US20120192525A1 - Inserting system - Google Patents

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US20120192525A1
US20120192525A1 US13/360,320 US201213360320A US2012192525A1 US 20120192525 A1 US20120192525 A1 US 20120192525A1 US 201213360320 A US201213360320 A US 201213360320A US 2012192525 A1 US2012192525 A1 US 2012192525A1
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Andries Tamme VAN DER WOUDE
Andries Woudstra
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/02—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes equipped with documents-folding means
    • 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
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/042—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in superposed carriers
    • 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
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/043—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in juxtaposed carriers
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/23—Belts with auxiliary handling means
    • B65H2404/232—Blade, plate, finger

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  • the invention relates to an inserting system according to the preamble of claim 1 .
  • Such an inserting system is known from US-A1-2006/0220307.
  • This known insertion system comprises a folding subsystem for folding documents, said folding subsystem having a first pair of folding rollers forming a first folding nip there between and a second pair of folding rollers forming a second folding nip there between.
  • a diverter is present which can be activated either to send the materials through the folding subsystem or to bypass the folding subsystem.
  • a system as mentioned above is typically used in mailrooms where large numbers of documents or sets of documents are each to be inserted in an envelope in order to send these documents to addressees.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention by providing an inserting system according to claim 1 . Since the fourth sheetlike item transport guide is mounted in the inserting system so as to be movable with respect to the third sheetlike item transport guide, and the plate is mounted in the inserting system so as to be movable with respect to the first sheetlike item transport guide, two separate sheetlike item paths can be arranged close together, thus facilitating a compact machine; e.g. a document path and an enclosure path or an envelope path and a document path can be close to each other.
  • the fourth sheetlike item transport guide is mounted in the inserting system so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis.
  • the plate is mounted in the inserting system so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis.
  • the fourth sheetlike item transport guide is mounted in the inserting system so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis in a first rotation direction away from the third sheetlike item transport guide, and the plate is mounted in the inserting system so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis in a second rotation direction away from the first sheetlike item transport guide.
  • Said first and said second direction could be identical, wherein preferably the first and second rotation axis are arranged close to each other near an upper side of the inserting system.
  • first and said second rotation directions could be opposite, wherein preferably the first rotation axis is arranged near an upper side of the inserting system and the second rotation axis is arranged near a lower side of the inserting system.
  • first and said second rotation directions could be opposite, wherein preferably the first rotation axis is arranged near an upper side of the inserting system and the second rotation axis is arranged near a lower side of the inserting system.
  • the first sheetlike item transport guide comprises driving means, such as one or more rollers, belts, strings, grippers or transport fingers and the portion of the second sheetlike item transport guide comprises non-driving means which can be brought into (preferably close) contact with the driving means in the first sheetlike item transport guide, and preferably the fourth sheetlike item transport guide comprises driving means, and the portion of the third sheetlike item transport guide comprises non-driving means which can be brought into (preferably close) contact with the driving means in the fourth sheetlike item transport guide.
  • driving means such as one or more rollers, belts, strings, grippers or transport fingers
  • the portion of the second sheetlike item transport guide comprises non-driving means which can be brought into (preferably close) contact with the driving means in the first sheetlike item transport guide
  • the fourth sheetlike item transport guide comprises driving means
  • the portion of the third sheetlike item transport guide comprises non-driving means which can be brought into (preferably close) contact with the driving means in the fourth sheetlike item transport guide.
  • the plate can comprise a sensor for sheetlike item detection and/or a scanner for scanning a sheetlike item and/or a camera for capturing images of a sheetlike item transported through a transport path. It is preferred that the sensor and/or scanner can be directed to either one of the transport paths, so that only a limited number of sensors/scanners have to be used to perform the desired operations, thus limiting the costs of the inserting system. This can be achieved by movably mounting the sensor and/or scanner, wherein the movement of the sensor and/or scanner can be done through control of a control unit which is part of the inserting system or by an operator or technician. In another embodiment a mirror construction can be used to direct the sensor and/or scanner to either one of the transport paths. The direction in which the mirror construction directs the sensor and/or scanner can be adjusted by a control unit included in the inserting system or by an operator or technician.
  • a multifunctional inserting system is provided when the plate comprises at least one cross-over path for transporting a sheetlike item from one of the sheetlike item transport paths to the other one of the sheetlike item transport paths, wherein the inserting system comprises a diverter operable to selectively divert sheetlike items to be transported from a transport path to the cross-over path.
  • the diverter may be arranged on the plate, however arrangement on a stationary side of the inserting machine is preferred.
  • the plate may comprise two or more parts, preferably divided by the at least one cross-over path. The parts may be rotated together around the same axis, but also individually around separate axes to access the paths shielded by the plate.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side elevation, partly in cross-section, of an inserting system according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic side view in perspective of the inserting system of FIG. 1 in which the inserting system is partly opened to access a document transport path, and
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic side view in perspective of the inserting system of FIGS. 1 and 2 in which the inserting system is further opened to access an envelope and/or enclosure transport path.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic side elevation, partly in cross-section, of an inserting system 1 is shown.
  • the inserting system 1 has a housing 6 in which three document feeding stations 2 , 3 , 4 for feeding documents, an envelope feeding station 5 for feeding envelopes, an enclosure feeding station 7 for feeding enclosures, a folding station 8 , an inserting station 9 and a tray 10 for receiving completed mail pieces 11 can be distinguished.
  • Each document feeding station 2 , 3 , 4 has a document holder 12 , 13 , 14 for holding a stack 15 , 16 , 17 of documents and a separating system 18 , 19 , for separating and transporting a document or document set from the stack 15 , 16 , 17 and transporting it further into the inserting system 1 .
  • the feeding station 4 is dedicated to daily mail, in which case the whole stack (being one document set) is transported at once from the feeding station to a document transport path.
  • the envelope feeding station 5 and the enclosure feeding station 7 may both function as a feeder for sheetlike items, such as envelopes, enclosures, or documents. Hence it is possible to have two separate envelope feeders. In an alternative embodiment it is also possible to have e.g. two enclosure feeding stations, where the envelope feeding station is located elsewhere in the system (not shown in the drawings).
  • the envelope feeding station 5 has an envelope holder 21 for holding a stack 22 of envelopes and a separating system 23 for separating and transporting a single envelope from the stack 22 and transporting it further into the inserting system 1 .
  • the enclosure feeding station 7 has an enclosure holder 24 for holding a stack 25 of enclosures and a separating system 26 for separating and transporting a single enclosure from the stack 25 and transporting it further into the inserting system 1 .
  • the folding station 8 has a first pair of folding rollers 27 , 28 forming a first folding nip there between and a second pair of folding rollers 28 , 29 forming a second folding nip there between.
  • one of the folding rollers of the first pair of folding rollers and one of the folding rollers of the second pair of folding rollers are formed by one and the same folding roller 28 , but it is also possible that in an alternative embodiment the first and second pair of folding rollers do not comprise a common folding roller.
  • the inserting station 9 comprises an envelope holder 30 for holding an envelope 32 in an inserting position 31 , and a flap hold-open element 33 for holding open a flap 34 of the envelope 32 held in the envelope holder 30 .
  • the envelope holder and the flap hold-open element are not depicted in detail, since these elements are known per se.
  • the flap hold-open element and envelope holder as described in EP-A1-2.123.474 can be used in the inventive inserting system.
  • the inserting station 9 is connected to the folding station 8 in a manner known per se.
  • a document transport path 35 for transporting documents from the stack 16 of documents extends through the folding station 8 to the inserting position 31 .
  • a document transport path 36 extends into the document transport path 35 for transporting documents from the stack 15 of documents through the folding station 8 to the inserting position 31 .
  • a document transport path 37 extends into the document transport path 36 for transporting documents, or a set of documents at once (in case the daily mail function is enabled or one of the feeding stations is dedicated to daily mail), from the stack 17 of documents through the folding station 8 to the inserting position 31 .
  • an envelope transport path 38 for transporting an envelope from the stack 22 of envelopes extends through the second folding nip formed between the second pair of folding rollers 28 , 29 to the inserting position 31 .
  • an enclosure transport path 39 enters into the envelope transport path 38 for transporting an enclosure from the stack 25 of enclosures through the second folding nip formed between the second pair of folding rollers 28 , 29 to the inserting position 31 .
  • the enclosure transport path coincides at least for a part with the envelope transport path.
  • the enclosure transport path may be completely separate from the envelope transport path.
  • the enclosure transport path 38 , 39 comprises a diverter 40 .
  • This diverter 40 defines a first enclosure transport path part a between the enclosure feeding station 7 and the diverter 40 .
  • a second enclosure transport path part through which an enclosure can be transported is defined by a cross-over path 41 which runs into the document transport path 35 .
  • the diverted enclosure passes through the first and the second folding nip, and is finally transported to the inserting position 31 .
  • the enclosure transport path is formed by the first enclosure transport path part a, the cross-over path 41 and a (final) part of the document transport path 35 .
  • a stop 42 may be present to collate enclosures.
  • Such a stop or other means for collating enclosures is known per se, and by way of non-limiting example reference is made to EP-A-2 107 021.
  • the diverter 40 is operable to selectively divert enclosures to be transported from the enclosure feeding station 7 to the inserting position 31 by the first enclosure transport path part a and the second enclosure transport path part ( 41 and final part of 35 ) or the first enclosure transport path part a and the third enclosure transport path part (portion of envelope transport path 38 between diverter 40 and inserting position 31 ).
  • the diverter 40 ′ is placed in the position indicated by dotted lines and the enclosure or BRE will be sent through the third enclosure transport path part and bypasses the first folding nip.
  • the enclosure is then inserted into the second fold of the documents, so that the enclosure or BRE will be nested inside the main documents and will not fall out of the envelope easily when the recipient opens the letter.
  • the diverter 40 can be placed in the position indicated by the solid lines so that the enclosure or BRE passes through the first folding nip as well as the second folding nip (which folding stations form substations of the inserting system). This is mostly the case when a single fold is applied, in order to have the enclosure or BRE nested inside the main documents, but also applies to enclosures that need to be folded in order to fit into the envelope.
  • the envelope transport path 38 can be divided into a first envelope transport path part, which is arranged between the envelope feeding station 5 and the diverter 40 and a second envelope transport path part, which is arranged between the diverter 40 and the inserting position 31 .
  • the paths are arranged such that a portion of the first envelope transport path part coincides with a portion of the first enclosure transport path part, and such that a large portion of the second envelope transport path part and third enclosure transport path part coincide.
  • the envelope transport path 38 and the document transport path 35 upstream of the second folding nip 28 , 29 are separate so that documents and envelopes can be transported independently of each other and for example simultaneously thus increasing the output rate of the inserting system.
  • the inserting system 1 further comprises a plate 43 having a first side 45 and an opposite second side 44 .
  • the envelope and enclosure transport path 38 is partly formed between a first sheetlike item transport guide formed by the first side 45 of the plate 43 and a second sheetlike item transport guide formed by a guide plate 46 and a number of transport rollers of which only two 47 and 47 ′ are indicated in FIG. 1 .
  • the transport rollers 47 , 47 ′ in the first sheetlike item transport guide are driving rollers which can be brought into contact with non-driving rollers 56 , 56 ′ ( FIG. 3 ) arranged on the plate 43
  • the document transport path 35 is partly formed by the second side 44 of the plate 43 (forming a third sheetlike item transport guide) and a fourth sheetlike item transport guide formed by a guide plate 48 and a number of transport rollers of which only two 49 and 49 ′ are indicated in FIG. 1 .
  • a substation e.g. formed by a collating station, a folding station or an insert station
  • the rollers 49 , 49 ′ in the fourth sheetlike item transport guide are driving rollers which can be brought into contact with non-driving rollers and 57 , 57 ′ ( FIG. 2 ) respectively, arranged on the plate 43 .
  • transport rollers are shown, the invention is not limited to rollers, but also encompasses other transport means such as belts, strings, a gripper mechanism or any other known transport mechanism or a combination of any other known transport means.
  • the non-driving transport means (i.e. the passive transport means) in the plate will rotate when they are in contact with the driving transport means.
  • the plate comprises non-driving transport means.
  • the plate may be provided with a smooth guiding surface, optionally provided with holes on the position of the driving transport means on the opposite side of the sheetlike item path.
  • the driving means in the first sheetlike item transport guide and the fourth sheetlike item transport guide may be different from another, such as e.g.
  • non-driving means in the second and third sheetlike item transport guides may be different from another, such as e.g. a smooth guiding surface for the second sheetlike item transport guide and non-driven contra rollers on the third sheetlike item transport guide.
  • the invention is not limited to the use of plates as guide elements.
  • transport rollers are shown, the invention is not limited to rollers.
  • the guide plates and the transport rollers could also be replaced by other transport means such as belts, strings, a gripper mechanism or any other known transport mechanism or a combination of any other known transport means.
  • the number of transport rollers 47 , 47 ′ could be sufficient to provide a guide for sheetlike items to be transported, so that the guide plate could be dispensed with.
  • the non-driving transport means i.e. the passive transport means
  • the plate will rotate when they are in contact with the driving transport means.
  • the plate comprises non-driving transport means.
  • the plate with a smooth guiding surface, optionally provided with holes on the position of the driving transport means on the opposite side of the sheetlike item path.
  • the rotation axis of these transport means is perpendicular to the feeding direction of the sheetlike items.
  • the fourth sheetlike item transport guide 48 together with amongst other things the document feeding stations, the envelope feeding station and part of the housing 6 are mounted in the inserting system so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis 50 , which is arranged near an upper side of the inserting system 1 .
  • this upper part of the inserting machine can be rotated upward around the rotation axis 50 as indicated by the arrow 53 .
  • This part of the inserting machine is supported on opposite sides by e.g. hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders 51 , 52 .
  • the fourth sheetlike item transport guide 48 and the third sheetlike item transport guide 44 are separated so that the document transport path is made accessible e.g. for maintenance or removal of jammed documents.
  • the plate 43 is mounted in the inserting system 1 so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis 54 , which is arranged on a lower machine part near a lower side of the inserting system 1 .
  • the plate 43 can thus be rotated around the second rotation axis 54 in a second rotation direction (arrow 55 ).
  • This causes that the second sheetlike item transport guide 45 is rotated away from the first sheetlike item transport guide 46 so that the envelope or enclosure transport path is made accessible, e.g. for maintenance or removal of jammed envelopes or enclosures.
  • the rotation directions 53 , 55 can be opposite.
  • the plate 43 could be mounted so as to be rotatable together with the upper machine part when this upper machine part is rotated upward around the rotation axis 50 as indicated by the arrow 53 , so that the separation of the machine parts will take place between the first and second guides.
  • the plate 43 could then be mounted to the upper machine part so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis.
  • the rotation axes could be positioned at approximately the same level of the machine.
  • the plate could be mounted to the upper or lower machine part by a rotation axis or other means, such as a parallelogram construction or other construction forcing a rectilinear movement of the plate relative to the machine part, as long as the plate can be moved away from the relative machine part to allow access to the relevant sheetlike item path.
  • the plate could be mounted in the inserting system so as to be completely removable from the upper and lower machine parts.
  • the plate may be divided into two or more parts that may be opened together but also individually.
  • the plate is divided into two parts by the cross over path. The plate parts may be rotated together around the same axis but may also be rotatable individually around separate axes to access the paths shielded by the plate.
  • the plate 43 can comprise sensors for sheetlike item detection and/or scanners for scanning a document transported through a transport path. These sensors and/or scanners can be movably mounted so that the sensors and/or scanners can be directed to either one of the transport paths.
  • the diverter 40 can also be arranged on the plate 43 , but can alternatively be arranged in or near the first sheetlike item transport guide.

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