US20020105136A1 - Apparatus and method for handling stacks of sheets - Google Patents

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US20020105136A1
US20020105136A1 US09/944,978 US94497801A US2002105136A1 US 20020105136 A1 US20020105136 A1 US 20020105136A1 US 94497801 A US94497801 A US 94497801A US 2002105136 A1 US2002105136 A1 US 2002105136A1
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to apparatus and methods for holding one or more stacks of sheets, especially stacks of sheets that are placed so that they are offset from each other (so-called offset collating), that are output to an output station by a sheet processing device.
  • finishers that process sheets of specific sizes, e.g. the formats DIN A4 and DIN A5, and also carry out specific processes on the sheets, e.g. center and Z-folds, but that do not have any equipment to punch, bind, staple, etc. the stacks of sheets that are output. Further processing procedures of this type must be carried out on other devices. This makes it necessary to take the loose stack of sheets placed at the output station of the sheet processing device and manually transport it to a further processing device. This involves the danger that the sheets in a sheet stack that are placed so that the edges match will slip around and that individual, or even several, sheets of the stack of sheets that has been placed will become disordered and will have to be aligned again before further processing. This procedure takes a lot of time and is not cost-effective.
  • an apparatus and method are provided for handling stacks of sheets. According to a preferred embodiment, transport of loose sheets is allowed without disturbing the stack of sheets.
  • FIG. 1 presents a container according to an aspect of the invention that is placed on the slanted output station of a sheet processing device, in cross section;
  • FIG. 2 The container according to FIG. 1 in graphical representation
  • FIG. 3 The container according to FIG. 2 in its freely hanging transport position when lifted off the output station, in cross section.
  • FIGS. 1 - 3 are not drawn to scale, and wherein like components are numbered alike.
  • a sheet processing device 10 for example a finisher, has a slanted output station 11 that can be adjusted in height compared to an output slot 13 , depending on the height of the stack of sheets 12 placed on it.
  • the sheets 12 may be edge aligned.
  • the output station 10 can be adjusted laterally in order to be able to place complete stacks of sheets 12 at an offset to each other so as to delimit them.
  • These movements of the output station are generated by electrical drives that are not shown which drive the output rollers 14 according to methods and apparatus known in the art.
  • Certain sheet processing devices combine individual printed sheets into ordered stacks of sheets, and then place them in stacks at an output station prior to final processing.
  • the final processing for example punching, stapling, binding, etc., may be carried out on a different processing device.
  • the stored stacks of sheets may be manually transported to the different processing device, but the stacks of sheets may become disordered during transport.
  • the sheets are kept ordered by a portable container 15 that can be placed at the output station 10 .
  • the container 15 comprises a stacking floor 16 and two side walls 17 that are upright and opposite from each other and an impact wall 18 between the side walls 17 and positionable downstream from the output, for example, opposite the open side of container 15 .
  • the stack of sheets 12 rests upon the stacking floor 16 .
  • an opening 19 may be provided that extends down to the stacking floor 16 between the impact wall 18 and at least one of the two side walls 17 .
  • the opening 19 serves as a pass-through for a hold-down device 20 , each of which may be linked to a projection 21 attached to the container 15 , or other suitable structure.
  • the projection 21 may be part of a support 22 , attached to the container 15 .
  • the projection 21 may be an angled end of the support 22 that extends into the inside of the container 15 . Two or more such openings 19 and hold-down devices 20 may be provided.
  • the support 22 may connected rigidly to the side walls 17 and to the impact plate 18 and stabilizes same.
  • the support may be a U-shaped strap that is essentially horizontal when the container 15 rests on the output station 11 .
  • the hold-down devices 20 may be a flexible plastic material and lie on the top sheet at both ends of a stack of sheets in order to prevent arching of the top sheets and thus avoid difficulty in placing the next stack of sheets.
  • the holddown device 20 may generate a predetermined contact pressure on the top sheets in a stack of sheets within the container 15 .
  • the container 15 preferably comprises at least one carrying handle 23 having a handle surface 24 that runs at an acute angle to the stacking floor 16 , or other suitable structure for lifting the container 15 .
  • the container 15 may be lifted by the handle 23 off or away from the output station 11 wtih the container 15 in a tipped position such that the stack of sheets 12 is supported upon impact wall 18 and safely stays in position during transport, as best shown in FIG. 3.
  • the container 15 may be tipped to a position wherein the stacking floor 16 is not horizontal.
  • At least one of the side walls 16 may have a handle 23 . In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the free upper ends of the side walls 17 form a pair of carrying handles 23 .
  • output station 11 may be arranged in a slanted position in sheet processing device 10 .
  • container 15 has a support foot 25 at the processing device end of its stacking floor 16 , which is designed as a right angle in the embodiment shown, and is positioned to rest on the output station 11 .
  • One side of the support foot 25 may contact the output station 11 and the opposing side may contact the front wall of sheet processing device 10 .
  • the vertical length of the support foot 25 may be dimensioned in such a way that when the container 15 is placed on the output station 11 , the stacking floor 16 of the container 15 is horizontal.
  • the support foot 25 may extend across the width of said stacking floor 16 at an angle thereto
  • a design such as this of support foot 25 and its contact on the front wall of the sheet processing device 10 also secures the position of container 15 on the output station 11 .

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