US3920236A - Apparatus for arranging sheets of paper in predetermined order in sets - Google Patents

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US3920236A
US3920236A US343990A US34399073A US3920236A US 3920236 A US3920236 A US 3920236A US 343990 A US343990 A US 343990A US 34399073 A US34399073 A US 34399073A US 3920236 A US3920236 A US 3920236A
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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
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/043—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in juxtaposed carriers
    • 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
    • B65H33/06—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by displacing articles to define batches
    • B65H33/08—Displacing whole batches, e.g. forming stepped piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/055—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles by collecting in juxtaposed carriers

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  • Mion, Zinn & Macpeak ABSTRACT Apparatus for grouping sheets of paper in predetermined order in sets
  • the sheets of paper are placed standing on edge in individual packs on shelves, each pack containing sheets with identical text, etc, with the packs being disposed in succession in the order in which the individual papers in each set are to be assembledi
  • An engagement device feeds the top paper in each pack upwards so that it goes free from a flap and then releases the paper so that it may slide down over the flap and through a channel to a receptacle.
  • This invention refers to apparatus for arranging sheets of paper in sets and specifically for arranging the individual sheets in predetermined order in each of said sets.
  • the apparatus according to the invention may be utilized for assembling mimeographed sheets and for forming booklets.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide apparatus of the above-mentioned type that is simple in its structure and inexpensive in its construction and operation and furthermore is not bulky. Despite its simplicity and low cost, the apparatus or machine of the invention has the capability of grouping the paper sheets in a precise manner without inflicting any damage on them. All manual intervention may be fully eliminated by utilizing the apparatus according to the invention, i.e. the apparatus of the invention operates entirely automatically.
  • the apparatus of the invention includes mechanically operated paper-sliding means which are provided with adhesive rubber for engaging the outermost sheet of each pack or stock of paper, said means in their lower end positions being removed from the outermost sheets of paper that have been pushed up previously. with said outermost sheets ofpaper, which are separated in a lifting operation, being allowed to slide down between said papensliding means and the remaining stocks of paper which are retained in their previous positions, re spectively.
  • the released sheets of paper are forwarded in a channel system to individual positions corresponding to their original order of succession and conveyed to a collecting device. Separating the outermost sheets of the stocks of paper from the other sheets is promoted by flaps disposed at the bottoms of the shelves carrying the stocks of paper, said flaps being opened and closed, respectively, in controlled manner.
  • a separate means in the form of a rack ensures that when said paper-sliding means are disposed in their lower positions their upper ends that are provided with adhesive rubber will be displaced out of the spacing between the shelves and partitions serving to hold the stocks of paper, thus enabling unobstructed reloading of said shelves.
  • FIG. I is an elevation of the apparatus according to the invention with partially removed covers
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation as viewed from the left with regard to FIG. I
  • FIG. 3 shows a part ofa side elevation looking from the right as referred to FIG. 1 but with the apparatus in a different operating position.
  • the apparatus is mounted on a frame 28, the rigidity of which is in creased by the use of connecting rods 37.
  • a gear casing 23 is fixed to the frame 28, and an electric motor 36 and a disc 39 driven thereby are disposed in said gear casing.
  • One end of an eccentric arm 35 is eccentrieally connected to the disc 39, whereas its other end is connected to a pivot system formed by parallel arms 15 connected to each other over band-like plates 29, said pivot arms 49 being articulated to the ends of one of said parallel arms.
  • the pivot arms 49 are mounted pivotally around fixed links.
  • the bolts at the ends of the upper parallel arm 15 protrude through front and rear arcuate slots 8 and 16, respectively, formed in a side plate 17.
  • Extension arms 21 engage the lower one of the parallel arms I5 over rollers, whereas the paper-sliding means 4 are connected to the upper parallel arm.
  • the upper ends of the paper-sliding means 4 are provided with adhesive rubber 18 secured in position by spacers 19.
  • the paper-sliding means are shaped generally in the form of a frame. with the side legs of said frame being disposed outside the shelves for supporting the stocks of paper.
  • the upper ends of the paper-sliding means 4 extend above the shelves and between the partitions 3.
  • the individual paper sheets 11 which together form each stock of paper may be disposed on the shelves in such manner that each shelf carries paper sheets that have for example the same page number, whereas the individual stocks of paper are placed in the sequence of the page numbers in the succession of shelves. in addition to being confined by the partitions 3, the shelves are enclosed by side covers l2.
  • Baffles 14 extend downwardly from the lower ends of the partitions 3, with substantially one baffle being located between each pair of partitions. Said baffles 14 form channels 13 for guiding the papers that are separated from the stock of paper located on each individual shelf towards a box or container 41 for receiving the papers grouped in order.
  • An upper rack l and a lower rack 2 are disposed outside the shelves that are located between the partitions 3.
  • the upper rack 1 serves to displace the upper ends of the paper-sliding means 4 from the stocks of paper in the shelves when said paper-sliding means are in their lower end positions.
  • the lower rack 2 serves to hold the flaps that are pivotally attached to the portions of the shelves remote to the partitions 3 in their open position against the force of retracting springs 22.
  • End springs 9 are connected to the lower rack and retain the same in its position for holding the flaps 10.
  • an actuating electromagnet 6 is connected to the lower rack and is controlled by a flap switch 47 rotating with the disc 39 and suitably actuated by a coupling section 48 mounted on the periphery of the disc.
  • the channels 13 between the baffles 14, which latter taper downwardly when viewed as a unit, terminate in the space between an arcuate baffle 32 and the outermost baffle [4 remote thereto, said space being closed from below by a driven rubber roller 30 and a roller 3] engaging the same.
  • a box 41 suitably in sloping position. is disposed below the rubber roller 30 and the associated roller 31 and is attached to a vibrator 42 of a type known per se.
  • a swivel housing 43 is mounted below the box 41.
  • the swivel housing serves to rotate the individual sets of sorted papers 90 relative to each other. and thus the paper sets 46 shown in FIG. 2 become very well distinguishable.
  • Discs 34 of V-belt type are driven by the electric motor 36, and one of said discs drives a disc 45 over a V-belt 33, with the latter disc cooperating with an arm 44 which provides a 90 bidirectional rotational motion of the swivel housing 43 and the paper-collecting box 41 by engaging a fixed attachment on the bottom of swivel housing 43 in a manner known per se for altering a 360 rotational movement to a 90 one.
  • Said arm 44 in turn engages the vibrator 42.
  • the vibrator 42 may preferably be of the rubber block type.
  • the side plates 17, side walls 40, a top cover plate 27 and a front cover form the casing of the apparatus.
  • the stocks of paper are placed on the shelves between the partitions 3 in such manner that each endividual shelf supports papers ll having the same page number or identical text or drawings, etc., with the papers disposed on each shelf also resting against the corresponding partition.
  • the apparatus is connected to the electric mains over the connecting cord 25 which is provided with a plug, whereafter the electric motor 36 is started by means of the switch 24.
  • the upper edges of the flaps 10 are near to the lower parts of the raised papers 11, and the air current that arises as a consequence of the impact as referred to above is thus sufficient to slightly lift the lower portion of the papers ll that are being removed and to separate them in this manner from the remaining portion of the stocks of papers.
  • the eccentric arm 35 moves downwardly as the result of the disc 39 turning additionally, and the pivot arms 49 turn correspondingly in the direction of the arrow 50. Due to this movement, the parallel arms 15 also move downwardly. Furthermore, during this movement the previously raised or lifted papers 11 are drawn downwardly by the paper-sliding means 4 with the assistance of the adhesive rubber l8, and thereafter the papers slip downwardly and can slide on the upper sides of the flaps N) that are inclined with respect to the stationary stock of paper, with the lifted papers ll sliding down in the channels 13 between the baffles l4. in this phase of operation. ie when the parallel arms 15 are moving downwardly.
  • the coupling section 48 passes the flap switch 47 so that the electromagnet 6 is deactuatcd, and thus the lower rack is retracted to its original posi' tion by the end springs 9 simultaneously with the armature of the electromagnet 6 being retracted into its outof-operation position by the springs 5.
  • the extension arms 21. which are supported by the lower arm, turn counter-clockwise, thereby lifting the flaps 10 with their upper ends.
  • the extension arms 21 lift the flaps 10 with their upper ends to such extent that their upper edges engage the teeth of the lower rack 2.
  • Apparatus for automatically arranging sheets of paper in perdetermined order predetermined sets comprising:
  • a. a plurality of substantially horizontal shelves for individually supporting a plurality of different stocks of paper standing on edge, each of said stocks comprising identical papers, said stocks being disposed in the same order as the desired order of the sheets of paper in sets,
  • a plurality of paper-sliding means for individually engaging the top sheet of paper in each stock 6 and extending above the shelves and between said partitions and being displaceable between a lower and an upper position, .
  • a plurality of flaps l0 pivoted at their lower ends and extending across one of said shelves to one of said partitions,
  • baffles forming a plurality of individual paper-conveying channels (13) and extending downwardly from the lower ends of said partitions, with substantially one baffle being located between each pair of partitions, and
  • an electromagnet (6) for actuating said lower and upper racks when the paper-sliding means reach their uppermost positions for permitting said flaps to be actuated by said springs so that said top sheets of paper when released by said paper-sliding means will slide downwards over said flaps with one sheet between each pair of baffles and will be arranged in said predetermined order in sets.
  • said paper-sliding means comprises a frame having an upper leg and side legs outside of said shelves and being provided with adhesive rubber on the upper leg.
  • Apparatus in accordance with claim I further comprising a motor, a disc driven by the motor, and an eccentric arm coupled between the disc and the parallel arms.
  • Apparatus in accordance with claim 3 further comprising a flap switch connected in circuit with said electromagnet and controlled by a coupling section of the disc.

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