EP2181953B1 - Device for feeding print sheets to manufacture book blocks, books or similar printed products - Google Patents

Device for feeding print sheets to manufacture book blocks, books or similar printed products Download PDF

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EP2181953B1
EP2181953B1 EP08405273.7A EP08405273A EP2181953B1 EP 2181953 B1 EP2181953 B1 EP 2181953B1 EP 08405273 A EP08405273 A EP 08405273A EP 2181953 B1 EP2181953 B1 EP 2181953B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/043—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in juxtaposed carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/055—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles by collecting in juxtaposed carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/30—Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/40—Details of frames, housings or mountings of the whole handling apparatus
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00—Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/30—Facilitating or easing
    • B65H2601/32—Facilitating or easing entities relating to handling machine
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00—Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/30—Facilitating or easing
    • B65H2601/32—Facilitating or easing entities relating to handling machine
    • B65H2601/324—Removability or inter-changeability of machine parts, e.g. for maintenance

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  • the invention relates to a device for supplying printed sheets for the production of book blocks, books or the like.
  • Printed matter arranged with a plurality of above and along a conveyor at intervals one behind the other on a machine frame, the conveyor with individual printing sheets cyclically charging Druckbogenanlegern, which staggered to receive printed sheet associated with a stacking device and which is designed to remove individual sheets from the stacking device by a loading device.
  • Devices of the type mentioned are used in different applications for collating individual sheets for the production of printed products. Their task is to separate provided in a stack formation area pre-printed products, such as envelopes, folded sheets, cards, CD / DVD or similar sheet products, to collect in a conveyor and transferred to a processing machine, for example one to perfect binder.
  • the conveyor is formed by a transversely to the conveying direction horizontal or inclined channel through which the printed products are pushed by means attached to a traction means drivers.
  • the channel is designed to be open at the top and the pressure precursors are located therein by their own weight and / or guide arrangements in a stable position.
  • the pre-printed products can also be dispensed to circumferentially driven compartments and collected on this.
  • the EP 536 863 A1 or the EP 536 463 A1 Form a second prior art, in which a means for collating and feeding of different envelopes to a perfect binder is provided. This is required if, in the same production run, different envelopes have to be fed to the book blocks to be bound, depending on the recipient.
  • investors are arranged with stored in a stack envelopes. The stacks are formed by on a table scaly superimposed envelopes, which are separated by the feeder and fed to the conveyor, wherein a machine control those. An investor who contains the sort of envelopes intended for a printed product to be produced.
  • the feeders are arranged above the conveyor at short mutual distances, which may also be so short that successive investors overlap in an imbricated manner.
  • the table is designed to be able to be pushed upwards about a horizontal axis arranged in one of its end regions. This allows free access to the conveyor, with the table having to be emptied in advance and finally refilled, which may require a very large amount of operator intervention. It goes without saying that when processing identical envelopes, all investors can also be used and thus a larger storage capacity of the investors can be achieved.
  • a system for horizontally moving sheet feeders arranged along a collating machine is disclosed in US Pat WO2008 / 024313A2 , which forms a third prior art disclosed.
  • the configuration of a gathering machine should be able to be adapted to the orders to be processed by moving a feeder.
  • the sheet feeder is fixedly connected thereto via a horizontally displaceable adapter element with a machine frame arranged next to the collection line of the collating machine.
  • the center of gravity of the sheet feeder is not located above the machine frame but in the vicinity of the collection line.
  • the center of gravity of the sheet feeder can be moved with the adapter element on the machine frame.
  • the fasteners with which the sheet feeder is fixed on the machine frame can be easily solved without the sheet feeder tilts or must be additionally held with a hoist.
  • this object is achieved in that at least one stacking device of a printing sheet feeder decoupled from the feed device by means of a guide arrangement connected to the machine frame is displaceable into an inoperative position provided laterally of the conveyor.
  • the Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show a collating device 1 for feeding of printed sheets 3 for the production of book blocks, books or the like.
  • Printed matter with a designed as a cover feeder 11 sheetfed feeder 4 for feeding envelopes or other flat objects, such as CD / DVD, samples or brochures, subsequently as a sheet 3 referred to an adhesive binder.
  • the collating device 1 a plurality of along and above a conveyor 2 at intervals successively arranged on a machine frame 10, the conveyor 2 with individual sheets 3 clockwise charging sheet feeder 4, which is assigned to receive staggered sheet 3 a stacking device 5 and the individual for the removal Sheet 3 from the stacking device 5 are formed by a charging device 6.
  • the conveyor 2 connected to the machine frame 10 is essentially formed by a channel and with arranged at regular intervals on a circumferentially driven traction means 14 drivers 13, the respectively supplied from the sheet feeder 4 sheet 3, respectively. Enveloping envelopes along the over the length of the conveyor 2 extending channel sliding.
  • the sheet feeder 4 has to accommodate the staggered in a scale formation 8 supplied sheet 3, a stacking device 5 forming, inclined to the charging device 6 conveyor table 9. At least the stacking device 5, resp. the conveyor table 9 of the sheet feeder 4 is transverse to the conveying direction F in the direction of displacement by means of a guide assembly 7 connected to the machine frame 10 and formed by guides 12 V in a side of the conveyor 2 provided Aussers planteslage displaceable.
  • the stacking device 5 is decoupled from the loading device 6 in an effective manner in the out of operation position provided on the side of the conveyor 2.
  • the conveyor table 9 can be decoupled from the loading device 6 so as to be displaceable counter to the conveying direction F.
  • the conveyor table 9 with rollers 19 mounted on rails 18 connected to the machine frame 10 horizontally or slightly rising against the conveying direction F slidably, with any other type of linear guides is also conceivable.
  • the displaceability of the conveyor table 9 can be achieved by means of a pivotable about pivot axes 16 lever 17 formed hinge assembly 15.
  • the end positions of the levers 17 are preferably selectable such that the axes 20 in the two end positions lie on different sides to the pivot axes 16 and, as a result of gravity, both end positions are stable.
  • the drive for the displacement of the conveyor table 9 in the conveying direction F and / or displacement direction V can be done manually, electrically, pneumatically or hydraulically. Also conceivable is a displacement of the stacking device in a direction between the conveying direction F and displacement direction V, respectively. a superposition of the movements of the two directions, a rotation about a substantially vertical axis or a lifting.
  • the FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 show a collating device 1, for collating sheet 3 in a predetermined order to loose book block, which are then fed to an adhesive binder and bound by this.
  • the collating device 1 which is connected with the adhesive binder in a manner that promotes effective handling, has at least one printed sheet feeder 4, wherein the sheet feeder 4 a staggered the printed sheets 3 receiving stacking device 5 and the printing sheet 3 of the stacking device 5 and taking a conveyor 2 approximately in the same direction to the conveying direction F feeding feeder 6 has.
  • the printed sheets 3 are separated by the sheet feeder 4 and fed to a arranged below the sheet feeder 4 conveyor 2.
  • the conveyor 2 connected to the machine frame 10 is essentially formed by drivers 13 which are arranged at regular intervals on a traction means 14 driven in rotation and which push the printed sheets 3 supplied by the sheet feeder 4 along a channel extending over the length of the conveyor 2.
  • the conveyor 2 may be formed as fixed at regular intervals on the traction means 14 filing tables on which the sheet 3 are collected to loose book block.
  • the sheet feeder 4 are arranged with such short distances one behind the other that they overlap vertically partially.
  • the stacking device 5 or the charging device 6 of the sheet feeder 4 mounted on a machine frame 10, formed by guides 12 guide assembly 7, mounted displaceably in the direction V transverse to the conveying direction F and displaceable in a side of the conveyor 2 provided Ausser horrslage.
  • the gathering device 1 according to the Fig. 3 and Fig.
  • the stacking device 5 and the loading device 6 are inseparably connected to each other and thus the sheet feeder 4 as a unit in a side of the conveyor 2 provided for decommissioning position displaceable.
  • the Ausser istslage seen in the conveying direction F is provided on the left of the conveyor 2, the invention also relates to a shutdown position on the opposite, right side of the conveyor. 2

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Einrichtung zur Zuführung von Druckbogen für die Herstellung von Buchblocks, Büchern oder dgl. Druckerzeugnissen, mit mehreren oberhalb und entlang eines Förderers in Abständen hintereinander an einem Maschinengestell angeordneten, den Förderer mit einzelnen Druckbogen taktweise beschickenden Druckbogenanlegern, denen zur Aufnahme gestaffelter Druckbogen eine Stapelvorrichtung zugeordnet und die zur Entnahme einzelner Druckbogen aus der Stapelvorrichtung durch eine Beschickungsvorrichtung ausgebildet ist.The invention relates to a device for supplying printed sheets for the production of book blocks, books or the like. Printed matter, arranged with a plurality of above and along a conveyor at intervals one behind the other on a machine frame, the conveyor with individual printing sheets cyclically charging Druckbogenanlegern, which staggered to receive printed sheet associated with a stacking device and which is designed to remove individual sheets from the stacking device by a loading device.

Einrichtungen der eingangs genannten Art werden in unterschiedlichen Anwendungen zum Zusammentragen von einzelnen Druckbogen für die Fertigung von Druckerzeugnissen eingesetzt. Ihre Aufgabe besteht darin, in einer Stapelformation bereitgestellte flächige Druckvorprodukte, wie Umschläge, gefaltete Druckbogen, Karten, CD/DVD oder ähnliche flächige Produkte zu vereinzeln, in einem Förderer zu sammeln und in eine Verarbeitungsmaschine, z.B. einen zu Klebebinder überführen. Der Förderer wird gebildet durch einen quer zur Förderrichtung horizontalen oder geneigten Kanal, durch den die Druckvorprodukte mittels an einem Zugmittel befestigten Mitnehmern geschoben werden. Der Kanal ist gegen oben offen ausgebildet und die Druckvorprodukte befinden sich darin durch ihr Eigengewicht und/oder Führungsanordnungen in einer stabilen Lage. Alternativ können die Druckvorprodukte auch auf umlaufend angetriebene Fächer abgegeben und auf diesen gesammelt werden.
Bei einem ersten Stand der Technik, wie er beispielsweise in der EP 1 520 817 beschrieben ist, werden derart ausgebildete Einrichtungen für das Zusammentragen von Druckvorprodukten, wie Druckbogen, Karten, CD/DVD oder ähnlichen flächigen Produkten zu losen Buchblocks eingesetzt. Dazu sind längs eines Förderers Anleger mit in einem Stapel bevorrateten Druckvorprodukten angeordnet, die die Druckvorprodukte vereinzeln und taktweise dem Förderer zuführen, wobei der Stapel zur Förderrichtung senkrecht ausgerichtet ist. Der Förderer weist in regelmässigen Abständen an einem umlaufend angetriebenen Zugmittel befestigte Aufnahmestellen auf, denen die Druckvorprodukte in der vorgesehenen Reihenfolge durch die Anleger zuführbar sind. Die Anleger sind oberhalb des Förderers in kurzen gegenseitigen Abständen angeordnet, die so kurz sein können, dass aufeinanderfolgende Anleger sich schuppenartig überlappen. Der Nachteil dieser kompakten Bauform äussert sich in einer beschränkten Zugänglichkeit zum Förderer, im Falle von Wartungsarbeiten oder bei der Beseitigung von Störungen, die einen Eingriff in den Bereich des Förderers erfordern.Devices of the type mentioned are used in different applications for collating individual sheets for the production of printed products. Their task is to separate provided in a stack formation area pre-printed products, such as envelopes, folded sheets, cards, CD / DVD or similar sheet products, to collect in a conveyor and transferred to a processing machine, for example one to perfect binder. The conveyor is formed by a transversely to the conveying direction horizontal or inclined channel through which the printed products are pushed by means attached to a traction means drivers. The channel is designed to be open at the top and the pressure precursors are located therein by their own weight and / or guide arrangements in a stable position. Alternatively, the pre-printed products can also be dispensed to circumferentially driven compartments and collected on this.
In a first prior art, such as in the EP 1 520 817 is described, such devices used for the collection of printed precursors, such as sheets, cards, CD / DVD or similar sheet products to loose book block. For this purpose, arranged along a conveyor feeder with stored in a stack print precursors, which singulate the printing precursors and cyclically feed the conveyor, the stack is oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction. The conveyor has at regular intervals on a peripherally driven traction means mounted receiving points, where the print precursors are fed in the order provided by the investors. The feeders are arranged above the conveyor at short mutual distances, which may be so short that successive feeders overlap in a scaly manner. The disadvantage of this compact design manifests itself in limited accessibility to the conveyor, in the case of maintenance work or in the elimination of disturbances that require intervention in the area of the conveyor.

Die EP 536 863 A1 bzw. die EP 536 463 A1 bilden einen zweiten Stand der Technik, bei dem eine Einrichtung zum Zusammentragen und Zuführen von unterschiedlichen Umschlägen an einen Klebebinder vorgesehen ist. Dies wird verlangt, wenn im gleichen Produktionslauf den zu bindenden Buchblocks, je nach Empfänger, unterschiedliche Umschläge zugeführt werden müssen. Längs einem Förderer sind Anleger mit in einem Stapel bevorrateten Umschlägen angeordnet. Die Stapel werden gebildet durch auf einem Tisch geschuppt übereinanderliegende Umschläge, die durch den Anleger vereinzelt und dem Förderer zugeführt werden, wobei eine Maschinensteuerung denjeniger. Anleger aktiviert, der die für ein zu fertigendes Druckprodukt vorgesehene Sorte von Umschlägen enthält. Wie beim beschriebenen ersten Stand der Technik sind die Anleger oberhalb des Förderers in kurzen gegenseitigen Abständen angeordnet, die ebenfalls so kurz sein können, dass aufeinanderfolgende Anleger sich schuppenartig überlappen. Im Falle von wartungsarbeiten oder bei der Beseitigung von störungen, die einen Eingriff in den Bereich des Förderers erfordern, ergeben sich ebenfalls die gleichen Nachteile. Bei einer Weiterbildung der oben beschriebenen Einrichtung ist bekannt, dass der Tisch um eine in einem seiner Endbereiche angeordnete, horizontale Achse nach oben schenkbar ausgebildet ist. Dadurch wird ein freier Zugang zum Förderer ermöglicht, wobei der Tisch vorgängig geleert und abschliessend wieder gefüllt werden muss, was einen sehr grossen Einsatz des Bedienpersonals erfordern kann. Es ist naheliegend, dass bei der verarbeitung von identischen Umschlägen ebenfalls alle Anleger benutzbar sind und sich damit eine grössere Speicherkapazität der Anleger erreichen lässt.The EP 536 863 A1 or the EP 536 463 A1 Form a second prior art, in which a means for collating and feeding of different envelopes to a perfect binder is provided. This is required if, in the same production run, different envelopes have to be fed to the book blocks to be bound, depending on the recipient. Along a conveyor investors are arranged with stored in a stack envelopes. The stacks are formed by on a table scaly superimposed envelopes, which are separated by the feeder and fed to the conveyor, wherein a machine control those. An investor who contains the sort of envelopes intended for a printed product to be produced. As in the described first prior art, the feeders are arranged above the conveyor at short mutual distances, which may also be so short that successive investors overlap in an imbricated manner. In the case of maintenance work or in the elimination of disturbances that require an intervention in the area of the conveyor, also the same disadvantages arise. In a further development of the device described above, it is known that the table is designed to be able to be pushed upwards about a horizontal axis arranged in one of its end regions. This allows free access to the conveyor, with the table having to be emptied in advance and finally refilled, which may require a very large amount of operator intervention. It goes without saying that when processing identical envelopes, all investors can also be used and thus a larger storage capacity of the investors can be achieved.

Ein System zum horizontalen Verschieben von entlang einer Zusammentragmaschine angeordneten Bogenanlegern ist in der WO2008/024313A2 , welche einen dritten Stand der Technik bildet, offenbart. Die Konfiguration einer Zusammentragmaschine soll durch versetzen eines Anleger an die zu verarbeitenden Aufträge angepasst werden können. Der Bogenanleger ist dazu über ein horizontal verschiebbares Adapterelement mit einem neben der Sammelstrecke der Zusammentragmaschine angeordneten Maschinengestell fest verbunden. In einer Arbeitsstellung befindet sich der Schwerpunkt des Bogenanlegers nicht über dem Maschinengestell sondern in der Nähe der Sammelstrecke. Vor einem Versetzen des Bogenanlegers kann der Schwerpunkt des Bogenanlegers mit dem Adapterelement über das Maschinengestell verschoben werden. Dadurch können die Befestigungselemente, mit denen der Bogenanleger auf dem Maschinengestell fixiert ist, einfach gelöst werden, ohne dass der Bogenanleger kippt oder mit einem Hebezeug zusätzlich gehalten werden muss.A system for horizontally moving sheet feeders arranged along a collating machine is disclosed in US Pat WO2008 / 024313A2 , which forms a third prior art disclosed. The configuration of a gathering machine should be able to be adapted to the orders to be processed by moving a feeder. The sheet feeder is fixedly connected thereto via a horizontally displaceable adapter element with a machine frame arranged next to the collection line of the collating machine. In a working position, the center of gravity of the sheet feeder is not located above the machine frame but in the vicinity of the collection line. Before moving the sheet feeder, the center of gravity of the sheet feeder can be moved with the adapter element on the machine frame. As a result, the fasteners with which the sheet feeder is fixed on the machine frame, can be easily solved without the sheet feeder tilts or must be additionally held with a hoist.

Es ist Aufgabe der Erfindung, bei Sammeleinrichtungen für Druckvorprodukte, mit direkt oberhalb des Förderers sich überlappend angeordneten Druckbogenanlegern, auf eine einfache Art und Weise, eine freie Zugänglichkeit zum Förderer zu schaffen.It is an object of the invention, in collecting devices for printed products, with directly above the conveyor overlapping arranged sheet investors, in a simple way to provide free access to the conveyor.

Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe dadurch gelöst, dass wenigstens eine Stapelvorrichtung eines Druckbogenanlegers von der Beschickungseinrichtung förderwirksam entkoppelt mittels einer mit dem Maschinengestell verbundenen Führungsanordnung in eine seitlich des Förderers vorgesehene Ausserbetriebslage versetzbar ist.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that at least one stacking device of a printing sheet feeder decoupled from the feed device by means of a guide arrangement connected to the machine frame is displaceable into an inoperative position provided laterally of the conveyor.

Anschliessend wird die vorgeschlagene Einrichtung unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung und den zitierten Stand der Technik, auf die bezüglich aller in der Beschreibung nicht erwähnten Einzelheiten verwiesen wird, anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen erläutert. In der Zeichnung zeigen:

Fig. 1
Eine räumliche Ansicht einer Zusammentragvorrichtung für Umschläge in einer ersten Ausführungsform,
Fig. 2
eine räumliche Ansicht einer Zusammentragvorrichtung für Umschläge in einer zweiten Ausführungsform,
Fig. 3
eine räumliche Ansicht einer Zusammentragvorrichtung für Druckbogen mit Druckbogenanlegern in Betriebslage,
Fig. 4
die Zusammentragvorrichtung nach Fig. 3 mit einem Druckbogenanleger in Ausserbetriebslage und
Fig. 5
eine räumliche Ansicht einer Zusammentragvorrichtung für Druckbogen mit Druckbogenanlegern in einer weiteren Ausbildungsform.
Subsequently, the proposed device with reference to the drawing and the cited prior art, to which reference is made with respect to all details not mentioned in the description, explained by means of embodiments. In the drawing show:
Fig. 1
A three-dimensional view of an envelope collating device in a first embodiment,
Fig. 2
a spatial view of an envelope collating apparatus in a second embodiment,
Fig. 3
a spatial view of a collating device for press sheets with sheet feeders in operating position,
Fig. 4
the collator after Fig. 3 with a sheet feeder in non-operating position and
Fig. 5
a spatial view of a collator for printed sheets with sheet feeders in another embodiment.

Die Fig. 1 und Fig. 2 zeigen eine Zusammentragvorrichtung 1 zur Zuführung von Druckbogen 3 zur Herstellung von Buchblocks, Büchern oder dgl. Druckerzeugnisse, mit einem als Umschlaganleger 11 ausgebildeten Druckbogenanleger 4 zur Zuführung von Umschlägen oder anderen flächigen Gegenständen, wie CD/DVD, Warenmustern oder Broschüren, nachfolgend als Druckbogen 3 bezeichnet, an einen Klebebinder. Dazu weist die Zusammentragvorrichtung 1 mehrere entlang und oberhalb eines Förderers 2 in Abständen hintereinander an einem Maschinengestell 10 angeordnete, den Förderer 2 mit einzelnen Druckbogen 3 taktweise beschickende Druckbogenanleger 4 auf, denen zur Aufnahme gestaffelter Druckbogen 3 eine Stapelvorrichtung 5 zugeordnet ist und die zur Entnahme einzelner Druckbogen 3 aus der Stapelvorrichtung 5 durch eine Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 ausgebildet sind. Der mit dem Maschinengestell 10 verbundene Förderer 2 wird im Wesentlichen gebildet durch einen Kanal und mit in regelmässigen Abständen an einem umlaufend angetriebenen Zugmittel 14 angeordneten Mitnehmern 13, die die vom Druckbogenanleger 4 zugeführten Druckbogen 3, resp. Umschläge entlang des sich über die Länge des Förderers 2 erstreckenden Kanals schiebend fördern. Der Druckbogenanleger 4 weist zur Aufnahme der in einer Schuppenformation 8 gestaffelt zugeführten Druckbogen 3, einen die Stapelvorrichtung 5 bildenden, gegen die Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 geneigten Fördertisch 9 auf. Wenigstens die Stapelvorrichtung 5, resp. der Fördertisch 9 des Druckbogenanlegers 4 ist mittels einer mit dem Maschinengestell 10 verbundenen und durch Führungen 12 gebildeten Führungsanordnung 7 quer zur Förderrichtung F in Verschieberichtung V in eine seitlich des Förderers 2 vorgesehene Ausserbetriebslage versetzbar. Vorzugsweise ist dabei der Fördertisch 9, resp. die Stapelvorrichtung 5 von der Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 förderwirksam entkoppelt in die seitlich des Förderers 2 vorgesehene Ausserbetriebslage versetzbar. In einer weiteren Ausgestaltung ist vorgesehen, dass der Fördertisch 9 entgegen der Förderrichtung F versetzbar von der Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 entkoppelbar ist. Dazu ist gemäss Fig. 1 der Fördertisch 9 mit Rollen 19 auf mit dem Maschinengestell 10 verbundenen Schienen 18 horizontal oder leicht ansteigend gegen die Förderrichtung F verschiebbar gelagert, wobei jede andere Art von Linearführungen ebenfalls denkbar ist. Alternativ kann nach Fig. 2 die Verschiebbarkeit des Fördertischs 9 mittels einer durch um Schwenkachsen 16 verschwenkbare Hebel 17 gebildeten Gelenkanordnung 15 erreicht werden. Die Endlagen der Hebel 17 sind vorzugsweise derart wählbar, dass die Achsen 20 in den beiden Endlagen auf unterschiedlichen Seiten zu den Schwenkachsen 16 liegen und infolge der Schwerkraft beide Endlagen stabil sind. Der Antrieb für die Verschiebung des Fördertischs 9 in Förderrichtung F und/oder Verschieberichtung V kann von Hand, elektrisch, pneumatisch oder hydraulisch erfolgen. Ebenfalls denkbar ist eine Verschiebung der Stapelvorrichtung in eine Richtung zwischen Förderrichtung F und Verschieberichtung V, resp. einer Überlagerung der Bewegungen der beiden Richtungen, ein Drehen um eine im Wesentlichen senkrechte Achse oder ein Anheben. Die Fig. 3 bis Fig. 5 zeigen eine Zusammentragvorrichtung 1, zum Zusammentragen von Druckbogen 3 in einer vorgegebenen Reihenfolge zu losen Buchblocks, die anschliessend einem Klebebinder zugeführt und durch diesen gebunden werden. Die förderwirksam mit dem Klebebinder verbundene Zusammentragvorrichtung 1 weist wenigstens einen Druckbogenanleger 4 auf, wobei der Druckbogenanleger 4 eine die Druckbogen 3 übereinanderliegend gestaffelt aufnehmende Stapelvorrichtung 5 und eine die Druckbogen 3 der Stapelvorrichtung 5 entnehmende sowie einem Förderer 2 etwa gleichsinnig zur Förderrichtung F zuführende Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 aufweist. Die Druckbogen 3 werden durch die Druckbogenanleger 4 vereinzelt und einem unterhalb der Druckbogenanleger 4 angeordneten Förderer 2 zugeführt. Der mit dem Maschinengestell 10 verbundene Förderer 2 wird im Wesentlichen gebildet durch an einem umlaufend angetriebenen Zugmittel 14 in regelmässigen Abständen angeordnete Mitnehmer 13, die die vom Druckbogenanleger 4 zugeführten Druckbogen 3 entlang eines sich über die Länge des Förderers 2 erstreckenden Kanals schiebend fördern. In einer alternativen Ausbildungsform kann der Förderer 2 als in regelmässigen Abständen am Zugmittel 14 befestigten Ablagetischen ausgebildet sein, auf denen die Druckbogen 3 zu losen Buchblocks gesammelt werden. Im Sinne einer platzsparenden Bauweise sind die Druckbogenanleger 4 mit derart kurzen Abständen hintereinander angeordnet, dass sie sich vertikal partiell überdecken. Zur Schaffung eines einfachen Zugangs zum Förderer 2 ist nach Fig. 5 die Stapelvorrichtung 5 oder die Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 des Druckbogenanlegers 4 an einer mit dem Maschinengestell 10 verbundenen, durch Führungen 12 gebildete Führungsanordnung 7, in Verschieberichtung V quer zur Förderrichtung F verschiebbar gelagert und in eine seitlich des Förderers 2 vorgesehene Ausserbetriebslage versetzbar. Bei der Zusammentragvorrichtung 1 nach den Fig. 3 und Fig. 4 sind die Stapelvorrichtung 5 und die Beschickungsvorrichtung 6 untrennbar miteinander verbunden und somit der Druckbogenanleger 4 als eine Einheit in eine seitlich des Förderers 2 vorgesehene Ausserbetriebslage versetzbar. Obwohl in allen Fig. die Ausserbetriebslage in Förderrichtung F gesehen links des Förderers 2 vorgesehen ist, betrifft die Erfindung ebenfalls eine Ausserbetriebslage auf der gegenüberliegenden, rechten Seite des Förderers 2.The Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show a collating device 1 for feeding of printed sheets 3 for the production of book blocks, books or the like. Printed matter, with a designed as a cover feeder 11 sheetfed feeder 4 for feeding envelopes or other flat objects, such as CD / DVD, samples or brochures, subsequently as a sheet 3 referred to an adhesive binder. For this purpose, the collating device 1 a plurality of along and above a conveyor 2 at intervals successively arranged on a machine frame 10, the conveyor 2 with individual sheets 3 clockwise charging sheet feeder 4, which is assigned to receive staggered sheet 3 a stacking device 5 and the individual for the removal Sheet 3 from the stacking device 5 are formed by a charging device 6. The conveyor 2 connected to the machine frame 10 is essentially formed by a channel and with arranged at regular intervals on a circumferentially driven traction means 14 drivers 13, the respectively supplied from the sheet feeder 4 sheet 3, respectively. Enveloping envelopes along the over the length of the conveyor 2 extending channel sliding. The sheet feeder 4 has to accommodate the staggered in a scale formation 8 supplied sheet 3, a stacking device 5 forming, inclined to the charging device 6 conveyor table 9. At least the stacking device 5, resp. the conveyor table 9 of the sheet feeder 4 is transverse to the conveying direction F in the direction of displacement by means of a guide assembly 7 connected to the machine frame 10 and formed by guides 12 V in a side of the conveyor 2 provided Aussersbetriebslage displaceable. Preferably, the conveyor table 9, resp. the stacking device 5 is decoupled from the loading device 6 in an effective manner in the out of operation position provided on the side of the conveyor 2. In a further embodiment, it is provided that the conveyor table 9 can be decoupled from the loading device 6 so as to be displaceable counter to the conveying direction F. This is according to Fig. 1 the conveyor table 9 with rollers 19 mounted on rails 18 connected to the machine frame 10 horizontally or slightly rising against the conveying direction F slidably, with any other type of linear guides is also conceivable. Alternatively, after Fig. 2 the displaceability of the conveyor table 9 can be achieved by means of a pivotable about pivot axes 16 lever 17 formed hinge assembly 15. The end positions of the levers 17 are preferably selectable such that the axes 20 in the two end positions lie on different sides to the pivot axes 16 and, as a result of gravity, both end positions are stable. The drive for the displacement of the conveyor table 9 in the conveying direction F and / or displacement direction V can be done manually, electrically, pneumatically or hydraulically. Also conceivable is a displacement of the stacking device in a direction between the conveying direction F and displacement direction V, respectively. a superposition of the movements of the two directions, a rotation about a substantially vertical axis or a lifting. The FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 show a collating device 1, for collating sheet 3 in a predetermined order to loose book block, which are then fed to an adhesive binder and bound by this. The collating device 1, which is connected with the adhesive binder in a manner that promotes effective handling, has at least one printed sheet feeder 4, wherein the sheet feeder 4 a staggered the printed sheets 3 receiving stacking device 5 and the printing sheet 3 of the stacking device 5 and taking a conveyor 2 approximately in the same direction to the conveying direction F feeding feeder 6 has. The printed sheets 3 are separated by the sheet feeder 4 and fed to a arranged below the sheet feeder 4 conveyor 2. The conveyor 2 connected to the machine frame 10 is essentially formed by drivers 13 which are arranged at regular intervals on a traction means 14 driven in rotation and which push the printed sheets 3 supplied by the sheet feeder 4 along a channel extending over the length of the conveyor 2. In an alternative embodiment of the conveyor 2 may be formed as fixed at regular intervals on the traction means 14 filing tables on which the sheet 3 are collected to loose book block. In terms of a space-saving design, the sheet feeder 4 are arranged with such short distances one behind the other that they overlap vertically partially. To provide easy access to the conveyor 2 is after Fig. 5 the stacking device 5 or the charging device 6 of the sheet feeder 4 mounted on a machine frame 10, formed by guides 12 guide assembly 7, mounted displaceably in the direction V transverse to the conveying direction F and displaceable in a side of the conveyor 2 provided Ausserbetriebslage. In the gathering device 1 according to the Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 the stacking device 5 and the loading device 6 are inseparably connected to each other and thus the sheet feeder 4 as a unit in a side of the conveyor 2 provided for decommissioning position displaceable. Although in all the Fig. The Ausserbetriebslage seen in the conveying direction F is provided on the left of the conveyor 2, the invention also relates to a shutdown position on the opposite, right side of the conveyor. 2

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  1. Device for feeding printed sheets (3) to manufacture book blocks, books or similar printed products, having a plurality of printed sheet feeders (4) arranged at a machine frame (10), above and along a conveyor (2) and at distances behind one another, feeding the conveyor (2) with individual printed sheets (3) in a clocked manner, a stacking device (5) being assigned to said printed sheet feeders (4) to receive staggered printed sheets (3) and being configured for removal of individual printed sheets (3) by a supplying device (6) from the stacking device (5), characterised in that at least one stacking device (5) of a printed sheet feeder (4) can be displaced, decoupled from the supplying device (6) capable of conveying, by means of a guiding apparatus (7) connected to the machine frame (10), into a non-operational position provided laterally to the conveyor (2).
  2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one stacking device (5) is configured as a conveying table (9) of a printed sheet feeder (4) configured as a cover feeder (11), said conveying table (9) being tilted relative to the supplying device (6), configured to receive printed sheets (3) fed in staggered manner in an overlapping formation (8).
  3. Device according to claim 2, characterised in that the conveying table (9) can be displaced contrary to the conveying direction (F), and able to be decoupled from the supplying device (6).
  4. Device according to claim 3, characterised in that the conveying table (9) is pivotable at a joint arrangement (15).
  5. Device according to one of the claims 2 to 4, characterised in that the conveying table (9) is displaceable in the guiding apparatus (7).
  6. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the device is a collating device (1) connected in conveying manner to an adhesive binder, that the at least one stacking device (5) is a stacking apparatus of a printed sheet feeder (4) which accepts the printed sheets (3) lying staggered over one another, said printed sheet feeder (4) comprising a supplying device (6) which removes the printed sheets (3) from the stacking device (5) and feeds said printed sheets (3) to the conveyor (2) approximately contrary to the conveying direction (F), and which can be displaced into a non-operational position provided laterally to the conveyor (2), so that the stacking device (5) and/or the supplying device (6) of said printed sheet feeder (4) can be displaced into a non-operational position provided laterally to the conveyor (2).
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