US3599965A - Control apparatus for book hopper - Google Patents

Control apparatus for book hopper

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US3599965A
US3599965A US848207A US3599965DA US3599965A US 3599965 A US3599965 A US 3599965A US 848207 A US848207 A US 848207A US 3599965D A US3599965D A US 3599965DA US 3599965 A US3599965 A US 3599965A
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valve
hopper
air
chamber
articles
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Paul G Humphrey
Charles W Bunting
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MCCALL PRINTING CO
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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
    • B65H3/24—Separating articles from piles by pushers engaging the edges of the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2814/00—Indexing codes relating to loading or unloading articles or bulk materials
    • B65G2814/03—Loading or unloading means
    • B65G2814/0344—Control or feeding or discharging using level or weight measuring 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
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42322—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from bottom of the pile

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

Magazines are delivered to a hopper and are successively fed from the hopper onto a conveyor by an oscillating shuttle and a pair of driven pinch rolls. The shuttle is operated in timed relation with the conveyor through a clutch controlled by a pneumatic valve including a pistonlike valve member. A paddle senses the stack height of the magazine within the hopper and actuates the valve member. Air is continuously exhausted from the valve, and the flow rate of the exhausting air is adjustable to vary the stack height of the magazines within the hopper.

Claims (5)

1. Improved apparatus for successively feeding booklike articles from a hopper adapted to receive the articles in a stacked manner, said apparatus comprising a shuttle member positioned adjacent the bottom of the hopper for reciprocating movement, means for reciprocating said shuttle member and including a clutch, air-actuated means for operating said clutch, a sensing member positioned adjacent saId hopper, means supporting said sensing member for movement in response to a predetermined stack height of articles within said hopper, an air control valve including a body defining a valve chamber, a valve member disposed for movement within said chamber, means for moving said valve member in response to movement of said sensing member, means for directing an air supply to said valve chamber, and means connecting said valve body to said air-actuated means for said clutch to effect operation of said shuttle member in response to a predetermined stack height of articles within said hopper.
2. Apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said control valve includes means defining a passage for continuously exhausting air from said chamber, and means for varying the flow of air through said passage to control the back pressure on said valve member for changing the stack height of articles required within said hopper to effect actuation of said valve by said sensing member.
3. Apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said valve member includes a portion projecting from said body and engaging said sensing member to provide said means for moving said valve member.
4. Apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said valve chamber and said valve member are cylindrical, means defining axially spaced circumferential grooves within said valve member, said directing means comprise axially spaced passages extending from said valve chamber, and the spacing between said passages being different from the axial spacing between said grooves.
5. Apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said valve body defines an exhaust passage for said valve chamber, and adjustable valve means for varying the flow of air through said exhaust passage.
US848207A 1969-08-07 1969-08-07 Control apparatus for book hopper Expired - Lifetime US3599965A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3758104A (en) * 1971-09-23 1973-09-11 W Daily Turning apparatus
US5575463A (en) * 1994-03-15 1996-11-19 Stralfors Ab Method and device for handling sheets which are provided with information in a laser printer
US6095512A (en) * 1998-03-25 2000-08-01 Vijuk Equipment, Inc. Accumulator station with stack height control
CN111942710A (en) * 2020-08-24 2020-11-17 常州工学院 Transition equipment integrating temporary book storage and reversing transfer and control method thereof

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US2693742A (en) * 1951-02-09 1954-11-09 American Box Board Co Separating and stacking machine
CA675732A (en) * 1963-12-10 D. Robertson John Sensing device for web guiding mechanisms
GB1143523A (en) * 1967-02-10 1969-02-26 Leipzig Veb Druckmasch Werke Sheet control device

Patent Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CA675732A (en) * 1963-12-10 D. Robertson John Sensing device for web guiding mechanisms
US2693742A (en) * 1951-02-09 1954-11-09 American Box Board Co Separating and stacking machine
GB1143523A (en) * 1967-02-10 1969-02-26 Leipzig Veb Druckmasch Werke Sheet control device

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3758104A (en) * 1971-09-23 1973-09-11 W Daily Turning apparatus
US5575463A (en) * 1994-03-15 1996-11-19 Stralfors Ab Method and device for handling sheets which are provided with information in a laser printer
US6095512A (en) * 1998-03-25 2000-08-01 Vijuk Equipment, Inc. Accumulator station with stack height control
US6257568B1 (en) * 1998-03-25 2001-07-10 Vijuk Equipment, Inc. Accumulator station with stack height control
US6629916B2 (en) 1998-03-25 2003-10-07 Vijuk Equipment, Inc. Sheet feed device for leaflet folder
CN111942710A (en) * 2020-08-24 2020-11-17 常州工学院 Transition equipment integrating temporary book storage and reversing transfer and control method thereof

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