EP2704972A1 - Device and method for transporting a shell - Google Patents
Device and method for transporting a shellInfo
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- EP2704972A1 EP2704972A1 EP12733662.6A EP12733662A EP2704972A1 EP 2704972 A1 EP2704972 A1 EP 2704972A1 EP 12733662 A EP12733662 A EP 12733662A EP 2704972 A1 EP2704972 A1 EP 2704972A1
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of incorporation of goods in envelopes, such as the introduction of one or more goods into an envelope, and more particularly to an approach for transporting a wrapper to an inserter, to a wrapper, and to an inserter.
- the desired orientation of the envelope may be e.g. be such that a Kuvertvorderseite on which the envelope flap is arranged, is directed downwards, so that a good to be introduced can be moved when introduced into the envelope on the envelope flap.
- Known inserters include, for example, one or more envelope magazines above the filling position from which the envelopes are withdrawn and moved to the filling position, which may require turning the envelope to achieve the desired orientation of the envelope at the filling position.
- envelope magazines are described, for example, in US Pat. No. 5,251,425 A, EP 2 189 297 A1 or WO 03/061988 A1.
- the envelope magazine is located below the filling position, as described, for example, in US Pat. No. 3,423,900 A or US Pat. No. 4,020,615.
- the envelopes are fed without requiring a change in the direction of transport, however, the envelope magazine is difficult to access, so that the refilling of envelopes is complicated and difficult for an operator.
- an envelope magazine is arranged next to the inserter, for example in an orientation perpendicular to the direction of extension of the inserter at a position that is easily accessible by an operator, so that the problems with regard to the operation, especially in With regard to the provision of a sufficient number of envelopes, be avoided.
- EP 1 473 173 A1 or WO 2010/027521 A1 describes such approaches, wherein EP 1 473 173 A1 requires additional screw transport in order to move the envelopes out of the envelope transport plane into the filling plane, which reduces the achievable throughput.
- WO 2010/027521 AI requires an orientation of the extension direction upwards, so that a deflection of the filled envelope is required.
- Other approaches e.g. in US 2003/0150194 A1 or in DE 102 36 497 A1, a deflection of the envelopes from a first transport direction, in which the envelopes are withdrawn from the magazine, is effected in a second transport direction for feeding to the inserter, what eg requires a deflection by 90 °.
- Inserter disadvantageous because the 90 ° deflection limits the performance.
- the envelopes are stopped on reaching the 90 ° deflection and taken over by a new transport. Due to the start / stop operation, high forces act on the envelope, which leads to additional loads on the envelope. Further, there is a risk of damage to an envelope, for example, at the edge, which meets the stop in the deflection, which problems in the subsequent inserting can occur by Fehlkuvertmaschineen or jams.
- such approaches require a costly conversion of transports in the case of format changes, since an envelope is initially moved, for example, in the direction of the edges perpendicular to the envelope opening, but is moved further away from the deflecting position in a direction parallel to these edges. The possibly required turning requires an additional element, which takes additional time and the risk of Damage or problems in the transport of the envelope in itself, so that the throughput can be adversely affected.
- the present invention provides a device for transporting a casing, comprising: an intake transport; a turning unit for deflecting and turning the envelope; and an exit transport; wherein the turning unit, the infeed conveyor and the outfeed conveyor are arranged such that at least the infeed transport or the outfeed transport transports the envelope moving through the turning unit.
- the present invention further provides an envelope transport system having a magazine configured to receive a plurality of envelopes and a device according to embodiments of the invention, wherein the infeed transport is coupled to the magazine to receive envelopes provided by the magazine.
- the present invention further provides an inserter for inserting one or more articles into a wrapper having a crop feeder, a wrapper transport system according to embodiments of the invention, and an inserter for inserting the one or more articles into a wrapper provided by the wrapper transport system.
- the present invention further provides a method for transporting a casing, comprising: Feeding the envelope;
- Embodiments of the invention comprise a turning unit comprising a turning bowl with an inner shell and an outer shell, between which a distance is provided, between which the shell, preferably an envelope, moves. Further embodiments of the invention are defined in the subclaims.
- the approach according to the invention is advantageous, since the envelope magazine can be arranged at an easily reachable position, e.g. in addition to the Ku vertierer, while avoiding the existing problems in the art with the deflection and the turning of a withdrawn envelope can be avoided.
- the envelope is moved continuously (without stop) by the turning unit, which at the same time causes a deflection and turning of the envelope, without having to change its orientation with respect to the transport direction, so that e.g. the envelope is transported in front of the turning unit and after the turning unit via its broad side (side parallel to the envelope opening).
- This has u. a. the advantage that at the same throughput lower transport speeds are required compared to a transport over the long side (side perpendicular to the envelope opening).
- a further advantage consists in that the turning unit causes the envelope to twist, whereby stresses within the envelope are released and, if appropriate, mechanically bonded to adhering front and back sides of the envelope, for example due to adhering adhesive dots on the inside of the envelope. Furthermore, the envelope flap is overpressed by the turning of the envelope, so that it remains in the open position during further processing or a return to a position overlapping the carcass body is prevented.
- the approach according to the invention is furthermore format-independent, ie regardless of the size of the envelopes, processing without format conversion is possible. Damage to the Envelopes are avoided because there are no stops. Within the turning bowl no actuator is required, but it is ensured that the envelope is transported at least by one of the on-run or outfeed transports, so that a continuous movement of the envelope is ensured.
- envelopes are articles that comprise two layers of sheet-like elements joined together at a plurality of their edges, one layer optionally comprising a window of another material.
- envelopes include an envelope flap projecting from one side of the envelope or overlapped with the envelope.
- envelopes - unlike sheets - due to their indefinite and unfavorable geometry, such as changing tabs or the unfavorable height / width ratio, are not suitable for transport by turning units.
- approaches mentioned for the processing of sheets of the same format are provided and an adjustment of the required transport elements is not provided.
- Kuvcrtierer but work with different envelope formats, the dimensions of which may differ by a few centimeters, so that conventional turning units are not suitable to promote such envelopes or require a complicated conversion of the transports.
- turning bowls as described in the cited documents, are not suitable for transporting envelopes.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device for transporting a casing according to an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of a device for transporting a
- Fig. 3 shows a side sectional view of the arrangement of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 shows a device for transporting a casing according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of the device according to the invention.
- Fig. 6 shows an envelope transport system having a device according to embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 7 shows an inserter comprising the envelope transport system described with reference to FIG. 6.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device for transporting a sleeve according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, on the basis of which the envelope supply via a Turning cup is explained in detail.
- the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 is provided in its entirety by the reference numeral 100 and includes an inlet conveyor 102, a turning unit 104 and an outlet transport 106.
- the inlet conveyor 102, the turning bowl 104 and the outlet transport 106 are arranged in the envelope transport direction one behind the other
- An envelope Kr is fed along a first transport direction Tj through the intake transport
- the envelope K comprises an envelope body 1 12, which comprises a Kuvertvorderseite 1 14, a Ku Wegückseite 1 16 and an envelope opening 1 18.
- the envelope Kj further comprises an envelope flap 120, which is arranged on the envelope front side 1 14, wherein the connection region between the envelope flap 120 and the envelope front side is referred to as a hinge-line (HL).
- the envelope Ki comprises two parallel longitudinal sides 1221, 122 2 which are defined by the parallel edges of the envelope K ⁇ , which are perpendicular to the hinge line.
- the envelope j comprises two opposite broad sides 124), 124 2 defined by the edges perpendicular to the longitudinal sides 122j, 122 2 .
- the leading edge 124] in the direction of transport Ti defines an envelope bottom of the envelope Ki.
- the rear or following edge 124 2 coincides with the hinge-line (HL).
- the transport of the envelope K] is preferably carried out in the orientation shown on the broad side with the envelope flap 120 in the transport direction behind.
- the envelope Ki is moved by means of the intake transport 102 in the direction of the turning bowl 104. There it undergoes a deflection by 90 ° and a turn so that the Kuvertvorderseite 1 14 lying in the inlet conveyor 102 below lying in the outlet transport 106 above, as shown in Fig. 1 due to the design of the turning bowl.
- the deflected and-turned envelope is moved along the transport direction T 2, wherein the Ti transport direction and the transport direction T 2 are perpendicular to each other.
- the turning cup 104 is arranged perpendicular to an angle bisector of the angle, which is spanned by the two transport directions Tj and T 2 .
- the envelope Kj is also moved after turning and deflecting over the broad side, ie the orientation of the edges of the envelope in front of and behind the turning bowl relative to the respective transport direction 1 and T 2 remains unchanged.
- the broad side 124 r forms the leading edge in the transport direction both before and after the turning bowl.
- arranged on the hinge-line broadside 124 2 remains in the transport direction rear edge.
- the orientation of the longitudinal sides 122t and 122 2 each parallel to the respective transport direction to ⁇ and T 2 is also maintained.
- the turning bowl 104 comprises two shells, an inner shell and an outer shell, which are arranged at a distance to each other, between which the envelope is moved. Due to the arrangement of the turning deschale carried out the deflection and turning described above such that the supplied in the intake transport plane envelope in the manner shown in Fig. 1 in the outlet conveyor plane, which is above or below (in Fig. 1 below) the inlet conveyor plane is arranged.
- the turning bowl preferably comprises half-cylindrical shell elements in cross-section.
- the infeed transport or the outfeed transport extends as far as the corresponding shells, so that an envelope passing through the turning bowl 104 is initially moved at least by the infeed transport, and an already turned and deflected part of the envelope is conveyed by the outfeed conveyor that upon release of the envelope by the intake transport already a winning is ensured by the discharge transport and thus a continuous movement.
- the elements of the turning bowl are passive elements, ie they are not driven. According to embodiments can be provided to provide stationary, so non-moving elements, however, it is equally possible, for example, to design the inner turning cup by a rotatably mounted rod, whereby the transport is supported.
- FIG. 2 shows a further, schematic representation of a device according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, wherein elements described with reference to FIG. 1 are provided with the same reference numerals.
- FIG. 2 shows the angle bisector WH of the angle spanned by the two transport directions Ti and T 2 , wherein, as mentioned, the turning cup 104, which is shown schematically in FIG. 2, is arranged orthogonal to the bisecting line WH.
- the intake transport 102 comprises a roller transport 126 which has two parallel rows each comprising a plurality of individual rollers arranged one behind the other in the transport direction ⁇ . Not shown in FIG.
- the outfeed conveyor 106 also comprises a roller transport 128 with two rows of a plurality of rollers arranged in parallel, the rollers arranged above being not shown in FIG. 2.
- the transports 126 and 128 are designed to ensure transport of the envelopes to the reversing tray 104, wherein in the embodiment shown in the infeed conveyor 102 the width of the transport area defined by the transport 126 is in the direction of the turning bowl 104 decreases. More specifically, one of the transport element rows of the transport 126 comprises a transport element less than the upper row, so that a transport element is arranged adjacent to the reversing shell 104.
- the envelope is driven until the turning bowl 104 is reached.
- the Outfeed transport 106 comprises a roller transport having a substantially similar structure, which ensures that an envelope is already transported by leaving the turn-off tray 104 through the outlet transport, so that a continuous, continuous movement during the turning and turning process is ensured.
- the inlet conveyor 102 thus comprises a plurality of successively arranged transport elements, as well as the outlet transport 106.
- the width of the transport 126 decreases in the direction of the turning cup 104, whereas the width of the transport 128 starting from the turning cup 104 increases.
- the inlet and / or the outlet transport may additionally comprise one or more idling rollers, which are eg arranged between the rollers in FIG. 2 (see reference number 126 ').
- This roller 126 ' is effective to apply a counter-torque to an envelope to prevent warping or misalignment of a non-conveyed portion of the envelope, which may be desirable, especially for small formats.
- the table below gives examples of common size envelope formats in Europe with the appropriate dimensions used in inserters.
- Table 1 illustrates the variety of different envelope formats that may be processed by a customer and that pass through a turn-over cup.
- the envelopes may also have windows with different sizes at different positions.
- the present invention is not limited to the design of the inlet and outlet transport as a roller transport, but the inlet and outlet transport may each comprise a plurality of shafts, wherein the waves in the direction of the turning bowl have a decreasing width To ensure the continuous transport of the envelope to and from the turning bowl.
- belt transports or suction belt transports may be provided. In another embodiment, it may be provided to transport the envelopes between continuously moving belts or wipes which are moved around the turning bowl.
- transport demesne can be used in the entry and exit transport, z.
- rollers and shafts rollers and belts or shafts and belts.
- FIG. 3 shows a side sectional view of the arrangement from FIG. 2, from which it can be seen that the transport planes LI and L2, in which the envelopes are retracted or extended, lie at different heights.
- Fig. 3 shows the roller transport 126 of the intake conveyor 102 of the, as already mentioned above, superposed rollers for
- Transport of envelopes between them in the direction of the turning bowl 104 includes.
- the discharge conveyor 106 comprises the roller transport 128, which also has superimposed rollers to transport the deflected and turned envelope.
- an embodiment of the turning cup 104 is further shown, comprising an inner shell 130a and an outer shell 130b, which are arranged at a distance 130c to each other, so that a passage between the two shells 130a and 130b, through which a Envelope for deflecting and turning is moved, which is achieved by the arrangement of the turning bowl, as shown in Fig. 2 with respect to the transport direction.
- the transport planes LI and L2 are shown as horizontal, parallel planes. The present invention is not limited to such orientation of the transport planes LI and L2.
- the transport planes LI and L2 can also be arranged inclined. It can be provided, for example, that the transport planes LI and L2 are inclined in the direction of the respective transport direction, so that the intake transport, for example, from a position above or below a plane in which an envelope enters the turning bowl, up or down to the turning cup extends.
- the discharge transport may extend from an exit of the turning bowl to a position above or below the exit of the turning bowl.
- the present invention is not limited to the previously described turning bowls. Rather, arbitrarily configured turning units can be used, in which the inner and outer elements are realized by appropriate wire mesh. Likewise, it is not a continuous unit 104 required, but several adjacent units are possible.
- the turning unit 104 can be realized by a rod assembly or roller assembly, around which a band or a cloth is wound, in order to realize a order-turning and turning operation.
- Fig. 4 shows a device according to another embodiment of the invention.
- the inner shell 130a includes a central portion 132 disposed between two end portions 134a, 134b.
- the central portion 132 can be configured in one piece or in several parts with the end portions 134a and 134b.
- the central portion 132 includes an outer surface 136 and has a substantially schzy linder- or semi-circular cross-section. On the surface 136, an envelope to be used moves as shown in FIG.
- the central portion 132 includes a header 138 which is recessed with respect to the surface 136 and which has a plurality of storage positions (see reference numeral 140) to receive one end of each of the transport members of the inlet.
- a header 138 which is recessed with respect to the surface 136 and which has a plurality of storage positions (see reference numeral 140) to receive one end of each of the transport members of the inlet.
- FIG. 4 only the portion of the central portion 132 shown in the run-in transport plane is shown, but the portion lying in the transport run-out plane is correspondingly constructed and includes a corresponding portion for receiving the transport elements of the run-out transport.
- the intake transport 102 is formed by transport elements 126 which are designed as pairs of waves, wherein the waves in
- the discharge conveyor 106 also includes the shafts 128, which become broader from the turning element 104. Furthermore, a first envelope K) is shown in FIG. 4, which is present on the turning cup 104. A second envelope K 2 is shown being moved by the turntable 104, and an envelope K 3 is shown being removed by the exit transport 106. As can be seen, the turning bowl leads to deflecting the envelopes from the transport direction ⁇ in the transport direction T 2 and furthermore to turning thereof, so that the side of the envelope lying in the infeed transport in the outfeed transport is the bottom side (see FIGS Mark ®). In Fig. 4, the turning cup 104 is shown for simplicity without the outer shell, but in operation, in addition to the inner shell having the arcuate surface 136, the outer shell as shown in Fig. 3 is provided.
- the design of the transport elements 126 and 128 ensures that the envelopes Ki to K 3 are always conveyed during their movement through the reversing tray 104, either from both transports or at least from one of the transports, Femer is the Ausges- 4 advantageous since here, due to the continuous waves, a transport, a deflection and a turning any envelope formats is possible without a change of the transport, for example, a distance of transport elements or the like, would be required.
- FIG. 5 again shows a further exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention, in which the turning cup 104 has a similar construction with respect to its inner shell as in FIG. 4.
- the transport elements 126 and 128 of the inlet and outlet transport 102, 106 are by roller transports formed, wherein the roller transport each two juxtaposed, on a common shaft 141 c , 14 l a arranged rollers 142p 142 4 has.
- FIG. 5 only one shaft of the infeed and outfeed transport are shown for better illustration, but a plurality of corresponding shafts are provided which are arranged with one end in the bearings 140.
- Each of the shafts 141 c , 141 a comprises a drive wheel 144 1 ⁇ 144 2 , for example, to be driven by a belt or a gear.
- the drive wheels 144], 144 2 , opposite ends are rotatably mounted in the bearings or receptacles 140, 140 'of the turning bowl 104.
- the outer shell 130b is further shown, which extends over only a part of the inner shell 130a, preferably from one end 134a to about the middle of the shell 104.
- FIG. 6 shows an envelope transport system comprising the device according to the invention.
- Fig. 6 shows a magazine 150, which is provided for receiving a plurality of envelopes.
- the magazine 150 is provided to receive envelopes (or envelopes) in a standing form.
- the envelopes are preferably arranged with the hinge line upwards and the opening in the transport direction Ti in the magazine 150.
- the magazine 150 comprises a trigger not shown in detail in FIG.
- the device 100 effects the transport of the withdrawn envelope in the transport direction Ti, a deflection of the same in the transport direction T 2 while turning the same by the turning unit 104, and the further transport through the discharge transport 106.
- the system may further comprise a sheath transport 152 to to remove the folded, turned and turned envelope from the magazine 100 to another processing station.
- the system is preferably configured such that the infeed conveyor 102 is coupled to the magazine 150, and that the transport 152 is coupled to the exit conveyor 106 of the apparatus 100, thereby providing continuous movement of the withdrawn envelope through the apparatus 100 and through the transport 152 without Stop is ensured.
- FIG. 7 shows an inserter 160 comprising the envelope transport system described with reference to FIG. 6, in order, together with the articles whose delivery is shown schematically in FIG. 7, from the magazine 150, envelopes or envelopes over the device according to the invention with the desired orientation so as to arrange envelopes for filling by the goods in the inserter 160 and to deliver filled goods.
- the inserter is designed so that the goods and the envelopes are moved continuously from the withdrawal from the magazine 150. The insertion of the goods into the provided envelopes and the extension of the filled envelopes for further processing then take place in the inserter 160.
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