EP2367745B1 - Dispositif et procédé de transfert d'objets plats flexibles - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de transfert d'objets plats flexibles Download PDF

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EP2367745B1
EP2367745B1 EP09774616.8A EP09774616A EP2367745B1 EP 2367745 B1 EP2367745 B1 EP 2367745B1 EP 09774616 A EP09774616 A EP 09774616A EP 2367745 B1 EP2367745 B1 EP 2367745B1
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
    • B65H5/085—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers by combinations of endless conveyors and grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6672—Advancing articles in overlapping streams dividing an overlapping stream into two or more streams
    • 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
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
    • B65H2301/323—Hanging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4224—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/42242—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles by acting on the outermost articles of the pile for clamping the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4224—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/42244—Sets in which articles are offset to each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands

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  • the invention is in the field of conveyor technology and relates to an apparatus and a method for the transfer of flexible flat objects, in particular printed products, between two conveyors.
  • the objects are often held congruently (with aligned edges) by a common gripper.
  • a common gripper For separating the jointly held objects, however, it may have advantages to clamp the objects in the gripper that their held edges are offset from each other (differentiated promotion).
  • the device provides according to EP-B 1321410 an unspecified flat pad on which rub the free edges of the article while the objects are conveyed by the first gripper, and which ends in the area in which approach the second gripper from below the free edges object.
  • the EP-A 1834911 describes a further transfer device in which individual objects are transferred from first grippers to synchronously moving second grippers.
  • the second grippers are arranged below the first gripper.
  • the first grippers are opened so that the objects due to gravity in the mitbewegten open second gripper slide, which are then closed.
  • a stabilization device is provided which comprises two counter-rotating helical or spiral rotors. These each dive laterally into the spaces between the objects held by the first grippers and thus form a substantially vertically oriented planar support which moves with the objects over the entire transfer area, keeps them straight and ends only when the second gripper is closed is.
  • a disadvantage of this arrangement is the relatively large volume, which is claimed by the side rotors, as well as the complexity of the entire stabilization device. Because the rotors have a certain extent both in the conveying direction and transverse to the conveying direction, which corresponds approximately to the length of the transfer region or the rotor diameter. The rotor diameter can not be made arbitrarily small, otherwise no reliable surface guidance of the objects would be possible. Finally, only the position of the objects in the conveying direction is predetermined by the stabilizing device, while the position of the free edge in the vertical direction remains indefinite.
  • the first gripper conveys more than one item but not all are to be dispensed, the items remaining in the first gripper must be temporarily held when the gripper opens.
  • the beats EP-B 1321410 Two alternative solutions: On the one hand, the use of a special gripper is proposed, which has two independent clamping areas and thus can selectively release an object while the other is still held. On the other hand, an additional auxiliary gripper conveyor is proposed, the auxiliary gripper are moved in the transfer area in synchronism with the first gripper and hold the items not to be dispensed during the opening of the first gripper and thereby retain in the open first gripper.
  • the problem with the differentiated promotion of multiple objects in a common gripper may be that the remaining in the gripper object due to the original offset does not have the optimum position relative to the gripper jaws or the pivot axis.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying an apparatus and a method for transferring flexible, flat objects from a first gripper conveyor to a second gripper conveyor, in which or in which the described disadvantages are avoided.
  • a position correction of the remaining objects in the gripper to be achieved.
  • the device comprises a first gripper conveyor with first grippers moved along a first gripper conveyor track for essentially hanging transport of the articles in a conveying direction.
  • first object edges are detected by the first grippers.
  • the objects are promoted individually or in groups; In the case of group-wise conveyance, the first object edges may lie on one another or be offset from one another within the gripper.
  • at least one Actuating device for opening and closing the gripper present, for example in the form of control blocks or other elements that trigger the opening or closing process.
  • each conveyor has its own actuator.
  • the conveyor tracks and the actuating device are designed and set up such that in a transfer area a transfer of the objects from the first grippers to the second grippers can take place.
  • auxiliary conveyor with an auxiliary gripper moving along an auxiliary conveyor conveying track with the first grippers.
  • the auxiliary grippers are able to grasp and fix the first object edges of individual or all held objects in the transfer area, so that the objects held by the auxiliary gripper do not fall out upon opening of the first gripper and are again conveyed therethrough after closure of the first gripper can be.
  • the gripper conveyor track and the auxiliary conveyor conveyor track run in this way and the movements of the first grippers and the auxiliary grippers are controlled such that an object temporarily held by the auxiliary gripper and then returned to the first gripper at the end of the transfer area changed distance is held by its first object edge than when entering the transfer area.
  • a stabilizing device for stabilizing the objects held by the first grippers may be present. This is arranged in the conveying direction before the transfer area, wherein the objects in the actual transfer area, ie during the Handover process, already no longer be influenced by it.
  • the stabilization device comprises moving stop elements with the first grippers, by means of which the second object edges are brought to the entrance of the transfer area in a position defined in the conveying direction and in the vertical direction. The stop elements stabilize the free edges in two dimensions and therefore reliably fix their position in the room.
  • the following steps are carried out according to the method: conveying the objects with the first gripper conveyor substantially suspended in the conveying direction, the first grippers holding the articles at a first edge of the article; Further conveying the articles through the second gripper conveyor, the second grippers holding a second article edge opposite the first article edge; Transferring the objects from the first grippers to the second grippers in the transfer area by opening the first grippers and closing the second grippers; intermediate fixing of the objects not to be dispensed by auxiliary grippers as long as the first grippers are opened for object dispensing, and re-transfer to the first gripper with an offset relative to the original position in the first gripper.
  • an object held by the auxiliary gripper and returned to the first gripper at the end of the transfer region is kept at a different distance from its first article edge than when it enters the transfer region.
  • Stabilizing the objects held by the first grippers by means of a stabilizing device.
  • the objects are stabilized in front of the transfer area by means of stop elements of the stabilization device with the first grippers be moved, that the second object edges are brought at the entrance of the transfer area in a defined in the conveying direction and in the vertical direction, the second object edges are released immediately before the transfer area or at the entrance of the transfer area again.
  • Transfer area is understood to mean the area in which the transfer process of the objects can take place from the first grippers to the second grippers, in particular because the grippers have approached each other so far that a controlled transfer is possible.
  • the object can preferably be influenced both by the first grippers and by the second grippers.
  • a controlled transfer in which the objects are gripped at any time, takes place, for example, by the second gripper or moving along with this auxiliary gripper closed and the first gripper are then opened.
  • the auxiliary gripper conveyor can be realized mechanically very easily.
  • the auxiliary grippers can be moved along a circular conveyor track, for example by being attached to a rotary body.
  • a more complex management structure such as a chain-channel system, is not necessary.
  • the supporting device used for this purpose can be mechanically simple and space-saving. In the simplest case, these are merely moving stop or support elements which support and position the second object edges. They can be arranged in front of the transfer area below the first gripper. Laterally projecting support or guide structures are avoided.
  • the support device has a substantially horizontally extending support surface, for example, formed by one or more conveyor belt, from which protrude with the first grippers moving stop elements, for example in the form of cams or projections.
  • the stop elements are moved, for example, along a stop element conveying track, which has a section running parallel to the first conveying track in front of the transfer area.
  • the second edges By releasing the second edges from the stop members at the entrance of the transfer area, they can be positioned very quickly in the open second grippers.
  • This process is preferably assisted by the fact that the flexible objects are bent by the stabilization device.
  • the second object edge of the first object edge runs in the conveying direction. Outside the sphere of influence of the stabilization device, the objects again hang freely from the first gripper so that the second edge of the article releases quickly when released and thereby positioned in a defined manner relative to the second gripper.
  • it overcomes a certain height difference by the bending-relaxing and is thereby already positioned deep within the open second gripper mouth.
  • the movement paths of the first and second grippers and the corresponding drives are preferably set up so that the grippers are moved in the transfer area in a coordinated manner, in particular synchronously.
  • the distance of the stabilization device from the first gripper conveyor track is preferably variable.
  • the distance between the two gripper conveyor tracks can be varied from each other.
  • the inventive transfer device can be used flexibly.
  • the objects can be individually conveyed by the first gripper and transferred individually to the second gripper.
  • the entire product flow is transferred or split from the first conveyor to the second conveyor.
  • two or more objects are conveyed as a group by the first grippers.
  • the transfer to the second gripper takes place in a controlled manner so that all products of the group are handed over individually to successive second grippers and are conveyed on by them one by one.
  • only individual products of a group are transferred to the second grippers. It is also possible that only every second (or nth) first gripper is opened and dispenses its products, while the remaining products are conveyed by the first conveyor. In this case, the product streams are split.
  • the invention can be used in particular for the transfer of groups of objects held in a common first gripper whose first edges offset against each other (differentiated promotion).
  • the second object edges can be separated from one another in a simple manner by sliding on a flat support surface of the stabilization device.
  • the stop elements thereby position at least one of the second edges of the objects of a group. It has been found that it is not necessary to precisely position each of the second edges.
  • a divider may be inserted at the entrance of the transfer area between spaced second article edges of the articles held by a common first gripper, thereby facilitating transfer to different grippers.
  • one or more auxiliary conveyors may be present whose trajectory in the transfer area runs parallel to the path of the first or second gripper.
  • the auxiliary conveyors are used, for example, to specifically transfer the products held together in a first gripper into successive second grippers or to hold one or more products in the first gripper despite opening the first gripper.
  • Fig. 1-5 show a transfer device 1 according to the invention in different operating variants.
  • the transfer device 1 comprises a first gripper conveyor 10 with first grippers 12, which along a guide member, for example, not shown here defined first gripper conveyor track U 1 are moved in a conveying direction F.
  • the first gripper 12 are here conventional gripper with two approximately equally long gripper jaws 13, 14, which can assume an open position and a clamping position.
  • the first grippers 12 are opened by a first actuating device 40, which is indicated here only schematically and may be formed, for example, as a control link, at an opening point S1.
  • the grippers 12 in a conventional manner controls, eg tax rolls, on.
  • the first gripper conveyor track U1 runs approximately horizontally in a first section U1 'and then rises obliquely in a second section U1'.
  • the first grippers 12 convey articles 2 individually (FIG. Fig. 1 +2) or in pairs ( Fig. 3-5 ) coming from an upstream process.
  • the objects are each held at their first edge 3, and the opposite second edges 4 have according to gravity down.
  • pairwise promotion ( Fig. 3-5 ) are the first edges offset from each other (differentiated promotion).
  • the transfer device 1 further comprises a second gripper conveyor 20 with second grippers 22, which are moved along a second gripper conveyor track U2.
  • the second grippers 22 also have two gripper jaws 23, 24 whose position can be influenced relative to one another by means of a second actuating device 50, for example a control link.
  • the trailing gripper jaw 23 is extended relative to the leading gripper jaw 24. It makes it possible between two objects 2, which are held by the first gripper 12 and hang freely suspended, and divert them into different (adjacent) second gripper 22.
  • the trailing gripper jaw 23 thus also acts as a separating element.
  • the second gripper conveyor track U2 has a rising first section U2 'and an adjoining, substantially horizontal second section U2 ", which is located directly below the first gripper conveyor track U 1.
  • the two gripper conveyors 10, 20 may be part of a higher-level conveyor system. Their conveyor paths U1, U2 approach each other so far in an area, which is referred to below as the transfer area T, that an object 2 held by one of the grippers 12, 22 can be influenced by the other gripper. In this way, a controlled transfer of the objects 2 can take place.
  • the conveyor tracks U1, U2 converge toward one another at the entrance E of the transfer area T with decreasing distance and then preferably run essentially parallel to one another.
  • the transfer area T corresponds approximately to the overlap of the second parts U1 ", U2" of the first and second conveyor track U1, U2 up to the closing point S2 of the second gripper 22.
  • the input E of the transfer area is, for example, the point at which the second gripper 22 or their elongated trailing legs 23 pierced the plane in which the product edges 4, 4 'were held by the stabilizing device 30 (plane of the support surface 34).
  • the transfer device 1 may further include first and second auxiliary conveyors 60, 70 each having auxiliary grippers 62, 72 moved along respective conveyor tracks U6, U7. These run at least in sections (in particular in the transfer area T) parallel to the conveyor tracks U1, U2 of the first and second gripper conveyors 10, 20.
  • the function of the auxiliary conveyors 60, 70 will be described below with reference to FIG Fig. 3-5 explained. When transferring individual items (non-differentiated conveying), eg as in Fig. 1 +2, they are expendable.
  • the stabilization device 30 below the first section U1 'of the first conveyor track U1, ie in front of the entrance E of the transfer area T, according to the invention is the stabilization device 30.
  • a driven conveyor belt 31 whose upper run forms a flat support surface 34. This is oriented parallel to the first section U1 'of the first conveyor track U 1.
  • From the conveyor belt 31 are several stop elements 32 and are also driven. they run Therefore, along a stopper conveyor track U3, which is essentially defined by the conveyor belt 31.
  • the conveyor belt 31 is deflected at the entrance E of the transfer area T, so that the stabilization device 30 ends there.
  • the distance d 1 of the support surface 34 from the first conveyor track U 1 is preferably variable and set to be less than the length of the products in the vertical direction.
  • the distance d2 of the two gripper conveyors 10, 20 is preferably adjustable at least in the transfer area T.
  • the stabilization device 30 is coupled to the second gripper conveyor 20, so that their distance from one another remains constant. In Fig. 2 the distances are opposite d1, d2 Fig. 1 enlarged, as longer products 2 are processed.
  • the first grippers 12 convey the objects 2 by holding them at the first edge 3.
  • the second edge 4 rests on the support surface 34 of the stabilizing device 30 and abuts against the stop elements 32, so that the articles 2 are bent or slightly compressed (stretched) counter to the conveying direction F.
  • the exact position of the second edges 4 in the conveying direction is determined by the position of the moving stop elements 32.
  • the position in the vertical direction is defined by the position of the support surface 34 (height or distance from U1).
  • the second grippers 22 approach from below the (imaginary) plane, which is defined by the support surface 34, and pierce them at the entrance E of the transfer area.
  • the grippers 12, 22 and the stop elements 32 are synchronized so that the voltage applied to the stop element 32 second edge 4 when released by the stabilizing device 30, ie at the front end, by relaxing in the space between two trailing gripper jaws 23 adjacent second gripper 22 and in an open second gripper 22 jumps.
  • the long gripper jaw 23 is aligned with the front end of the stabilizer 30 when the abutment member 32 passes through the front end and thus releases the second edge 4.
  • the second edge 4 is therefore positioned at the beginning of the transfer region T relatively low within a second gripper 22. As the two conveyor tracks U1, U2 continue to approach one another in a first section of the transfer area, the second edge 4 comes to rest on the bottom of the gripper jaw.
  • the second gripper 22 can now be closed by a second section of the transfer area T by the actuator 50. Shortly before, the first gripper 12 is opened by the actuator 40. In order to achieve a particularly controlled transfer, the first gripper 12 can only be opened when the second gripper 22 has been closed.
  • the extended trailing gripper jaws 23 of the second gripper 22 serve after the transfer as a support surface for the objects, which are then oriented in advance.
  • the auxiliary grippers 62 of the lower auxiliary conveyor 60 are moved synchronously with the second grippers 22, but remain open and are therefore inoperative.
  • Fig. 2 corresponds to Fig. 1 with the difference that the product length and the distance d1 are increased.
  • the second edges 4 are as at Fig. 1 to the stop elements 32 at.
  • the trailing extended gripper legs 23 of the second gripper 22 are also aligned at the time of release of the second edges 4 with the support surface 34, so that the edge 4 is positioned deep within the second gripper 22.
  • the auxiliary conveyor 60 is inoperative.
  • 3 and 4 show the pairwise conveying and transfer of objects 2, 2 '.
  • the goal is the transfer of the product pairs 2, 2 'of every second first gripper 12 to two consecutive second gripper 22, wherein the other Product pairs 2, 2 'are further conveyed by the first gripper 12. For example, they can be transferred to a further conveyor in another correspondingly designed transfer area T.
  • the actuating device 40 is correspondingly arranged so that only every second first gripper 12 is opened at the opening point S 1.
  • each case two objects 2, 2 'are held by a first gripper 12 such that their first edges 3, 3' are spaced apart from one another.
  • the distance d1 between the first conveyor 10 and the stabilizing device 30 is set so that only the downwardly shifted object 3 'rests with its second edge 4' on the support surface 34 and on the stop element 32 and is bent therewith. This creates a gap 5 between the two objects 2, 2 '.
  • the distance of the stopper members 32 in the case of Fig. 3 chosen so that only one object 2 'of each second pair of objects 2, 2' touches a stop element 32.
  • the extended gripper limb 23 penetrates into the gap 5 and thus separates the two objects 2, 2 '.
  • the location of the gap 5 is well defined by the relative positions of the first gripper 12 and abutment member 32.
  • the leading product 2 is therefore passed into the open gripper mouth of that second gripper 22, which is associated with the gripper arm 23.
  • the trailing product 2 ' is passed into the space between said gripper 22 and the trailing gripper 22 and in the open gripper mouth of the trailing gripper 22.
  • the auxiliary grippers 62 serve to reliably transfer the objects 2, 2 'into the respective gripper jaw. A pair of products are therefore associated with the transfer of two second gripper, which are referred to in the following as leading or trailing gripper.
  • the auxiliary grippers 62 have two gripper parts 63, 64 which can assume a clamping and an open position relative to each other.
  • the leading gripper part 63 has two support surfaces 63a, 63b arranged at an angle to each other. These form a stop for the second edge 4 'of the trailing product 2' of a pair of products. This edge 4 'runs against the stop and is clamped by closing the auxiliary gripper 62.
  • the counter to the conveying direction oriented surface of the extended gripper jaw 23 of the leading gripper 22 acts as an additional support surface.
  • the auxiliary gripper 62 is now moved within the transfer region T relative to the second grippers 22 so that its stop edge with the gripper jaw (bottom or local stop edge) of the trailing gripper 22 is aligned.
  • the tracks U2, U6 of the second gripper 22 and the auxiliary gripper 62 and / or the auxiliary grippers cross a variable distance relative to their conveying member.
  • the gripper 22 is closed at the end of the transfer area T and the auxiliary gripper 62 is opened again. In this way, the trailing product 2 'can be transferred very controlled in the trailing gripper 22.
  • the leading product 2 of a product pair is inserted directly into the open gripper mouth of the leading gripper 22.
  • the open gripper mouth are also both products 2, 2 'of a pair, which should not be handed over. Their lower edges 4, 4 ', however, are spaced from the clamping region of the second gripper 22.
  • these products 2, 2 ' by increasing the distance of the conveyor tracks U1, U2 towards the end of the transfer area and / or pivoting of the first gripper 12 relative to its conveyor track U1 pulled out of the gripper mouth and can be moved by the first gripper 12, which to remain closed.
  • the objects 2, 2 'are opposite to the case of Fig. 3 extends or the distance d1 is shortened, so that both second edges 4, 4 'of the staggered objects 2, 2' rest on the support surface 34.
  • Each of the Trailing edge 4 ' is on the stop element 32, while the leading edge 4 is located between two stop elements 32.
  • the bearing surface 34 is here mechanically separated from the conveyor belt 31, on which the stop elements 32 are mounted, and stationary.
  • the support surface 34 has a displaceable extension 34 ', which continues the support surface 34 and is movable in the direction of the support surface 34.
  • this release point which is defined by the front edge of the support surface 34 or the displaceable extension 34 ', from product to product.
  • the trailing products 2 'supported by the cam-like abutment element 32 are released directly by the cam 32 (retracted extension 34'), and the release point is moved forward for the other products 2 by displacing the extension 34 'in the conveying direction.
  • the products 2 are guided longer and more controlled.
  • each second pair are separated by retracting the extended gripper jaw 23 and transferred to adjacent second gripper 22.
  • the role of the auxiliary gripper 62 is as with reference to FIG Fig. 3 described.
  • the remaining pairs are also conveyed on after the transfer region T by the first grippers 12.
  • Fig. 5 shows a further example of the use of the transfer device 1.
  • a gripper 12 for dividing the flow of product pairs into two product streams, in which the products 2, 2 'are each held individually by a gripper 12, 22, here is another auxiliary conveyor 70 is used. This is arranged in the region of the first conveyor 10 so that its auxiliary gripper 72 can functionally support the first gripper 12 in the transfer area T.
  • the rest of the construction is as in relation to Fig. 4 described.
  • the distance d1 is chosen so that both second Edges 4, 4 'of the staggered objects 2, 2' rest on the support surface 34.
  • the sequence here is as follows: The pairs of objects 2, 2 'are conveyed by the first grippers 12 into the transfer region T. Before the transfer area T, the upper auxiliary grippers 72 approach from above the first grippers 12 and move in the transfer area T in synchronism with them. The corresponding gripper mouths are aligned with each other in a view on the plane of the drawing. The auxiliary gripper 72 hold when closing only one of the products 2, 2 ⁇ . Here, the leading product 2 is held, which protrudes with its first edge 3 on the other product 2 '. The reverse case (trailing product is deeper in the gripper 12) is possible. When opening the first gripper 12, therefore, only the trailing product 2 'is released or generally the product that is less deeply inserted into the gripper 12. The first grippers 12 are closed again at the end of the transfer region T and the auxiliary grippers 72 are opened so that the leading products 2 are transported further by the first grippers 12. To open and close the upper auxiliary gripper 72 an actuating device not shown here is present.
  • the transfer of the trailing products 2 'to the second gripper 22 is supported by the lower auxiliary gripper 62.
  • the second grippers 22 and the auxiliary grippers 62 approach from below the plane in which the second edges 4, 4 'are located and pierce them at the entrance of the transfer area T.
  • the second edge 4' is essentially defined by the here vertically oriented support surface 63a guided and then abuts on the other support surface 63b.
  • first and second grippers 12, 22 are synchronized so that the leading product 2 is temporarily supported by the trailing surface of the long gripper limb 23. In contrast to Fig. 3 +4 the long gripper leg 23 does not separate the product pair here.
  • the trajectories U1, U7 are so and the movements of the grippers 72, 12 are controlled so that the following additional function is realized:
  • the leading product 2 is delivered from the auxiliary gripper 72 to the first gripper 12, that it at the end of the transfer area T in is held at a smaller distance from its first edge 3 than when entering the transfer area T.
  • the position of the product 2 relative to the first gripper 12 corresponds approximately to the position of the trailing product 2 'before it was discharged, and thus an "optimal" product position.
  • the position of the product area clamped or held by the gripper 12 can therefore be changed by the temporary transfer to the auxiliary gripper 72. It can be achieved that the individually further conveyed objects 2 have a well-defined position relative to the gripper.
  • a defined distance of the gripped edge 3 to the bottom 12a of the gripper 12 (lowest point of the gripper) or to the outer ends 12b of the gripper limbs can be set.
  • This differentiated promotion correction has advantages in subsequent processing steps where a particular product location relative to the gripper is required.
  • the trailing product may also remain in the first gripper 12.
  • the auxiliary gripper no distance reduction, but a distance increase is realized.
  • the interim transfer to the auxiliary gripper has two functions: Firstly, the object that is to be transported by the first gripper during the opening of the first gripper retained in the first gripper. Thus, the other object to be transported by the second gripper can be discharged. On the other hand, the position of the object to be transported within the first gripper can be corrected during the return to the first gripper.
  • Fig. 6 Shown: The transfer device according to Fig. 6 and their mode of operation Fig. 5 In each case one of the products 2, 2 'held by the first grippers 12 is transferred to second grippers 22 and the other is conveyed on by the first gripper 12. First and second grippers 12, 22 are synchronized so that in each case the longer leg of the second gripper 22 in the area between two pairs of products 2, 2 'punctures. For this purpose, no stabilization device is necessary because of the relatively large distances of the first gripper 12.
  • the auxiliary gripper orbit U7 is parallel to the orbit U 1 of the first gripper 12 over part of the transfer area. After the opening point of the first gripper 12, however, the orbits U1, U7 slightly apart, the gripper 12 and the auxiliary gripper 72, however, still aligned with each other transversely to the conveying direction. By diverging the orbits U1, U7 held by the auxiliary gripper 72 product 2 is offset relative to the first gripper 12. When closing the first gripper 12, it is therefore clamped in a different product area than before the transfer area, in the present case, this product area is closer to its edge 3 than before. This approximately corresponds to the clamping position of the dispensed product 2 'in the original formation.
  • Fig. 7 shows a variant of the device Fig. 6
  • the auxiliary gripper conveyor 70 has a circular orbit U7.
  • the circular path can be contrary to the circulation system according to Fig. 6 in which the orbit U7 is determined by suitably shaped guide means, for example a channel, realized very easily.
  • the auxiliary grippers 72 may be attached to a rigid body and moved by rotation thereof about a horizontal axis A along the circular path U7.
  • the orbit U7 intersects the orbit U 1 of the first gripper 12 in two places. In between are the points at which the first grippers 12 are opened and the auxiliary grippers 72 are closed (here denoted by S1) or the first grippers 12 are closed and the auxiliary grippers 72 are opened (designated S3).
  • the distance b 'of the grippers 12, 72 is defined as the distance of the pivot axes 15, 75 of the gripper jaws. It is zero at S1 and greater than zero at S3.
  • the distance b is the distance of the orbits U1, U7. Since the products are hanging and the gripper jaws face downwards, only the component in the vertical direction is measured here. To the distance change ⁇ b or ⁇ b 'between the two points S1, S3 so the product 2 is moved by the transfer to the auxiliary gripper 72 and re-recording by the first gripper 12.
  • the change in distance can be adjusted by selecting the shape and relative position of the orbits U1, U7 and the opening and closing points S1, S3. It is not mandatory that first gripper and auxiliary gripper are opened or closed at the same time; The auxiliary gripper can also be closed before opening the main gripper or opened after closing the main gripper.
  • the auxiliary grippers 72 are presently pivotable relative to their path U7. In this way, it can be achieved that they have a largely constant orientation in space in the transfer area T.
  • auxiliary conveyor 70 may comprise two sub-auxiliary conveyors each disposed on different sides of main conveyor 10 and between which the main conveyor passes. An item not to be delivered is then held in the transfer area to the right and left of the main grippers of two auxiliary grippers.
  • Fig. 8 shows a variant of the transfer device Fig. 7 in which the auxiliary grippers 72 additionally have separating elements 80 or interact with such.
  • the separating elements 80 serve to retract laterally from the first gripper 12 (eg to the right and left thereof) between two objects 2, 2 'of a group of objects conveyed jointly in the first gripper 12 and to expose selected ones of these objects to the influence of the auxiliary gripper 72, so that these can be gripped by the auxiliary gripper 72 and the other object or objects not.
  • the use of such separating elements 80 is particularly advantageous when the objects 2, 2 'are arranged congruently in the gripper 12, in particular with congruent gripped edges 3, 3'.
  • two objects 2, 2 'with congruent gripped edges 3, 3' are conveyed by a first gripper 12.
  • the separating element 80 pierces the objects 2, 2 'in the region of the gripped edges 3, 3'.
  • the separating element 80 stands beyond the outer regions of the gripper limbs of the auxiliary grippers 72.
  • the auxiliary gripper 72 are closed at S1. she only take one of the objects 2, here the leading one. This is thereby retained in the first gripper 12 when it opens.
  • the other object 2 ' is delivered to the second gripper 22.
  • the first gripper 12 is closed again at S3 and the auxiliary gripper 72 is opened.
  • the position of the conveyed article 2 in the first gripper 12 is changed.
  • the solution described above with the separating elements 80 can also be used independently of a positional correction, i. the conveyed objects 2 can be taken in the same position again from the first gripper 12, they originally had.
  • the separating elements 80 may be an integral part of the auxiliary gripper 72. Their position or orientation relative to the legs of the auxiliary gripper 72 can preferably be controlled. It is also possible that one of the legs of the auxiliary grippers 72 performs the function of the separating element, i. is controlled so that it enters between the products 2, 2 '.
  • the separating elements 80 can also be fastened to a separate drive system and moved only in the transfer area in synchronism with the auxiliary grippers 72 or the main grippers 12. You drive as here between the gripped edges 3, 3 'a.
  • the dividers 80 are inserted from the side (not shown here). The dividers 80 may be controlled to lift the overlapping objects apart so that the auxiliary gripper 72 can more easily grasp the selected items.
  • the device variant with the separating elements therefore consists in its most general form of a first gripper conveyor, an auxiliary conveyor and a plurality of separating elements, which are moved along a closed orbit. This may be identical to the orbit of the auxiliary gripper, but may also differ.
  • the separating elements are controlled so that in the transfer area between two objects one of the first Retracting gripped group of objects, so that selected these objects can be gripped by the auxiliary gripper.
  • the above-described positional correction by the auxiliary gripper and the stabilization of the freely suspended object edges are controlled so that in the transfer area between two objects one of the first Retracting gripped group of objects, so that selected these objects can be gripped by the auxiliary gripper.

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  1. Dispositif de transfert d'objets plats souples (2, 2'), en particulier de produits d'imprimerie, entre deux transporteurs comportant
    un premier transporteur (10) à griffes doté de premières griffes (12) déplacées le long d'une première piste (U1) de transporteur à griffes pour transporter de manière essentiellement suspendue les objets (2, 2') dans une direction de transport (F) par saisie d'un premier bord (3, 3') des objets,
    un deuxième transporteur (20) à griffes doté de deuxièmes griffes (22) déplacées le long d'une deuxième piste de transport (U2) à griffes, qui saisit les objets (2, 2') en saisissant un deuxième bord (4, 4') des objets situé à l'opposé du premier bord (3, 3') des objets,
    au moins un dispositif d'actionnement (40, 50) qui ouvre et ferme les premières et les deuxièmes griffes (12, 22) de telle sorte qu'un transfert des objets (2, 2') des premières griffes (12) aux deuxièmes griffes (22) puisse avoir lieu dans une zone de transfert (T) et
    au moins un transporteur auxiliaire (70) qui présente des griffes auxiliaires (72) déplacées conjointement avec les premières griffes (12) le long d'une piste de transport (U7) du transporteur auxiliaire,
    les griffes auxiliaires étant en mesure de saisir les premiers bords (3, 3') des objets et de les fixer dans la zone de transfert (T),
    caractérisé en ce que
    la piste de transport (U1) à griffes et la piste de transport (U7) du transporteur auxiliaire s'étendent de telle sorte et le déplacement des premières griffes (12) et des griffes auxiliaires (72) sont commandés de telle sorte qu'un objet (2, 2') maintenu par la griffe auxiliaire (72) et renvoyé à la première griffe (12) à la fin de la zone de transfert (T) est maintenu à une distance de son premier bord (3, 3') d'objet différente de celle qui prévaut à l'entrée dans la zone de transfert (T).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les premières griffes (12) sont ouvertes en un emplacement d'ouverture (S1) et sont fermées en un emplacement de fermeture (S3) et en ce que la griffe auxiliaire (72) est fermée avant l'emplacement d'ouverture (S1) ou au niveau de ce dernier et est de nouveau ouverte à l'emplacement de fermeture (S3) ou après ce dernier.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les distances (b) entre la première piste de transport (U1) à griffes et la piste de transport (U7) du transporteur auxiliaire diffèrent l'une de l'autre à l'emplacement d'ouverture (S1) et à l'emplacement de fermeture (S3).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le transporteur auxiliaire (70) présente une piste de transport (U7) de transporteur auxiliaire de forme circulaire, en particulier par le fait que les griffes auxiliaires (72) sont disposées sur un corps rotatif rigide.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le transporteur auxiliaire (70) comporte deux transporteurs auxiliaires partiels (70) disposés chacun sur un côté différent du premier transporteur (10) à griffes, chaque objet (2, 2') qui ne doit pas être libéré dans la zone de transfert étant maintenu par deux griffes auxiliaires (72).
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la distance (d2) entre la deuxième piste de transport (U2) à griffes et la première piste de transport (U1) à griffes peut être modifiée pour s'adapter à la longueur des objets.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première et la deuxième piste de transport (U1, U2) à griffes convergent l'une vers l'autre en avant de la zone de transfert (T) et sont orientées essentiellement en parallèle l'une à l'autre dans la zone de transfert (T).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par au moins un deuxième transporteur auxiliaire (60) qui présente des griffes auxiliaires (62) déplacées conjointement avec les deuxièmes griffes (22) le long d'une deuxième piste de transport (U6) de transporteur auxiliaire, les griffes auxiliaires étant en mesure de saisir et de fixer les deuxièmes bords (4, 4') des objets dans la zone de transfert (T).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par au moins un élément de séparation (80) en mesure de pénétrer dans la zone de transfert entre deux objets (2, 2') d'un groupe d'objets maintenus conjointement par les premières griffes (12) de telle sorte que des objets sélectionnés de ce groupe puissent être saisis par les griffes auxiliaires (72) déplacées conjointement avec les premières griffes (12).
  10. Procédé de transfert d'objets plats flexibles (2, 2'), en particulier de produits d'imprimerie, entre deux transporteurs, le procédé présentant les étapes suivantes :
    transport des objets (2, 2') avec un premier transporteur (10) à griffes qui présente des premières griffes (12) le long d'une première piste de transport (U1) à griffes, de manière essentiellement suspendue, dans une direction de transport (F), les premières griffes (12) maintenant les objets (2, 2') par un premier bord (3, 3') des objets, chacune des premières griffes (12) transportant au moins deux objets (2, 2'),
    poursuite du transport des objets (2, 2') transférés, par un deuxième transporteur (20) à griffes qui présente des deuxièmes griffes (22) déplacées le long d'une deuxième piste de transport (U2) à griffes, les deuxièmes griffes (22) maintenant un deuxième bord (4, 4') des objets situé à l'opposé du premier bord (3, 3') des objets,
    transfert d'au moins l'un des objets (2, 2') maintenus par les premières griffes (12) vers les deuxièmes griffes (22) dans une zone de transfert (T), par ouverture des premières griffes (12) et fermeture des deuxièmes griffes (22), au moins un autre objet (2, 2') poursuivant son transport par les premières griffes (12), les premiers bords (3, 3') des objets étant fixés dans la zone de transfert (T) par des griffes auxiliaires (62, 72) déplacées conjointement et de manière synchronisée avec les premières et/ou les deuxièmes griffes (12, 22), ces bords des objets étant ensuite de nouveau libérés, caractérisé en ce que
    à la fin de la zone de transfert (T), un objet (2, 2') maintenu par la griffe auxiliaire (72) et délivré de nouveau à la première griffe (12) est maintenu à une distance de son premier bord (3, 3') d'objet différente de celle qui prévaut à l'entrée dans la zone de transfert (T).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les premières griffes (12) sont ouvertes en un emplacement d'ouverture (S1) et sont fermées en un emplacement de fermeture (S3) et en ce que la griffe auxiliaire (72) est fermée avant l'emplacement d'ouverture (S1) ou au niveau de ce dernier et est de nouveau ouverte à l'emplacement de fermeture (S3) ou après ce dernier.
  12. Procédé selon les revendications 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que les griffes auxiliaires (72) sont déplacées le long d'une piste de transport (U7) de transporteur auxiliaire de forme circulaire.
  13. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que chacune des premières griffes (12) transporte au moins deux objets (2, 2') dont au moins un est transféré aux deuxièmes griffes (22) et au moins un poursuit son transport par les premières griffes (12) dans la zone de transfert (T).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que les deux ou plusieurs objets (2, 2') sont maintenus par les premières griffes (12) de telle sorte que leurs premiers bords (3, 3') d'objet soient maintenus à distance l'un de l'autre.
  15. Procédé selon les revendications 13 ou 14, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de séparation (63) pénètre à l'entrée (E) de la zone de transfert (T) entre les deuxièmes bords (4, 4') maintenus à distance l'un de l'autre des objets (2, 2') qui sont maintenus par une première griffe (12) commune et en ce que les objets (2, 2') sont transportés plus loin dans des griffes (12, 22) différentes.
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