opened and closed according to FIG.
  • the bracket 15 shown on the right is closed, while the adjacent front bracket 14 is already slightly opened by the action of the backdrop.
  • the front bracket 15 shown on the far left in FIG. 3 is completely closed again.
  • the opening and closing of the brackets 14 and 15 takes place while the chain is running.
  • a scale flow S is guided, which is formed of printed products D.
  • These printed products D are in particular and newspapers, for example, in each case a fold F is leading.
  • the scale flow S is also merely indicated here. With the transport member 1, the printed products D of the scale flow S are taken individually.
  • the term Kl is indicated by T.
  • This pitch T corresponds to the distance between adjacent brackets 14 and 15 and over the entire length of the transport member 1.
  • This staple pitch T is the same for all brackets 14 and 15.
  • the pitch of the two brackets 14 and 15 of a link chain 2 is equal to the pitch of the brackets 14 and 15 of adjacent link chains 2.
  • the pitch T is, for example, 3 "The distance A between the ball joints G of a chain link 2 is two pitches T and given Example thus 6 ". The distance A between adjacent ball joints G is thus greater than in a comparable chain link with a bracket and the pitch T is smaller than in a comparable transport member 1 with a bracket per chain link.
  • the pitch T can be kept very small, it is provided that the brackets 14 and 15 are inclined with respect to the longitudinal extent of the body 3 each according to Figure 3 downwards.
  • the right angle indicated in Figure 3 ⁇ is preferably substantially smaller than 90 °, preferably about 45 °.
  • This inclined arrangement of the brackets 14 and 15 has, as mentioned, the advantage that the pitch T can be chosen even smaller. With the same delivery rate, the running speed can be reduced even further. This can be reduced in particular the noise and wear.
  • the transport member 1 has, as explained above chain links 2, on each of which two brackets 14 and 15 are mounted. It is also conceivable, however, a design in which more than two brackets are attached to the chain links 2.
  • the chain links 2 are connected to each other in the above-mentioned embodiment with ball joints G and guided with rollers 10 to 13. However, it is also an embodiment possible, in which other joints and guide means are used. In particular, an embodiment with less than four rollers 10 to 13 is conceivable.

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The printed product such as paper gripping clamps (14,15) attached to each chain link (2) of the link chain are spaced apart from one another by equal spacings.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Transportorgan mit einer Gliederkette und Klammern, die jeweils an einem Kettenglied der Gliederkette befestigt sind und mit denen jeweils wenigstens ein Druckprodukt greifbar ist, wobei die Klammern in der Gliederkette jeweils die gleichen Abstände zueinander aufweisen.The invention relates to a transport member with a link chain and brackets, which are each attached to a chain link of the link chain and with each of which at least one printed product is palpable, wherein the brackets each have the same distances from each other in the link chain.

Transportorgane der genannten Art sind in der druckverarbeitenden Industrie seit langem bekannt. Insbesondere werden diese zum Fördern von Zeitungen verwendet. Die Zeitungen werden dem Transportorgan in Schuppenformation zugeführt und vom Transportorgan gefasst. Die Klammern greifen hierbei in den Schuppenstrom ein und erfassen jeweils eine Zeitung am Falz. Die Klammern sind von einer Kulisse gesteuert und werden entsprechend geöffnet und geschlossen. Am Ende einer Förderstrecke werden die Zeitungen zur Weiterverarbeitung einer weiteren Vorrichtung zugeführt. Beispielsweise werden mit einer solchen Vorrichtung die Zeitungen zu Paketen abgelegt. Das Öffnen der Klammern erfolgt wieder über die Steuerkulisse. Während des Fördervorganges können die Druckprodukte in an sich beliebiger Richtung und insbesondere auch um Kurven gefördert werden. Sie können während des Fördervorgangs auch bearbeitet, beispielsweise mit einem Inkjetgerät adressiert werden.Transport organs of the type mentioned have long been known in the printing industry. In particular, these are used to promote newspapers. The newspapers are fed to the transport organ in a scaly formation and taken by the transport organ. The brackets hereby engage in the scale flow and each capture a newspaper at the fold. The brackets are controlled by a backdrop and are opened and closed accordingly. At the end of a conveyor line, the newspapers are fed to a further device for further processing. For example, the newspapers are stored in packages with such a device. The opening of the brackets is again via the control gate. During the conveying process, the printed products can be in any desired Direction and in particular be promoted to curves. They can also be processed during the conveying process, for example addressed with an inkjet device.

Bei einem geeigneten Transportorgan zum Fördern von Druckprodukten und insbesondere Zeitungen sind die Herstellungskosten, die Montagekosten, der Verschleiss bzw. die Lebensdauer und der Lärm während des Betriebes wesentliche Faktoren.In a suitable transport member for conveying printed products, and in particular newspapers, the manufacturing costs, the assembly costs, the wear or the lifetime and the noise during operation are essential factors.

Die Herstellungskosten sind vor allem durch die Anzahl der Zusatzteile pro Meter sowie durch die Montagearbeiten bedingt. Zusatzteile sind insbesondere Laufrollen, Kugelgelenke und Verschraubungen.The production costs are mainly due to the number of additional parts per meter and by the assembly work. Additional parts are especially rollers, ball joints and screw connections.

Der Verschleiss des Transportorgans ist in der Regel vergleichsweise hoch. Es steht im Verhältnis zur Fördergeschwindigkeit. Je höher die Fördergeschwindigkeit, umso höher der Verschleiss und umso kürzer die Lebensdauer des Transportorgans. Muss ein Transportorgan ersetzt werden, so verursacht dies jeweils einen längeren Stillstand und somit einen Betriebsunterbruch.The wear of the transport organ is usually comparatively high. It is proportional to the conveying speed. The higher the conveying speed, the higher the wear and the shorter the service life of the conveyor. If a transport organ has to be replaced, this causes a longer standstill and thus a business interruption.

Die Lärmentwicklung ist ebenfalls abhängig von der Fördergeschwindigkeit, aber auch von anderen technischen Faktoren.The noise development is also dependent on the conveying speed, but also on other technical factors.

Wünschbar wäre ein Transportorgan, das kostengünstiger herstellbar und montierbar ist, eine längere Lebensdauer besitzt und zudem im Betrieb leiser ist.Desirable would be a transport organ that is less expensive to produce and assemble, has a longer life and also quieter in operation.

Im Stand der Technik ist ein Transportorgan bekannt geworden, das Klammern aufweist, mit denen jeweils gleichzeitig zwei Druckprodukte gefasst und gefördert werden. Dieses Transportorgan hat jedoch den Nachteil, dass die Produktedicke in der Regel eingeschränkt ist. Besondere dicke Produkte können nicht gefördert werden. Weiter ist hier nachteilig, dass die nachfolgende Verarbeitung der Druckprodukte auf gerade Produktezahlen beschränkt ist. Dies ist besonders in der Paketbildung nachteilig. Gegebenenfalls könnten an sich die zwei gemeinsam geförderten Produkte wieder getrennt werden. Das Trennen von Produkten ist jedoch ein schwieriger Prozess, welcher in diesem Fall die Produktionssicherheit stark vermindern würdeIn the prior art, a transport member has become known, which has brackets, with each of which two at the same time Printed products are collected and promoted. However, this transport member has the disadvantage that the product thickness is usually limited. Special thick products can not be promoted. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous here that the subsequent processing of the printed products is limited to even product numbers. This is particularly disadvantageous in the package formation. If necessary, the two jointly promoted products could be separated again per se. However, the separation of products is a difficult process, which in this case would greatly reduce production safety

Die vorveröffentlichte DE 196 42 130 A1 beschreibt eine Einrichtung zur Uebergabe von Druckprodukten aus Schaufeln eines rotierenden Schaufelrades an Greifer eines angetriebenen Zugmittels, wobei die Rotationsachsen des Schaufelrades und des angetriebenen Umlenkrades des Zugmittels auf einer gemeinsamen Rotationsachse liegen und Schaufelrad und Umlenkrad unabhängige Antriebe aufweisen.The pre-published DE 196 42 130 A1 describes a device for transferring printed products from blades of a rotating paddle wheel to grippers of a driven traction device, the axes of rotation of the paddle wheel and of the driven deflecting wheel of the traction means lying on a common axis of rotation and paddle wheel and guide wheel having independent drives.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Transportorgan der genannten Art zu schaffen, das kostengünstiger herstellbar ist, eine längere Lebensdauer besitzt und zudem im Betrieb leiser ist. Das Transportorgan soll gleichzeitig die oben genannten Nachteile vermeiden.The invention has for its object to provide a transport member of the type mentioned, which is cheaper to produce, has a longer life and is also quieter in operation. The transport member should simultaneously avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages.

Die Aufgabe ist bei einem gattungsgemässen Transportorgan dadurch gelöst, dass an jedem Kettenglied der Gliederkette wenigstens zwei Klammern befestigt sind. Der Erfindung liegt die Erkenntnis zugrunde, dass bei einem Transportorgan mit mehreren Klammern pro Kettenglied weniger Zusatzteile, wie beispielsweise Rollen oder Kugelgelenke, pro Meter benötigt werden. Damit ergeben sich wesentliche Vorteile aus wirtschaftlicher und technischer Hinsicht. Da pro Meter weniger Rollen erforderlich sind, läuft das Transportorgan wesentlich ruhiger. Da die Anzahl Zusatzteile verkleinert werden kann, entstehen entsprechend weniger Kosten bei der Herstellung und bei der Montage.The object is achieved in a generic transport organ in that at least two brackets are attached to each chain link of the link chain. The invention is based on the finding that in a transport member with several brackets per chain link fewer accessories, such as rollers or ball joints, per meter are needed. This results in significant advantages from an economic and technical point of view. Since fewer rollers are required per meter, the transport organ runs much quieter. Since the number of additional parts can be reduced, correspondingly less costs incurred during manufacture and assembly.

Ein wesentlicher Gesichtspunkt der Erfindung wird auch darin gesehen, dass die Kettenglieder länger ausgebildet werden können und dadurch die Betätigungskräfte der Klammern von einer Führungsschiene örtlich besser aufgenommen werden. Hohe am Transportorgan angreifende Kräfte können dieses und den Antrieb zum Schwingen anregen. Die Kräfte können durch längere Kettenglieder besser verteilt werden. Das Auftreten von Schwingungen kann somit reduziert werden. Damit können insbesondere die Belastungen der Kettengelenke verkleinert werden, was einen geringeren Verschleiss zur Folge hat.An essential aspect of the invention is also seen in that the chain links can be made longer and thereby the operating forces of the brackets are locally better absorbed by a guide rail. High forces acting on the transport organ can stimulate this and the drive to vibrate. The forces can be better distributed by longer chain links. The occurrence of vibrations can thus be reduced. In particular, the loads on the chain links can thus be reduced, which results in lower wear.

Durch die mögliche kleinere Kettenteilung ergibt sich eine niedrigere Laufgeschwindigkeit, was eine geringere Lärmentwicklung, einen geringeren Verschleiss und eine höhere Sicherheit bedeutet. Bei gleicher Leistung ergibt sich beim erfindungsgemässen Transportorgan eine wesentlich kleinere Laufgeschwindigkeit. Die kleinere Kettenteilung ist leichter zu realisieren mit zwei Klammern an einem Kettenglied und es entstehen günstigere Platzverhältnisse.The possible smaller chain pitch results in a lower running speed, which means less noise, less wear and greater safety. At the same power results in the inventive transport member a much smaller running speed. The smaller chain pitch is easier to implement with two brackets on a chain link and it creates more favorable space.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile ergeben sich aus den abhängigen Patentansprüchen, der nachfolgenden Beschreibung sowie der Zeichnung.Other features and advantages will become apparent 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 Ansicht eines Kettengliedes,
Fig. 2
eine weitere teilweise geschnittene Ansicht des Kettengliedes gemäss Figur 1 sowie ein Schnitt durch eine Führungsschiene,
Fig. 3
eine Ansicht eines Abschnittes eines erfindungsgemässen Transportorgans und
Fig. 4
eine weitere Ansicht des Transportorgans gemäss Figur 3.
An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show it:
Fig. 1
schematically a spatial view of a chain link,
Fig. 2
2 is a further partially sectioned view of the chain link according to FIG. 1 and a section through a guide rail;
Fig. 3
a view of a portion of an inventive transport member and
Fig. 4
a further view of the transport member according to FIG. 3

Die Figuren 3 und 4 zeigen einen Abschnitt eines erfindungsgemässen Transportorgans 1 mit vier Kettengliedern 2, die raumgängig miteinander fest verbunden sind. Die Gelenke G, mit denen die Kettenglieder 2 miteinander verbunden sind, sind vorzugsweise Kugelgelenke und weisen gemäss Figur 1 eine Gelenkpfanne 4 auf, in welcher eine Gelenkkugel 5 gelagert ist, die mit einem nächsten Kettenglied fest verbunden ist.Figures 3 and 4 show a portion of an inventive transport member 1 with four chain links 2, which are firmly connected to each other in space. The joints G, with which the chain links 2 are connected to each other, are preferably ball joints and according to Figure 1, a joint socket 4, in which a joint ball 5 is mounted, which is fixedly connected to a next chain link.

Das Transportorgan 1 kann in einer im Querschnitt kreuzförmigen Profilschiene 1 geführt sein, die unten offen ist und in der von jedem Kettenglied 2 vier Rollen 10, 11, 12 und 13 geführt sind. Die Rollen 12 und 13 sind auf einer horizontalen Achse 9 befestigt, welche in Lagerbohrungen 8 zweier Laschen 7 eines Körpers 3 gelagert sind. Zwischen diesen Laschen 7 befindet sich die oben genannte Gelenkkugel 5. Die beiden Rollen 10 und 11 sind auf einer hier nicht gezeigten vertikalen Achse befestigt. Diese Achse ist ebenfalls im Körper 3 gelagert. Mit diesen Rollen 10, 11, 12 und 13 sind die Kettenglieder 2 in der genannten Profilschiene geführt.The transport member 1 may be guided in a cross-sectionally cross-shaped profile rail 1, which is open at the bottom and in which of each chain link 2 four rollers 10, 11, 12 and 13 are guided. The rollers 12 and 13 are mounted on a horizontal axis 9, which are mounted in bearing bores 8 of two tabs 7 of a body 3. Between these tabs 7 is the above ball joint 5. The two rollers 10 and 11 are mounted on a vertical axis, not shown here. This axis is also stored in the body 3. With these rollers 10, 11, 12 and 13, the chain links 2 are guided in said rail.

Die Förderrichtung des Transportorgans 1 ist in Figur 3 mit dem Pfeil 21 angedeutet. Das Transportorgan 1 ist vorzugsweise endlos und von einem hier nicht gezeigten Antriebsorgan angetrieben. Geeignete Antriebe sind dem Fachmann gut bekannt und brauchen hier nicht erläutert zu werden.The conveying direction of the transport member 1 is indicated in Figure 3 by the arrow 21. The transport member 1 is preferably endless and driven by a drive member, not shown here. Suitable drives are well known to those skilled in the art and need not be discussed here.

Jedes Kettenglied 2 weist eine vordere Klammer 14 sowie eine hintere Klammer 15 auf. Diese beiden Klammern 14 und 15 sind an einem Träger 6 des Körpers 3 fest angebracht. Beispielsweise können die beiden Klammern 14 und 15 von unten am Träger 6 mit hier nicht gezeigten Befestigungsschrauben angeschraubt sein. Der Träger 6 kann am Körper 3 angeformt sein, der beispielsweise aus einem geeigneten Kunststoff hergestellt ist.Each chain link 2 has a front bracket 14 and a rear bracket 15. These two brackets 14 and 15 are fixedly attached to a support 6 of the body 3. For example, the two brackets 14 and 15 can be screwed from below to the carrier 6 with fastening screws, not shown here. The carrier 6 may be formed on the body 3, which is made for example of a suitable plastic.

Die Klammern 14 und 15 können gleich ausgebildet sein und weisen jeweils eine untere Klammerbacke 17 und eine obere Klammerbacke 16 auf. Die oberen Klammerbacken 16 sind unbeweglich am Körper 3 befestigt, während die unteren Klammerbacken 17 jeweils um eine Achse 19 verschwenkbar sind. Die Achsen 19 sind jeweils in hier nicht gezeigten Lageröffnungen des Trägers 6 gelagert. Das Verschwenken der unteren Klammerbacken 17 erfolgt mit einer hier nicht gezeigten Steuerkulisse, welche an Hebeln 18 angreift, die jeweils an einer unteren Klammer 17 angeformt sind und sich wie in Figur 1 ersichtlich von der Achse 19 nach oben erstrecken. Jede untere Klammerbacke 17 weist vorzugsweise jeweils zwei im Abstand zueinander angeordnete Hebel 18 auf.The clamps 14 and 15 may be formed the same and each have a lower clamp jaw 17 and an upper clamp jaw 16. The upper clamp jaws 16 are immovably fixed to the body 3, while the lower clamp jaws 17 are each pivotable about an axis 19. The axes 19 are each mounted in bearing openings, not shown here, of the carrier 6. The pivoting of the lower clamp jaws 17 takes place with a control link, not shown here, which acts on levers 18, which are each formed on a lower bracket 17 and extending as shown in Figure 1 from the axis 19 upwards. Each lower clamp jaw 17 preferably has two mutually spaced levers 18.

Durch Verschwenken der unteren Klammerbacke 17 kann ein Klammermaul 20 gemäss Figur 3 geöffnet und geschlossen werden. Wie bereits erläutert, wird lediglich die untere Klammerbacke 17 verschwenkt. In der Figur 3 ist die ganz rechts gezeigte Klammer 15 geschlossen, während die benachbarte vordere Klammer 14 bereits durch die Wirkung der Kulisse etwas geöffnet ist. Die in Figur 3 ganz links gezeigte vordere Klammer 15 ist wieder vollständig geschlossen. Das Öffnen und Schliessen der Klammern 14 und 15 erfolgt bei laufender Kette. In gleicher Richtung jedoch mit etwas höherer Geschwindigkeit ist unterhalb des Transportorgans 1 auf einem hier lediglich angedeuteten Transportband B ein Schuppenstrom S geführt, der aus Druckprodukten D gebildet ist. Diese Druckprodukte D sind insbesondere und beispielsweise Zeitungen, wobei hier jeweils ein Falz F vorauslaufend ist. Der Schuppenstrom S ist hier ebenfalls lediglich angedeutet. Mit dem Transportorgan 1 werden die Druckprodukte D des Schuppenstromes S jeweils einzeln gefasst.By pivoting the lower clamp jaw 17, a clamp mouth 20 can be opened and closed according to FIG. As already explained, only the lower clamp jaw 17 pivoted. In the figure 3, the bracket 15 shown on the right is closed, while the adjacent front bracket 14 is already slightly opened by the action of the backdrop. The front bracket 15 shown on the far left in FIG. 3 is completely closed again. The opening and closing of the brackets 14 and 15 takes place while the chain is running. In the same direction, however, with a slightly higher speed below the transport member 1 on a here only indicated conveyor belt B, a scale flow S is guided, which is formed of printed products D. These printed products D are in particular and newspapers, for example, in each case a fold F is leading. The scale flow S is also merely indicated here. With the transport member 1, the printed products D of the scale flow S are taken individually.

In der Figur 3 ist mit T die Klammerteilung angedeutet. Diese Teilung T entspricht dem Abstand benachbarter Klammern 14 und 15 und zwar über die ganze Länge des Transportorgans 1. Diese Klammerteilung T ist für sämtliche Klammern 14 und 15 gleich. Somit ist die Teilung der beiden Klammern 14 und 15 einer Gliederkette 2 gleich der Teilung der Klammern 14 und 15 benachbarter Gliederketten 2. Die Teilung T beträgt beispielsweise 3". Der Abstand A zwischen den Kugelgelenken G eines Kettengliedes 2 beträgt zwei Teilungen T und beim gegebenen Beispiel somit 6". Der Abstand A zwischen benachbarten Kugelgelenken G ist damit grösser als bei einem vergleichbaren Kettenglied mit einer Klammer und die Teilung T ist kleiner als bei einem vergleichbaren Transportorgan 1 mit einer Klammer pro Kettenglied.In FIG. 3, the term Kl is indicated by T. This pitch T corresponds to the distance between adjacent brackets 14 and 15 and over the entire length of the transport member 1. This staple pitch T is the same for all brackets 14 and 15. Thus, the pitch of the two brackets 14 and 15 of a link chain 2 is equal to the pitch of the brackets 14 and 15 of adjacent link chains 2. The pitch T is, for example, 3 "The distance A between the ball joints G of a chain link 2 is two pitches T and given Example thus 6 ". The distance A between adjacent ball joints G is thus greater than in a comparable chain link with a bracket and the pitch T is smaller than in a comparable transport member 1 with a bracket per chain link.

Damit die Teilung T besonders klein gehalten werden kann, ist vorgesehen, dass die Klammern 14 und 15 bezüglich der Längserstreckung der Körper 3 jeweils gemäss Figur 3 nach unten geneigt sind. Der in Figur 3 ganz rechts angedeutete Winkel α ist vorzugsweise wesentlich kleiner als 90°, vorzugsweise etwa 45°. Diese geneigte Anordnung der Klammern 14 und 15 hat wie erwähnt den Vorteil, dass die Teilung T noch kleiner gewählt werden kann. Bei gleicher Förderleistung kann damit die Laufgeschwindigkeit noch weiter gesenkt werden. Dadurch können insbesondere der Lärm und der Verschleiss vermindert werden.Thus, the pitch T can be kept very small, it is provided that the brackets 14 and 15 are inclined with respect to the longitudinal extent of the body 3 each according to Figure 3 downwards. The right angle indicated in Figure 3 α is preferably substantially smaller than 90 °, preferably about 45 °. This inclined arrangement of the brackets 14 and 15 has, as mentioned, the advantage that the pitch T can be chosen even smaller. With the same delivery rate, the running speed can be reduced even further. This can be reduced in particular the noise and wear.

Da der Abstand A zwischen benachbarten Gelenken G grösser ist als bei vergleichbaren Kettengliedern mit einer Klammer, sind diese somit länger. Dies hat den wesentlichen Vorteil, dass die Betätigungskräfte der Klammern 14 und 15 an diesen Kettengliedern 2 besser aufgenommen werden können und die Gefahr von Schwingungen verkleinert werden kann. Zudem ist die Belastung der Gelenke G und damit deren Verschleiss kleiner.Since the distance A between adjacent joints G is greater than in comparable chain links with a clip, they are thus longer. This has the significant advantage that the actuating forces of the brackets 14 and 15 can be better absorbed on these chain links 2 and the risk of vibrations can be reduced. In addition, the load on the joints G and thus their wear is smaller.

Das Transportorgan 1 weist wie oben erläutert Kettenglieder 2 auf, an denen jeweils zwei Klammern 14 und 15 gelagert sind. Denkbar ist hier jedoch auch eine Ausführung, bei welcher an den Kettengliedern 2 mehr als zwei Klammern befestigt sind. Die Kettenglieder 2 sind beim oben erwähnten Ausführungsbeispiel mit Kugelgelenken G miteinander verbunden und mit Rollen 10 bis 13 geführt. Es ist jedoch auch eine Ausführung möglich, bei welcher andere Gelenke und Führungsmittel verwendet werden. Insbesondere ist eine Ausführung mit weniger als vier Rollen 10 bis 13 denkbar.The transport member 1 has, as explained above chain links 2, on each of which two brackets 14 and 15 are mounted. It is also conceivable, however, a design in which more than two brackets are attached to the chain links 2. The chain links 2 are connected to each other in the above-mentioned embodiment with ball joints G and guided with rollers 10 to 13. However, it is also an embodiment possible, in which other joints and guide means are used. In particular, an embodiment with less than four rollers 10 to 13 is conceivable.

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  1. Conveying element comprising a link chain and clamps (14, 15) each fastened to a chain link (2) of the link chain and each capable of gripping at least one printed product (D), the clamps (14, 15) being at an equal distance (T) from one another in the link chain, characterised in that at least two clamps (14, 15) are fastened to each chain link (2) of the link chain.
  2. Conveying element according to claim 1, characterised in that the clamps (14, 15) are fastened to the chain links (2) in a downwardly directed manner.
  3. Conveying element according to claim 2, characterised in that the clamps (14, 15) are aligned at a downward incline against the running direction of the link chain.
  4. Conveying element according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the clamps (14, 15) each have a first leading clamping jaw (16) and a second trailing clamping jaw (17).
  5. Conveying element according to claim 4, characterised in that at least the first clamping jaw (16) is fastened to a body (3) of a chain link (2) in such a manner that it can pivot in a controlled manner or is immovable.
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