EP1588861B1 - Procédé et appareil pour appliquer un produit supplementaire au moins presque plat à une surface laterale d'une signature - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil pour appliquer un produit supplementaire au moins presque plat à une surface laterale d'une signature Download PDF

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EP1588861B1
EP1588861B1 EP04405251A EP04405251A EP1588861B1 EP 1588861 B1 EP1588861 B1 EP 1588861B1 EP 04405251 A EP04405251 A EP 04405251A EP 04405251 A EP04405251 A EP 04405251A EP 1588861 B1 EP1588861 B1 EP 1588861B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a method for attaching an at least approximately planar supplementary product on at least one side surface of side legs hanging downwards on both sides of a printed product circulating astride on a circulating conveyor chain, wherein the Zusahzungseck supplied by means of a Zuliteorgans at least one side surface and at this at least approximately the same direction and speed is attached.
  • the invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
  • the attachment of supplementary products, such as samples or cards on printed products is known.
  • the EP 1 156 003 A1 shows a saddle stitcher having at least one mobile feeder, which is ever needed stationed at different positions of a gathering chain and can be attached to the supplementary products to the promoted printed products in this device are for the attachment of supplementary products to print products before and behind the collecting chain different versions required, since with respect to the investor changes the sticker direction.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a method and a device with which on a conveyor chain supplementary products of printed products can be attached.
  • the attachment of the supplementary products should be possible both on the front and on the back of a printed product during a collection process on a saddle stitcher.
  • the invention is characterized in a method by the side legs raised in an approximately horizontal position and is supported in this position by a support surface, that the supplement attached to an endless conveyor belt of the feeder, a delivery end of the feeder placed on the support surface and the supplement product is applied under application of a contact pressure on the side legs of the printed product.
  • the EP422257 A1 discloses a portable placement device for supplementary products, which can be used in place of one of the existing investors in a gathering machine.
  • the placement device includes, inter alia, a guideway for receiving the raised from the guide wires of the collator in a horizontal position side leg of the printed matter and two catch saddles for receiving the investor from the substantially perpendicular to the transport direction of the printed matter dropped supplementary products before they are adhered to a printed product.
  • From the DE2135303 is a device for adhering at least approximately flat supplementary products on a side surface of both sides hanging down side legs of a mounted on a rotating conveyor chain astride transported printed product known.
  • the supplemental products are transported by means of a circulating feeding member to the respective copy of a printed product and placed on this.
  • the feeder has two equipped with grippers for the supplementary products feeder heads.
  • the US4579620 A relates to a device for adhering at least approximately planar supplementary products on a side surface of side legs hanging downwards on both sides of a printed product astride a circulating conveyor chain.
  • the supplement product is also transported by means of a feed and finally transported under the action of blowing air to the printed product.
  • the attachment of the supplement product is essentially possible over the entire side area. It is essential that the attachment of a supplementary product on all side surfaces with the same device is possible. After attaching the supplementary product, the printed product is returned to the original (closed) position and can then be further processed, for example cut in a cutting device. It is also essential that the location of the facility within a promotion or collection chain is freely selectable. The attachment of the supplement product can thus be done, for example, before or after a stapler.
  • the supplement product is self-adhering to the printed product attachable.
  • the horizontal orientation of the side legs of a printed product has u.a. the advantage that the position of the supplement product is possible by a displacement transversely to the conveying or gathering chain.
  • the supplement can be supplied to one or more freestanding side surfaces of the side legs of a printed product, so that a universal application form is possible.
  • the supplementary products can be top or bottom resp. both as well as the offset in a horizontal position side legs of the printed products are supplied.
  • the rear side surface of a printed product assigned to the side surface to be supplied can be used when attaching the Supplement product are supported, so that a certain contact pressure can be exercised.
  • the side legs of a printed product are advantageous during transport of the printed product by one respectively on the inner side surface. raised to the resting on the conveyor chain side surface of a side leg acting stationary guide member.
  • the print product prefferably be held on the conveyor chain during lifting of one or both side limbs and when attaching the supplementary product and when lowering the side limb with a hold-down device acting on the fold of a printed product, for example by a roller or brush. so that the operational reliability and quantity of the work is favored.
  • a device for carrying out the inventive method consists of a circumferentially driven conveyor resp.
  • An assembly chain which has a saddle-shaped support for the astride printed products and drivers, and is characterized by a arranged along the conveyor chain, raising at least one side leg of a printed product causing stationary guide member and by this on the opposite side of the side leg offset in the horizontal position associated feeder for supplementary products.
  • the Zu210organ one of a horizontal support surface of the guide member facing discharge end and designed as a carrier of the transported Erganzungs consist, endless, the supplementary products from a stack and the raised side surface of a side leg feeding conveyor belt, on which the supplement products can be fastened, wherein the discharge end of the conveyor belt rests on the support surface.
  • This simple device allows a high standard of quality and reliability in the process of production.
  • the device may have a guide member, which is designed as a force acting on an inner side surface of a side leg of a printed product and increasingly increasing in the conveying direction, stationary guide slot or as a liftable flap, so that the printed products are treated gently in procedural procedure.
  • a guide member which is designed as a force acting on an inner side surface of a side leg of a printed product and increasingly increasing in the conveying direction, stationary guide slot or as a liftable flap, so that the printed products are treated gently in procedural procedure.
  • the guide slot which may be adjustable, opens into an approximately horizontal support surface, which takes place from a flat plate on which the transfer of a supplementary product to a printed product.
  • a flap is provided which is swung up when the printed product arrives, then the transfer can take place as soon as the flap forms a support surface in the horizontal position.
  • the feeder is a carrier transported as a supplementary products trained conveyor belt to which the supplementary products adhere resp. are attached before they are delivered to the printed products.
  • the conveyor belt is endless and can take over the supplementary products from a stack in order to subsequently deliver them to a printed product.
  • the endlessly circulating conveyor belt has, in addition to a stack of supplementary products facing receiving end Dispensing end, the support surface resp. facing the support surface passing printed products.
  • the discharge end of the supply member is advantageously on the support surface, so that a certain contact pressure on the supplement product is formed, wherein the contact pressure could be achieved by a spring force, which gives a certain elasticity when pressing the supplement product.
  • the feed member is preferably designed such that it is optional for one or the other side legs of a printed product, on the front or rear side of the conveying resp. Chain can be used without additional Ae shore shoresmasssure a machine.
  • the supply member with respect to conveying resp. Collecting chain each transversely to the conveying direction to the front or rear side are added.
  • the feed is associated with a magazine for receiving two juxtaposed in the conveying direction stacks of supplementary products, so that either the front or rear side legs of a printed product can be fed with a supplementary product, which thus exist the possibilities, alternatively to feed the front or the rear side legs with a supplementary product or the front and rear side legs to feed by two Zufelorgane with respect to the conveying direction laterally offset side by side in operation.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 1 according to the invention, the above a conveying resp. Collecting chain 2 of a saddle stitcher 13 is arranged.
  • the known gathering chain 2 forms an endless conveying member and has a saddle-shaped area 18 on which printed products 3 are conveyed astride.
  • the printed products 3 are here each with wing-shaped laterally projecting drivers 16 (FIG. Fig. 2 ).
  • the printed products 3 are in particular printed sheets and each have a fold 12 which extends in the transport direction of the gathering chain 2.
  • the device 1 serves to attach at least one supplementary product 5 to the printed product 3.
  • the supplementary product 5 is for example a product sample, a card or a compact disc (CD) and thus preferably a flat product.
  • An attachment of the supplementary product 5 is provided on a front side V and / or a back side R of the printed product 3. It is thus optionally one or more supplementary products 5 can be attached to a printed product.
  • four supplementary products 5 can also be attached to the printed product 3, for example two supplementary products on the front side V and two supplementary products 5 on the back side R.
  • These supplementary products 5 attached to a printed product 3 can be the same or different.
  • the device 1 has according to the FIGS. 1 and 5 a feed member 14 with a belt 8 or other suitable endless conveyor organ, which is placed around a take-off roller 7 and a pressure roller 9.
  • a plurality of grippers 21 or other suitable means arranged with which from a stack 22 each at least one supplemental product 5 can be deducted.
  • the stack 22 is formed in a magazine 6, which is open at the bottom, so that in each case the lowest supplementary product 5 can be removed.
  • the magazine 6 can also be designed so that more than one supplementary product 5 can be removed at the same time. Also possible is an embodiment in which the stack 22 is laterally displaceable within the magazine 6.
  • a design is conceivable in which a plurality of stacks 22 are simultaneously formed in the magazine 6.
  • the withdrawn supplement product 5 is transported from belt 8 to the pressure roller 9.
  • the transport direction is in FIG. 1 indicated by the arrow 10.
  • a printed product 3 is conveyed together with the gathering chain 2, with the supplementary product 5 to be attached.
  • the supplementary product 5 is attached to the front side V of the printed product 3.
  • the attachment takes place for example and preferably by gluing.
  • the adhesive may, for example, after removal of a supplementary product 5 from a stack 22 attached to this, for example, be sprayed. Suitable means for applying an adhesive are known in the art and therefore need not be explained here.
  • the supply member 14 is thus also a separating device, with which the supplementary products 5 of the stack 22 are separated and each supplied to a printed product 3.
  • the transport of the isolated supplementary products 5 im Area of the pressure roller 9 is finally in the transport direction of the gathering chain 2, which in FIG. 1 is indicated by the arrow 11. If the supplementary product 5 has reached the printed product 3, a leading edge 5a of the supplementary product 5 is first applied to the printed product 3 and this now moves at the same speed as the printed product 3. Accordingly, the speed of the feed member 14 is set.
  • the application of the supplementary products 5 is of course in time with the gathering chain 2 or the saddle stitcher 13.
  • FIG. 1 the supplementary product 5 attached to the front V, it is according to FIG. 2 brought the front V in a horizontal orientation.
  • the back R and the fold 12 remain in the original transported position.
  • guide means 4 are provided, which are formed for example by a guide plate, according to FIG. 1 forms a horizontal support surface 4a.
  • the guide means 4 lifts the front V during transport in the FIG. 1 shown essentially horizontal position. So that the printed product 3 with its fold 12 continues to rest on the saddle-shaped area 18, is according to FIG. 2 a brush 15 is provided which serves as a hold-down. Instead of the brush 15, another suitable hold-down may be provided.
  • the supply member 14 may according to FIG. 2 in the directions of the double arrow 20 horizontally and transversely to the conveying direction of the gathering chain 2 are moved. This makes it possible to adjust the distance of the supplementary product 5 to the fold 12 arbitrarily.
  • a displacement of the feed member 14 in the transport direction of the gathering chain 2 is preferably provided.
  • the position in which the supplementary product 5 is placed on the front side V can be arbitrarily selected.
  • FIG. 3 shows an arrangement in which a supplement product 5 is applied to the rear side R.
  • a guide means 4 ' With a horizontal support surface 4a' arranged.
  • the feeder 14 is located to the right of the saddle-shaped portion 18. The conveying and pressing of the supplementary product 5 takes place as explained above.
  • the guide means 4 and 4 ' are removable.
  • FIG. 4 shows an arrangement in which both guide means 4 and 4 'are mounted. Both the front V and the back R are aligned horizontally at the same time.
  • a supplemental product 5 is attached to the rear side R with a second supply member 14 '.
  • the feed member 14 is displaceable in the directions of the double arrow 20 transversely to the transport direction of the gathering chain 2 and the feed member 14 'is in the directions of the double arrow 20' slidably.
  • two such Zustockedorgane are arranged in the transport direction of the gathering chain 2 before or after the two Zutechnologyorganen 14 and 14 'again.
  • On the printed product 3 can then be attached two and subsequently two additional products 5 at the same time, so that a total of four supplementary products 5 are attached.
  • FIG. 5 shows again schematically how the supplementary products 5 of the stack 22 with grippers 21 are transported individually to the printed product 3.
  • the printed product 3 is in FIG. 5 promoted in the direction of arrow 17 from right to left.
  • the conveying speed is not changed during the pressing process.
  • the speed of the belt 8 is thus adapted to the transport speed of the gathering chain 2.
  • the deduction of the supplementary products 5 and the pressing also takes place in time with the gathering chain 2.
  • the supply member 14 is preferably mounted so that it is adjustable in the direction of the arrow 17 and in the opposite direction thereto.
  • the position of the supplementary product 5 on the printed product 3 can thus be adjusted continuously in the direction of the fold 12. In principle, a transverse position would also be conceivable, with the axes of the withdrawal roller 7 and the pressure roller 9 thus extending transversely to the direction of the arrow 17 or the direction of the fold 12.
  • FIG. 6 shows a printed product 3 with an attached to the rear R approximately centered supplementary product 5.
  • a supplementary product 5 ' is indicated, which is offset laterally and closer to the fold 12.
  • a supplementary product 5 " Placed in the other direction is a supplementary product 5 ", which is indicated by dotted lines
  • the position of the supplementary product 5 can also be staggered continuously in the direction of the double arrow 19.
  • other transverse orientations of the supplementary product 5 are also conceivable.

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  1. Procédé pour appliquer un produit supplémentaire (5) au moins approximativement plat sur au moins une surface latérale de branches latérales, qui pendent de part et d'autre vers le bas, d'un produit imprimé (3) transporté reposant à califourchon sur une chaîne transporteuse circulante (2), selon lequel le produit supplémentaire (5) est apporté au moyen d'un organe d'alimentation (14) à la surface latérale au moins unique et est appliqué sur celle-ci dans une direction de transport et à une vitesse au moins approximativement de même sens, caractérisé en ce que la branche latérale est soulevée dans une position approximativement horizontale et est soutenue dans cette position par une surface de soutien (4a, 4a'), et en ce que le produit supplémentaire (5) est fixé à une bande transporteuse sans fin (8) de l'organe d'alimentation (14), une extrémité de délivrance de l'organe d'alimentation (14) est posée sur la surface de soutien (4a, 4a') et le produit supplémentaire (5) est appliqué sur la branche latérale du produit imprimé (3) en exerçant une pression d'application.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité de délivrance de l'organe d'alimentation (14) est, conformément à la position dans laquelle le produit supplémentaire (5) doit être appliqué sur la branche latérale du produit imprimé (3), déplacée horizontalement dans une direction de transport (11) de la chaîne transporteuse (2) et transversalement à cette direction de transport (11).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le produit supplémentaire (5) peut être appliqué de manière autoadhésive sur le produit imprimé (3).
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le produit supplémentaire (5) est apporté à au moins une surface latérale d'une branche latérale.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le produit supplémentaire (5) est respectivement apporté par le dessus à une surface latérale.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le produit supplémentaire (5) est respectivement apporté par le dessous à une surface latérale.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface latérale située à l'arrière de la surface latérale à alimenter est soutenue lors de l'application du produit supplémentaire (5).
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'un produit supplémentaire (5) est respectivement apporté à au moins deux surfaces latérales.
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le produit imprimé (3) est soulevé par un organe de guidage (4, 4') agissant sur au moins une surface latérale intérieure d'une branche latérale.
  10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le produit imprimé (3) est, lors du soulèvement d'une/des branches latérales, de l'application du produit supplémentaire (5) et de l'abaissement d'une/des branches latérales, maintenu sur la chaîne transporteuse (2) par un serre-flan.
  11. Dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, avec une chaîne transporteuse (2) entraînée en circulation, qui est pourvue d'un support en forme de selle pour les produits imprimés (3) transportés à califourchon et d'entraîneurs (16), et avec un organe d'alimentation (14) au moyen duquel un produit supplémentaire (5) peut être apporté à au moins une surface latérale du produit imprimé (3) et peut être appliqué sur celle-ci dans une direction de transport et à une vitesse au moins approximativement de même sens, caractérisé en ce qu'un organe de guidage (4, 4'), produisant le soulèvement d'au moins une branche latérale du produit imprimé (3), et l'organe d'alimentation (14), associé à cet organe de guidage sur le côté opposé de la branche latérale soulevée en position horizontale, sont disposés le long de la chaîne transporteuse (2), sachant que l'organe d'alimentation (14) présente une extrémité de délivrance tournée vers une surface de soutien approximativement horizontale (4a, 4a') de l'organe de guidage (4, 4'), ainsi qu'une bande transporteuse sans fin (8), conçue comme élément porteur des produits supplémentaires transportés (5), prenant en charge les produits supplémentaires (5) dans une pile (22) et les apportant à la surface latérale soulevée d'une branche latérale, bande transporteuse à laquelle les produits supplémentaires (5) peuvent être fixés, et sachant que l'extrémité de délivrance de la bande transporteuse (8) repose sur la surface de soutien (4a, 4a').
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de guidage (4, 4') est réalisé sous la forme d'un volet relevable ou d'une coulisse de guidage stationnaire, agissant sur une surface latérale intérieure d'une branche latérale et à pente ascendante croissante dans la direction de transport.
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que la coulisse de guidage débouche dans une surface de soutien approximativement horizontale.
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le volet relevable est conçu comme surface de soutien.
  15. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 11 à 14, caractérisé en ce que l'organe d'alimentation (14) est disposé à déplacement horizontal dans une direction de transport (11) de la chaîne collectrice (2) et transversalement à cette direction de transport (11).
  16. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 11 à 15, caractérisé en ce que l'organe d'alimentation (14) peut être positionné au choix sur chacun des deux côtés de la chaîne transporteuse (2).
  17. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 11 à 16, caractérisé en ce qu'un organe d'alimentation respectif (14) peut être positionné sur chacun des deux côtés de la chaîne transporteuse (2).
  18. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 11 à 17, caractérisé en ce que l'organe d'alimentation (14) présente une extrémité de prélèvement qui, afin de prendre en charge un produit supplémentaire respectif (5), est reliée de manière active pour le transport à des produits supplémentaires (5) empilés dans un magasin.
  19. Dispositif selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que le magasin présente deux compartiments ou emplacements d'empilage disposés en juxtaposition latéralement par rapport à la direction de transport, auxquels un organe d'alimentation peut être raccordé.
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