US3632105A - Article-conveying device - Google Patents

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US3632105A
US3632105A US849684A US3632105DA US3632105A US 3632105 A US3632105 A US 3632105A US 849684 A US849684 A US 849684A US 3632105D A US3632105D A US 3632105DA US 3632105 A US3632105 A US 3632105A
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Herman Karel Maria Verhoeven
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
    • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
    • G06K13/07—Transporting of cards between stations

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  • the present invention relates to an article-conveying device.
  • the article-conveying device is particularly characterized in that it includes means to impart movement to the article along a closed loop path and to selectively direct the article in and out of the path.
  • the present conveying device is further characterized in that the means for imparting movement to the article include a rotatable cylindrical drum with an associated holding arrangement to hold the article in contact with the peripheral surface of the drum thus imparting movement to the article along a circular path.
  • the present invention also relates to an article conveying device including means to convey a document along a path.
  • a preferred embodiment of the article-conveying device includes a continuously rotating cylindrical drum which has at one side a peripheral collar and the peripheral surface of which makes contact with a number of freely rotatable rollers which are so mounted with respect to the drum that a document introduced in the path delimited by these rollers and the peripheral surface is urged towards said collar.
  • This drum is arranged tangentially to a main path, and a points mechanism mounted at the point of tangency is able to deflect a document from this main path into the bypath between the drum and the rollers.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a conveying device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side view from right to left of FIG. 1 with a plurality of parts removed for clarity.
  • the article and more particularly document-conveying device shown therein includes a main mounting plate 1.
  • Auxiliary mounting plates 2 and 3 are parallel to mounting plate 1 and are secured thereon by means of bracket 4 and axle 5, a hollow cylindrical sleeve 6, and a not shown bracket respectively.
  • a wheel 7 is mounted on axle 5 so as to be freely rotatable thereon and is driven in the direction shown by means of drive belt 8.
  • a plurality of rollers 9 to 14 are mounted in contact with this drive belt 8, these rollers being freely rotatable about the respective axles 15 to 20 which are fixed on mounting plate 1.
  • a cylindrical drum 2] having a peripheral collar 22 adjacent to mounting plate 1 is secured to a drive shaft 23 of a motor (not shown), this drive shaft 23 being partially located in the hollow cylindrical sleeve 6 and being rotatable in the direction shown.
  • Drive belt 8 and drum 21 delimit a gap 44. It is to be noted that the axial length of the drum is smaller than the width of the smallest document capable of being handled.
  • each of these blocks 24, 25, 26 are secured to mounting plate 1.
  • the surface 27, 28, 29 facing mounting plate 3 of each of these blocks is oblique with respect to mounting plate 1.
  • Adjacent to each of its two extremities each of these blocks 24, 25, 26 carries an axle 30, 31; 32, 33; 34, 35 on which a roller 36, 37; 38, 39; 40, 41 is mounted in a freely rotatable way, these axles being perpendicular to the surfaces 27, 28, 29 of these blocks respectively.
  • rollers 45 and 46 are mounted in a freely rotatable way about the respective axles 47 and 48 secured to brackets which are fixed on mounting plate 2.
  • roller 45 is mounted on axle 47 secured to bracket 49 which is fixed on mounting plate 2.
  • An electromagnet 50, SI constituted by an E-shaped core 50 and a winding 51 arranged around the middle leg of this core 50 is mounted on mounting plate 1 by means of nuts 52, 53.
  • an electromagnet 54, 55 constituted by an E- shaped core 54 and a winding 55 arranged around the middle leg of this core 54 is mounted on mounting plate 3 by means of nuts 56, 57.
  • the E-shaped cores 50, 54 delimit a gap 58 which is located in the prolongation of the gap 44 between drive belt 8 and drum 21.
  • a resilient points blade 59 made of a magnetic material and fixed to a bracket 60 extends into the gap 58 wherein it is in contact either with core 50, as shown, or with core 54.
  • a lamp 61 and an associated photocell 62 are mounted in front of each other on mounting plates 2 and 1 respectively.
  • a lamp 63 and an associated photocell 64 are mounted in front of each other on mounting plates 3 and 1 respectively. These lamps and photocells form part of an electric control circuit (not shown).
  • a plurality of guide plates 65 to 72 are perpendicularly mounted on mounting plate 1 at a certain distance from the lateral surface of drum 21 nearest to mounting plates 2 and 3.
  • electromagnet 54, 55 is released and electromagnet 50, 51 is energized so that the end 72 of points blade 59 is displaced into contact with core 50 of this electromagnet. Due to this, and since its width is larger than the axial length of the drum, the document then enters the cylindrical guide channel or bypath 43 along which it is conveyed between drum 2] and rollers 46, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, and 36 successively. At the moment its leading edge interrupts the light beam between lamp 63 and photocell 64 a signal is transmitted to the above-mentioned electric control circuit which decides whether the document must continue its movement in bypath 43 or not.
  • electromagnet 50, 51 is maintained in the energized condition so that the document continues to be advanced along guide channel or bypath 43 by drum 21 and rollers 45, 46, etc' in the second case electromagnet 50, S1 is released and electromagnet 54, 55 is energized so that the document is then advanced in guide channel or main path 42 towards the outlet thereof.
  • the aim of the obliquely mounted rollers 36 to 41 is to urge the documents conveyed in guide channel 43 towards the peripheral collar 22 of drum 21 and thus to line up these documents. It has indeed been empirically found that when these rollers are parallel to the mounting plate 1 the documents gain a helical movement urging them out of guide channel 43.
  • rollers 36 to 41 may be eliminated when using a hollow drum 21 having a perforated surface and an interior coupled to exhausting means.
  • main path 42 is tangent to the circular bypath 43.
  • bypath 43 may obviously also take other form or may be an open path which communicates with the main path in two positions and which is such that the time required for a document to travel between these positions along this bypath is larger than that required for a document to travel along this main path.
  • first means defining a curved continuous first path for imparting movement to articles along said first path
  • second means defining a substantially circular continuous second path, said second means including a drum the peripheral surface of which is positioned proximate said first path so as to provide said first and second paths with a coincident point of tangency;
  • switch means for selectively guiding articles from said first path into said second path and vice versa
  • said switch means including a two-position points mechanism positioned between said first and second paths at said coincident point of tangency, said points mechanism being arranged in the one position to permit articles in the first path to remain therein and articles in the second path to return to the first path, and in the other position permit articles in the first path to be conveyed into the second path and for articles already in the second path to remain therein
  • said switching means further including third means for detecting articles in either path and electromagnetic means responsive to said detecting means for switching said switch means in accordance with the transit time period requirement for each article between the input and output of said first path.
  • An article-conveying device comprising first means for imparting movement to an article along a substantially circular closed loop first path and to selectively direct the article in and out of said first path, said first means including a rotatable cylindrical drum and an associated holding arrangement to hold the article in contact with the peripheral surface of said drum, wherein said peripheral surface of said drum is delimited at one side by a peripheral collar and said holding arrangement includes freely rotatable rollers mounted with respect to said drum such that contact is made by said rollers with said peripheral surface and the article located thereon is urged toward said peripheral collar.
  • first and second means include a common points mechanism which is mounted at the point of tangency of said paths and which is adapted to direct said article into or out of said closed loop path.

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US3788636A (en) * 1971-05-29 1974-01-29 Licentia Gmbh Rotating suction drum for data carriers
FR2328218A1 (fr) * 1975-10-16 1977-05-13 Hoechst Ag Procede et dispositif utilises pour l'entrainement repetitif des documents a reproduire dans une appareil reprographique
US4056263A (en) * 1974-06-10 1977-11-01 Xicon Data Entry Corporation Drumless paper transporter
US4497481A (en) * 1981-12-18 1985-02-05 Agfa-Gevaert Ag Arrangement for supplying originals for copying apparatus
US5662201A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-09-02 Mars Incorporated Banknote reader
US5735516A (en) * 1992-05-27 1998-04-07 Mars Incorporated Apparatus for handling sheets
US5909792A (en) * 1992-04-16 1999-06-08 Mars Incorporated Banknote reader

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CH664138A5 (de) * 1984-10-12 1988-02-15 Grapha Holding Ag Fliessfertigungsstrecke fuer druckerzeugnisse.
GB2209518B (en) * 1987-09-10 1991-09-04 Ncr Co Sheet handling apparatus.

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US3012775A (en) * 1958-12-30 1961-12-12 Ibm Sheet conveying and aligning apparatus
US3083012A (en) * 1960-06-29 1963-03-26 Sperry Rand Corp Delay device for document feeding apparatus
US3329424A (en) * 1966-08-15 1967-07-04 Rca Corp Card transport system
US3466029A (en) * 1967-12-26 1969-09-09 Ibm Fluid-controlled document transport drum

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US3012775A (en) * 1958-12-30 1961-12-12 Ibm Sheet conveying and aligning apparatus
US3083012A (en) * 1960-06-29 1963-03-26 Sperry Rand Corp Delay device for document feeding apparatus
US3329424A (en) * 1966-08-15 1967-07-04 Rca Corp Card transport system
US3466029A (en) * 1967-12-26 1969-09-09 Ibm Fluid-controlled document transport drum

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3788636A (en) * 1971-05-29 1974-01-29 Licentia Gmbh Rotating suction drum for data carriers
US4056263A (en) * 1974-06-10 1977-11-01 Xicon Data Entry Corporation Drumless paper transporter
FR2328218A1 (fr) * 1975-10-16 1977-05-13 Hoechst Ag Procede et dispositif utilises pour l'entrainement repetitif des documents a reproduire dans une appareil reprographique
US4065119A (en) * 1975-10-16 1977-12-27 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Process and apparatus for transport of originals in a reproduction apparatus
US4497481A (en) * 1981-12-18 1985-02-05 Agfa-Gevaert Ag Arrangement for supplying originals for copying apparatus
US5662201A (en) * 1992-04-16 1997-09-02 Mars Incorporated Banknote reader
US5909792A (en) * 1992-04-16 1999-06-08 Mars Incorporated Banknote reader
US5735516A (en) * 1992-05-27 1998-04-07 Mars Incorporated Apparatus for handling sheets

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