US3889309A - Machines for binding packets of perforated sheets - Google Patents

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US3889309A
US3889309A US434990A US43499074A US3889309A US 3889309 A US3889309 A US 3889309A US 434990 A US434990 A US 434990A US 43499074 A US43499074 A US 43499074A US 3889309 A US3889309 A US 3889309A
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Edgar Horace Galliford
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42B—PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
    • B42B5/00—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures otherwise than by stitching
    • B42B5/08—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures otherwise than by stitching by finger, claw or ring-like elements passing through the sheets, quires or signatures
    • B42B5/10—Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures otherwise than by stitching by finger, claw or ring-like elements passing through the sheets, quires or signatures the elements being of castellated or comb-like form
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  • ABSTRACT g A machine for binding packets of perforated sheets to 1211 Appl' 4990 book form with wire binding elements which may be a closed through perforations in the sheets of the packet [30] Foreign Application Priority Data wherein the packet of sheets is conveyed to a binding Jan. 23. 1973 United Kingdom 3498/73 Station y Conveying means comprising an endless chain provided with projections to engage in the per- [52] US. Cl 11/1 A; 270/58; ll/l A forations of the Sheets of a Packet, the Chain being [51] Int. Cl.
  • each binding element When it is in the condition in which the impaling of the sheets on its prongs is effected, each binding element is in the form of a tube having a slot in its wall extending over its whole length. In that condition, it will be said to be open; in its final condition in which the slot is closed, it will be said to be closed".
  • the invention is particularly concerned with means for transporting a package of perforated sheets to a binding station at which the binding element is closed with its prongs projecting through the aligned perforations of the sheets.
  • a machine of the kind set forth in accordance with the invention has packet conveying means in the form of an endless chain provided with projections to engage in the perforations of sheets of a packet and movable between a loading station and a binding station, at which means are provided to lift the packet from the projections and present it to wire binding element closing device.
  • the projections provide means whereby the perforations can easily be aligned as the sheets are impaled thereon, despite any irregularity of the sheets of a packet and hold the perforations in alignment during the feed to the binding station.
  • the loading station may comprise two feed stations at one of which a packet of sheets may be impaled on the projections and at the other of which covers for the packet" may be placed on the sheets.
  • the loading station extends along a fair length of bed of the machine to enable the two feed stations to be spaced apart by at least the width of the packet.
  • the chain drive will then be arranged to move a packet from the first feed station to the second (through an intermediaterest station) as a packet is fed into the binding station (and a bound book is fed out therefrom).
  • the means at the binding station to lift a packet from the chain and present it for binding may comprise a two part clamp which may be operated so that the lower part lifts a packet from the chain and clamps it against the upper part and the complete clamp is then fed transversely of the movement of the chain. After binding the clamp moves back and discharge means are operated to remove the bound packet.
  • FIG. I shows a length of binding material from which binding elements for use in the' machines are made
  • FIG. 2 shows that materialbent to the open form in which it is used in the machine
  • FIG. 3 is a plan of the machine
  • FIGS. 4-6 are diagrams of the binding station of the machine illustrating three stages ina machine cycle between a packet entering the station and being bound therein.
  • FIG. 1 shows a length of steel wire bent to form a band comprising a series of straight hairpin-shaped prongs 10 having closed ends or points 12 and open ends or roots 14, the prongs at their roots being connected to their neighbours by straight portions 15.
  • the prongs are brought to the curved shape shown in FIG. 2 in which, in end view, they have two approximately semi-circular por-, tions giving them the general shape of a FIG. 3.
  • the binding operation comprises impaling the perforated sheets on the curved prongs and bringing the points 12 of the prongs into the vicinity of their roots.
  • the latter operation is assisted by the kink 17 in the prongs but the kink is not essential, ie the prongs can be C-shaped.
  • the binding station B has packets 20 of perforated sheets fed to it from a loading station L and wire binding elements W fed to it transversely in the manner described in detail in the specification of our copending application Ser. Nos. 443,945, filed Feb. 20, 1974 and 434,989, filed Jan. 21, 1974.
  • the packets 20 are fed along a feed table 22 by means of an endless chain 24 provided with upwardly extending spikes 26 on which the perforations 28 of the sheets of a packet are impaled.
  • the packets 20 are placed in position with the aid of adjustable markers 29 with some of the perforations 28 of the sheets impaled on the spikes 26 of the chain at a feed station F1.
  • the chain is then driven along a distance equal tothe gap between the feed station F and the rest station R so that the packet inserted at the feed station is moved during the first motion of the chain to the rest station and from then to a second feed station F2.
  • covers for the packet, which are also perforated may be placed on top of the perforated sheets so that they will be bound onto the packet.
  • the spikes are designed substantially to fill the perforations so that the packets do not wobble during their movement along the table 22.
  • the packet On movement of a packet from a sensing station S to the binding station B the packet is moved between upper and lower clamp members 30, 32 the upper surface of the lower member 32 being aligned with the table 22 which, as can be seen from FIGS. 4-6, slopes downwardly towards the chain.
  • the spikes 26 are inclined at a slight angle to the normal to the table so as to locate the top sheets or more particularly a thick cover, a little forward of the lower sheets to allow free entry of the prongs of a binding element when closing through the holes.
  • the chain drive dwells and the lower clamp member 32 which is carried by two arms 34 one at each end and each pivotted at 36, is pivotted upwardly by operating arms 38, 40 as a result of a movement of the main cam shaft of the machine (not shown).
  • This upward movement lifts the packet 20 from the spikes 26 of the feed chain and causes the upper surface of the packet to be engaged against the clamp member 30, further pivotal upward movement against the bias of a spring 48 to the position shown in FIG. where the packet is substantially horizontal then occurs.
  • a roller 42 carried by a pair of arms 44 supporting the upper clamp member 30 engages the under side of a control member 46 the clamp then tightly holding the packet 20.
  • the arms 44 one at each side of the clamp being connected by a bar 35.
  • the arms 34 and 44 are then moved horizontally to the left from the position of FIG. 5 to that of FIG. 6, with rollers 50 carried by the lower arm 34 running along a channel support member 52 and the rollers 42 running along the flat under surface of the members 46.
  • the movement is such as to bring the perforations 28 of the packet of sheets held by the clamp, within a pair of wire closing tools 54, 56 which are conveniently those described in detail in the specification of our British Pat. No. 1209939.
  • the closing tools 54, 56 are then operated to cause the prongs of the wire binding element W to close through the perforations of the sheets of the packet to bind the packet.
  • the arms 34 and 44 are then moved back horizontally to the right (as seen in FIGS. 4-6) carrying the bound packet between the clamp members until they reach a position in which the left hand end of the packet is clear of the spikes 26 of the chain.
  • the two arms are then pivotted downwardly to deposit the bound packet on the work table 22.
  • the lowermost clamp member 32 moves downwardly to a position in line with the table but the uppermost member 30 is held clear of the packet in a position in which a roller 58 carried on an upwardly extending bracket 60 of the arm 44 engages the upper flat surface of the member 46 as can be seen in FIG. 4. This in effect opens the clamp.
  • the bound packet 20' is then ejected from the binding station by ejector bars 62 which are carried by two endless chains 63 running beneath the table.
  • the bars rise up at the left hand side of the binding station through a slot 64 and then sweep across the table to a position beyond the right hand side of the binding station where the bound packet is discharged from the machine.
  • ejector bars can be carried projecting downwardly from belts moving above and along the table the bars engaging the ends of bound packets from above and moving them one by one off from the table.
  • the chain 24 is again driven so that the next packet of unbound sheets is moved from the sensing station S to the binding station B.
  • the left hand ejector bar 62 is beneath the table and emerges up through the slot 64 after the packet has moved into the station and moves down fromabove the table and is then positioned adjacent the left hand side of the packet ready for ejection thereof, after completion of binding of the newly entered packet (see FIG. 3).
  • a sensing switch 66 remains in its inoperative position to prevent the machine from operating if no packet is presented for binding.
  • the clamp constituted by clamp members 30, 32 can be adjusted to accommodate packets of differing thickness by adjusting the position of the roller 42 relative to the arm 44.
  • the axis of the roller 42 is carried by a plate having a projecting screw or bolt 66 which extends through a quadrant slot 68 in a plate 70 on the arm 44. By slackening the bolt 66 and repositioning it in the quadrant 68 the height of the roller 42 relatively to the arm 44 can readily be adjusted.
  • the wire binding element W is fed as a strip longitudinally by means of a chain C from a reel R to the wire closing tools 54, 56 to a reception station RS at which predetermined lengths are cut from the strip and moved transversely to the chain to the closing tools 54, 56 in the manner fully described in the specification of our copending application Ser. Nos. 434,989, filed Jan. 21, 1974 and 443,945, filed Feb. 20, 1974.
  • a machine for binding a packet of perforated sheets into book form, said packet being so bound by a wire binding element closed through the perforations in said packet said machine including an endless chain movable between a loading station and a binding station, said endless chain having projections adapted to engage the perforations of the sheets of said packet,
  • closing device located adjacent to said binding station, said closing device being adapted to bind the sheets of said packet with said wire binding element
  • lift means located at said binding station, said lift means being operable to remove said packet from the projections of said chain, and said lift means being movable to present said packet into operative relation with said closing device.
  • said loading station comprising two feed stations spaced apart one from the other by at least the width of a packet, said packet being impaled on said chain s projections at one feed station and a cover for said packet being impaled on said chain s projections at the other feed station.
  • said lift means comprising a clamp device having a lower clamp part movable to lift said packet from said chain into clamping contact against an upper clamp part, said clamps being then movable transversely of the direction of movement of said chain into operative relation with said closing device.
  • a binding machine as claimed in claim 1 including discharge means cooperatively related with said lift means, said discharge means being adapted to move said packet away from said clamp device after binding.
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