US3826348A - Article selection and separation apparatus - Google Patents

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US3826348A
US3826348A US00285841A US28584172A US3826348A US 3826348 A US3826348 A US 3826348A US 00285841 A US00285841 A US 00285841A US 28584172 A US28584172 A US 28584172A US 3826348 A US3826348 A US 3826348A
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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
    • B65H33/00—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles
    • B65H33/02—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by moving a blade or like member into the pile
    • 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
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
    • B65H2301/321—Standing on edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/176—Cardboard
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/176—Cardboard
    • B65H2701/1762—Corrugated

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  • a separator or knife is located transverse to the articles with respect to the direction of flow of the stream of articles. This separator-or knife is intended to bear upon the selection means and serves to penetrate between two successive articles without coming into contact with both of these articles at the beginning of its penetration between two such articles. There is also provided means for adjusting the pressure exerted by the selection means upon the edge of the articles.
  • Another object of the present invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus for the selection and separation of articles wherein there is overcome the danger that the separator or knife will penetrate at a location other than between two articles of the stream of articles and which apparatus enables carrying out the exact introduction of the separator or knife in 'a faultless and positive manner.
  • Still a further significant object of the present invention relates to an improved apparatus for the selection and separation of articles, particularly blanks or the like, in a positive and reliable manner, without damaging the articles moving through the equipment, wherein the equipment itself is of relatively simple construction and design, extremely reliable in operation, requires a minimum' of servicing and maintenance, and is not readily subject to breakdown.
  • the inventive apparatus is generally manifested by the features that the selection means is intended to bear upon the edge of vertically arranged articles, e.g., blanks, in such a manner that during displacement of a stream of articles such selection means successively follows each article edge.
  • a separator or knife located in a plane substantially perpendicular with respect to the direction of movement of the articles, this knife bearing upon the selection means and being intended by means of a control command to penetrate between two successive articles without coming into contact with both articles, at the beginning of its penetration movement between such two articles;
  • means for adjusting the pressure exerted by the selection means upon the edge of the articles is also provided.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view, partially in cross-section, of an exemplary embodiment of inventive apparatus
  • FIG. '2 illustrates certain components of the apparatus of FIG. 1 in apreselection position
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the apparatus of FIG. 1 during the first phase of separation
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the position of the apparatus of FIG. 1 during the start of the phase of penetration of the knife between two boxes
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the position of the components of the apparatus during complete separation.
  • a transverse extending shaft 10 is vertically displaceable in the direction of the double headed arrow 10a in order to be ableto adjust the pressure exerted by an article selector 9 in the form of a flexible blade 9a upon the edge of the boxes 3 or otherwise forming the stream of articles.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the apparatus of FIG. 1 in its article 7 pre-selection position.
  • the boxes 3 are displaced in the direction of the arrow 4.
  • the selector 9 continuously wipes across the'upper portion 16 of the stream of boxes, so that it successively follows the outer line of the edge of each box 3.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the equipment in the first phase of the article separation operation.
  • the resilient blade 14 of the separator 12 has been displaced by the control 15, 15a so that it now bears'upon the flexed end portion or end 17 of the selector9.
  • the resilient or flexible blade 14 which is preferably dull or blunt of separator vl2 will be seen to incorporate an end portion or end 18 which possesses an inclination which is preferably simithe separator 12 between the two boxes 3.
  • the inclined or flexed end portion 18 of the separator 12 continues its travel in that it downwardlypresses the inclined or flexed end portion 17 of the selector, resulting in bending or bowing towards the left the box 19 and thus forming an entrance or opening 21 which renders possible the easy and faultless introduction of the separator 12 between the boxes 19 and 20.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the complete separation. During the time that the separator 12 has carried out its downward travel it hasbeen introduced between two successive boxes, and thus completes the'separation of the stream of boxes.
  • a flexible thin resilient blade biased against the stack at all I times and having a downwardly inclined .portion mounted so that one end bears upon theedges of the moving articles which are essentially vertically arranged in such a manner that said blade follows the article edges-during displacement of a stream of said articles, a separator mounted for movement in-a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow of said articles and movable to a position engageable with said one end of said flexible blade to cause said flexible blade to move between two successive articles without injuring either of said articles'at initiationand during penetration between said two articles and so as to create a temporary gap in the stack which allows the separator to penetrate between two successive articles with-' out injury to their edges, and means for adjusting thepressure exerted by said flexible blade upon the edges of said articles.

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US4296590A (en) * 1977-11-11 1981-10-27 Focke & Co. Method and apparatus for conveying six-pack containers to carton blank
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US4098392A (en) * 1976-10-26 1978-07-04 Greene William F Potato chips processing machine
US4296590A (en) * 1977-11-11 1981-10-27 Focke & Co. Method and apparatus for conveying six-pack containers to carton blank
US4620827A (en) * 1983-12-26 1986-11-04 Honshu Seishi Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for supplying flat sheets such as pulp sheets
US5035316A (en) * 1990-01-22 1991-07-30 Universal Instruments Corporation Isolating a first component to be pickup from other components on a vibratory feeder
US5193970A (en) * 1991-03-11 1993-03-16 Sardee Industries Inc. High speed/high capacity automated workload regulator
WO1992015509A1 (en) * 1991-03-11 1992-09-17 Sardee Industries, Inc. High speed/high capacity automated workload regulator
US5380410A (en) * 1991-09-18 1995-01-10 Fujitsu Limited Process for fabricating an optical device for generating a second harmonic optical beam
US5441382A (en) * 1993-01-29 1995-08-15 Fleetwood Systems, Inc. Infeed apparatus for article handling system
US5464316A (en) * 1993-04-29 1995-11-07 Tension Envelope Corporation Envelope accumulation, batching and compression apparatus and method
US5387078A (en) * 1993-11-10 1995-02-07 General Binding Corporation Disk lift separator
US6006499A (en) * 1994-01-28 1999-12-28 Jomet Oy Apparatus for separating a stack portion with a separator element and a device for gripping a protruding marker
US6024205A (en) * 1996-09-24 2000-02-15 Rieter Ingolstadt Spinnereimaschinenbau Ag Process and device to position empty tubes on a tube conveying device
US6349933B1 (en) 1999-10-12 2002-02-26 Scheffer, Inc. Method and apparatus for horizontal stacking and batching of sheet products
US7470102B2 (en) * 2001-07-27 2008-12-30 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. Apparatus and method for insertion of separating means into a forming stack of sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly
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IT968139B (it) 1974-03-20
JPS4837870A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-06-04
ES406886A1 (es) 1976-02-01
DE2244681A1 (de) 1973-03-22
FR2154065A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-05-04
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CA975707A (en) 1975-10-07
CH538984A (fr) 1973-07-15

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