EP1721849B1 - Feeding device for a continuous form - Google Patents

Feeding device for a continuous form Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1721849B1
EP1721849B1 EP20060113785 EP06113785A EP1721849B1 EP 1721849 B1 EP1721849 B1 EP 1721849B1 EP 20060113785 EP20060113785 EP 20060113785 EP 06113785 A EP06113785 A EP 06113785A EP 1721849 B1 EP1721849 B1 EP 1721849B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
paper form
motor
rollers
contrast
paper
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Not-in-force
Application number
EP20060113785
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1721849A2 (en
EP1721849A3 (en
Inventor
Giuliano Dr. De Marco
Armando Aprato
Francesco Terrusi
Alberto Massucco
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Tecnau SRL
Original Assignee
Tecnau SRL
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Tecnau SRL filed Critical Tecnau SRL
Publication of EP1721849A2 publication Critical patent/EP1721849A2/en
Publication of EP1721849A3 publication Critical patent/EP1721849A3/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1721849B1 publication Critical patent/EP1721849B1/en
Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/26—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by transverse stationary or adjustable bars or 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
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/02—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs transversely
    • B65H23/022—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs transversely by tentering devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/34—Apparatus for taking-out curl from webs
    • 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
    • B65H2301/50—Auxiliary process performed during handling process
    • B65H2301/51—Modifying a characteristic of handled material
    • B65H2301/512—Changing form of handled material
    • B65H2301/5122—Corrugating; Stiffening

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a feeding device for advancing, in a straight path, a continuous form, for example, a paper strip or a continuous un-holed paper form.
  • the feeding devices represent a fundamental component on systems for the automatic processing of documents provided as continuous paper forms.
  • the pages of the documents are firstly printed on the forms and are thereafter separated by cutting equipments, generally of reciprocating motion type.
  • the feeding devices for advancing continuous paper forms and devoid of pin traction include transport assemblies having motor rollers and pinch rollers. It is well known that the friction-feed technology can cause deviations of the form with respect to the direction of advancement.
  • the problem of alignment is particularly serious in feeding devices for cutting equipments which operate during temporary stops of the paper form and which submit the section to be cut to high accelerations and breakings.
  • high drag forces should be transmitted on nipping areas of the form adjacent to the edges.
  • Irregularities in the traction or uneven deformations of the paper form tend to cause skewing during the advancement with consequences on the cutting and risks of jams and tears.
  • the irregularities can depend on dimensional differences of the motor rollers due to working spread, wear on the motor rollers or the pinch rollers, dirt, or differences regarding the pinch rollers, as amount and/or direction of the pressure load.
  • Transport assemblies including a motor roller and a single pinch roller working on the longitudinal axis of the paper form have also been proposed.
  • This approach has the disadvantage that, for high operating speeds, the sides of the form will rise with respect to the central areas with chattering of the paper in unacceptable way.
  • the prior art discloses feeding devices for continuous strips or un-holed paper forms which include particular solutions for advancing the strips or the forms along a straight path.
  • US Patent 5,323,945 relates, for example, to a system of transport for a strip of thermal paper providing a motor roller divided in three sections.
  • the lateral sections of the roller are connected in the rotation with a differential mechanism such that the average velocities of the lateral sections are equal to the average velocity of the central section, whereas the instantaneous velocity can be different.
  • European Patent Application EP 1 177 149 discloses a feeding device for continuous paper forms comprising a motor roller having two lateral sections connected each other through gears of compensation.
  • feeding devices for continuous paper forms providing two servomotors to actuate two respective roller motors in engagement with lateral areas of the form have also been proposed.
  • the servomotors respond to position sensors, which read marks printed on the sides of the form for regulating the instantaneous velocities of the motor rollers to correct any misalignment of the form from the nominal path.
  • German Patent Application DE 197 40 222 discloses an apparatus for guiding and feeding an endless paper form comprising a transport assembly with motor roller and pinch roller for engagement with the form, lateral guides for guiding the longitudinal edges of the form and a stiffening assembly including bending and contrast elements transversally engaging the form according to the introductory portion of claim 1.
  • the motor roller and pinch roller operate on a central area of the device, whilst the lateral guides guide the form at the sides of the bending and contrast elements.
  • the bending and contrast elements prevent from ascending the lateral guides and avoid damages when the form comes into lateral contact with the lateral guides.
  • United States Patent US 3,539,085 relates to a control system for the advancing of a web of a web printing press.
  • This system provides a first drive including a driven roller and two nipping rollers and, downwardly, a second drive including two other couples of driven roller and nipping rollers operating at the sides of the web.
  • the web is advanced at constant speed and severed by cutting cylinders.
  • Differential mechanisms operating on the driven roller of the first and the second drive change the speed of the rollers, with control of the web movement.
  • Object of the present invention is to accomplish a feeding device for advancing in a straight path a paper strip or continuous paper form and, more specifically, for un-holed continuous forms or for forms whose perforations are not used, which results reliable and relatively inexpensive and which ensures optimal alignment in serious conditions of velocity and stress.
  • This object is constituted by the feeding device for a continuous paper form and, more specifically, for an un-holed continuous form at the sides or for forms whose perforations are not used, according to the characteristic portion of claim 1.
  • a cutting equipment or cutter represented with 11 comprises a feeding device 12 for a paper strip or continuous paper form 13.
  • the cutting equipment 11 includes a frame 14, an input moving device 15, a loop forming device 16, a trimming mechanism 17 for the sides of the paper form, a cutting mechanism 18 for the transversal cutting of the form, build as a module, and an extraction mechanism 19 for the sheets to be separated from the paper form.
  • the input moving device 15 is actuated by an input motor 20, while the loop forming device 16 includes a loop sensor 21 associated to a pre-defined length of the loop.
  • the cutting mechanism 18 includes a guillotine like blade, which is subject to reciprocating motion and is operated, through an eccentric cam, by a cutting motor 22.
  • a single motor 23 actuates the trimming mechanism 17 and the extraction mechanism 19, while a traction motor 24 actuates the feeding device 12.
  • the cutting equipment 11 has a structure similar to the removable module of the equipment described in the Italian Patent Application N. TO2003A000371, filed on 20.05.03 in the name of Tecnau S.r.1.
  • Support elements comprising for example a pair of transversal steel sheets 26 and 27 and a series of longitudinal bars 28, hold the paper form 13 between the feeding device 12 and the loop forming device 16 along a movement surface 29.
  • the sheets 26 and 27 are suitably shaped and in which the sheet 26 is adjacent to the device 16, whereas the sheet 27 is adjacent to the device 12.
  • the feeding device 12 is arranged upstream of the trimming mechanism 17 and the cutting mechanism 18 and has the function of feeding, in intermittent way, the section of paper form 13 to be cut.
  • the continuous paper form 13 is devoid of traction holes, whereas the feeding device 12 and the input moving device 15 use a transport assembly of friction type.
  • the equipment 11 can use, as an alternative, paper forms with standard transport holes, but in which the holes are not used for the feeding.
  • the feeding device 12 comprises a transport assembly 31 which includes two motor rollers 32 and 33 ( Figs. 3 and 4 ) of identical diameter and two pinch rollers 34 and 36.
  • the rollers 32 and 33 are coaxial and are provided for engagement with two nipping areas of respective lateral bands 371 and 37r of the paper form 13, adjacent to the longitudinal edges of the form.
  • the pinch rollers 34 and 36 are engageable with the nipping areas of the bands 371 and 37r against the motor rollers and bear on the paper with a pressure suitable for the transferring of dragging forces to the sides of the form 13.
  • the motor rollers 32 and 33 are mounted on a motor shaft 38 perpendicularly to the feeding direction of the form 13 and are synchronous in the rotation, for instance through adjustable fixing on the shaft 38.
  • the feeding device 12 includes a stiffening assembly 39, which is provided for engagement with the paper form 13 upstream of the relative transport assembly 31.
  • the device 12 further comprises two lateral limiting members 41 and 42 for guiding the longitudinal edges of the form within given limits.
  • the members 41 and 42 are arranged at the sides of the motor rollers 32 and 33 and are supported by a prismatic crossbar 43 with possibility of adjustment in accordance with the width of the form 13.
  • the stiffening assembly 39 defines a longitudinal bend of the continuous paper form 13, which increases the transversal rigidity of the form.
  • the stiffening assembly 39 defines a longitudinal bend of the continuous paper form 13, which increases the transversal rigidity of the form.
  • the stiffening assembly 39 is of a dynamic control type and includes yielding elements to modify the amount of longitudinal bend due to the tension of the paper form 13, in the use.
  • the feeding device 12 is sized so that the distance between the stiffening assembly 39 and the transport assembly 31 is relatively short to dynamically maintain the continuous paper form 13 well stiffened between the area of engagement with the assembly 39 and the areas of engagement with the motor rollers 32 and 33. Further, the device 12 is located close to the cutting mechanism 18
  • the stiffening assembly 39 includes transversal bends 44, 46 and 47 in the sheet 27 and a contrast bar or contrast element 48, which extend perpendicular to the direction of feed.
  • the bends 44, 46 and 47 define a substantially "V" shaped seat in the lower part of the sheet 27, which is adapted to receive the contrast bar 48 and in which the bends 44 and 46 depart downwardly from the movement surface 29, and the bend 47 corresponds to the vertex of the "V.”
  • the paper form 13 slides upon the sheets 26 and 27 and the longitudinal bars 28, guided upwardly by guide shoes 49, while the contrast bar 48 deflects downwardly the portion of form interposed between the bends 44 and 46, through a waved or "V" shaped path.
  • a sustaining structure yieldingly supports the contrast bar 48 through an elastic suspension.
  • the contrast bar 48 ( Figs. 1 and 4 ) is mounted on a support rod 51, which is fulcrumed at a side 52 of the frame 14.
  • the bar 48 is guided in a groove 53 of the rod 51 and the elastic suspension comprises a series of springs 54.
  • the springs 54 are arranged along the axis of the rod 51 and push downwardly the bar 48, against end stop elements of the rod 51 not shown in the drawings.
  • the rod 51 bears on reference stops of the frame, parallel to the sheet 27 and is provided for lifting with respect to the sheet 27 to make easier the mounting of the paper form 13 between the components of guide and movement of the equipment 11.
  • the end stop elements are adjustable so as to make the contrast bar 48 to project more or less with respect to the bends 44 and 46 for an adjustable longitudinal deflection of the form 13, when the rod 51 is depressed parallel to the sheet 27.
  • the load of the springs 54 can also be suitably adjusted.
  • Support and guide elements hold the paper form 13 ( Figs. 5, 6 and 7 ) adjacent to the areas nipped between the motor rollers and the pinch rollers and limit upwardly the path of the form.
  • the support and guide elements include, downwardly, a pair of plates 56 and 57 and shoes 58 supported by the crossbar 43 and, upwardly, shoes 61 mounted on a prismatic crossbar 62.
  • the plates 56 and 57 are adjacent to the limiting members 41 and 42 and include respective windows, through which the nipping sectors of the motor rollers 32 and 33 project upwardly.
  • the plates 56 and 57 and the shoes 58 are coplanar each other and adjacent to the bend 46.
  • the motor shaft 38 of support for the motor rollers 32 and 33, is actuated in the rotation by the traction motor 24 through a belt and pulley coupling.
  • the pinch rollers 34 and 36 (Figg. 3, 6 and 7) are rotatable on respective brackets 66, which are pivoted on blocks 67, 68, in turn supported by the crossbar 62 with possibility of adjustment.
  • Corresponding springs 69 urge the pinch rollers 34 and 36 toward the motor rollers 32 and 33 through the brackets 66.
  • the load of the springs 69 is adjustable through nuts 71 as function of the characteristics of the paper and the springs. Moreover, the pinch rollers 34 and 36 can be spaced away from the motor rollers through knobs or levers 72 and rods 73, against the action of the springs 69, to make easier the insertion of the paper form 13.
  • the motor rollers 32 and 33 are of a metallic material, identical in the diameter according to the spread of a fine working, and have a hardened surface with controlled roughness for high adherence with the paper form.
  • the pinch rollers 34 and 36 are also metallic with hardened surface whereas the load of the springs 69 is particularly high, of around 2-3 kg. It ensures optimal and reliable conditions of transport of the form 13.
  • the lateral plates 41 and 42 are in a light alloy with surface hardened by deep anodization for a good sliding of the paper form and reduced wear.
  • composite materials or other hard materials can be employed.
  • the input moving device 15 ( Figs. 1 , 2 and 7 ) comprises a transport assembly 76, with two motor rollers and two pinch rollers provided for engagement with lateral nipping areas of the paper form 13.
  • the device 15 can provide a single motor roller and a single pinch roller, provided for engagement with an axial area of the form 13.
  • the motor rollers and the pinch rollers of the transport assembly 76 are mounted on structures identical to the ones of the rollers 32, 33 and 34, 36.
  • the motor rollers and the pinch rollers of the member 76 include a motor shaft 77 connected to the input motor 20 and, respectively, blocks 78 and 79 supported by a prismatic crossbar 81. Similar connections are provided in the case of use of a single motor roller and pinch roller.
  • Plates 82 and 83 and shoes 84 located below the nipping area of the transport assembly 76 and, shoes 87 above the nipping area are also provided.
  • the plates 82 and 83 and the shoes 84 are supported by a prismatic crossbar 86, whereas the shoes 87 are supported by the blocks 78 and 79 and in which the plates 82 and 83 include respective windows of access to the upper sectors of the motor rollers.
  • a bar 88 having two flanges 89 and 91 and a tile 92 are provided for transversally guiding the paper form 13 there between.
  • the portion of the equipment 11 arranged below the longitudinal bars 28 is provided for lodging typical control devices for the paper form 13, as OMR (optic mark reader), BCR (bar code reader) or a video camera.
  • the longitudinal bars 28 are mounted between the sheets 26 and 27 by means of spring ends with possibility of removal for an easy access to the control devices of the paper form.
  • longitudinal support sheets engaged in adjustable seats of the sheets 26 and 27 can be provided.
  • the shoes 49 are mounted on a prismatic crossbar 92 and, for an easy introduction of the form 13, the crossbar 92 is fulcrumed on the side 52 of the frame 14 with possibility of lifting jointly with the support rod 51.
  • the cutting equipment 11 comprises an electronic control module 93 similar to the one of the above mentioned Patent Application N. T02003A000371 .
  • the motors 20, 24 and 22 ( Fig. 2 ) are integrated with encoders, which supply position signals St1 and St2 for the entering sections of the paper forms and for the sections to be cut, respectively, and signals St3 associated with the position of the blade.
  • the electronic module 93 is synchronized by series of marks, printed on the paper form 13 and recognized by position sensors not shown in the drawings.
  • Servo control circuits 94, 96 and 97 drive the motors 20, 24 and 22, respectively: the circuit 94 for the input moving mechanism 15 is servoized to the velocity of the portion of paper form to be cut and to signals from the loop sensor 21, while the circuit 96 for the control of the feeding device 12 is servoized to the velocity and the position of the blade.
  • the servo control circuit 94 drives the input moving device 15 so as to introduce the paper form 13 at instantaneous velocities having small fluctuations with respect to a reference average velocity.
  • the entering form 13 results not very stressed, whereas the skew in input is neutralized by the loop forming device 16.
  • the structure of the above described feeding device 12 makes a paper form 13 of standard width by 20" to advance with a mean velocity of the order of 3 m/sec. and a peak velocity of 5 ⁇ 6 m/sec.
  • the paper form 13 advances along the equipment 11 in axis with the direction of movement, without skipping with respect to the movement surface 29 and without chattering of the portions to be cut.
  • the performances are reliable maintained for an extended life and adverse conditions.
  • the feeding device 12 ensures operating conditions for the paper form 13 similar to the ones of feeding devices with pins traction and using forms with side transport holes. Further, during the start and stop, the contrast bar 48 modifies the deflection of the paper form with anti-jerk function in view of the elastic suspension without substantial increasing of the acceleration and braking times.
  • the feeding device of the invention can specifically be used in other equipment for the processing of paper forms as, for instance, longitudinal cutting and separation equipments (merger), perforating or punching equipments and in high speed printing equipments.
  • the punch could be powered by a servoized actuation motor, and the motor rollers or the active sections of a motor roller will be driven by a servomechanism servoized to the actuation motor.
  • the feeding device 12 can provide a third central pair of motor roller and pinch roller with nipping of an axial area of the paper form 13.
  • deflection members can be provided, as represented by a single bend of the sheet, or by an element of deflection and a contrast element or by deflection through a plurality of bending bars and one or more elements or bars of contrast, to ensure the transversal stiffening.
  • the stiffening assembly can include a contrast bar projecting from the movement surface 29 and one or more deflection bars of the paper form 13 mounted on a frame of support, upstream and downstream of the contrast bar, not shown in the drawings.
  • the anti-jerk function can be obtained by means of elastic suspensions on the contrast bar and/or on one or on both the deflection bars.
  • dynamically controlled stiffening assembly according to the invention is advantageously employable in feeding devices different from the one above described.

Landscapes

  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
EP20060113785 2005-05-12 2006-05-10 Feeding device for a continuous form Not-in-force EP1721849B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITTO20050327 ITTO20050327A1 (it) 2005-05-12 2005-05-12 Dispositivo di avanzamento per un modulo continuo

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1721849A2 EP1721849A2 (en) 2006-11-15
EP1721849A3 EP1721849A3 (en) 2007-08-08
EP1721849B1 true EP1721849B1 (en) 2013-09-11

Family

ID=36688163

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP20060113785 Not-in-force EP1721849B1 (en) 2005-05-12 2006-05-10 Feeding device for a continuous form

Country Status (2)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1721849B1 (it)
IT (1) ITTO20050327A1 (it)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN102152988B (zh) * 2011-01-06 2013-09-04 广州毅昌科技股份有限公司 薄膜张紧装置

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3875611A (en) * 1973-08-22 1975-04-08 Anderson Co Pin hole embossment
JPS6164655A (ja) * 1984-09-05 1986-04-03 Hitachi Ltd ロ−ル紙矯正機構
DE3804903A1 (de) * 1988-02-17 1989-08-31 Hunkeler Ag Jos Vorrichtung zum zufuehren von papier zu einem einzelblaetter verarbeitenden schnelldrucker
EP0556640B1 (en) 1992-02-21 1996-04-10 Eastman Kodak Company Segmented differential capstan roller
DE19740222A1 (de) * 1997-09-12 1999-03-25 Boewe Systec Ag Vorrichtung zum Führen einer Endlospapierbahn
FR2813987B1 (fr) 2000-09-12 2003-01-10 Memscap Microcomposant du type micro-inductance ou micro-transformateur

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1721849A2 (en) 2006-11-15
ITTO20050327A1 (it) 2006-11-13
EP1721849A3 (en) 2007-08-08

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP2218562B1 (en) Perforating equipment for continuous forms in movement
EP0260882A2 (en) Web processing line & modules
US5820007A (en) Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device
EP1479628A1 (en) Cutting equipment for continuous forms
EP0687641A2 (en) Method and apparatus for feeding sheets
EP1484145B1 (en) Perforating equipment for continuous forms
JP2833185B2 (ja) スリッタの移動機構
JP5893227B2 (ja) 突破および利用部分離の為の装置および方法
EP1721849B1 (en) Feeding device for a continuous form
SE509840C2 (sv) Skäranordning för skärning av sammanhängande banor
US7374072B2 (en) Slide adjustable assembly for monitoring widthwise travel of an uncoiling steel band through a feeder system associated with a progressive die
CN113695454A (zh) 串联冲压生产线及串联冲压生产线用的中间传送装置
KR920019654A (ko) 시트 절단 및 적층 장치
EP0082708B1 (en) Sheet feeding apparatus
CN1990369A (zh) 具有固定折页刀的折页装置
JP4369697B2 (ja) 鋼板剪断装置
CN109195806B (zh) 用于切割具有打印图像的衬底的自动方法和装置
EP1448468B1 (en) Method and device at running webs which have been printed in a high-speed printer
JP2004338126A (ja) シート状ワークのダイカッタユニット及びフォールディングユニット
JP5953267B2 (ja) シート材の位置調整方法及びシート材の位置調整装置
EP3994088B1 (de) Stanzmaschine mit einem als kettengreifersystem ausgebildeten transportsystem und ein verfahren zum öffnen zumindest eines halteelements
US4854927A (en) Method and apparatus for pressing perforated web fed materials
CN1693175B (zh) 用于印刷机或折叠器的折叠装置
US8317184B2 (en) Printer producing dividing sheets for output tray
EP0703497A1 (en) Apparatus for separating a multi-image, parent sheet into discrete, single-image, finished sheets

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL BA HR MK YU

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL BA HR MK YU

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: B65H 23/34 20060101ALI20070629BHEP

Ipc: B65H 23/022 20060101ALI20070629BHEP

Ipc: B65H 23/26 20060101AFI20070629BHEP

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20080204

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20080310

AKX Designation fees paid

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20130403

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: REF

Ref document number: 631498

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20130915

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R096

Ref document number: 602006038329

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20131107

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130710

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: VDEP

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: MK05

Ref document number: 631498

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: LT

Ref legal event code: MG4D

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: LV

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20131212

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: IS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20140111

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 602006038329

Country of ref document: DE

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20140113

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20140612

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 602006038329

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20140612

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20140510

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140531

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140531

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: MM4A

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140510

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 11

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: HU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT; INVALID AB INITIO

Effective date: 20060510

Ref country code: TR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20130911

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 12

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 13

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20190530

Year of fee payment: 14

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20190527

Year of fee payment: 14

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20190528

Year of fee payment: 14

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 602006038329

Country of ref document: DE

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20200510

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200531

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200510

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20201201