EP2933215B1 - Second rouleau de pliage avec commande d'entrefer variable - Google Patents

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EP2933215B1
EP2933215B1 EP14165250.3A EP14165250A EP2933215B1 EP 2933215 B1 EP2933215 B1 EP 2933215B1 EP 14165250 A EP14165250 A EP 14165250A EP 2933215 B1 EP2933215 B1 EP 2933215B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16Rotary folders
    • B65H45/161Flying tuck folders
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/18Oscillating or reciprocating blade folders
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/20Location in space
    • B65H2511/22Distance
    • B65H2511/224Nip between rollers, between belts or between rollers and belts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/20Avoiding or preventing undesirable effects
    • B65H2601/25Damages to handled material
    • B65H2601/251Smearing

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  1. Ensemble de second rouleau de pliage, qui comprend :
    une paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16), chacun supportés sur un élément de support (20, 22), la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage formant un écartement (2) entre eux afin de transporter un livre, les deux seconds rouleaux de pliage étant séparés par un espace (d) au niveau de l'écartement ;
    un ou plusieurs actionneur(s) (80, 82) relié(s) aux éléments de support ; et
    un contrôleur (10) relié au(x) actionneur(s), le contrôleur contrôlant le ou les actionneur(s) afin de varier la taille de l'espace ; caractérisé en ce que
    la taille de l'espace est contrôlée afin d'être une première taille lorsqu'un bord d'attaque du livre pénètre dans l'écartement, et la taille de l'espace est contrôlée afin d'être une seconde taille après que le bord d'attaque du livre a quitté l'écartement, et pendant qu'une partie du livre se trouve dans l'écartement, la seconde taille étant supérieur à la première.
  2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, qui comprend en outre un capteur destiné à détecter une position d'une lame de pliage, et le contrôleur (10) relié au capteur, le contrôleur contrôlant la taille de l'espace en fonction de la position.
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 1 ou 2, qui comprend en outre :
    un premier ensemble d'inclinaison (48) relié à l'élément de support d'un premier de la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16) ;
    un second ensemble d'inclinaison (50) relié à l'élément de support d'un second de la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16), l'espace ayant la première taille lorsque le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison sont étendus ;
    dans lequel le(s) actionneur(s) comprend/comprennent un premier actionneur (80) relié au premier ensemble d'inclinaison et un second actionneur (82) relié au second ensemble d'inclinaison, et dans lequel le contrôleur (10) contrôle le premier et le second actionneurs afin de rétracter le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison de façon à changer la taille de l'espace en une seconde taille.
  4. Ensemble selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le premier et le second actionneurs sont des vérins à tiges de pistons hydrauliques (80, 82).
  5. Ensemble selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans lequel le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison sont des vérins à tiges de pistons pneumatiques (482,502).
  6. Ensemble selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans lequel le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison comprennent chacun une tige de liaison (481, 501) et un ressort ou un vérin pneumatique.
  7. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 6, dans lequel chaque élément de support (20, 22) possède une première extrémité et une seconde extrémité, la première extrémité supportant l'un des seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16), et la seconde extrémité étant reliée à l'un desdits ensembles d'inclinaison associés.
  8. Ensemble selon la revendication 7, dans lequel chaque élément de support (20, 22) peut pivoter autour d'un pivot respectif (24,26) situé entre la première extrémité et la seconde extrémité.
  9. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel le contrôleur modifie l'espace entre la première taille et la seconde taille après que la signature est entrée dans l'écartement, et avant que 25,4 mm d'un bord d'attaque de la signature soit sorti de l'écartement.
  10. Procédé de variation d'un espace entre des seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16) d'un dossier lorsqu'un livre passe par l'espace, qui comprend :
    le fait de prévoir une paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage (14, 16), chacun supportés sur un élément de support (20, 22), la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage formant un écartement entre eux afin de transporter un livre, les seconds rouleaux de pliage étant séparés par un espace (d) au niveau de l'écartement (2) ;
    la rotation de la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage ; caractérisé en ce que, en outre :
    l'espace (d) est réglé sur une première dimension ;
    un bord d'attaque d'un livre (1) est inséré dans l'écartement entre la paire pivotante de seconds rouleaux de pliage pendant que l'écart possède la première taille ;
    l'espace est modifié en une seconde taille, avec un ou plusieurs actionneur(s), après que le bord d'attaque du livre a quitté l'écartement (2), situé(s) entre la paire pivotante de seconds rouleaux de pliage et pendant qu'une partie du livre se trouve dans l'écartement entre la paire pivotante de seconds rouleaux de pliage, la seconde dimension étant supérieure à la première dimension.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, qui comprend en outre la détection de position d'une lame de pliage (3) et la modification de la taille de l'espace en fonction de la position.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 10 ou 11, qui comprend en outre
    le fait de prévoir un premier ensemble d'inclinaison (48) relié à l'élément de support d'un premier de la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage ;
    le fait de prévoir un second ensemble d'inclinaison (50) relié à l'élément de support d'un second de la paire de seconds rouleaux de pliage, l'espace ayant la première taille lorsque le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison sont étendus ; et
    dans lequel l'étape de modification comprend en outre la rétractation du premier et du second ensemble d'inclinaison (48, 50) afin de modifier la taille de l'espace en une seconde taille.
  13. Procédé selon n'importe l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, dans lequel l'étape de modification comprend le passage de l'espace de la première taille à la seconde taille après que le livre est pénétré dans l'écartement, et avant que 25,4 mm du bord d'attaque du livre soient sortis de l'écartement.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 12 au moins, dans lequel le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison sont des vérins à tiges de pistons pneumatiques (482,502).
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 12 au moins, dans lequel le premier et le second ensembles d'inclinaison comprennent chacun une tige de liaison (481, 501) et un ressort ou un vérin pneumatique.
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