EP2000324A1 - Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes - Google Patents

Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes Download PDF

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EP2000324A1
EP2000324A1 EP07109633A EP07109633A EP2000324A1 EP 2000324 A1 EP2000324 A1 EP 2000324A1 EP 07109633 A EP07109633 A EP 07109633A EP 07109633 A EP07109633 A EP 07109633A EP 2000324 A1 EP2000324 A1 EP 2000324A1
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envelope
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Francesco Ponti
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Priority to DE602007009067T priority patent/DE602007009067D1/de
Priority to AT07109633T priority patent/ATE480409T1/de
Priority to ES10171332T priority patent/ES2393179T3/es
Priority to ES07109633T priority patent/ES2351883T3/es
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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

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  • the present invention relates to an envelope filling machine, aimed in particular at introducing sheets into envelopes.
  • Some envelope filling machines form the envelopes from a paper sheet folded around the material to be mailed.
  • Other envelope filling machines introduce the sheets into already formed envelopes.
  • the empty envelopes are stacked within a storage area, such as a vertical magazine, from which they are taken and supplied one by one to an envelope filling station.
  • envelope magazine and the means used to supply the envelopes to the filling station form a unit better known as envelope feeder.
  • Transferring means act along the sliding surface and, in step relation with the envelope feeding, transfer the sheets to the envelope filling station.
  • the envelope filling machine of the present invention belongs to this last mentioned type of machine, i.e. it inserts materials (sheets, prints, brochures, magazines and so on) into already formed envelopes.
  • the envelope feeder delivers the envelopes to the filling station where suitable means open the apertures of the envelopes, e.g. with jets of air.
  • the envelopes feeder is situated above the sliding surface, just upstream of the envelope filling station.
  • the position of the envelope feeder above the sheet sliding surface is advantageous, because it does not cause any change in the direction of the path run by the envelopes to the filling station and beyond it.
  • the envelopes are transferred in sequence to the envelope filling station, in suitable time relation with the feeding of the sheets along the sliding surface.
  • each individual envelope is transferred to the envelope filling station after the envelope filled before has been moved away.
  • an envelope filling machine includes a sheet conveying line and a sheet transferring line, situated downstream of the conveying line and leading to an envelope filling station.
  • the envelopes are transferred to the envelope filling station along a direction transversal to the transferring line the sheets.
  • the envelope filling station includes a pair of side-by-side vertical extending screws supported rotating on a vertical axis.
  • the screws are operated to rotate in opposite directions at a speed, suitably controlled according to envelope and sheet transferring steps.
  • the envelopes are placed in the filling station with the bottom edge inserted into the space between the two lowermost turns of each screw and the facing with the closing tab down.
  • the side of the envelope opposite to the arriving direction rests against a side wall.
  • the sheets are pushed by the transferring line to insert into the envelope, whose aperture edges are kept wide apart by an air jet. Meanwhile, the shafts of the screws act as a stop for the envelope.
  • the closing flap of the envelope is connected to the lower facing, the sheets must handled by the transferring line, which act on them from above. However, the sheets are released by sheet feeders which place them on the sliding surface.
  • the driving action on the sheets is transferred from the sliding surface, where lugs move the sheets, to a transferring conveyor acting on the sheets from above.
  • This transfer require accurate time relation between operation of the lugs of the sliding surface and the transferring conveyor. Also this accurate time relation need limit the operation speed of the machine.
  • the screw design allow a reliable handling of the envelopes, which are uniquely held between the pairs of turns.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose an envelope filling machine which introduces sheets into envelopes with a higher operation speed.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose an envelope filling machine, which has a simple and functional structure, and which is highly reliable and versatile in its use.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose an envelope filling machine in which swelling of the envelope, due to opening by the air jet, does not shrink the envelope in width as much as to hinder insertion of the sheets.
  • reference numeral 1 indicates the envelope filling station of the proposed envelope filling machine, which introduces sheets 2 into envelopes 3.
  • sheets 2 are moved along a sliding surface 5.
  • sheets not only sheets are in fact meant, but also other items to introduce in the envelopes, such as magazines, booklets, pamphlets, letters, advertisement prints and like items.
  • the lugs of the pushing means 7 protrude from longitudinal slots 8 made along the sliding surface 5, and rest with the bottom on suitable support means 9, aimed at keeping the pushing means 7 in a raised position.
  • the envelope filling station 1 is located just downstream of the sliding surface 5.
  • the bottom of the filling station is defined by a conveyor belt 25 that is placed after the sliding surface 5 at a slightly lower level (see Figure 3 to 7 ).
  • the conveyor belt 25, which is narrower than the sliding surface 5, is operated in the same direction A and extends beyond the filling station 1, opposite to the sliding surface 5.
  • a pressure roller or a pair o pressure rollers 26, as shown in Figure 1 are located downstream of the station 1, in contact with the upper run of the conveyor belt 25.
  • nozzles 19 which result to be in the envelope filling station 1
  • the task of the nozzles 19 is that of sending jets of air toward the aperture of the envelopes 3 to make them open.
  • the envelope filling station 1 includes an envelope handling group 20 comprising two envelope handling means 21.
  • the handling means 21 are formed by vertically extending screws 21.
  • the screws 21 are situated at both sides of the path followed by the sheets 2, so that their shafts 23 are set at a distance from one another corresponding to the width of the envelopes.
  • the shafts are rotated by motor means, not shown in the figures, in opposite directions so that the spaces 22 between the turns, or threads, of the screws 21 "moves" downwards.
  • the motor means are operated continuously.
  • the envelopes 3 are supplied to the envelope filling station 10, in the direction indicated with the arrow B (see figure 3 ), extending longitudinally and concurrent with direction A of the conveying line along which the sheets 2 move.
  • the envelope feeder which is not shown in its entirety in the figures 3 to 7 , is located above the sliding surface 5. Only the terminal section of the envelope supplying conveyor 16 is illustrated, from which each envelope 3 exits.
  • the envelope feeder removes single envelopes 3 from the bottom of a stack and feeds them to the supplying conveyor 16 with horizontal arrangement.
  • the upper facing is the one provided with the closing flap 13.
  • the envelope 3 exits from the conveyor 16 and is introduced between the shafts 23, above the turns of the screws 21.
  • the shafts 23 are set at a reciprocal distance corresponding to the width of the envelope.
  • the width of the envelope is considered to be the distance between the sides of the envelope parallel to the envelope supplying direction B, in this case the shorter edges of the envelope.
  • guiding means 14 formed e.g. by a sloping plate, are disposed above the screws 21 (see Figure 3 ).
  • the front edge of the sloping plate 14 is bent upwards for facilitating guidance of the envelopes.
  • the leading edge 4 of the envelope i.e. the closed edge or bottom edge of the envelope, goes in abutment against stationary stop means, constituted by stationary vertical stems 18 situated just after the shafts 23 of the screws 21, considering the forward direction A and between the screws 21.
  • the stationary vertical stems extend downwards up to a distance from the conveyor belt 25 equal or shorter than the space between two consecutive turns of the screws 21, i.e. sufficient to let an envelope pass thereunder (See Figure 3 ).
  • Two vertical stems give the best stability to the envelopes set against them, but it would be also possible providing only one vertical stems, for instance set in a position corresponding to a central line passing through the filling station 1.
  • movable stop means constituted by vertical strips 17 supported by oscillating elements 15, swinging about a horizontal axis T extending crosswise to the advancement direction A.
  • the horizontal axis T is situated just after the two stationary vertical stems 18.
  • the vertical strips 17 can oscillate, swinging parallel to the forward direction A.
  • the oscillating vertical strips 17 extends downwards to a level lower than the upper run of the conveyor belt 25.
  • the strips 17 are situated bilaterally with respect to the conveyor belt 25, i.e. one at a respective side thereof.
  • Elastic means are provided for keeping the hanging swinging elements 15 down.
  • the sheets 2 are fed along the sliding surface 5, being moved forward by the pushing means 7 of the driving line 6.
  • the sheets 2 are fed to the filling station at regular intervals of time.
  • the envelopes 3 are supplied by the feeding device via the envelope supplying conveyor 16 to the filling station 1. Each time, one envelope is positioned between the shafts 23 of the screws 21, resting above the turns thereof, and in abutments against the stationary vertical stems 18 ( Figure 3 ).
  • More than one envelope can be lodged between the turns of the screws, as it can be seen in Figure 4 , which shows a moment just after the situation of Figure 3 . This means that most of the time at least two envelopes 3 are present in the filling station 1, separated by the turns of the screws 21.
  • the number of envelopes 3 present in the envelope filling station 10 may substantially correspond to the number of turns of the screws 21.
  • the above described envelope filling machine fulfills its object to introduce sheets into envelopes at high operation speed, considerably higher than the speed at which known machines work.

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  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Special Articles (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Confectionery (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
EP07109633A 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes Active EP2000324B8 (fr)

Priority Applications (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ES10171339T ES2393537T3 (es) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Máquina de llenado de sobres
EP07109633A EP2000324B8 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes
DE602007009067T DE602007009067D1 (de) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Gerät zum Füllen von Umschlägen
AT07109633T ATE480409T1 (de) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Gerät zum füllen von umschlägen
EP10171339A EP2241452B1 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes
ES07109633T ES2351883T3 (es) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Máquina para llenar sobres.
EP10171332A EP2241451B1 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes
ES10171332T ES2393179T3 (es) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Máquina de llenado de sobres

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EP07109633A EP2000324B8 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes

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EP10171332A Division EP2241451B1 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes
EP10171339A Division EP2241452B1 (fr) 2007-06-05 2007-06-05 Machine de remplissage d'enveloppes
EP10171339.4 Division-Into 2010-07-29
EP10171332.9 Division-Into 2010-07-29

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EP2000324A1 true EP2000324A1 (fr) 2008-12-10
EP2000324B1 EP2000324B1 (fr) 2010-09-08
EP2000324B8 EP2000324B8 (fr) 2011-02-16

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AT (1) ATE480409T1 (fr)
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WO2013108267A1 (fr) * 2011-12-12 2013-07-25 Vfs Global Services Pvt. Ltd. Système de gestion de passeports

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EP1226980A2 (fr) * 2001-01-24 2002-07-31 C.M.C. S.p.a. Machine de mise sous enveloppe
EP1275523A2 (fr) * 2001-07-13 2003-01-15 Kabushiki Kaisha Some Giken Méthode et appareil pour insérer sous enveloppe
EP1473173A2 (fr) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-03 C.M.C. S.p.a. Machine d'insertion de courrier
WO2006013465A1 (fr) * 2004-07-30 2006-02-09 C.M.C. S.P.A. Appareil pour le retournement de piles d'articles

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EP1226980A2 (fr) * 2001-01-24 2002-07-31 C.M.C. S.p.a. Machine de mise sous enveloppe
EP1275523A2 (fr) * 2001-07-13 2003-01-15 Kabushiki Kaisha Some Giken Méthode et appareil pour insérer sous enveloppe
EP1473173A2 (fr) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-03 C.M.C. S.p.a. Machine d'insertion de courrier
WO2006013465A1 (fr) * 2004-07-30 2006-02-09 C.M.C. S.P.A. Appareil pour le retournement de piles d'articles

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2013108267A1 (fr) * 2011-12-12 2013-07-25 Vfs Global Services Pvt. Ltd. Système de gestion de passeports

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ES2393537T3 (es) 2012-12-26
EP2000324B8 (fr) 2011-02-16
EP2241451B1 (fr) 2012-08-22
DE602007009067D1 (de) 2010-10-21
EP2241451A1 (fr) 2010-10-20
ES2393179T3 (es) 2012-12-19
EP2000324B1 (fr) 2010-09-08
EP2241452B1 (fr) 2012-08-22
EP2241452A1 (fr) 2010-10-20
ES2351883T3 (es) 2011-02-11

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