EP1675734B1 - Verfahren zur automatischen umhüllung von kleinen objekten, wie zum beispiel dokumenten, und zur durchführung desselben verwendete vorrichtung - Google Patents

Verfahren zur automatischen umhüllung von kleinen objekten, wie zum beispiel dokumenten, und zur durchführung desselben verwendete vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP1675734B1
EP1675734B1 EP04761919A EP04761919A EP1675734B1 EP 1675734 B1 EP1675734 B1 EP 1675734B1 EP 04761919 A EP04761919 A EP 04761919A EP 04761919 A EP04761919 A EP 04761919A EP 1675734 B1 EP1675734 B1 EP 1675734B1
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    • 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
    • B43M3/045—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic for envelopes with only one flap
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/08—Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
    • B65H3/10—Suction rollers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42322—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from bottom of the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2406/00—Means using fluid
    • B65H2406/10—Means using fluid made only for exhausting gaseous medium
    • B65H2406/12—Means using fluid made only for exhausting gaseous medium producing gas blast
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • the present invention relates to a method of automatically enclosing small pieces, including documents or objects to be transmitted in envelopes via a mail routing service.
  • Devices of this type are already known for enclosing letters or advertising or similar documents for distribution by mail on a large scale. These devices are generally of complicated construction and include a large number of moving mechanical parts to guide and route the envelopes on the one hand and the documents on the other hand to a junction zone of the two components of the shipment, called zone in enveloping. Since the routing routes of the envelopes and documents are distinct, but the enveloping area is common, in the known devices, the envelopes are, initially, usually routed along a path having an opposite direction to that of the documents and then, in a second time, according to a trajectory identical to that of the documents, after the introduction of the documents in the envelopes. This inversion of the direction of the trajectory generally implies the presence of a switching mechanism which makes it possible to separate the arrival and departure trajectories of the envelopes.
  • each cycle must be fully completed before the next cycle can be started, that is to say that an envelope must be loaded with the documents that are intended for it and removed from the delivery area. folded before the next envelope can be moved to the same area to receive the documents.
  • the publication DE 10 00 260 relates to an enveloping machine which has some analogies with the device object of the present. However, this machine does not have a rotary drum equipped with a suction device that allows to first press the envelope flap and then the body of these envelopes on the peripheral wall of the drum to bring them to a post filling with the documents provided.
  • the patent US 2,643,119 A discloses an enveloping device comprising a plurality of units having an obliquely arranged envelope storage magazine and which are taken one by one by a rotating drum.
  • a blower is disposed at the rear of the envelope stop zone to ensure their opening and allow the receipt of letters or documents to put in the envelopes.
  • This device has several disadvantages.
  • the envelopes are removed in the closed state and pass by gravity in groups of a first platform on a second platform from where they are taken up by the drum. The risk of driving multiple envelopes simultaneously and jamming is important.
  • the envelopes transferred in the closed state are opened by the blower when they arrive against the stopper. This approach reduces the pace and generates a high risk of failure of the opening.
  • the patent US 3,423,900 relates to a machine for putting in an envelope several documents, cards or letters stored separately. Envelopes are transported by a rotating drum that is equipped with means mechanical grips and which has recesses for the flaps of the envelopes. Documents and envelopes are routed to an envelope fill area with said documents. This machine is entirely mechanical and all the operations of the holding or gripping fingers are controlled by cams. This way of proceeding does not make it possible to work at very high speeds.
  • the patent US 4,649,691 A relates to an automatic pleating device in which the envelopes are removed mechanically by claws mounted on a rotating drum.
  • the envelope is opened by blow guns that raise the flap when it has arrived in the receiving position of the documents. No mechanical control to ensure that the opening has been performed properly is expected.
  • Automatic coining machine subject of the patent US 3,381,447 A includes a first drum for taking stock of instructional instructions or the like and a second drum for taking out envelopes.
  • the instruction instructions are conveyed to a wheel which comprises radial cells in which the envelopes have been previously introduced, these cells having means for opening them.
  • Such a device is relatively slow because envelopes and documents introduced therein must be inserted and removed from the cells of the rotating wheel, which can not be done continuously and thus requires stopping times of the wheel.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages of these known devices by providing a simple and effective device which the maintenance is easy and allows you to automatically place a fold at very high speed.
  • the envelopes are detached from said positioning drum by means of at least one scraper tangential to the surface of said drum.
  • the envelope can be laterally tightened by means of lateral deflectors to initiate its opening and proceed to this opening of the envelope by means of opening guides.
  • the invention also relates to the device for the implementation of this method of automatically pleating small parts, in particular documents or objects to be transmitted in envelopes by through a mail delivery service, this device comprising means for storing individual envelopes provided with a folded closure flap, means arranged to unfold the flap of each individual envelope, these means comprising at least a rotary cam associated with at least one jet of air, arranged to engage under the flap of each individual envelope for unfolding, means for moving arranged to bring each envelope, by its unfolded closure flap, individually and successively said storage means to a zone for introducing one of said documents or one of said objects into this individual envelope, said moving means comprising a support drum provided with at least one peripheral zone perforated with openings , said openings being connected to a suction device in an intermediate zone between said storage means and the introductory zone.
  • one of said documents in one of said individual envelopes means for feeding the documents or objects to be sent to said individual envelopes, means arranged to open the pocket of each individual envelope and means arranged to introduce one of these documents. or one
  • said openings are connected to a device for generating air under pressure in said zone for introducing one of said documents into one of said individual envelopes.
  • Said support drum preferably comprises, at least over a portion of its periphery, a coating having a high coefficient of friction.
  • the peripheral coating of said support drum extends over an angular sector between 25 and 75% of the periphery.
  • said peripheral coating of said support drum comprises a plurality of mutually parallel strips extending over an angular sector of at least between 25 and 75% of the periphery.
  • said rotary cam is driven in synchronism with said drum.
  • said rotary cam is provided with at least one generating member of said at least one jet of air.
  • Said rotary cam is preferably provided with at least one spout arranged to initiate the unfolding of the flap of said individual envelope.
  • the support drum and the rotary cam have the same diameter and are driven in synchronism at the same speed and, over part of their circular trajectory, said rotary cam bears against the peripheral surface of said drum. supported to drive an envelope of said storage means to said insertion zone.
  • the device advantageously comprises at least one scraper arranged to detach said individual casing from said pick-up drum in said insertion zone.
  • It may also comprise several scrapers arranged parallel to each other, these scrapers being formed between the parallel strips of said peripheral coating of the support drum.
  • the device may comprise lateral deflectors arranged to bring the lateral edges of the casings closer together.
  • individual envelopes and initiate their opening and opening guides arranged to open said individual envelopes.
  • said lateral deflectors comprise guide rollers.
  • said lateral deflectors comprise guide profiles.
  • said support drum comprises at least two cylindrical segments separated by at least one free ring which can be formed by a bearing.
  • the device 10 mainly comprises a frame 11, schematically represented by a lateral support element, but which may comprise, as shown in FIG. figure 1I , two parallel and substantially identical lateral support elements on which are mounted a storage container 12 of envelopes or bags, this container constituting said storage and delivery means, a support drum 13 and at least one rotary cam 14.
  • the storage bin 12 contains for example a stack of envelopes 15 superimposed which are arranged in such a way that they can be taken one by one at the base of this bin.
  • the storage bin is open at the base so as to allow access of the rotary cam 14 to the casing 15 which is located at the bottom of the stack.
  • Each envelope is arranged to present its closure flap in the folded state on the body of the envelope.
  • the cylindrical support drum 13 is mounted on a rotation shaft 16 carried by frame 11. It may be made of metal or plastic, for example a carbon fiber-based material or the like. It comprises an outer covering 17 made of a material having a high coefficient of friction, such as for example a rubber foam or the like. This outer covering 17 preferably extends over only a portion of the periphery of said drum, for example over an angular sector of between 25 and 75% and preferably approximately of the order of 50%.
  • This coating is advantageously in the form of several strips 18 parallel to each other, for example three in number, separated by annular spaces 19.
  • the drum 13 is perforated and comprises, in the area of the coating, a set of openings 20 passing through said outer cover 17.
  • openings communicate with the hollow interior of the support drum 13 and are thereby connected, via a rotating connection, to a suction device (not shown) when said support drum is in an intermediate zone between said storage means and the zone for introducing one of said documents into one of said individual envelopes 15.
  • said openings 20 are connected, via a rotating coupling, to a feed device. air under pressure which has the effect of detaching the casing from the support drum.
  • the rotary cams 14, which are three in the embodiment shown, are mounted on a shaft 21 carried by said frame 11 and are rotated in rotation synchronized with said support drum 13.
  • the drive mechanism and coupling of the two shafts 16 and 21 is schematically represented by a circle A.
  • the said rotating cams 14 comprise a spout 22 arranged to initiate the unfolding of the flap of each individual envelope at each operating cycle of the device.
  • This spout 22 is equipped with at least one nozzle 23 producing an air jet 24 (see Figure 1 D) arranged to help unfold the flap of each individual envelope for opening the envelope.
  • This nozzle 23 is supplied with compressed air through a rotary coupling (not shown) mounted on the shaft 21.
  • the device 10 further comprises at least one scraper 25 arranged to detach said individual casing from said support drum 13 in said insertion zone.
  • it comprises two parallel scrapers 25 mounted on an axis 26 carried by the frame 11. These scrapers consist of a slightly curved blade at their free end which bears on the peripheral surface of the drum. support 13.
  • the support drum 13 comprises, on a portion of the annular spaces 19, supports 27 of balls or rollers 28 freely rotating which are flush with the peripheral surface of the drum and on which the scrapers 25 slide without s 'to hook.
  • These balls or free rollers 28 have the function of facilitating the detachment of the individual envelopes of the drum in the area of introduction of documents or objects into the envelope.
  • the parallel strips 18 of the outer coating 17 of the support drum 13 form an extra thickness and delimit two annular spaces 19 recessed.
  • the free ends of the blades constituting the scrapers 25 rest on the peripheral surface of the drum in the two recessed annular spaces 19.
  • the number of these recessed annular spaces depends on the number of parallel strips 18 of outer coating. Their number is not critical and is at least two.
  • the device In the zone of introduction of one of said documents into one of said individual envelopes 15, the device is equipped with two opening guides 29 each having two branches 29a and 29b converging at one of their ends to define an opening mouthpiece envelopes.
  • the documents 30 to be introduced into the individual envelopes are conveyed in a manner known per se on rails or any support and guide surface 31, for example a conveyor belt, and are driven by fingers 32 integral with this endless conveyor belt.
  • the filled envelopes are then supported by a recovery cam 33, rotatable on a shaft 34, whose rotation is synchronized with that of the support drum 13.
  • the synchronized drive of the shaft 16 of the drum 13 and the shaft 34 of the recovery cam 33 is schematically represented by the circle 35.
  • the device 10 is also equipped with two lateral deflectors 36 arranged to bring the lateral edges of the envelopes to contribute to their opening.
  • These deflectors consist of guide profiles, but could also be provided with rollers to reduce the friction of the contact with the envelope.
  • this device operates according to the method of the invention in which the envelopes are stored in such a way that the flap of each individual envelope is located on the bottom of the envelope and towards the envelope. before in a sampling direction, unfolding said flap downwardly in the opening direction of said envelope, causing said flap of the envelope to contact the surface of the take-up drum; the envelopes are moved individually and successively by pulling it by its folded flap against the outer surface of said pick-up drum towards a zone of introduction of one of said documents or of one of said objects, one proceeds to opening said envelopes and introducing said documents or said objects into said envelopes previously opened.
  • the first phases of the following cycle can already be started, which makes it possible to work in masked time and to reduce the effective duration of a cycle with as a consequence the increase of the rate of the device.
  • the device 50 mainly comprises a frame 51, schematically represented by a lateral support element, on which are mounted a storage bin 52 of envelopes or bags, this container constituting said storage means and provided, a support drum 53 and at least one rotary cam 54.
  • the storage bin 52 contains for example a stack of envelopes 55 superimposed which are arranged in such a way that they can be taken one by one at the base from this tray.
  • the storage bin is open at the base so as to allow access of the rotary cam 54 to the envelope 55 which is located at the bottom of the stack.
  • Each envelope is arranged to present its closure flap in the folded state on the body of the envelope.
  • the support drum 53 of cylindrical shape is mounted on a rotating shaft 56 carried by the frame 51. It comprises, as the drum 13, an outer covering 57 made of a material having a high coefficient of friction, which extends preferably on a part of its periphery.
  • This coating 57 is advantageously in the form of several strips 58 parallel to each other, for example three in number, separated by annular spaces.
  • the drum is perforated and has in the area of the coating a set of openings 60 which pass through said outer covering. These openings communicate with the hollow interior of the pick-up drum 53 and are thereby connected, via a rotating connection, to a suction device (not shown) when said pick-up drum is located in an intermediate zone between said storage means 52 and the zone for introducing one of said documents into one of said individual envelopes.
  • the rotating cams 54 which are three in the embodiment shown, are mounted on a shaft 61 carried by said frame 51 and are rotated synchronously with said support drum 53.
  • the said rotary cams 54 have a spout 62 arranged to initiate unfolding of the flap of each individual envelope at each operating cycle of the device.
  • This spout 62 is equipped with at least one nozzle 63 producing an air jet 64 (see 2D figure ) arranged to help unfold the flap of each individual envelope for the opening of the envelope.
  • the device 50 further comprises at least one scraper 65 arranged to detach said individual casing from said pickup drum 53 in said insertion zone.
  • the device In the zone of introduction of one of said documents into one of said individual envelopes, the device is equipped with two opening guides 69 each having two branches 69a and 69b which meet at one of their ends by defining an opening spout envelopes.
  • the documents to be introduced into the individual envelopes are conveyed in a manner known per se on rails or any support and guide surface 71, for example a conveyor belt, and are driven by fingers 72 integral with this endless conveyor belt.
  • the filled envelopes are then supported by a pickup cam 73, rotatable on a shaft 74 whose rotation is synchronized with that of the pickup drum 53.
  • the support drum 53 is composed of cylindrical segments 80, for example three in number, which each carry a coating 57 on a part of their periphery and which are separated by free rings 81 formed, in the example shown , by a ball bearing comprising a cage 82 composed of an inner ring 83 and an outer ring 84 and trapping balls 85.
  • a ball bearing comprising a cage 82 composed of an inner ring 83 and an outer ring 84 and trapping balls 85.
  • the envelopes are in contact with the coating 57 on part of their trajectory and, after receiving the documents, they are in contact with the free rings 81, more exactly they are sandwiched between these rings and the recovery cams 73.

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  1. Verfahren zum automatischen Kuvertieren von Objekten mit geringem Raumbedarf, insbesondere von Dokumenten oder Gegenständen, die in einzelnen Umschlägen durch einen Postversanddienst mithilfe einer Vorrichtung zu befördern sind, die Mittel zur Lagerung und aufeinanderfolgenden Zuführung von einzelnen Umschlägen, Mittel zur Zuführung der zu versendenden Dokumente oder Gegenstände in Richtung der einzelnen Umschläge, und Mittel zur Einführung von einem dieser Dokumente oder einem dieser Gegenstände in einen der Umschläge umfasst, wobei
    - die Umschläge (15) gelagert werden, die eine Verschlussklappe umfassen, die derart gefaltet ist, dass die Klappe jedes Umschlags unter dem Umschlag und in einer Entnahmerichtung nach vorne gerichtet angeordnet ist,
    - die Klappe mithilfe mindestens einer rotierenden Nocke (14, 54) in der Öffnungsrichtung des Umschlags nach unten geklappt wird,
    - die Klappe des Umschlags mit der Oberfläche einer Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) in Kontakt gebracht wird,
    - jeder Umschlag (15) einzeln und nacheinander bewegt wird, indem er an seiner Klappe, die gegen die Außenfläche der Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) gepresst wird, in Richtung eines Bereichs zur Einführung von einem der Dokumente oder einem der Gegenstände gezogen wird,
    - die zu versendenden Dokumente oder Gegenstände zu den einzelnen Umschlägen befördert (15) werden,
    - die Öffnung jedes Umschlags (15) durchgeführt wird, und
    - das Dokument oder der Gegenstand in den vorher geöffneten Umschlag eingeführt wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    - die rotierende Nocke mindestens einem Luftstrom (24, 64) zugeordnet ist,
    - die Klappe durch eine radiale Saugwirkung, die im Inneren der Trommel erzeugt wird, gegen die Außenfläche der Übernahmetrommel gepresst wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umschläge von der Übernahmetrommel mithilfe mindestens einer tangential zu der Oberfläche der Trommel (13, 53) angeordneten Abstreifvorrichtung (25, 65) gelöst werden.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Umschlag durch seitliche Leitplatten (36) seitlich zusammengedrückt wird, um seine Öffnung einzuleiten.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnung jedes Umschlags mithilfe von Öffnungsführungen (29) durchgeführt wird.
  5. Vorrichtung (10, 50) zur Anwendung des Verfahrens zum automatischen Kuvertieren von Objekten mit geringem Raumbedarf, insbesondere von Dokumenten oder Gegenständen, die in Umschlägen durch einen Postversanddienst zu befördern sind, nach Anspruch 1, wobei diese Vorrichtung Mittel zur Lagerung (12, 52) von einzelnen Umschlägen (15), die mit einer zugeklappten Verschlussklappe versehen sind, Mittel, die vorgesehen sind, um die Klappe jedes einzelnen Umschlags aufzuklappen, wobei diese Mittel mindestens eine rotierende Nocke (14, 54) umfassen, die vorgesehen ist, um unter die Klappe jedes einzelnen Umschlags zu greifen, um sie aufzuklappen, Bewegungsmittel, die vorgesehen sind, um jeden Umschlag (15) an seiner aufgeklappten Verschlussklappe einzeln und nacheinander von den Lagerungsmitteln (12, 52) in Richtung eines Bereichs zur Einführung von einem der Dokumente oder einem der Gegenstände in diesen einzelnen Umschlag zu befördern, umfasst, wobei die Bewegungsmittel eine Übernahmetrommel (13, 53), Mittel zur Zuführung der zu versendenden Dokumente oder Gegenstände in Richtung der einzelnen Umschläge, Mittel (29, 36), die vorgesehen sind, um die Tasche jedes einzelnen Umschlags zu öffnen, und Mittel, die vorgesehen sind, um eines dieser Dokumente (30) oder einen dieser Gegenstände in den geöffneten einzelnen Umschlag einzuführen, umfassen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die rotierende Nocke mindestens einem Luftstrom (24, 64) zugeordnet ist, und dass die Übernahmetrommel mit mindestens einem von Öffnungen (20, 60) durchbrochenen Umfangsbereich (17, 57) versehen ist, wobei die Öffnungen mit einer Saugvorrichtung in einem Zwischenbereich zwischen den Lagerungsmitteln und dem Bereich zur Einführung eines der Dokumente in einen der einzelnen Umschläge verbunden sind.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnungen (20, 60) mit einer Drucklufterzeugungsvorrichtung in dem Bereich zur Einführung eines der Dokumente in einen der einzelnen Umschläge verbunden sind.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) mindestens an einem Teil ihres Umfangs eine Beschichtung (17, 57) umfasst, die einen hohen Reibungskoeffizienten aufweist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Umfangsbeschichtung (17, 57) der Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) über einen Winkelsektor erstreckt, der zwischen 25 und 75 % des Umfangs umfasst.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umfangsbeschichtung (17, 57) der Übernahmetrommel mehrere zueinander parallel angeordnete Streifen (18, 58) umfasst, die sich über einen Winkelsektor erstrecken, der mindestens zwischen 25 und 75 % des Umfangs umfasst.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die rotierende Nocke (14, 54) synchron mit der Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) angetrieben wird.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die rotierende Nocke (14, 54) mit mindestens einem Element (23, 63) zur Erzeugung des mindestens einen Luftstroms (24, 64) versehen ist.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die rotierende Nocke (14, 54) mit mindestens einem Schnabel (22, 62) versehen ist, der vorgesehen ist, um das Aufklappen der Klappe des einzelnen Umschlags (15) einzuleiten.
  13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) und die rotierende Nocke (14, 54) den gleichen Durchmesser aufweisen und synchron mit der gleichen Geschwindigkeit angetrieben werden und dass die rotierende Nocke (14, 54) in einem Teil ihrer kreisförmigen Bewegung gegen die Umfangsfläche der Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) drückt, um einen Umschlag von den Lagerungsmitteln (12, 52) zum Einführungsbereich zu befördern.
  14. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie mindestens eine Abstreifvorrichtung (25, 65) umfasst, die vorgesehen ist, um den einzelnen Umschlag (15) im Einführungsbereich von der Übernahmetrommel (13, 53) zu lösen.
  15. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie mehrere zueinander parallel angeordnete Abstreifvorrichtungen (25, 65) umfasst, wobei diese Abstreifvorrichtungen zwischen den parallelen Streifen (18, 58) der Umfangsbeschichtung (17, 57) der Übernahmetrommel angeordnet sind.
  16. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie seitliche Leitplatten (36) umfasst, die vorgesehen sind, um die Seitenränder der einzelnen Umschläge zusammenzudrücken und ihre Öffnung einzuleiten.
  17. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Öffnungsführungen (29) umfasst, die vorgesehen sind, um die einzelnen Umschläge (15) zu öffnen.
  18. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die seitlichen Leitplatten (36) Führungsrollen umfassen.
  19. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die seitlichen Leitplatten (36) Führungsprofile umfassen.
  20. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Übernahmetrommel (53) mindestens zwei zylindrische Segmente (80) umfasst, die durch mindestens einen freien Ring (81) voneinander getrennt sind.
  21. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 20, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der freie Ring (81) durch ein Lager gebildet wird.
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