GB854863A - Improvements in or relating to apparatus for mechanically handling thin flat articles - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to apparatus for mechanically handling thin flat articles

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Publication number
GB854863A
GB854863A GB15003/57A GB1500357A GB854863A GB 854863 A GB854863 A GB 854863A GB 15003/57 A GB15003/57 A GB 15003/57A GB 1500357 A GB1500357 A GB 1500357A GB 854863 A GB854863 A GB 854863A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
letter
rollers
letters
roller
disc
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB15003/57A
Inventor
Geoffrey Percy Copping
Donald James Parker
David John Barr
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Post Office
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Post Office
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Priority to BE567587D priority Critical patent/BE567587A/xx
Application filed by Post Office filed Critical Post Office
Priority to GB15003/57A priority patent/GB854863A/en
Priority to US733076A priority patent/US2950675A/en
Priority to DEP20665A priority patent/DE1145553B/en
Priority to FR1206767D priority patent/FR1206767A/en
Priority to CH5934558A priority patent/CH366058A/en
Publication of GB854863A publication Critical patent/GB854863A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5246—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
    • 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
    • B65H29/16—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
    • B65H29/18—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains and introducing into 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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/20—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
    • B65H29/22—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders and introducing into 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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • 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
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped members
    • 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
    • B65H29/70—Article bending or stiffening arrangements
    • 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
    • B65H5/06—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers
    • B65H5/062—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers between rollers or balls
    • 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
    • B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
    • B65H5/38—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4214—Forming a pile of articles on edge
    • B65H2301/42146—Forming a pile of articles on edge by introducing articles from above
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)

Abstract

854,863. Feeding and delivering sheets; stamp-cancelling. POSTMASTER GENERAL. May 9, 1958 [May 10, 1957], No. 15003/57. Classes 100(1) and 100(2) Stamp-cancelling and delivery apparatus:- Letters 28-31 separated from a stack and fed downwardly to continuously driven rollers 17, Fig. 3, intercept a beam of light 21 focused on a photo-electric cell 22 which controls a singlerevolution clutch in epicyclic gearing driving rollers 20 which deliver the letters to a stacking box. The arrangement is such that when the light beam 21 is intercepted the clutch is operated, after a suitable delay, so that the rollers 20 are moving with a peripheral speed equal to-the linear speed of a letter when they engage the letter, and feed the letter a distance equal to one half the circumference of the rollers. The rollers 20 swing the letter into alignment with an inclined wall 19. Upon the entry of a succeeding letter, the rollers 20 are again rotated, and the letter already engaged by the rollers, and the leading portion of the next letter, are fed a further step. The right hand roller 20 may be a stamp-cancelling roller, as it only engages the leading portion of each letter. The stacking box for the letters comprises an inclined floor 23, a movable stop 24, and a rotating starwheel 25, and is constructed as shown in plan in Fig. 4. Letters 28 are supported on end by spaced strips 70 supported on bolts 71 secured to an end wall 73. These bolts also support a guide wall 76 and brackets 77 which carry a shaft 78. A movable stop 79, which recedes as letters are stacked, comprises a plate secured to a block 80 mounted by two sets of ball bearings 82 on the shaft 78, and slidably supported by ball bearings on the guide wall 76. The stop plate 79 is urged to the right by means including a spring 85, cord 86, and pulley 87. A number of star-wheels 74 on a driven shaft 75 assist the stacking operation. Sheet separators and forwarders:- According to the Provisional Specification, a stack of letters 2, Fig. 1, supported on edge on an inclined base 1 is urged towards a front wall 3 by a metal roller 16, and the front letter either falls under gravity, or is fed downwardly by a driven friction roller 7, between a disc roller 5 having a soft friction tyre and a pair of disc rollers 8 having hard friction tyres. A shoe 15 serves as a guide for the letters. The disc 5 is driven clockwise to complete the separation of the letter from the stack but the two discs 8 are also driven clockwise to oppose the separation of the letter and serve to stop the separation of a second letter, if such has been separated at the same time as the first. The discs 8 are arranged on each side of the disc 5 on a shaft 11 which is carried by arms 9 pivoted at 10 and urged by springs 12 against an adjustable stop 13. A letter passing between the discs 5, 8 is slightly bowed transversely.
GB15003/57A 1957-05-10 1957-05-10 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for mechanically handling thin flat articles Expired GB854863A (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE567587D BE567587A (en) 1957-05-10
GB15003/57A GB854863A (en) 1957-05-10 1957-05-10 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for mechanically handling thin flat articles
US733076A US2950675A (en) 1957-05-10 1958-05-05 Apparatus for mechanically handling thin flat articles
DEP20665A DE1145553B (en) 1957-05-10 1958-05-09 Device for stacking thin, flat objects such as letters
FR1206767D FR1206767A (en) 1957-05-10 1958-05-09 Device for handling flat and thin objects such as letters, their stacking and unstacking
CH5934558A CH366058A (en) 1957-05-10 1958-05-10 Device for continuously peeling off and stacking thin, flat articles from a bundle

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BE (1) BE567587A (en)
CH (1) CH366058A (en)
DE (1) DE1145553B (en)
FR (1) FR1206767A (en)
GB (1) GB854863A (en)

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DE1195672B (en) * 1962-10-24 1965-06-24 Telefunken Patent Device for aligning rectangular flat mail items on two mutually perpendicular reference surfaces
FR2555918A1 (en) * 1983-12-06 1985-06-07 Hotchkiss Brandt Sogeme Receptacle for sorting machine
EP0970902A2 (en) * 1993-03-03 2000-01-12 Xerox Corporation Sheet buffering method
EP0970902A3 (en) * 1993-03-03 2000-01-26 Xerox Corporation Sheet buffering method

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US2950675A (en) 1960-08-30
CH366058A (en) 1962-12-15
DE1145553B (en) 1963-03-14
BE567587A (en)
FR1206767A (en) 1960-02-11

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