US3722877A - Apparatus for opening folded bound multiple sheet paper products - Google Patents

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US3722877A
US3722877A US00101456A US3722877DA US3722877A US 3722877 A US3722877 A US 3722877A US 00101456 A US00101456 A US 00101456A US 3722877D A US3722877D A US 3722877DA US 3722877 A US3722877 A US 3722877A
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/30—Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures
    • B65H5/301—Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures comprising blade-like means inserted between the parts to be opened
    • B65H5/302—Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures comprising blade-like means inserted between the parts to be opened the blade-like means being stationary
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the present invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for opening folded, bound, multiple-sheet paper products which are continuously conveyed at a spacing from one another while bearing against a conveying device.
  • paper products or equivalent expressions, is especially intended to connote all types of printed products, such as for instance, newspapers, periodicals, advertising brochures, circulars, but also stationery such as notebooks, writing pads, and the like.
  • a precondition for the insertion, especially the automatic insertion of such inserts into such type paper products, is the opening thereof.
  • the present invention therefore relates to an apparatus which serves this purpose.
  • the conveying device is constructed in the form of a conveyor band possessing projections.
  • the paper products with the fold or with the bound back at the conveyor band is forwardly advanced in upright position by means of the projections parallel to the fold or back, respectively.
  • guide rails in the form of a handrail along which slide both flat surfaces or faces of the paper products.
  • the opening of the products with the known apparatus in any case is limited to that location of the product at which the product when dammed-up will most likely divide, that is to say, generally in the middle.
  • a primary objective of the present invention is concerned with the provision of an improved type of apparatus for opening paper products which is not associated with the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art constructions and which effectively and reliably fulfills the existing need in the art.
  • Still a further significant object of the present invention relates to an apparatus of the heretofore mentionedcharacter which not only renders possible a continuous mode of operation, rather also provides extensive reliability in operation and additionally can function practically independently of the total thickness of the products.
  • Yet a further significant object of the present invention relates to an improved apparatus for the opening of paper products in a highly reliable and effective manner, without any great possibility of damaging the products being processed, and wherein the apparatus itself is relatively simple in construction, economical to manufacture, robust, not readily subject to breakdown, and requires a minimum of maintenance and servicing.
  • The'instant invention is predicated upon the recognition that the paper products which are to be opened can be compared to a stack at one side of which, namely the side of the fold or the back, all of the sheets of the product do not have any possibility of deviating, and therefore, by displacing a certain number of sheets with respect to the remaining sheets, a portion of the product will automatically bulge-out, and specifically only towards one side, so that there exists an initial opening and therefore first the point of attack which renders possible a complete opening of the product, with subsequent insertion of the insert.
  • a primary objective of the present invention resides in constructing the proposed apparatus in such a manner that the bowing or bulging-out of the product automatically occurs by displacing a certain number of sheets.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified schematic side view of an embodiment of inventive apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the apparatus depicted in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end view, partially in section taken along the line IIIIII of FIG. 2, of the apparatus depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 for purposes of explaining its mode of operation;
  • FIG. 5 is a simplified end view of a modified version of the inventive apparatus.
  • FIGS. 6 to 9 inclusive illustrate an embodiment of the inventive apparatus for opening paper products arranged along a production line, wherein the individual FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9 illustrate different stages in the operation and the corresponding positions of the relevant components of the apparatus structure.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 there will be recognized a conveying device or mechanism 1 which, in turn, embodies a slide plate or track 2 inclined at about with respect to the vertical. Bounding at the lower longitudinal edge 3 of the slide track 2 and disposed together with such in one plane is a conveyor band 4 trained about a drive roller 5 and about a freely rotatable deflecting roller 6. The drive roller 5 is rigidly mounted for rotation upon a shaft member 8 supported in the bearings 7.
  • Shaft member 8 carries a bevel gear 9 at its free end, this bevel gear 9 meshing with a suitable bevel gear 10 mounted at one end of an intermediate shaft 12 supported in bearings 11.
  • the intermediate shaft 12 is coupled through the agency of a sprocket wheel 13 and a sprocket chain 14 with a drive sprocket wheel or gear 15.
  • Sprocket wheel 15 in turn, is seated upon a drive shaft 17 mounted in bearing 16.
  • the drive shaft 17 is operably connected with any suitable and therefore non-illustrated drive motor, for instance, a transmission motor, through the agency of a sprocket wheel I8 and a chain 19.
  • An impact or contact rail member 20 is provided at the side edge of the conveyor band 4 situated opposite the slide track 2.
  • the slide track 2, the conveyor band 4 and the impact rail 20 form, to a certain extent, a substantially L-shaped conveying trough in which the paper products, here shown in the form of newspapers Z, are conveyed in FIGS. 1 and 2 from the left towards the right by means of mechanism still to be described further hereinafter.
  • the newspapers Z are delivered to the above-discussed conveying trough at the left side thereof depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 in any optional manner.
  • the newspapers can move from above through an infeed location bounded by rails or conveyor bands 21.
  • the impact rail 20 does not extend over the entire length of the conveyor band 4. The reason for this will be considered and discussed fully hereinafter.
  • FIG. 2 it will be seen that opposite the conveyor band 4 and extending parallel to such conveyor band, there is arranged an endless chain member 23 which is guided about a pair of sprocket wheels 22.
  • the endless chain member 23 is equipped at uniform spacing along its surface withresilient contact or press arms 24, 25, and 26, which, in turn, carry a respective roller member 27 at their free ends.
  • the sprocket wheel 22 appearing at the left side of the arrangement of FIG. 2 is mounted upon a shaft member 29 rotatably supported in bearings 28, as best observed by referring to FIG. 3.
  • the shaft member 29 carries a gear 30 meshing with an intermediate gear 31 seated upon a shaft 32.
  • the shaft 32 is equipped with a sprocket wheel 33 which meshes via a chain 35 with a sprocket wheel or gear 34 seated upon the shaft member 8.
  • the drive roller 38 is seated upon a shaft'39 which is connected in driving relationship via a bevel gear arrangement 40 with an intermediate shaft 41.
  • Shaft 41 is coupled via a sprocket wheel 42, a chain 43, a sprocket wheel or gear 44, a further intermediate shaft 46 mounted in bearings 45, a bevel gear arrangement 47, 48, a sprocket gear or wheel 49 and a chain 67 with a sprocket wheel 50 seated upon the drive shaft 17.
  • the transmission ratio of this chainand gear drive arrangement is selected such that the entrainment band 37 rotates in the same direction and with the same velocity or speed as the conveyor band 4.
  • a chain element or member 62 trained about two sprocket wheels 61 and 65 is arranged opposite the entrainment band 37.
  • This chain 62 carries a resilient contact arm 63 which can be designed or constructed similar to the contact arms 24, 25 and 26 of the chain element 23.
  • the chain 62 does not possess the same course of travel with regard to the entraiment band 37.
  • the path of travel of the chain 62 and the entrainment band 37 enclose with respect to one another an acute angle a, as best observed by referring to FIG. 4.
  • the sprocket gears or wheels 61 and 65 are seated upon the shafts 60 and 64, respectively, which, in turn, are further connected or coupled with one another by a pair of sprocket wheels 57 and 59 and a chain 58.
  • the shaft member 60 additionally carries a further sprocket wheel 56 which is operatively coupled with the intermediate shaft 41 through the agency of a chain 55, a sprocket wheel 54, shaft 53 and the bevel gear arrangement 51,52.
  • the transmission ratio is selected such that the peripheral velocity of the chain 62 corresponds to the peripheral or circumferential velocity of the entrainment band 37 (or the conveyor band 4) divided by cosine a.
  • the total length of the chain 62 corresponds to the spacing which the contact arms 24 and 25 or 25 and 26, or
  • 26 and 24 possess from one another, but likewise divided by cosine a.
  • the contact arm 63 attached to the chain element 62 acts upon a newspaper, in FIG. 1 the newspapers Z passing through between the contact arm 63 and the entrainment band 37, similar to the cooperation of the contact arms 24, 25 and 26 with the conveyor band 4.
  • a movement component of the contact arm 63 acts upon such newspaper, this movement component extending from above downwardly and perpendicular to the conveying direction. Consequently, the portion of the newspaper influenced by the contact arm 63, in relation to the portion of the newspaper influenced by the entrainment band 37, is displaced downwardly from above, without interruption of the conveying action. Since during this phase of operation, the newspapers continue to bear by means of their main fold or back upon the contact or impact rail member 20, there automatically occurs during this phase of operation a bowing-out of thatportion of the newspaper which is acted upon by the contact arm 63.
  • the described form of apparatus under consideration will further be understood to be equipped with an opening wedge member 68 arranged after the entrainment band 37, opening wedge 68 possessing a tip portion 69 which can be compared to the bow of a ship and its rearmost location, viewed in the direction of conveying, engages into that zone of the entrainment band member 37 where the newspaper has already been preopened. This can best be observed by referring to FIG. 4.
  • the opening wedge member 68 is arranged at a spacing from the slide plate or track 2 in order to ensure that the portions of the newspaper Z, (cf. FIG. 2) separated from one another can pass without obstructing the stationary opening wedge member 68. Furthermore, at the opening wedge member 68 there is additionally provided a slot 70 which is continuous from the top towards the bottom, slot 70 serving to conveniently receive and guide the insert B, which is to be inserted in each case into the newspaper or other paper product.
  • the contact rail 20 possesses such a length that it only extends up to the discharge end of the slot 70. At this location, the conveyed newspaper is no longer supported, which, however, is no longer necessary, since just as was previously the case, here also it is sill clamped between the contact arm 26 and the conveyor band 4, and thus, is prevented from sliding down along the slide track 2 and along the'side surfaces of the opening wedge 68. 7
  • the opening wedge 68 does not overlie the conveyor band 4 so that at its location there is ensured the unobstructed cooperation between the conveyor band 4 and the contact arm which momentarily travels along therewith.
  • FIG. 4 In this figure, there will be observed the conveyor band 4 and the contact rail 20. While the contact rail terminates approximately at the illustrated location the illustrated deflecting roller 6 of the conveyor band 4 is only located after the slot 70 formed at the opening wedge 68, only a part of which is represented in FIG. 4. Furthermore, a portion of the chain 23 is represented in FIG. 4, this chain, it will be recalled, carrying the contact arm 26 possessing the roller 27.
  • Both the conveyor band 4 as well as the chain element 23 are driven so as possess the velocity C Additionally, there is also illustrated the entrainment band 37 as well as a portion of the inclined extending and travelling chain 62 cooperating with the entrainment band 37, and as will again be recalled this chain 62 being equipped with the contact arm 63.
  • the entrainment band 37 is likewise driven at the velocity C whereas the velocity of the chain 62 amounts C there existing between these two velocities the relationship which can be expressed by the equation C C,/cos a
  • the component C of the velocity vector C, which velocity component C extends in the direction of the velocity component C, is thus equal to C whereas the vector C possesses a downwardly directed component C perpendicular to the component C
  • the component C represents the velocity of the relative movement of the contact arm 62 with respect to the band 37, which relative movement is directed transverse to the direction of travel of course of the band 67. In other words, this velocity component represents the velocity with which the portion Z;, of the newspaper Z is displaced with respect to the portion Z" towards the back or fold sliding along upon the impact or contact rail 20.
  • FIG.'5 there is shown a modification of the invention representing a schematic section'taken approximately along the line V-V of FIG. 2.
  • the slide plate or track 2 at the upper end of which there merges the entrainment band 37 and at the lower end of which there merges the conveyor band 4.
  • the conveyor band 4 travels above the contact rail 20.
  • the slide plate or track 2 is provided at the infeed region of the conveyor band 37 with a bulbous or substantially wart-shaped projection onto which travel the newspapers Z during the course of their positive conveying between the conveyor band 4 and the contact arm roller 27.
  • the newspaper experiences a slight folding or knicking action extending in the conveying direction and which, first of all, contributes to reinforcing or stiffening the newspapers in the conveying direction and, secondly, initiates the bowing-out of the portion Z of the newspaper even before the contact arm 63 of the chain begins its relative movement with regard to the entrainment band 37, which movement, it will be recalled, is directed towards the contact rail 20.
  • the bulbous projection 71 is advantageously limited in its length of the region between the infeed side of the entrainment band 37 and approximately the center thereof or its end, so that the portion Z of the newspaper which has not been caused to bow-out, owing to its elastic properties, again comes to bear flatly against the slide track 2 before it passes behind the opening wedge 68.
  • FIGS. 6 to 9 inclusive the components or elements thereof which .correspond in function essentially to the various elements or components of the prior discussed embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 5 inclusive have been conveniently designated, for the most part, with the same reference numerals or characters.
  • the production line illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 9 comprises a number of infeed compartments or sections 81 and a number of opening compartments or sections 82.
  • the infeed compartments 81 are hingedly connected to one another by the hinge components 83 to form an endless compartmental chain arrangement.
  • the opening compartments or sections 82 are hingedly connected to one another by the hinge elements 84 into a second endless compartmented chain arrangement.
  • Both hinge components 83 and 84 carry entrainment members 8, engaging with non-illustrated chains so that through the action thereof, they are continuously driven in the same direction and with the same velocity adjacent one another.
  • the bottom of each infeed compartment or section 81 is formed by the contact or impact rail member 20, the wall by the slide track 2 and the conveyor band arrangement 4.
  • each infeed compartment there is arranged opposite the conveyor band the endless chain 23 travelling over the sprocket wheels 22, at which chain 23, however, there is only secured one contact arm 24 with a press or contact roll 27. Additionally, the revolving or circulatory path of travel of the chain 23 is approximately limited to the length of the contact of impact rail 20.
  • the drive of the conveyor band arrangement 4 and the chain 23 occurs through the agency of a gear 86 which upon passing the pocket 81 meshes with a segment of a gear rack 87 stationarily secured to the non-depicted frame of the equipment or machinery.
  • the upper portion of the wall of the opening section or compartment 82 is formed by the entrainment band member 37 and the lower portion thereof by a perpendicularly or upright arranged slide track or plate 90.
  • the floor of the opening compartment is formed by two support plates 91 seated at the free end of a respective pivot arm 92 pivotably mounted in a console 93 secured to the rear side of the slide track 90 of the shaft 109 which, in turn, is rotatably mounted at the drive console 110 stationarily arranged at the machine frame (not shown).
  • the rotational speed of the wedge sector 108 is selected such that it always performs one revolution during such time as there travels past one of the opening compartments.
  • FIG. 6 it will be understood that a newspaper Z is delivered from above along the feed track 112 in such a way that the fold of this newspaper leads. The newspaper Z is then deposited into the infeed compartment or section 81 in such a way that it is positioned upright with the fold thereof bearing against the contact or impact rail.
  • the drive of the entrainment band member 37 and the chain 62 originates from a stationary toothed rack segment 97 with which meshes a gear 96.
  • the gear 96 is seated upon a shaft 98 rotatably mounted at the slide track or plate 90.
  • the drive roller 66 of the band 37, and the other roller 38 of the band 37 is seated upon a shaft member 99 rotatably mounted in the other leg of the support 104.
  • the shaft member 99 carries a sprocket wheel or gear 100 coupled through the agency of a chain 101 to a further sprocket wheel 102.
  • This sprocket wheel 102 transmits the driving force via a shaft 103 to the bevel gear arrangements 105, 107 provided with the shaft 106, wherein the last bevel gear of the bevel gear train 107 is seated upon the shaft 60 of the sprocket wheel 61.
  • the transmission ratio again is selected in such a manner that the speed of revolution or peripheral velocity C, of the chain 62 is greater by the reciprocal of the cos 0: than the speed of revolution or peripheral speed C of the entrainment band 37.
  • FIG. 6 further illustrates a gripper arrangement 118 which is pivotably mounted at the rear face of the slide track 90 about a horizontal shaft disposed transverse to the revolving path of travel of the compartments.
  • the gripperarrangement 118 is depicted in its open position.
  • a suitable actuating mechanism for instance, a non-illustrated cam control
  • the insert B moves along a conveying track 113 and into the open newspaper 2,, which, in the meantime, has been released by the further rotating opening wedge.
  • the gripper arrangement 118 is opened, and the support plates 91 are rocked into their ineffectual non-support position since the control pins 94 bear against stops 114.
  • the paper which now has been provided with the insert has the bottom support thereof actually dropping-out” and the paper thus falls,'with its fold leading, downwardly out of tee opening pocket 82, into a position where it can be conveniently handled by a nonillustrated conveying mechanism, or other handling device.
  • An apparatus for opening folded, bound, multisheet paper products comprising conveying means for continuously conveying the paper products at a spacing from one another with the fold disposed substantially parallel to the direction of conveying while the paper products bear against such conveying means, a pair of oppositely disposed driven entrainment means for acting upon opposite flat sides of the paper products, said entrainment means moving through respective paths of travel when acting upon the opposite flat sides of the paper products, said paths of travel defining a plane parallel to the plane of conveying of the products, said paths of travel of said entrainment means enclosing an acute angle with respect to one another and each said path of travel possessing a directional component substantially corresponding to the direction of conveying of the products.
  • slide track means and said conveyor band extend in a plane inclined through an angle of about to 30 with respect to a vertical plane.
  • both entrainment means comprise endless revolving entrainment elements frictionally acting upon the paper products.
  • said conveying means comprises an endless revolving conveyor band arranged between a slide track means and 'an impact rail and against which. bear the paper products, and means for rendering said conveyor band effective in a conveying sense at substantially regular time intervals.
  • said other entrainment element comprises anendless driven traction. element operably associated with said one endless entrainment banddisposed in the plane of the conveyor band, said endless driven traction element being arranged at an acute angle with respect to said one entrainment band, said endless traction element carrying at least one press arm member serving to press the paper products againstthe travelling said one entrainment band and for displacing a part of each paper product contacted thereby substantially transverse to the conveying direction thereof.
  • said means rendering said conveyor band effective in a conveying sense comprises press roller means operatively associated with the conveyor band, an endless traction element disposed opposite said conveyor band at which said press roller means are secured at a substantially uniform spacing from one another, saidpress roller means serving to press the infed paper productsagainst the travelling conveyor band.

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