US3918706A - Pneumatic sheet transport and alignment mechanism - Google Patents

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US3918706A
US3918706A US482310A US48231074A US3918706A US 3918706 A US3918706 A US 3918706A US 482310 A US482310 A US 482310A US 48231074 A US48231074 A US 48231074A US 3918706 A US3918706 A US 3918706A
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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
    • B65H5/22—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
    • B65H5/228—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device by air-blast devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor

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  • a pneumatic sheet transport and alignment mechanism is disclosed utilizing the orientation of the air jets in the pneumatic transport to cause the sheet being transported to be moved laterally to engage an edge guide such that the sheet is properly aligned for subsequent operations upon exiting from the transport and alignment mechanism. Additionally a technique is disclosed which allows the sheet to be progressively engaged with the edge guide or reference edge such that the trailing corner of the sheet as it progresses through the transport is engaged with the reference edge prior to the leading corner thereby avoiding jams and retarded sheets.
  • Pressurized pneumatic conveyors have shown a propensity for reliability and simplicity when handling sheets and strips of materials.
  • the foregoing objects are accomplished by the formation of a transport path or transport region between two restraining means and the angularly forwardly impinging of air from nozzles or jets onto the sheet being transported to provide the sheet with both a transporting forward force or vector and a lateral force or vector to accomplish alignment and positioning. Additionally the jets are broken into groups to provide a simultaneous twisting or turning moment on the sheet to prevent the leading corner from engaging the edge guide or reference guide early thus preventing the jamming of a sheet into the edge guide which would prevent continued operation of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the bottom restraining means and air jets oriented to accomplish the objects of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the top and bottom restraining means together with the nozzles and jets.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the arrangement in FIG. 2.
  • a top and bottom restraining means 12, 10 is provided to support the sheet and to guide the sheet with respect to one plane during its transport through the transport and alignment apparatusi
  • These restraining means 10 may be ofmany different.configurations but may most conveniently be formed ofa relatively thin sheet of material such as aluminum or other metal sheeting to provide a generally flat surface. It should be recognized that should there be a need for making the surface other than flat, it may have small surface irregularities such as shallow bend but that the apparatus functions best with a flat surface.
  • a complimentary top restraining means 12, illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, is placed over and maintained spaced apart from the bottom restraining means thereby providing a relatively thin channel or spacing between the two restraining means 10, 12 for the sheet to be restrained within and acted upon by the air flow from the transport and aligning nozzles.
  • a reference edge or edge guide 14 is provided along one edge of bottom restraining means 10, and extending across the gap between restraining plates 10, 12.
  • bottom restraining means 10 or bottom plate 10 is in fact a solid metal plate
  • the pneumatic nozzles or air jets 18, 22, 34 used for transporting and aligning may be either formed by drilling through the plate at the desired angle or may be formed by creating an opening 42 in the plate l0, l2 and then projecting a nozzle or tube through that opening at the appropriate desired angle. In either event, the techniques are equivalent and provide substantially identical results.
  • a plurality ofjets are positioned and aimed through bottom restraining means 10 and top restraining means 12. It is desirable to have a plurality ofjets acting upon a sheet at any one time with the minimum number being two and the maximum number being determined by nozzle size and spacing.
  • the device is illustrated in FIG. 1 with a total of nine jets in the bottom restraining means 10 and a like number would be found in the top restraining means 12 illustrated in sectional view in FIG. 2.
  • the transport and aligning mechanism is positioned such that a sheet may be received from a device, such as, for example a printer of any of several diverse types, i.e., offset printer, photographic printer or electrophotographic printer or electrostatic copying apparatus, or
  • the sheet is outputted from whatever base machine is involved by means of conventional sheet handling techniques such as belts, pinch rolls, or other well known sheet transport mechanisms.
  • the transport and aligner may be adapted to accommodate sheets of that size, or may be made to accommodate sheets of a plurality of sizes.
  • jets 16, 18, and 22 are all ori ented at an angle sufficient to impart a substantial translating or lateral force vector to the sheet 8.
  • the sheet 8 is still engaged by pinch rolls 40 of the base machine or printer and thus the effect of jets 16 and 18 have not overcome the feed effects of pinch rolls 40.
  • the forces exerted by jets 16 and 18 begin to translate sheet 8 in the direction of arrows 24.
  • the sheet is engaged by the air flow from jets 20 and 22 which provide additional force in the direction of arrows 24.
  • lIof sheet 8 is being acted upon by the flow from jet 26.
  • jet 26 acts on the sheet a larger component of force is exerted in the forward or transport direction, i.e., from right to left in FIG. I, and a diminished translating vector, i.e., from top to bottom, is placed on the lower end of sheet 8.
  • a turning moment about an axis which is perpendicular to sheet 8 causing the sheet to have a tendency to turn in a clockwise direction.
  • the sheet will engage the air flow from jet 28 which further reinforces the action of jet 26.
  • jets 16, 18, 20 and 22 are generally oriented the same providing a large translational vector and a. substantial transporting vector, these jets may be considered as one group providing primarily an aligning. and transporting force. Jets 26 and 28 having a reduced angular orientation with respect to the reference edge 14 provide primarily a turning and transporting force. The turning force tends to engage the trailing corner of sheet 8, designated as 9, with reference edge 14 prior to the leading corner designated 7 thereby preventing corner 7 from abutting into reference edge 14 and crumpling or otherwise causing a jam in the transport 2 14 is sufficient to overcome the translationaleffects of those jets still acting on it, the forward vector will trans late the sheet until jets 30, 32 and 34 engage it.'As can be seen from FIG. 1, the angular orientation 'of jets 30, 32 and 34 is still such that they form a small acute angle with respect to the reference edge but such that the translational force vectors created thereby are small with respect to the forward transporting vector.
  • edge aligner 14 or reference edge 14- i abutted against edge aligner 14 or reference edge 14- i and at the same time provide a substantial forward moving force to transport the paper out of the transporter and aligner apparatus'After the paper 8 leaves the transport mechanism and is aligned against the ref-' erence edge 14, the sheet may be transported to any. other utilizing device as for example a collator or sorter. 7
  • FIG. 3 more clearly illustrates the use of tube type jets 44 extending through openings 42 in the top and bottom restraining means 10 and 12.
  • the tubes are angled to form converging air flows and provide, in the transport region between restraining means lfl and 12 a low pressure or Bernoulli effect which will have the effect of towing the paper in the air flow and not on the restraining means 10 or 12.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 3 illustrates the use of jets protruding through openings and these jets are supplied from an accumulator or plenum 50 which is in turn supplied with pressurized air from a pump 52.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an alternative embodiment wherein the upper and lower restraining means have been formed as part of a plenum chamber 54 which is pressurized by pump 52.
  • the jets are then formed by holes being drilled at the appropriate angular orientation both with respect to the paper path and also slanted in the direction of travel desired by the paper at any one point to cause converging Bernoulli air flows to urge the paper forward.
  • a pneumatic sheet transporting and aligning device comprising a transport plane defined by restraining means positioned on two sides of said plane and an edge guide aligning means;
  • a pneumatic transport and aligner for transporting sheet material and aligning said sheet with an edge 5 alignment guide comprising:
  • pneumatic propulsion means for aligning and transporting comprising a plurality of groups of nozzles
  • each of said groups of said nozzles angularly oriented with respect to said edge alignment guide to progressively provide a decreasing translating vector and an increasing transporting vector of force on said sheet, with respect to its direction of transportation;
  • said plurality of nozzles pneumatically connected to I a pressurized air source to provide continuous air flow therethrough.

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