GB1500475A - Signature feeder - Google Patents

Signature feeder

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Publication number
GB1500475A
GB1500475A GB24418/76A GB2441876A GB1500475A GB 1500475 A GB1500475 A GB 1500475A GB 24418/76 A GB24418/76 A GB 24418/76A GB 2441876 A GB2441876 A GB 2441876A GB 1500475 A GB1500475 A GB 1500475A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
pile
belt
belts
sensed
detector
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB24418/76A
Other languages
English (en)
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Stobb Inc
Original Assignee
Stobb Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Stobb Inc filed Critical Stobb Inc
Publication of GB1500475A publication Critical patent/GB1500475A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/04—Endless-belt separators
    • B65H3/045—Endless-belt separators for separating substantially vertically stacked articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/30—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for replenishing the pile during continuous separation of articles therefrom
    • 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
    • B65H5/24—Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a 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
    • B65H83/00—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such
    • B65H83/02—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such performed on the same pile or stack
    • 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
    • B65H2301/421—Forming a pile
    • B65H2301/4213—Forming a pile of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles
    • B65H2301/42134—Feeder loader, i.e. picking up articles from a main stack for maintaining continuously enough articles in a machine feeder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/03—Image reproduction devices
    • B65H2801/21—Industrial-size printers, e.g. rotary printing press

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
GB24418/76A 1975-07-07 1976-06-11 Signature feeder Expired GB1500475A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/593,848 US3982749A (en) 1975-07-07 1975-07-07 Signature feeder

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1500475A true GB1500475A (en) 1978-02-08

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB24418/76A Expired GB1500475A (en) 1975-07-07 1976-06-11 Signature feeder

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US3982749A (forum.php)
CH (1) CH612649A5 (forum.php)
DE (1) DE2628451A1 (forum.php)
FR (1) FR2317208A1 (forum.php)
GB (1) GB1500475A (forum.php)
NL (1) NL7607241A (forum.php)
SE (1) SE7606546L (forum.php)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS54108367A (en) * 1978-02-14 1979-08-24 Osako Seisakushiyo Kk Folded whole space feeder to collator* etc*

Families Citing this family (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4177982A (en) * 1977-02-24 1979-12-11 Mccain Manufacturing Corporation Sheet feeders
DE3139290A1 (de) * 1980-12-23 1982-08-05 Windmöller & Hölscher, 4540 Lengerich Vorrichtung zum herstellen von schuppenbandrollen aus geschuppt uebereinander abgelegten flachen flexiblen gegenstaenden
US4502828A (en) * 1981-06-05 1985-03-05 Stobb, Inc. Automated sheet-moving system
DE3218566C2 (de) * 1982-05-17 1984-12-06 Maschinenbau Oppenweiler Binder GmbH & Co, 7155 Oppenweiler Spannvorrichtung für wenigstens ein einer Umlenktrommel eines Rundstapelbogenanlegers zugeordnetes Anpreßband
DD210665A1 (de) * 1982-10-12 1984-06-20 Polygraph Leipzig Einrichtung zum kontinuierlichen nachfuellen eines flachstapels
JPS60204563A (ja) * 1984-03-28 1985-10-16 Yamada Kikai Kogyo Kk 薄物の供給装置
US4819929A (en) * 1987-02-24 1989-04-11 Stobb, Inc. Apparatus and method for feeding sheets to a sheet gatherer
US5004219A (en) * 1987-11-27 1991-04-02 Godlewski Edward S Up-feed conveyor system
US4928946A (en) * 1988-05-25 1990-05-29 Bell & Howell Company Vertical feed mechanism for documents
IT1236513B (it) * 1989-10-06 1993-03-11 Augusto Marchetti Dispositivo per l'alimentazione di cartoni appiattiti e impilati a un magazzino verticale posto sulla sommita' di una macchina formatrice di scatole di cartone.
US5092574A (en) * 1990-09-05 1992-03-03 Pitney Bowes Inc. Apparatus for feeding sheets
US5114129A (en) 1990-12-14 1992-05-19 R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Signature feeding apparatus
US5533719A (en) * 1992-04-27 1996-07-09 Roll Systems, Inc. Stacker jam detector
US5366212A (en) * 1992-04-27 1994-11-22 Roll Systems, Inc. Web-fed sheet stacker and separator
US5540422A (en) * 1994-10-24 1996-07-30 Baldwin Technology Corporation Stacker-bundler transfer apparatus
US6427999B1 (en) 1999-02-17 2002-08-06 Quad/Tech, Inc. Signature hopper loader apparatus and method
US6173950B1 (en) * 1999-05-10 2001-01-16 Gbr Systems Corporation Sheet feeding mechanism
US7222844B2 (en) * 2002-03-29 2007-05-29 Quad/Graphics, Inc. Hopper loader with lateral deblocking

Family Cites Families (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US572154A (en) * 1896-12-01 Paper-feeding machine
US652821A (en) * 1899-05-08 1900-07-03 Edward M Vail Stamp-canceling machine.
US1046070A (en) * 1909-06-15 1912-12-03 Edgar Jerome Toilet-paper holder.
US3522943A (en) * 1968-03-27 1970-08-04 Donnelley & Sons Co Signature feeder for gathering machine
US3635463A (en) * 1970-05-08 1972-01-18 Stobb Inc Sheet feeder off a stack of sheets
US3741413A (en) * 1971-11-08 1973-06-26 Container Corp Structure for handling stacked flat articles
CH544026A (de) * 1972-09-21 1973-11-15 Grapha Holding Ag Vorrichtung zum Umsetzen eines Papierbogenstapels in einen Schuppenstrom

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS54108367A (en) * 1978-02-14 1979-08-24 Osako Seisakushiyo Kk Folded whole space feeder to collator* etc*

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2317208B1 (forum.php) 1980-04-25
DE2628451A1 (de) 1977-01-20
NL7607241A (nl) 1977-01-11
FR2317208A1 (fr) 1977-02-04
SE7606546L (sv) 1977-01-08
CH612649A5 (forum.php) 1979-08-15
US3982749A (en) 1976-09-28

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee