EP2149459B1 - Appareil d'insertion - Google Patents

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EP2149459B1
EP2149459B1 EP09166909.3A EP09166909A EP2149459B1 EP 2149459 B1 EP2149459 B1 EP 2149459B1 EP 09166909 A EP09166909 A EP 09166909A EP 2149459 B1 EP2149459 B1 EP 2149459B1
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Christopher Hugh Williams
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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
    • 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
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M5/00—Devices for closing envelopes
    • B43M5/04—Devices for closing envelopes automatic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M5/00—Devices for closing envelopes
    • B43M5/04—Devices for closing envelopes automatic
    • B43M5/042—Devices for closing envelopes automatic for envelopes with only one flap

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  • the present invention relates to an inserter apparatus particularly for a paper handling machine used for inserting documents and inserts into envelopes.
  • envelopes are required to be filled with contents which may include documents such as personally printed letters, standard pre-printed letters, leaflets, brochures, and other inserts such as credit cards.
  • contents which may include documents such as personally printed letters, standard pre-printed letters, leaflets, brochures, and other inserts such as credit cards.
  • steps required to fill an envelope with such contents Firstly both the envelope and the contents (suitably folded if necessary) must be transported from storage hoppers of the respective items along paths which converge at an inserter station. Then the envelope flap must be folded out, the envelope pouch opened enough to give clearance to insert the contents, and then the contents must be pushed into the envelope. The flap of the filled envelope must be closed and sealed, and finally the envelope must be transported away from the inserter station. It is desirable to complete this process at very high speed: up to 3,000 envelopes per hour can be filled in the highest speed machines available today.
  • One way of ensuring accuracy of insertion is to bring envelopes and contents together to an inserter station and push the contents into the envelope while it is stationary, then to move the envelope out of the inserter station for further processing. Although this makes it easier to ensure accuracy, it is a relatively slow method.
  • a faster method is to begin the insertion process while the envelope is stationary and release it as the insert is moving into the envelope so as to use the momentum of the insert to drive the envelope out of the inserter station.
  • This speeds up the production line but requires very accurate synchronisation to ensure that the envelope is released at precisely the right moment. If the timing is wrong then either the insert does not fit completely into the envelope, or it hits the bottom of the envelope while the envelope is being held, and the impact can then damage the envelope and/ or the insert.
  • a lightweight insert may have insufficient momentum to overcome the inertia of the envelope to drive it fully out of the inserter station.
  • the envelope holding mechanism may be released using solenoids, which may also be used to drive pressure rollers to apply pressure to connect the envelope with constantly running drive rollers.
  • solenoids which may also be used to drive pressure rollers to apply pressure to connect the envelope with constantly running drive rollers.
  • positional control and coordination of such a system is difficult and the envelope may move early, ahead of the insert, or late such that the envelope is driven by the insert instead of the rollers.
  • US 6,418,357 One known system for synchronising an envelope inserter is described in US 6,418,357 . This uses positional information, provided by a sensor, to generate motion profiles to synchronise a collating transport drive with an overhead transport drive.
  • US 6,813,870 teaches a method of speeding the insert stage by feeding inserts and envelopes from the same direction. This avoids the loss of speed necessary when they are transported from different directions, which requires that one or both change direction at the inserter station.
  • US 7,051,496 describes a method of feeding envelopes to an inserter station and increases the speed at which this is done by driving the envelopes into continuously moving gripping members at a faster speed than the gripping members are moving. This ensures that the envelopes are fully engaged with the gripping members so that they are accurately positioned in the inserter station, whilst speeding up their transport into it.
  • the inserter can accommodate a variety of sizes, shapes, and weights of envelopes and inserts. It will be appreciated that many sizes and shapes of envelopes are available, and inserts can vary in size and in thickness considerably, depending upon the nature and number of the contents. It is a challenge to ensure that the insert and the envelope move in unison and engage together accurately at high speed regardless of size, shape, strength and weight.
  • an apparatus for inserting a content pack into an envelope comprising: a gripping mechanism; means for operating the gripping mechanism to hold the envelope; means for opening a throat of the envelope; means for moving the content pack in a direction toward and into the throat of the envelope; means for accelerating the envelope in the direction of movement of the content pack while the gripping mechanism is operational; and means for releasing the gripping mechanism at a predetermined time, to release the envelope, the predetermined time being at the moment when the content pack is fully inserted into the envelope, and being predetermined in dependence upon parameters comprising at least the content pack depth and the envelope depth.
  • the time may be predetermined also in dependence upon the thickness of the content pack.
  • Stepper motors may be used to drive the content moving means and/or the gripping mechanism and/or the envelope acceleration means, and such stepper motors may be synchronised.
  • the parameters from which the predetermined time is calculated may be stored as job-specific data or may be entered by an operator, or may be measured by one or more sensors.
  • the gripping mechanism is arranged to grip the envelope flap and the parameters further comprise the flap depth.
  • a content pack 1 is shown, on a content conveyor platform 2, moving in the direction of arrow 3 towards an envelope 4.
  • the envelope 4 rests on an insertion platform 5 with its flap 8 open, and is held in position at the inserter station, by a gripping mechanism which grips the envelope flap 8.
  • the gripping mechanism comprises a grip bearing 6 and grip rollers 7 (one of which can be seen in the figure).
  • the content pack 1 is driven along the content conveyor platform 2, by a kicker drive pawl 9 attached to a kicker pawl belt 10.
  • a second kicker drive pawl 19 is positioned at a diametrically opposed position on the belt 10, so that two content packs can be driven with one rotation of the belt. Of course any reasonable number of pawls may be attached to the belt to drive successive content packs.
  • the kicker pawl belt 10 is driven by a kicker drive stepper motor 11, which drives a wheel 12 by a kicker drive belt 13.
  • the gripping mechanism holds the envelope 4 by its open flap 8 between gripper rollers 7 and gripper bearing 6, and moves it into position in the inserter station so that its flap side faces toward the approaching content pack 1.
  • a second independent stepper motor 17 is used to control the envelope gripper rollers 7 via an envelope gripper belt 18.
  • the front and back faces of the envelope are separated by a finger arm comprising a finger 15 hinged at 16 to a lever 14, which is driven in a reciprocating motion so that the finger 15 is driven into the open flap side, i.e. the throat, of the envelope, between the front and back faces.
  • the finger 15 then moves into a more vertical orientation to separate the faces and open the envelope.
  • the content pack 1 is then driven by pawl 9 into the envelope 4 between the faces and the finger 15 is lowered. The direction of motion of the finger 15 is then reversed.
  • the gripper drive stepper motor 17 is started to move the flap gripper rollers 7 anticlockwise to drive the flap 8, and thus the envelope 4, out of the gripping mechanism, and accelerate the envelope in a downstream direction on the insertion platform 5.
  • FIG. 3a the envelope 4 is positioned in its correct position in the inserter station by the flap gripper stepper motor 17 and the flap 8 is held between the flap gripper rollers 7 and the gripper bearing 6, using a holding current applied to the stepper motor 17.
  • the kicker pawl 9 starts to move and picks up and pushes the content pack 1 in the direction of arrow 3 towards the envelope 4.
  • the content pack 1 moves toward the envelope 4 as the finger 15 moves into the throat of the envelope 4 to open it, in advance of the content pack 1 arriving.
  • the content pack 1 then moves into the envelope 4 as shown in Figure 3b .
  • the flap gripper stepper motor 17 starts to drive the flap 8 and thus the envelope 4 as shown in Figure 3c .
  • the exact timing and speed of operation of the flap gripper stepper motor 17 depends upon calculations made using one or more parameters such as the envelope flap depth, the envelope depth, the content pack depth and the content pack thickness. At the same time the friction between the content pack 1 and the envelope 4 may also cause movement of the envelope.
  • the operation timing is controlled so that when the content pack 1 is fully inserted into the envelope 4, as shown in Figure 3d , the envelope 4 will have been accelerated so that it is moving almost as fast or at the same speed as is the content pack 1, and the kicker drive pawls 9, 19. At this moment, the flap gripper releases the flap 8 because the end of the flap slides out from the grip of the gripper rollers 7 and the gripper bearing 6.

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  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)

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  1. Appareil pour l'insertion d'un bloc de contenu dans une enveloppe, l'appareil comprenant:
    un mécanisme de préhension (6,7);
    des moyens (17, 18) pour actionner le mécanisme de préhension afin de maintenir l'enveloppe;
    des moyens (14, 15, 16) pour ouvrir une gorge de l'enveloppe;
    des moyens (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19) pour déplacer le bloc de contenu dans une direction vers et dans la gorge de l'enveloppe;
    des moyens (17, 18) pour accélérer l'enveloppe dans la direction de déplacement du bloc de contenu tandis que le mécanisme de préhension est opérationnel; et
    des moyens (17, 18) pour libérer le mécanisme de préhension à un instant prédéterminé afin de libérer l'enveloppe, caractérisé en ce que l'instant prédéterminé est le moment où le bloc de contenu (1) est entièrement inséré dans l'enveloppe (4) et est prédéterminé en fonction de paramètres comprenant au moins la profondeur du bloc de contenu et la profondeur de l'enveloppe.
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'instant est également prédéterminé en fonction du paramètre d'épaisseur du bloc de contenu (1).
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les moyens pour déplacer le bloc de contenu comprend un premier moteur pas à pas (11) entrainant un cliquet d'entraînement (9, 19) pour pousser le bloc de contenu (1) dans l'enveloppe (4).
  4. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le mécanisme de préhension et les moyens pour accélérer l'enveloppe sont entraînés par un second moteur pas à pas (17).
  5. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel au moins l'un des paramètres est stocké sous forme de données spécifiques au lot dans le logiciel de commande de l'appareil.
  6. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel au moins l'un des paramètres est entré par un opérateur pendant la mise en route du lot.
  7. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel au moins l'un des paramètres est mesuré par un capteur en amont du dispositif d'insertion.
  8. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le mécanisme de préhension est agencé pour agripper le rabat de l'enveloppe.
  9. Appareil selon la revendication 8, dans lequel les paramètres comprennent en outre la profondeur du rabat de l'enveloppe.
  10. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les moyens d'accélération sont actionnables par l'intermédiaire du mécanisme de préhension (6, 7).
  11. Appareil selon la revendication 4 lorsqu'elle dépend de la revendication 3, dans lequel le premier moteur pas à pas (11) et le second moteur pas à pas (17) sont synchronisés.
  12. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'accélération de l'enveloppe se poursuit jusqu'à ce que le mécanisme de préhension (6,7) est relâché.
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