NZ730037B2 - Creasing devices - Google Patents
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Abstract
creasing device comprises a counter-rotating male drum 2 and female drum 20,40. The male drum 2 carries a conventional creasing ring 4 with a central rib 6 flanked by shoulders 8. The female drum 20,40 comprises a central channel 30,46 aligned with the creasing rib 6 on the male drum 2; and a pair of projecting lateral ribs 26,50 on each side of the central channel 30,46 that are aligned with the shoulders 8 on the male drum 2. The lateral ribs 26,50 press a sheet 14 of the card or paper stock against the shoulders 8 of the creasing ring 4 to better define the edges of the crease and to reduce the tendency of a printed coating on the stock to crack during subsequent folding. The pair of lateral ribs 26 may be provided by a pair of inserts. Alternatively, both ribs 50 and the central channel 46 may be provided by a single insert 42. of projecting lateral ribs 26,50 on each side of the central channel 30,46 that are aligned with the shoulders 8 on the male drum 2. The lateral ribs 26,50 press a sheet 14 of the card or paper stock against the shoulders 8 of the creasing ring 4 to better define the edges of the crease and to reduce the tendency of a printed coating on the stock to crack during subsequent folding. The pair of lateral ribs 26 may be provided by a pair of inserts. Alternatively, both ribs 50 and the central channel 46 may be provided by a single insert 42.
Description
TITLE
Creasing devices
DESCRIPTION
Technical Field
This invention relates to creasing devices for creasing stock such as paper, card, film,
foil or other sheet material to enable it to be easily folded. Such a device may be fitted
to the output of a printing machine or the input of a folding machine or it can be used
in a stand-alone creasing machine or in other contexts.
Background
A high percentage of printed stock such as book covers and brochures needs to be
creased before the next operation of folding can be carried out. The substrate for the
printing may be paper, card, film, foil or any other suitable sheet material.
A known device for creasing stock is described in international patent application
A and illustrated schematically in present Figure 1. The device
consists of a male drum 2 mounted on a first rotary shaft (not shown in Fig. 1), the male
drum 2 having a circumferential groove 3 that carries a creasing ring 4. The profile of
the creasing ring 4 comprises a projecting, circumferential creasing rib 6 flanked by a
pair of generally flat shoulders 8. A female drum 10 is mounted on a second, parallel
rotary shaft (not shown in Fig. 1) and has at least one circumferential channel 12 formed
in its surface. The creasing ring 4 is made from a resilient material such as rubber. The
drums 2,10 are normally made of metal.
When the creasing ring 4 projecting from the male drum 2 is aligned with the channel 12
of the female drum 10, a sheet of the stock 14 fed between the two counter-rotating
drums 2,10 will be creased by the pressure of the creasing ring 4 deforming the stock
14 into the channel 12. The stock 14 is then easy to fold along the pre-formed crease.
Normally a “reverse” fold is used, so that the side 16 of the stock against which the
creasing rib 4 acted is on the outside of the fold as shown in Figure 2, although in many
cases the stock can also successfully be folded the opposite way.
In many digital printing processes, the ink is applied to the stock in such a way that it
is not absorbed but dries to form a coating on the surface. Coated papers can be
regarded as a three-layered composite material of a sandwich structure, comprising a
paper sheet as the middle layer with porous outer layers of a highly mineral-filled later
polymer on both sides. A typical thickness for a coated paper used in digital printing
is 0.10 to 0.15mm with the total thickness of the coating layers accounting for
approximately 10% of the sheet thickness. When stock printed in this way is
subsequently folded along a pre-formed crease, the coating has a tendency to crack and
reveal the colour of the underlying stock, which can make the crease unsightly to the
eye and rough to the touch. The problem is particularly acute when poor quality stock,
for example recycled card and paper, and poor quality inks are employed. It is also a
result of digital printing processes, which normally use heat to dry the ink, thereby
removing moisture from the paper. In contrast, traditional litho printing adds moisture.
The use of a resilient creasing ring on the male drum as described in
A has largely solved the problem of cracking on the outside of the
fold. However, two lines of cracking 18 can still occur on the inside of the fold at the
positions shown in Figure 2.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a creasing device as defined in claim 1.
This creasing device differs from that known in the prior art in that the female drum has
a pair of radially projecting lateral ribs immediately adjacent to the central channel.
Preferably the central channel has side walls formed by the respective lateral ribs. The
female drum according to the invention can be used with a conventional male drum like
that shown in Figure 1 such that the lateral ribs press the stock against the resilient
shoulders of the male drum. It has been found that this arrangement reduces the
problem of cracking of the printed coating on the inside of the fold. The lateral ribs on
the female drum both define the width of the central crease and compress the stock on
each side of the crease. Compression of the stock better defines the crease and where
the printed coating has been compressed its subsequent cracking during folding is
inhibited. Depending on the nature of the stock, the shape of the ribs and on how
compliant the resilient shoulders of the male drum are compared with the ribs of the
female drum, the compression of the sheet of stock may crush the stock to reduce its
thickness and/or deform it to form lasting creases or scores in the sheet. If scores are
formed in this way, they will project from the sheet in the opposite direction to the main
crease and to a smaller distance than the main crease. In either case, it is preferable to
avoid damaging the surface of the sheet, which could encourage cracking when a fold
is subsequently formed.
The radially outer part of each lateral rib may have a rounded profile to concentrate the
pressure in one area without sharp edges that might damage the surface of the stock.
Alternatively, the radially outer part of each lateral rib may have a generally square
profile with radiused corners. The radius on the corner adjacent to the central channel
may be different from the radius on the corner remote from the central channel. For
example the radius on the adjacent corner may be smaller in order to form a well defined
crease, while the radius on the remote corner may be larger in order to avoid producing
a noticeable line on the stock running parallel to the crease.
Preferably the central channel of the female drum has a base with a flat profile so that,
with a suitable correspondence between the depth of the central channel and the height
of the creasing rib of the male drum, the creasing rib compresses the stock against the
base of the channel and further reduces the risk of cracking at the centre of the fold.
For this purpose it is preferred that the base of the channel should be formed from a
relatively rigid material.
Preferably, the region of the outer surface adjacent to the lateral ribs is cylindrical,
having a first radius, and the base of the central channel has a second radius that is
smaller than the first radius. In this way the base of the central channel is not merely a
part of the same outer surface that lies between the lateral ribs. Instead it lies below the
outer surface (i.e. closer to the axis of rotation) in order to form a deeper channel and
give better definition to the crease.
Optionally a further region of the outer surface that is not immediately adjacent to the
lateral ribs is cylindrical, having a third radius that is larger than the first radius. In this
embodiment the adjacent region of the outer surface is recessed relative to the further
region of the outer surface. If the lateral ribs are formed of a resilient material, these
adjacent recesses permit them greater freedom to deform laterally (i.e. in the direction
along the axis) when the tips of the lateral ribs are compressed against the stock.
The material of the lateral ribs may be chosen to provide a sufficient degree of
compression of the stock without the risk of damage to it. Given that the lateral ribs on
the female side are acting (through the sheet) against the resilient shoulders of the
creasing ring on the male side, there may be sufficient resiliency on the male side for
the lateral ribs to be formed integrally with the remainder of the female drum and from
the same rigid material, which is typically steel. However, forming the lateral ribs from
a different material allows their material characteristics such as resilience, grip and
durability to be chosen independently from those of the rest of the drum. If the ribs are
not to be formed from the same material as the drum then they must be provided by one
or more inserts. Provision must normally be made for replacement of the inserts when
they have become worn and optionally also for exchanging the inserts to accommodate
different types and thicknesses of stock or different styles of crease.
The pair of lateral ribs and the central channel may be formed by a single insert that is
located in a single circumferential groove in the female drum. One suitable material
for such an insert would be nylon, which provides good wear characteristics and can
form a relatively rigid base of the central channel, while retaining a certain amount of
resilience in the lateral ribs.
Alternatively, the pair of lateral ribs may be formed by a pair of inserts that are
respectively located in a pair of circumferential grooves in the female drum. The base
of the central channel is then formed by the rigid material of the drum itself between
the grooves, which allows the lateral ribs to be formed from a less rigid material such
as a resilient rubber. (The term “rubber” is used to include natural rubber that
incorporates various additives, or that has been chemically or physically treated to
change its properties, as well as artificial polymer materials having similar
characteristics to rubber.)
The invention further provides a method of creasing stock by feeding it through such a
creasing device.
Conventional methods may be used for mounting the male and female drums on their
respective axles and for setting the spacing between them and those methods will not
be described further.
It has been found that a crease formed in accordance with the present invention can be
satisfactorily folded, without cracking, not only in the sense illustrated in Fig. 5 but also
in the opposite sense. On setting up the creasing device, the user may therefore choose
to invert it to give a different appearance in the finished product. In addition, a fold
formed in this way will not have the bead 36 projecting on the inside of the fold, so it
may be more suitable for folding a document cover that requires further sheets of paper
to be inserted into it, adjacent to the fold.
The drawings
Figure 1 is a partial cross section showing the profiles of male and female drums of a
creasing device known in the prior art.
Figure 2 shows the manner in which creased stock is folded and illustrates the location
of cracking in the prior art.
Figure 3 is a partial cross section showing the profiles of a female drum according to a
first embodiment of the invention.
Figure 4 is a partial cross section showing the profiles of male and female drums of a
creasing device according to the first embodiment of the invention.
Figure 5 shows the folding of stock that has been creased in accordance with the
invention.
Figure 6 is a partial cross section similar to Figure 3, which labels the dimensions of
the female drum.
Figure 7 is a partial cross section showing the profiles of a female drum according to a
second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 8 is a partial cross section showing the profiles of male and female drums of a
creasing device according to the second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 3 shows a female drum 20 of a creasing device according to a first embodiment
of the invention. Figure 4 shows the creasing device comprising the female drum of
Figure 3 in use with a male drum 2 and creasing ring 4 that are the same as shown in
Figure 1. The female drum 20 comprises a cylindrical outer surface 22, in which are
formed a pair of grooves 24 extending around the circumference of the drum 20. In
each of the grooves 24 is mounted a rib 26 that projects from the mouth of the groove
24 beyond the radius of the cylindrical outer surface 22. The lateral ribs 26 define
between them a circumferential central channel 30.
In use, the central channel 30 is aligned with the creasing rib 6 on the creasing ring 4
of the male drum 2. The spacing of the lateral ribs 26 of the female drum is such that
they are respectively aligned with the shoulders 8 of the creasing ring 4 of the male
drum 2. When the male and female drums 2,20 are counter-rotated and a sheet of the
stock 14 is fed between them, the sheet therefore is pushed into the central channel 30
by the creasing rib 6 to form the centre of the crease. The lateral ribs 26 compress the
stock 14 against the shoulders 8 of the creasing ring 4 to define the edges of the crease.
Preferably the depth of the central channel 30 is such that the rim of the creasing rib 6
also compresses the stock 14 against the base 32 of the channel 30 at the centre of the
crease. The compression points are indicated by arrows 31 in Figure 4.
As illustrated, the profile of each of the lateral ribs 26 is square at the base 28 to rest in
the base of the groove 24 and rounded at the rim 29 to be suitable for applying pressure
to the sheet of stock 14 without damaging it. The lateral ribs 26 may be made of a
material such as rubber that can deform resiliently when pressure is applied to them.
The regions 34 of the outer surface 22 that are immediately adjacent to the lateral ribs
26 are formed with a reduced radius. This creates a circumferential recess 34 alongside
each rib 26 that gives it more space to deform laterally if required (i.e. by bending or
spreading in a direction parallel to the axis of the drum 20). It is not essential that these
recesses 34 be rectangular in cross-section: either the wall or the base of the recess (or
both) could be inclined relative to the axis.
The side walls of the central channel 30 are formed by the lateral ribs 26 themselves.
The base 32 of the channel 30 is formed by a cylindrical surface of the female drum 20.
Preferably, as shown, the base 32 of the channel has a smaller radius than the outer
surface 22 of the drum so that the channel 30 is recessed relative to the outer surface 22.
However, if the height of the lateral ribs 26 is great enough, the base 32 may be aligned
with the outer surface 22 and still define a channel 30 of sufficient depth for creasing.
Figure 5 corresponds to the prior art in Figure 2 and illustrates the different form of fold
created in stock 14 that has been creased in accordance with the present invention. The
compression of the stock 14 between the creasing rib 6 and the base of the central
channel 30 results in a broader, flatter crease in the central area 36. The edges 38 of
the crease are more sharply defined than in the prior art as a result of the compression
of the stock 14 between the lateral ribs 26 on the female side and the shoulders 8 of the
creasing ring 4 on the male side. It has also been found that compressing the printed
stock 14 in this area during the creasing process reduces or eliminates the tendency of
the printed coating to crack during folding.
A single female drum 20 may provide more than one such creasing arrangement
comprising a central channel 30 with its associated pair of lateral ribs 26. For example,
a set of a channel 30 with a pair of ribs 26 may be provided near each of the two axial
ends of the female drum 20 (not illustrated). The respective channels 30 and/or pairs
of ribs 26 may differ in their dimensions or materials in order to accommodate different
types of stock or different widths of crease in a single creasing device. Further
alternatives may be provided on further drums 20. Figure 6 illustrates the profile of the
female drum 20 of Figure 3 with various dimensions labelled a to g. Some of these
dimensions may be varied between the different sets of channels 30 and ribs 26. Table
1 below lists possible values for these dimensions for four sets of channels and ribs,
provided on two female drums, which between them can accommodate a good range of
thicknesses of card stock 14. The maximum outer diameter of the drum 20 in each case
is 44.0 mm.
(mm) a b c d e f g
Set A 0.5 0.65 1.08 0.5 1.425 0.625 2.8
Set B 0.5 0.96 1.08 0.5 1.55 0.75 2.8
Set C 0.5 1.16 1.08 0.5 1.6 0.75 2.8
Set D 0.5 1.26 1.08 0.5 1.7 0.75 2.8
Table 1
Figure 7 shows a female drum 40 according to a second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 8 shows a creasing device comprising the female drum 40 of Figure 7 in use
with a male drum 2 and creasing ring 4 that are the same as shown in Figures 1 and 4.
In this embodiment, the creasing parts of the female drum 40 are provided by a single
insert 42 that is located in a single circumferential groove 44. The insert 42 has a
generally U-shaped cross section to define a central channel 46 with a square profile at
its base 48. The side walls of the channel 46 are formed by two projecting lateral ribs
50. In this example, the projecting rims 52 of the lateral ribs 50 have a much smaller
radius than in the first embodiment. This would allow them to be formed much closer
together (i.e. with a narrower central channel 46) than illustrated, in order to create a
narrower crease suitable for a thinner stock such as paper. In this example, the U-
shaped insert 42 further comprises shoulders 54, which define the portion of the outer
surface of the drum 40 immediately adjacent to the lateral ribs 50. In alternative
embodiments of the invention, the tips of the lateral ribs may formed with such a small
radius that they would not naturally be described as rounded. They may form nibs or
blades, provided that they are not sharp and rigid enough to cut the paper or damage its
surface.
In this embodiment the base 48 of the central channel 46 and the two lateral ribs 50 are
all formed from the same material so a compromise must be found between the relative
rigidity that is desirable for the channel base 48 and the relative flexibility that is
desirable for the lateral ribs 50. Nylon is one suitable material that can meet both these
requirements, is hard-wearing and reasonably gentle on the stock 14 to be creased. The
form of the lateral ribs 50 could be altered to increase their flexibility if desired.
Because the lateral ribs 50 of this embodiment are not intended to deform laterally, the
adjacent recesses 34 shown in Figure 3 are not provided here; the adjacent region of the
outer surface provided by the shoulders 54 has the same radius as the further region 56
of the outer surface of the drum 40. However, the use of such recesses in combination
with a single insert is not excluded from the scope of the invention.
Various different methods of anchoring the creasing ring 4 in the groove 3 of the male
drum 2 have been disclosed in the prior art. If the creasing ring 4 is made from a
sufficiently elastic material, it can be formed as a continuous ring that is stretched over
the drum 2 and allowed to relax into the groove 3, where it is held in place by its own
tension. Alternatively, the creasing ring 4 may be split at one circumferential location
to for two abutting ends. This permits the ring 4 to be removed completely from the
drum 2 and replaced without dismounting the drum 2 from the axle (not shown) of the
creasing device but then the ring 4 can no longer be held in the groove 3 under its own
tension. Arrangements have been disclosed in the prior art for anchoring the two
abutting ends of the ring 4 at the location of the split, or for anchoring axial projections
from the ring 4 within recesses in the side walls of the groove 4. As a final alternative,
it may be possible to make the split ring from a material that is sufficiently flexible that
the split can be prised open to allow the ring to pass around the drum but sufficiently
stiff that the split will then snap closed and the ring 4 will remain in position in the
groove 3.
Any of these alternatives may also be employed for mounting the inserts 26,42 in the
grooves 24,44 of the female drum 20,40. The method of using a continuous ring may
be most appropriate for the pair of discrete lateral ribs 26 formed from rubber as shown
in Figure 3, while a stiff split ring may be most appropriate for the single insert 42
formed of nylon that is shown in Figure 7. Figure 8 shows how the single insert 42 in
the form of a split ring may be anchored in the groove 44 by providing the insert 42
with axial projections 58 that engage in recesses 60 formed in the side walls of the
groove 44 to prevent the insert 42 being withdrawn radially from the groove 44. In this
case, the body of the female drum is formed in two parts that meet at the groove 44,
namely a collar 62 that is mounted by a screw thread (not shown) on a hub 64. When
it is desired to replace the insert 42, the collar 62 can be unscrewed to displace it a short
distance axially relative to the hub 64, thereby widening the groove 44 enough for the
insert 42 to be removed.
It is also possible to form the insert of the female drum from steel or another suitable
metal or other rigid material. The creasing ring 4 on the male side of the sheet 14 may
be sufficiently flexible to prevent damage to the stock from the rigid lateral ribs. In this
case, even if split, the insert would have no flexibility to allow it to be fitted over the
axle from one side. It must either be in the form of a continuous ring that is fitted by
sliding from the end of the axle while the axle is demounted, or the insert could be
provided in two semi-circular parts that fit together around the axle and are then
clamped between the other drum parts.
The resilient shoulders 8 of the male drum 2 are conveniently formed as part of the
profile of the resilient creasing ring 4, as shown in the illustrated embodiments.
However, the shoulders could alternatively be provided as separate components,
formed either as resilient inserts in shallow channels on the male drum that flank the
central rib 6, or as resilient strips mounted on the surface of the male drum. The
shoulders 8 are illustrated as flat (i.e. with their outer surface parallel to the axis) but
that is not essential. In some applications it might be advantageous to provide them
with a pre-formed groove to receive the lateral ribs 26,50 of the female drum 20,40; or
to provide a groove in the male drum 2 behind the shoulders 8 to allow them to deform
into the groove under pressure from the lateral ribs (26,50).
It will be understood that the embodiments of the invention described here are
illustrative only and not limiting. In particular, features shown here in separate
embodiments may be used together in various combinations.
Claims (16)
1. A creasing device comprising: a female drum that comprises: an outer surface; a central channel that extends around the circumference of the drum; and a pair of lateral ribs that extend around the circumference of the drum adjacent to and on each side of the central channel, the lateral ribs projecting radially outwards relative to a region of the outer surface adjacent to the ribs; and a male drum that comprises: a resilient creasing ring, wherein the profile of the creasing ring comprises a central rib; and a pair of resilient shoulders flanking the central rib; wherein the male and female drums are arranged with their axes parallel, such that the central rib of the creasing ring extends into the central channel of the female drum to crease a sheet of stock therebetween; and such that the lateral ribs of the female drum engage with the resilient shoulders of the male drum to compress the sheet of stock therebetween.
2. A creasing device according to claim 1, wherein the radially outer part of each lateral rib has a rounded profile.
3. A creasing device according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the central channel has side walls formed by the respective lateral ribs.
4. A creasing device according to any preceding claim, wherein the central channel has a base with a flat profile.
5. A creasing device according to claim 4, wherein the adjacent region of the outer surface of the female drum has a first radius, and wherein the base of the central channel has a second radius that is smaller than the first radius.
6. A creasing device according to claim 5, wherein a further region of the outer surface that is not immediately adjacent to the lateral ribs is cylindrical, having a third radius that is larger than the first radius.
7. A creasing device according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pair of lateral ribs and the central channel are formed by a single insert that is located in a single circumferential groove in the female drum.
8. A creasing device according to claim 7, wherein the insert also comprises the adjacent region of the outer surface of the female drum.
9. A creasing device according to claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the insert further comprises at least one axial projection for anchoring the insert in a recess in a side wall of the circumferential groove.
10. A creasing device according to any of claims 7 to 9, wherein the insert is made from nylon.
11. A creasing device according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pair of lateral ribs are formed by a pair of inserts that are respectively located in a pair of circumferential grooves in the female drum.
12. A creasing device according to claim 11, wherein the inserts are made from rubber.
13. A creasing device according to claim 12, wherein the central rib of the creasing ring of the male drum engages with the base of the central channel of the female drum to compress the sheet of stock therebetween.
14. A creasing device according to any preceding claim, wherein the resilient shoulders of the male drum are integral with the resilient creasing ring.
15. A method of creasing stock in a creasing device according to any preceding claim, comprising: counter-rotating the male and female drums; feeding the stock between the drums; creasing the stock between the central rib of the creasing ring of the male drum and the central channel of the female drum; and compressing the stock between the lateral ribs of the female drum and the resilient shoulders of the male drum.
16. A method of creasing stock according to claim 15, further comprising compressing the stock between the central rib of the creasing ring of the male drum and the base of the central channel of the female drum.
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