EP2678171A1 - Füllstation und verfahren zum befüllen eines kuverts - Google Patents
Füllstation und verfahren zum befüllen eines kuvertsInfo
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- EP2678171A1 EP2678171A1 EP11802769.7A EP11802769A EP2678171A1 EP 2678171 A1 EP2678171 A1 EP 2678171A1 EP 11802769 A EP11802769 A EP 11802769A EP 2678171 A1 EP2678171 A1 EP 2678171A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of paper handling, in particular to a filling station for filling an envelope, to a paper handling system and to a method for filling an envelope in a filling station.
- Various inserting principles are known in the art.
- US 7,475,522 B2 shows a filling station with direct feeding of the envelopes from above. An envelope moves from the envelope feeder coming against a stop, is taken up by two worm wheels, separated and placed vertically in the Füilebene. After the envelope has been opened and after the envelope has been filled, the stopper is opened and the bag is transported out of the filling station.
- EP 1 275 523 A describes an approach for introducing a material into an envelope, wherein the envelopes are fed from above, separated by worm wheels and fed to the filling station by the movement of the worm wheels.
- EP 1 473 173 describes an envelope in which the envelopes are fed to the filling station from below. The feeding takes place by means of worm wheels, which are subsequently released for the envelope filling for the envelope output.
- the filling stations for inserting machines described above have short passageways in the feeding of the envelopes to the filling station.
- the next envelope for the envelope opening is available.
- US 7,475,522 B2 relates to an embodiment of a filling station in which the clock power can be 30,000 envelopes / h. Due to the short travel distances and the low speeds, a compact design of the system is also possible.
- the present invention has the object to provide an improved approach to the introduction of goods in an envelope, which prevents the disadvantages described above, recognized in the prior art.
- This object is achieved by a filling station according to claim 1 and by a method according to claim 21.
- the present invention provides a filling station for filling an envelope, wherein the filling station is configured to receive a filling material and an envelope, the filling station comprising: a filling area with at least one filling aid; an envelope feeder configured to receive an envelope and to at least partially hold the bundle at a position outside the fill area; and a transport configured to move an envelope disposed in the envelope feeder to the filling aid; wherein the envelope feed is configured to receive another envelope during movement of the preceding envelope from the envelope delivery to the filling aid and / or during filling of the preceding envelope, and wherein the transport is configured to transfer the further envelope from the envelope delivery to the filling aid to move after the filling of the previous envelope is completed and before an exit of the filled envelope from the filling station is completed.
- the present invention further provides a method for filling an envelope in a filling station which receives a filling material and an envelope, comprising the following steps:
- the present invention further provides a paper handling equipment having one or more paper handling components, such as a cutter, a merger, a gathering station, a folder, and / or a gathering web with one or more shim feeder (s) to provide a filling material and a filling station according to Embodiments of the invention, further comprising a controller that is operative to control the paper handling component and the filling station.
- the transport is configured to move an envelope from the envelope feed such that the envelope is drawn onto the filling aid.
- the envelope feeder may be configured to receive an envelope below a position in which an envelope is filled, wherein the envelope feeder may be configured to form a envelope bottom of an envelope as it enters the envelope feeder and / or while in the envelope feeder to keep deflected downwards from the rest of the envelope.
- the envelope bottom can be held, for example by receiving in a compartment to effect the deflection without the envelope bottom is fixed in the receptacle. In other embodiments may optionally be provided to provide a clamping element for fixing the envelope bottom. The envelope bottom is released before completing the filling of the envelope or before the envelope is filled, so that it is no longer deflected downwards.
- the envelope feeder comprises a one-piece or multi-part support, which has an end remote from the filling aid, which is arranged below the position in which an envelope is filled, so that an envelope bottom of an envelope inserted into the envelope feeder is opposite the remainder of the envelope is deflected down.
- an opening of the Kuvertmundes be supported.
- the filling aid can be arranged to be movable or stationary.
- the filling aid is effective to clamp the envelope and to protect the incoming good against approaching an envelope side or the envelope bottom and against envelope gluing.
- the filling station comprises a further transport, which is configured to supply an envelope to the envelope feeder, wherein the further transport may be configured to supply an envelope in Guttransport exercises, perpendicular to the Guttransport exercises or against Guttran sportides to the envelope feeder. Further, the further transport may be configured to accommodate a plurality of envelopes scaled. According to embodiments, the further transport comprises a Saugriementransport, which is deactivated while an envelope is moved from the envelope feeder to the filling aid, and which is activated during an envelope filling.
- the suction conveyor may be configured to place the envelope in the envelope feed outside the fill area.
- the further transport may also include a segment transport having active and non-active sections.
- the transport and the segment transport are controlled such that a non-active section of the segment transport is allocated to an envelope for insertion into the Ku, while the transport moves an envelope onto the filling aid, and that for retraction an active section of the segment transport is assigned to an existing envelope while an envelope is being filled.
- the transport may comprise a cylinder segment roller, so that, when the envelope is moved toward the filling aid using the cylinder segment rollers, a tab of an envelope already in the envelope feeder or of an envelope which is just entering it is not hindered.
- the filling station comprises a removal to extend a filled envelope, wherein the removal is activated when the filling material is introduced into the envelope.
- the filling station comprises at least one filling slide in order to introduce a filling material into the envelope wound on the filling aid, wherein the filling slide can furthermore be provided to extend a filled envelope from the filling station.
- the filling station is configured to receive a product to be moved in a first direction and to receive an envelope received from a second direction opposite to the first direction.
- the envelope feeder is configured to receive an envelope from a third direction, such as a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
- the envelope feeder may include a sheet, a wedge, a movable separation aid, one or more fingers, or a guide to keep the envelope bottom deflected downwardly from the remainder of the envelope.
- the delivery aid may comprise a guide, one or more fingers, a sheet metal or a pannier.
- the filling station may additionally comprise at least one further element which opens an envelope for filling and / or holds open during filling, and further means may be provided for opening a mouth of the envelope prior to mounting on the filling aid, ie Separate Kuvertunterseite of the Kuvertoberseite, for example by means of one or more fingers or by blowing air, which is provided by one or more tuyeres.
- the further transport for feeding an envelope to the envelope feeder can also be realized in the form of a clamp transport, a finger transport or a roller transport.
- the filling station can furthermore comprise at least one device in order to avoid an exchange direction between an envelope when entering the envelope feed line and an envelope during transport onto the filling aid.
- a device may be provided for fixing the envelope to a filling position, for example using one or more segmented rollers, one or more suction cups / suction cups acting on the envelope flap from above or below, one or more forceps, one or more forceps a plurality of lateral guide rail (s) and / or an acting from above on the envelope body teat.
- the nipple can be designed as a suction or suction plate.
- the envelope is transported to the material "opposite" and mounted on the filling aid, wherein simultaneously at least two envelopes are present in operation, one in the Füli Silver and another in the envelope feeder In these positions, the envelopes are in one
- filling aids are used to secure the filling process
- Active elements such as screws or transport wheels, which are used by the known solutions are replaced by passive elements or alternative embodiments, for example, instead of the worm / transport wheels passive element for separating the at least two envelopes in the filling station used, for example, an element in the form of a slope, a holder or an edge or the like
- a Kuvertzu 1500ang done so in that a window of an envelope points downwards, so that the guidance for the filling material, for example the adaptation to the mouth opening form, can be realized more easily.
- the envelopes to be filled are arranged one below the other, which means that after the discharge of the filled envelope, the next envelope is already ready.
- An advantage of the solution according to the invention is that an inserting machine is provided which has a high cycle performance, can process a large range of formats, has a small number of required structural and functional parts, has a compact installation space or a small enclosed space, low running distances of envelopes and contents, and does not show any performance penalty as the envelope's envelope height increases.
- An advantage of embodiments of the invention is that the windows and the flap of the envelope are arranged lying down, so that the associated problems, as explained above in the prior art, are no longer present.
- there is a compact dimension of the filling station which has only low filling speeds and short cycle times and, consequently, high cycle times.
- the filling station is characterized by a small number of components, and in that the feed rate of the envelopes is independent of the envelope height.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic, side sectional view of a filling station according to an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 15 is a schematic representation of a paper handling system, a
- Inserting machine having a filling station according to embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic, side sectional view of a filling station according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the filling station comprises a stationary filling aid 100 which comprises, for example, a plurality of fingers which are arranged parallel next to each other and on which an envelope can be at least partially drawn by moving an envelope to the filling aid 100, so that the filling aid 100 in one Mouth opening of the envelope is arranged.
- the filling aid 100 comprises ends 100a which first come into contact with it when an envelope is pulled on.
- the fingers 100 taper towards the ends 100a.
- the fingers 100 can Be part of a Gutzuersblechs 101, but can also be designed as a separate elements.
- the filling station further comprises an envelope feeder 104 for receiving an envelope.
- the envelope feeder 104 comprises a multipart support 104a, 104b and 104c for receiving a supplied envelope.
- the overlay includes a first portion 104a in the form of a sheet on which an upper portion of a fed envelope rests, and a rear portion 104b configured to project downwardly an envelope bottom from the remainder of the envelope.
- the sections 104a and 104b define an envelope feed plane ⁇ disposed below and parallel to the fill plane EF. Vertically, the filling area 102 extends to the support or the plane E z .
- the filling region is considered to be the region in which the envelopes are arranged completely or partially over one another.
- the envelope guide 104 furthermore comprises a tab support 104c, which extends from the suction conveyor transport 106 opposite to the goods transport direction G and is arranged below the filling aid 100 and the material supply plate 101.
- a tab support 104c which extends from the suction conveyor transport 106 opposite to the goods transport direction G and is arranged below the filling aid 100 and the material supply plate 101.
- the 104 arranged envelope is held by the portions 104a and 104b on its envelope body, and the envelope flap rests on the support 104c.
- An envelope is fed by means of a suction conveyor transport 106 to the envelope feeder, wherein the suction conveyor 106 is arranged in the embodiment shown at a position which lies in good transport direction RG behind the filling aid 100, so that an upper end of the envelope is contacted for transport.
- the suction belt transport 106 feeds an envelope from an envelope transport direction RK to the filling station, the envelope transport direction R being perpendicular to the good transport direction RG,
- the filling station further comprises a transport 1 10, which is formed in the illustrated embodiment by two in Guttransportraum RQ successively arranged segment rollers 1 10a and 1 10b.
- the segmented rollers 110a and 110b are configured such that along a first portion 12 of the circumference thereof the roller has a first radius and along a second portion of the circumference has a second radius which is greater than the first radius.
- the transport 1 10 serves to move a Ku in the Ku vertzu Foodun 104 arranged envelope against the Guttransportraum Ro to raise this on the filling aid 100, as will be explained in more detail below.
- the envelope is according to the embodiment shown by activation of the transport rollers 1 10, which engage with an envelope flap, transported, the envelope flap between the rollers 1 10a and 1 10b, or between the sections 1 14 and counter rollers 1 16a, 1 16b arranged are.
- the rollers 1 16a and 1 16b interact with the sections of the segmented rollers 1 10a and 1 1 Ob having the larger radius.
- a movement of an envelope located in the envelope feeder 104 is effected in the direction of the filling aid 100 by a movement of the transport rollers 1 10, such that a mouth opening which is arranged in the envelope feeder at the position 108, is moved against the Guttransport therapies RQ, so that the filling aid 100 can engage in the mouth opening of the envelope and thus a filling of the envelope is supported.
- the filling station further comprises a lateral Gut Adjust 1 18 and a blowing nozzle (not shown) to support an initial opening of the Kuvertmundes when mounting on the filling aid 100.
- a filling 122 is moved by means of a filling slide 124 along the Guttransport therapies RG.
- the filling slide 124 serves on the one hand to supply a filling material, and on the other hand to extend the filled envelope from the filling station.
- the filling station comprises a clamping element 125, for example in the form of a clamping roller (segmental roller), which serves to fix a flap of an envelope during filling.
- a sucker which is arranged for example in or on the Gutzuersblech 101 can be used.
- FIG. 1 shows a situation in which a first envelope 126 is filled, that is to say a filling material 122 is introduced.
- the envelope 126 is mounted on the filling aid 100 so that its ends 100a are disposed in the mouth opening 126a of the envelope 126 and open the envelope 126.
- the tab 126b is disposed below the sheet 101 and clamped by the roller 125, for example.
- An envelope bottom 126c is released, ie it is not deflected downwards relative to the rest of the envelope. By releasing the envelope bottom returns due to the elasticity of the envelope in its original orientation, so that the envelope is substantially flat in a plane.
- the filling material is introduced into the opened envelope 126.
- a second, unfilled envelope 128 is shown, which is located in the envelope feeder 104.
- the mouth opening 128a of the second envelope rests on the portion 104a and is located at the position 108 immediately before the ends 100a of the filling aid 100, so that upon movement of the envelope 128 opposite to the Guttransportraum Ro whose mouth opening directly with the ends 1 10a engage the filling aid.
- a Movement of the arranged in the envelope feeder 104 envelope 128 against the Guttransport exercises RQ to raise the envelope on the filling aid 100 is effected by means of the segment rollers 110 such that at least a part of the envelope is drawn onto the delivery aid 100 so that it can engage in the mouth opening 128a of the envelope 128 in order to open it, so that a filling material 122 in FIG the now in the Füilposition located envelope 128 can bring.
- the functionality of the filling station described with reference to FIG. 1 is such that a feed of an envelope withdrawn from an envelope feeder takes place from the side, with an envelope window, if present, and the envelope flap 128b lying down, and the mouth opening 128a pointing upwards ,
- the envelopes are transported with open tab, for example via the suction belt 106 from below into the filling station and positioned there.
- the envelope 128 is received on the bottom side in a guide during transport into the filling station and oriented on the bottom of the envelope 128c outside the filling level.
- a lateral positioning of the envelope can take place, for example, via stops, edges or traps or else directly through the auger conveyor 106.
- the inserted into the Fülistation envelope 128 is taken after positioning by the cylinder segment rollers 100a, 110b, depending on the maximum envelope flap of one or more cylinder segment rollers 100a, 110b on the envelope flap 128b and a predetermined distance in the direction of the contents (contrary to the Guttransport- Ro direction) and mounted on the filling aid 100 and an optionally present lateral Gut arrangement.
- the envelope bottom 128c is released and transported completely into the filling area of the filling station.
- the Saugriementransport 106 is deactivated, and instead of the Saugriementransports alternatively a segment transport with active and non-active areas can be provided.
- the envelope can be fixed by, for example, by the roller 125, by the bottom of the envelope guide attached suction strips and / or mounted on the side Gut Adjusten suction during filling of the envelope.
- the envelope filling takes place by means of the filling slide 124, which conveys the filling material 122 into the opened envelope.
- the envelope fixing is released and the envelope can be removed from the filling station, for example via the filling slides.
- a second envelope is transported below the first envelope into the filling station.
- suitable means such as blowing air, chamfers, edges or traps damage to the envelope at the inlet are prevented.
- a collision with the transport elements of the filling station is avoided in that the transport elements are designed as cylinder segment rollers that do not hinder the entry of the tab of the new envelope.
- a maximum of two envelopes are positioned one below the other.
- the parallel connection of the processes just described, namely the filling / removal and the feeding of a new envelope, makes it possible to provide another envelope immediately after the filling and before the completion of the removal of the filled envelope, whereby high performance is achieved.
- the inventive approach is advantageous because the envelope height has no effect on the feed rate.
- the envelope height is the dimension of the envelope from the envelope bottom to the edge where the flap of the envelope is attached to the envelope body, the so-called hinge line. This independence from the envelope height is achieved in that the egg transport of the envelope always takes place at the height of the hinge line.
- the position of the hinge line of the inserted envelope is position 108.
- the following functional sequence is shown below for the following conditions:
- the envelope is fed from the side, with the supply being clocked and the envelopes having a predetermined distance.
- the windows of the envelopes are directed downwards, and two envelopes among themselves are arranged in the filling station at the same time.
- An envelope is drawn onto the filling aid a predetermined distance, dispensing with a sucker for an envelope opening.
- a functionality is assumed in which a next envelope is retracted only when the preceding envelope has reached the filling position, and a filled envelope is dispensed when the new envelope is fully retracted so that movement overlaps are avoided , FIG.
- the filled envelope 126 which contains the filling material 122, has been drawn off and removed from the filling aid 100 so that the lower envelope 128 has been opened and being retracted, with the envelope 128 located underneath in the inflation station, starting to move against the product at a predetermined, predetermined distance, shown in Fig. 2.
- another envelope 130 is shown in Fig. 2 ready to be fed to the filling station In Fig.
- an already filled envelope 132 is shown, which is located downstream of the filler Upstream with respect to the filling station, two product groups 134a and 134b to be enveloped are shown, wherein the product group 134a is to be introduced into the envelope 128 and the product group 134b into the envelope 130.
- both envelopes are arranged one above the other in the filling station, which is advantageous since there is no need to wait for the envelope 126 to fully extend, rather an envelope may already be provided for the next fill as the filled envelope 126 is extended, thereby increasing the throughput results.
- the envelopes 128 and 130 are arranged with their Hinge Line HL still at the position 108 immediately in front of the filling aid.
- the filled envelope 126 has been removed by another distance in the good transport direction RQ, while the new envelope 128 has already been moved in the direction of the filling aids 100, so that its hinge line HL is in a position in good transport direction RQ before the position 108, whereas the position the hinge line HL 130 of the newly supplied envelope 130 is unchanged at the position 108.
- the filling material 134a which is to be introduced into the envelope 128, is moved in the direction of the filling station, and in FIG. 4 has almost reached the lateral guides 118.
- the new envelope 128 has now been drawn onto the filling aid 100 by the predetermined distance, and the filling material 134a has reached the guides 118.
- the envelope 126 filled in the preceding cycle has now left the filling station or has left the region 104c of the envelope feeder 104 behind.
- the new to be filled envelope 128 is now mounted on the filling aid 100 in the described embodiment and stands still.
- the filling process starts by introducing the group of contents 124a into the envelope 128.
- the envelope 130 is moved into the filling station.
- the situation is shown in which the envelope 130 has already been introduced in the direction of the envelope transport direction K to a small extent in the filling station, as shown by the overlapping region of the envelopes 128 and 130.
- the envelope 130 is retracted with its hinge line HLoo aligned to the position 108, so that the envelope 130 is retracted outside of the filling area.
- FIGS. 7 to 13 show the position in the elements described above after ts, t 6 , t 7 , t 8 , t tio and tu.
- FIGS. 7 to 13 show the filling of the envelope 128 by introducing the group of contents 134a, while at the same time the envelope 130 is introduced into the envelope feed, so that finally the situation shown in FIG. 14 results which in turn corresponds to the starting position 2, namely the situation in which the envelope 128 is filled and already another envelope 130 is ready for receiving the further Gregutgrappen 134b.
- the process described above for filling the envelope 130 and for simultaneously providing another envelope is repeated.
- a subsequent envelope 130 is retracted only when the previous envelope 128 is mounted on the filling aid 100 in order to avoid movement overlaps in two directions, that is to say in the direction of the goods transport and in the direction of the envelope transport.
- the filled envelope 128 is dispensed only when the subsequent envelope 130 is fully retracted, as shown in FIG. 14, to avoid movement overlaps in the two directions, namely, the transfer direction and the envelope delivery direction.
- Embodiments of the invention use this approach to facilitate process control, but it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
- two-way motion overlap may be allowed, such that the subsequent envelope is retracted while the previous envelope is being fed onto the filling aid and / or the filled envelope is dispensed while the subsequent envelope is being retracted.
- the filling aids are preferably displaceable in the format area and are designed so that no gaps or edges form, against which the incoming envelope flap can abut or hang.
- the paper handling equipment 200 may include one or more input channels, with only one input channel 206 shown in FIG. 15 by way of example.
- the input channel includes various paper handling components, such as a tailor, a merger, a gathering station, a folder, and / or a gathering path with one or more shim feeder (s).
- the system 200 comprises at least one output channel 208 for further processing of the enveloped goods, for example a franking unit or a sorting unit.
- a controller 210 which controls the components in the input channel 206, the output channel 208 and the inserter 202 as well as the filling station 204.
- Fig. 15 shows a central controller 210
- embodiments of the invention are not limited to such a configuration, but the controller may also be disposed remotely in each of the components, and the respective drive signals for the follower components are transferred between the components.
- some aspects have been described in the context of a device, it will be understood that these aspects also constitute a description of the corresponding method, so that a block or a component of a device is also to be understood as a corresponding method step or as a feature of a method step.
- aspects described in connection with or as a method step also include a description of a corresponding block or detail or indicia of a corresponding device.
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