US3618939A - Mechanism for orienting paper sheets - Google Patents

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US3618939A
US3618939A US802335A US3618939DA US3618939A US 3618939 A US3618939 A US 3618939A US 802335 A US802335 A US 802335A US 3618939D A US3618939D A US 3618939DA US 3618939 A US3618939 A US 3618939A
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Jaroslav Jiruse
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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
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  • a pair of opposed side-edge-shifting structures are provided for engaging the opposed side edges of the sheets so as to properly position them laterally.
  • a single drive is provided to coact with the end-shifting structure while a transmission extends therefrom to the pair of opposed side edge shifting structures so that in this way the drive is transmitted to all of the shifting structures. in the drive, there is a friction type of transmission giving the possibility of adjusting the several shifting structures even while the mechanism operates.
  • the present invention relates to mechanisms paper sheets in a stack.
  • the invention relates to that type of stacking device used, for instance, with printing presses where a sheet-stacking structure deposits the sheets one upon another in the stack.
  • This stacking structure functions to remove the printed sheets from the printing cylinders, to deposit the thusremoved sheets onto a table where the sheets are stacked, whereupon end and side-orienting devices engage and shift the sheet to orient it properly in the stack.
  • Devices of this type operate in such a way that the paper sheets are oriented by way of endand side-orienting components, with the movements being derived by way of lever mechanisms which are independent of each other and are for orienting .driven by rotary components of the machine.
  • the latter type of devices has a certain advantage in that the adjustment of the orienting components in accordance with a particular sheet format can also be carried out during the operation of the machine.
  • an important disadvantage resides in the fact that such mechanisms are necessarily of extreme complexity.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a construction which makes it possible to very readily carry out adjustments, even while the assembly continues to operate.
  • An additional object of the invention is to provide a construction which not only can be adjusted during operation but which can be adjusted in such a way that each of the orienting components can be adjusted during operation of the mechanism, independently of the other orienting components, so that outstanding advantages are achieved from the stand point of convenience of operation and adjustment as well as from the standpoint of safety.
  • the structure includes a table on which the sheets are stacked with an end stop means located at the table for engaging one end of the stack of sheets.
  • An opposed end-shifting means coacts with the opposed ends of the sheets for shifting them toward the one stop means to locate the sheets against the latter.
  • a pair of opposed side-shifting means are provided for respectively engaging each side edge of the sheet and thus for orienting both side edges with respect to the one end stop means.
  • a drive means is provided for driving all of the shifting means, this drive means directly driving the endshifting means while a transmission means transmits the drive from the end-shifting means to the pair of opposed side-shifting means.
  • an adjusting means coacts with the several shifting means for adjusting each of them independently of the others whenever desired.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic partly sectional side elevation of one possible structure according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic top plan view of the mechanism of FIG. 1, also showing certain parts in section.
  • the illustrated structure of the invention for orienting paper sheets which are stacked by a nonillustrated stacking structure of a printing press, includes a push-pull rod 1 which is fixed at its upper end, as viewed in FIG. 1, to a ring 2 that in turn slidably surrounds and engages the periphery of an eccentric 3.
  • the eccentric 3 is in the fonn of a disc fixed to a rotary drive shaft 4 2.
  • Securing devices 6 prevent falling of the eccentric 3 out of the ring 2.
  • the end of the push-pull rod which is distant from the ring 2 is connected with a cylindrical pin 7 which extends, respectively, through a suitable opening in a crank arm 8 and in an arm of a bellcrank lever 10 so that a pivotal connection is provided between the push-pull rod 1 and the elements 8 and 10.
  • the crank arm 8 is shown in FIG. 2.
  • Both elements 8 and 10 are frictionally mounted on an elongated adjusting shaft 9 which in turn is fixed to a pinion 20 that meshes with a rack 23.
  • the elements 8 and 10 may have split sleeves pressed by springs against shaft 9 to turn the latter when the elements 8 and 10 turn while permitting shaft 9 to turn with respect to arm 8 and lever 10.
  • Rack 23 as well as pinion 20 are supported for movement in a support means formed by a suitable supporting body 22 which itself is carried by a connecting bar 27 extendingbetween the sidewalls 28 of the machine.
  • the bellcrank lever 10 is connected by a pivot pin 11 with a push-pull rod 12 forming a link for transmitting the drive from the bellcrank 10 to a pin 13 which is carried by a second bellcrank 14.
  • the rack 23 is fixed at its front end to an end-shifting means in the form of an elongated shifting component 26 adapted to engage the ends of the stacked sheets and to shift the sheets so that their opposed ends engage the stops 30 which are fixedly carried by a shaft 29 which, too, extends between and is carried by the sidewalls 28.
  • a bellcrank l4 and an opposed lever 25 are to a transmission shaft 15 carried in suitable bearings by the opposed walls 28, and by way of spherically shaped members 16 in suitable bearings and connecting rods 17 (FIG.
  • a transmission is provided between the parts 14 and 25 and crank arms 18 which extend from elongated adjusting shafts l9 respectively situated between and adjacent the walls 28. Arms 18 also have a friction mounting on shafts 19, respectively.
  • the shafts 19 are themselves supported for rotary movement in suitable bearing brackets 21, respectively, carried by the walls 28, and the shafts 19 are also supported in a pair of additional supporting brackets 22 which may be identical with the support means 22 associated with the rack 23 of the endshifting means 26.
  • the pinions 21) respectively fixed to the shafts 19 respectively mesh with a pair of additional lateral racks 23 also supported together with the pinions for movement by the pair of additional support means 22 respectively located adjacent the sidewalls 28 as shown in FIG. 2 which illustrates how these additional lateral racks 23 extend through openings of walls 28.
  • the inner ends of the lateral racks 23 which are directed toward each other are respectively fixed with side-shifting means 24 in the form of elongated parallel components extending along and adapted to engage the side edges of the sheets.
  • the shaft 15 extends between and is supported for rotary movement by the sidewalls 28.
  • the transverse bar 29 which carries the stops 30 is fixedly carried by the pair of opposed sidewalls 23.
  • the sheets are stacked on a table 31 against one edge of which the stops 30 are located.
  • the drive to the shaft 4 and printing cylinders is provided by way of a belt 32, as shown schematically in PEG. 1.
  • the drive means for the end-shifting means 26 includes the eccentric 3 which is driven from the shaft 4 and which transmits the drive by way of the ring 2 to the push-pull rod 1 so that through the pin 7 of the drive means a swinging reciprocating movement of the crank arm 8 and the lever is provided.
  • the arm 23 rotates the adjusting shaft 9 and thus the pinion 20 which reciprocates the rack 23 so that the end-shifting means 26 carries out its operating cycle.
  • the swinging movement is transmitted by a transmission means of the drive means from the lever 10 to the shaft by way of the pin 11, the rod 12, the pin 1.3, and the bellcrank M.
  • the swinging movement is transmitted to the crank arms 18 and the adjusting shafts 19 through the swing levers 17, and the arms 18 turn toward and away from each other.
  • the adjusting rods 19 turn the pinions 20 which in turn shift the lateral racks 23 toward and away from each other so that the side-orienting means 24 are laterally moved.
  • the paper sheets which are taken from the printing cylinders by the nonillustrated stacking structure and are deposited on the table 31 are oriented by this structure.
  • the end-shifting means 26 shifts the sheets into engagement with the end stops 30, while the pair of opposed side-shifting means 24 move toward each other and thus serve to engage the side edges of the sheets in order to orient them laterally.
  • the movement of the endand lateral-shifting means 26 and 24 is carried out simultaneously and continuously, with each operating cycle being repeated for each sheet.
  • the adjustment of the components 24 and 26 is brought about by turning of the adjusting shafts 9 and 19 by way of suitable keys, wrenches, or the like which may be placed on the noncircular ends of the shafts 9 and 19, which may, for example, be of square cross section.
  • end stop means for engaging sheets at one end thereof, end-shifting means for engaging an opposed end of the sheets and shifting them toward said end stop means to locate said one end of the sheets in engagement with end stop means, a pair of opposed side-shifting means for respectively engaging opposed sides of the sheets to situate them laterally at a predetermined location with respect to said end stop means, a single drive means operatively connected with said end-shifting means, and transmission means extending from said drive means to said opposed side-shifting means for transmitting the drive thereto, said transmission means comprising a shaft associated with each of said end-shifting and side-shifting means and friction clutch means interconnecting each of said shafts, said drive means coacting with said friction clutch means and with said end-shifting means and said pair of opposed side-shifting means for cyclically actuating them whenever a sheet is deposited on a stack in order to properly orient the sheet with the remainder of the stack, said friction clutch means permitting adjustment of each of said end
  • each of said shifting means is in the form of an elongated member extending along the sheet edge which is to be engaged
  • said drive and transmission means including elongated racks respectively fixed to and extending perpendicularly from said elongated members, pinions respectively meshing with said racks, and means coacting with said pinions for rotating them in opposed directions to reciprocate said elongated members during each operating cycle.
  • said transmission means includes a bellcrank on said shaft and having one arm also connected with said push-pull rod, an elongated link pivotally connected to and extending from the other arm of said bellcrank, a second bellcrank connected to said link distant from said one bellcrank, a shaft fixed to and extending from said second bellcrank, a lever fixed to said latter shaft, a pair of shafts respectively fixed to and extending from said pinions of said pair of opposed side-shifting means, a pair of additional crank arms respectively fixed to and extending from the latter shafts, and a pair of swing-lever means respectively interconnecting said second bellcrank and said lever with said crank arms to swing the shafts and thus turn said pinions of said side-shifting means back and forth.
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