GB2334953A - Document collector,diverter and stager apparatus and method - Google Patents

Document collector,diverter and stager apparatus and method

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Publication number
GB2334953A
GB2334953A GB9914067A GB9914067A GB2334953A GB 2334953 A GB2334953 A GB 2334953A GB 9914067 A GB9914067 A GB 9914067A GB 9914067 A GB9914067 A GB 9914067A GB 2334953 A GB2334953 A GB 2334953A
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Prior art keywords
sheet articles
stage
collected
advanced
transport mechanism
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GB9914067A
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GB9914067D0 (en
GB2334953B (en
Inventor
Neal J Middelberg
Keith A Brown
Gregory T Lucas
Daniel C Park
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Bell and Howell LLC
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Bowe Bell and Howell Co
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Priority claimed from US08/771,589 external-priority patent/US5899453A/en
Application filed by Bowe Bell and Howell Co filed Critical Bowe Bell and Howell Co
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Publication of GB2334953A publication Critical patent/GB2334953A/en
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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
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • 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
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B65H29/60—Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30—Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3054—Arrangements for removing completed piles by moving the surface supporting the lowermost article of the pile, e.g. by using belts or rollers
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65H2301/442—Moving, forwarding, guiding material by acting on edge of handled material
    • B65H2301/4421—Moving, forwarding, guiding material by acting on edge of handled material by abutting edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/30—Chains
    • B65H2404/31—Chains with auxiliary handling means
    • B65H2404/311—Blades, lugs, plates, paddles, fingers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/70—Other elements in edge contact with handled material, e.g. registering, orientating, guiding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/40—Movement
    • B65H2513/41—Direction of movement

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for collecting sheet articles, diverting or advancing the collected sheet articles and staging and further advancing the advanced sheet articles at a predetermined time. Conventional article processing apparatuses utilize solenoid divert gates, stop bracket/movable roller arrangements, lugged timing belt conveyors, and metal chain/push pin conveyors, which limited article processing speeds and increased machine complexity and wear. In accordance with the invention, a document collector, stager and diverter apparatus (10) and method are provided for processing sheet articles through first and second stages (20, 20') without utilizing the above devices. The first stage (20) receives sheet articles (SA) advanced thereto and collected therein and includes a first transport mechanism (22A, 22B) being operative for selectively diverting collected sheet articles in a divert direction opposite to the conveying direction of the sheet articles. Alternately, the first transport mechanism is operative for selectively advancing the collected sheet articles from the first stage to the second stage. In the second stage, sheet articles can be independently processed and held until a predetermined time when they can be advanced from the second stage by a second transport mechanism (22A', 22B'). The first and second transport mechanisms each preferably includes plastic chains each with plastic lugs (LA1-LB4') thereon. The chains of the first and second transport mechanisms are simultaneously rotatably movable by a motor (M, M') and gears (36A, 36B) or pulleys associated therewith.
GB9914067A 1996-12-20 1997-08-27 Document collector,diverter and stager apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related GB2334953B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/771,589 US5899453A (en) 1996-10-21 1996-12-20 Document collector, diverter and stager apparatus and method
PCT/US1997/014151 WO1998028215A1 (en) 1996-12-20 1997-08-27 Document collector, diverter and stager apparatus and method

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GB9914067D0 GB9914067D0 (en) 1999-08-18
GB2334953A true GB2334953A (en) 1999-09-08
GB2334953B GB2334953B (en) 2001-06-27

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DE (1) DE19782203T1 (en)
GB (1) GB2334953B (en)
WO (1) WO1998028215A1 (en)

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Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4318484A (en) * 1979-05-08 1982-03-09 Datasaab Ab Device for sorting out individual articles which differ from the main quantity in a consecutive feedout
US4426074A (en) * 1980-07-31 1984-01-17 Albert Frankenthal Ag Switch for the diversion of spoiled items from an overlapped stream of paper products
US5106077A (en) * 1989-03-06 1992-04-21 Hitachi, Ltd. Paper conveying, discharging and recovering mechanism

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4318484A (en) * 1979-05-08 1982-03-09 Datasaab Ab Device for sorting out individual articles which differ from the main quantity in a consecutive feedout
US4426074A (en) * 1980-07-31 1984-01-17 Albert Frankenthal Ag Switch for the diversion of spoiled items from an overlapped stream of paper products
US5106077A (en) * 1989-03-06 1992-04-21 Hitachi, Ltd. Paper conveying, discharging and recovering mechanism

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GB9914067D0 (en) 1999-08-18
GB2334953B (en) 2001-06-27
CA2274743C (en) 2004-11-23
CA2274743A1 (en) 1998-07-02
WO1998028215A1 (en) 1998-07-02
DE19782203T1 (en) 1999-11-25

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