US3263988A - Folding knife- and bundling cylinder for sheet folding apparatus - Google Patents

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US3263988A
US3263988A US369462A US36946264A US3263988A US 3263988 A US3263988 A US 3263988A US 369462 A US369462 A US 369462A US 36946264 A US36946264 A US 36946264A US 3263988 A US3263988 A US 3263988A
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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
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16—Rotary folders
    • B65H45/162—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders
    • B65H45/166—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders having an adjustable circumference

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  • the effective diameter of the folding knifeand bundling cylinder is adjusted by means of interchangeable tongues positioned on the periphery of the cylinder.
  • an adjusting device for the cylinder diameter which is actuated when the machine is at a standstill and which is adjusted from run to run, depending upon the number of sheets in a stack.
  • the adjusted value of the cylinder diameter remains fixed during operation of the cylinder.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a novel improved folding knifeand bundling cylinder for apparatus for folding and bundling sheets.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a folding knifeand bundling cylinder including radially displaceable stack support means positioned circumferentially around its periphery and each supporting a respective stack of sheets.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a folding knifeand bundling cylinder including means operatively connected with the cylinder and with the stack supporting means and operable, during each revolution of the cylinder, to reciprocate the support means radially of the cylinder between positions corresponding respectively to the minimum and maximum radii of the associated stack of sheets supported thereby.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a folding knifeand bundling cylinder whose periphery is divided into separate segments each supporting a respec- 3,263,988 Patented August 2, 1966 tive stack of sheets and each being radially adjustable in accordance with the thickness of the stack of sheets added thereon.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a folding knifcand bundling cylinder in which segments are apertured for the passage of folding knives therethrough.
  • FIG. 1 is an end elevation view of sheet folding and bundling apparatus embodying the invention
  • FIG. '2 is an enlarged diametrical sectional view of a folding knifeand bundling cylinder embodying the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an axial sectional view through the folding knifeand bundling cylinder shown in FIG. 2.
  • the essential parts of the sheet folding apparatus comprise a knife cylinder 1, a folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2, and a folding flap cylinder 3. These three cylinders are drivingly interconnected by means of a gear 4 fixed to the shaft 5 of the folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2 and meshing with a gear 6 driving the knife cylinder and a gear 7 driving the folding flap cylinder, these gears and the shaft 5 being shown in FIG. 3.
  • the paper web 8 on cylinder 2 consisting of separate sheets, is increased in thickness to illustrate the effect of the inven tion.
  • the web 8 is cut by a cutting knife 9, of which two are shown in association with the knife cylinder 1, and the cut sheets have their front ends punctured by needles 10 on cylinder 2 and are thus connected to cylinder 2 to be drawn around the periphery thereof.
  • the knives 9 are not in exact diametrical opposition, as the are d has a somewhat less angular extent than that of the arc b so that the stack of bundled sheets is cut somewhat shorter.
  • Cutting knifes 9 operate against a block 11 of rubber or other resilient material positioned in a mount 12 fixed to the folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2.
  • the individual stacks of sheets are supported on bearing segments 13, 14 and 15- positioned circumferentially around the periphery of cylinder 2, and each segment has a pair of pivot ears 16 and 17.
  • Levers 18 and 19 have their free ends pivotally connected to the ears 16 and 17, respectively, and are pivoted on pins or the like 20 rotatably mounted in cylinder 2.
  • the levers 18 and 19 are interconnected by across tie or link 21.
  • One shaft 20 of each pair has fixed thereto an arm 22 which is longitudinally slotted to receive the axle of a guide roller 23 so that the guide roller is adjustable along the slot.
  • the guide rollers 23 are operatively engaged with a cam groove in a cam wheel 24. When guide rollers 23 move along the groove in cam wheel 24, levers 18 and 19 are oscillated so that bearing segments 13, 14 and 15 are radially reciprocated toward and away from folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2.
  • Support or hearing segments 13, 14 and 15 are preferably arcuate plates formed with apertures for the pasage of the folding knives 25.
  • the arcuate plates may be divided, in an axial direction, into individual strips.
  • several segments can be provided to support each sheet, each segment being provided with corresponding oscillating levers 18 and 19 as well as tie links 21.
  • bearing segment 13 is displaced radially outwardly from folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2, through the action of guide rollers 23, so that the outer surface of bearing segment 13 has approximately the In that portion of the cycle represented by the stack of sheets 32, the respective bearing segment is displaced radially inwardly toward the folding knifeand bundling cylinder 2 so that it is no longer the external surface of segment 15, but rather the external surface of the stack of sheets resting thereon, which has substantially the velocity of the paper web. In such .a position, bearing segment 15 is capable of receiving,
  • Folding flap cylinder 3 has two folding flaps, one of which, for example. the flap'33, is controlled by a cam 34 engaged by a roller 35.
  • the folding flap 36 remains open at all times. It is held in this position by roller 37 engaging in the annular cam track 38.
  • the radial displacement of the bearing segments can be adapted exactly to the thicknesses of the stacked sheets.
  • the paper web 8 is led, as shown by the arrow, between the cylinders 1 and 2. Its leading edge is kept by one of the needles 10. Observing the sheet to be accumulated and cut a little shorter, it shows that it lays on the bearing segment 13, the latter being drawn as if unwedged outwards, regulated through cam wheel 24 and guide roller 23. The cylinder 1 driving further, it reaches the position at which the bearing segment 15 stands on the drawing.
  • the roller is then more distant from the center of the cylinder 2 whereas the bearing segment 13 is unwedged inwards through arm 22 and lever 18 nearer to the center of the cylinder 2.
  • This displacement causes that the distance of the outer surface of the bundled sheets 31 results to be the same distance as the external surface of segment 13 formerly had.
  • the paper web 8, joining the accumulated sheet 31 as second part, meets the same circumferential speed as before when the sheet joined directly the bearing segment. At the moment when both parts meet one over the other on cylinder 2 they are overtaken by cylinder 3 in the way known.
  • Apparatus for folding and bundling sheets comprising, in combination, a rotatably mounted folding knifeand bundling cylinder; means for feeding sheets to said cylinder for stacking and folding thereon; plural radially displaceable stack support means positioned circumferentially around the periphery of said cylinder and each supporting a respective stack of sheets; and means operatively connected with said cylinder and said support means and operable, during each revolution of said cylinder, to reciprocate said support means radially of said cylinder between positions corresponding respectively to the minimum and maximum radii of the associated stack of sheets supported thereby; said last-named means comprising a cam Wheel coaxial with said cylinder and rotatable at an angular velocity coordinated with the angular velocity of said cylinder, said cam wheel being formed with a cam track; and cam followers engaged with said cam track and each connected to a respective one of said stack support means.
  • each cam follower includes an arm pivoted on said cylinder and carrying a roller engaged in said cam track.
  • Apparatus for folding and bundling sheets comprising, in combination, a rotatably mounted folding knifeand bundling cylinder; means for feeding sheets to said cylinder for stacking and folding thereon; plural radially displaceable stack support means positioned circumferentially around the periphery of said cylinder and each sup porting a respective stack of sheets; and means operatively connected with said cylinder and said support means and operable, during each revolution of said cylinder, to reciprocate said support means radially of said cylinder between positions corresponding respectively to the minimum and maximum radii of the associated stack of sheets supported thereby; said stack support means comprising arcuate bearing segments disposed about the periphery of said cylinder; each arcuate segment being pivotally connected to a pair of links each pivoted to said folding knifeand bundling cylinder; said last-named means comprising a cam and cam followers engaged with said cam, each cam follower being connected to a respective pair of said links.
  • Apparatus for folding and bundling sheets comprising, in combination, a rotatably mounted folding knifeand bundling cylinder; means for feeding sheets to said cylinder for stacking and folding thereon; plural radially displaceable stack support means positioned circumferen tially around the periphery of said cylinder and each supporting a respective stack of sheets; and means operatively connected with said cylinder and said support means and operable, during each revolution of said cylinder, to reciprocate said support means radially of said cylinder between positions corresponding respectively to the minimum and maximum radii of the associated stack of sheets supported thereby; said stack support means comprising arcuate segments; each arcuate segment being connected, at spaced points therealong, to a pair of links pivoted to said cylinder; means interconnecting said links; a cam wheel coaxial with said cylinder and rotatable at an angular velocity coordinated with the angular velocity of said cylinder, said cam wheel being formed with a cam track; and an arm connected to one link of each pair for 5 6 oscil
  • Apparatus for folding and bundling sheets as UNITED STATE? PATENTS claimed in claim 5, in which said arm is longitudinally 1,976,853 10/1934 Lundqulst et 270 -47 X slotted to receive an axle for the associated roller; said 5 axle being adjustable longitudinally of said slot to pre- EUGENE cAPOZIOPrmary Exammer' select the amplitude of reciprocation of the associated NELSON M. ELLISON, Assistant Examiner. stack support means.

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US4461464A (en) * 1981-10-31 1984-07-24 M.A.N.-Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Sheet, or stacked sheet handling apparatus
US4465269A (en) * 1981-10-31 1984-08-14 M.A.N.-Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Printing substrate handling, particularly sheet folding apparatus
US4648586A (en) * 1985-10-31 1987-03-10 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Gear folder
US5029829A (en) * 1988-09-13 1991-07-09 Wifag Collecting cylinder for point folders of rotary machines
US5039076A (en) * 1989-03-04 1991-08-13 Albert-Frankenthal Ag Folder
US5287805A (en) * 1990-02-19 1994-02-22 Albert-Frankenthal Aktiengesellschaft Folding apparatus
WO1998018705A1 (de) * 1996-10-25 1998-05-07 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Falzapparat
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US4461464A (en) * 1981-10-31 1984-07-24 M.A.N.-Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Sheet, or stacked sheet handling apparatus
US4465269A (en) * 1981-10-31 1984-08-14 M.A.N.-Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Printing substrate handling, particularly sheet folding apparatus
US4445881A (en) * 1982-03-31 1984-05-01 Publishers Equipment Corporation Method and apparatus for improving newspaper folding and cutting mechanisms
US4648586A (en) * 1985-10-31 1987-03-10 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Gear folder
US5029829A (en) * 1988-09-13 1991-07-09 Wifag Collecting cylinder for point folders of rotary machines
US5039076A (en) * 1989-03-04 1991-08-13 Albert-Frankenthal Ag Folder
US5287805A (en) * 1990-02-19 1994-02-22 Albert-Frankenthal Aktiengesellschaft Folding apparatus
WO1998018705A1 (de) * 1996-10-25 1998-05-07 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Falzapparat
US6165118A (en) * 1996-10-25 2000-12-26 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Folding apparatus
US7338425B1 (en) * 2000-01-12 2008-03-04 Goss International Americas, Inc. Variable length cutting device
US20060191432A1 (en) * 2003-07-02 2006-08-31 Michael Held Puncture cylinder provided with at least one puncture strip
US7390292B2 (en) * 2003-07-02 2008-06-24 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Puncture cylinder provided with at least one puncture strip

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