USRE31210E - Apparatus and method for feeding and collecting continuous web material - Google Patents
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- USRE31210E USRE31210E US06/329,944 US32994481A USRE31210E US RE31210 E USRE31210 E US RE31210E US 32994481 A US32994481 A US 32994481A US RE31210 E USRE31210 E US RE31210E
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/58—Supply holders for sheets or fan-folded webs, e.g. shelves, tables, scrolls, pile holders
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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
- B65H21/00—Apparatus for splicing webs
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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
- B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
- B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
- B65H23/32—Arrangements for turning or reversing webs
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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
- B65H45/00—Folding thin material
- B65H45/02—Folding limp material without application of pressure to define or form crease lines
- B65H45/06—Folding webs
- B65H45/10—Folding webs transversely
- B65H45/101—Folding webs transversely in combination with laying, i.e. forming a zig-zag pile
- B65H45/1015—Folding webs provided with predefined fold lines; Refolding prefolded webs, e.g. fanfolded continuous forms
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- Feeding paper to high speed printers or other machines which continuously process paper or other web materials at high speeds has been accomplished by supplying a continuous web of material to the printer or processing machine and providing means for continuous removing and collecting the processed web.
- Some such machines are so constructed and operated to permit continuous feeding and removal of the web with no down-time required to perform paper handling tasks (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,586,437 and 3,631,972).
- high speed printers being operated today are not capable of being fed a continuous web of paper but instead are normally operated by supplying a stack of folded web sheets, running the printer to process the stack and then stopping the printer to take out the processed stack. This sequence is then repeated.
- Such high speed printers have paper feed apertures and discharge apertures positioned in recesses within the machine which make continuous feeding and removal impossible.
- the IBM 3800 printer is an example of such a machine.
- the present invention is a method and apparatus for feeding web portions to and removing them from a web processing machine which receives the web in a recessed area and discharges the web in stacked form.
- Web portions are packed in containers with web ends protruding and the containers tandemly aligned .[.along side.]. .Iadd.alongside .Iaddend.the processing machine for splicing.
- This spliced web is continuously fed to the recess of the machine by changing the direction of the path of the web, as spliced, by employing an arrangement of rollers, turn bars and guides. Removal of portions of the discharge stack is accomplished through temporarily supporting an upper portion of the stack while detaching and removing a lower portion.
- the web portions in spliced form can be fed to the processing machine at a sufficient rate so that the machine need not be shut down due to insufficient feed.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective of a web processing machine with the apparatus of the invention positioned adjacent thereto;
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the web feeding and tensioning unit
- FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the web feeding and tensioning unit
- FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the discharge stack and its support device
- FIG. 5 shows the stack elevator which supports the discharge stack in its upper position
- FIG. 6 shows the elevator supporting the stack after removal of a lower portion of the stack
- FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a container holding two web portions.
- fan-folded computer printout paper 10 with portions tandemly connected is fed from carton 11 supported on stand 9 to web feed and tensioning device 12 positioned adjacent a recessed area 13 in a high speed printer 14.
- the web feed and tensioning device 12 comprises horizontal base 16 having mounted on it a vertical upright 17 which carries a rotably driven horizontal roller 18. Web 10 passes over roller 18 and then downward to a first stationary turn bar 19 mounted on base 16 projecting from the base in a vertical plane on an angle to the base of about 45°. Web 10 is wrapped partially around turn bar 19 causing the web path to be redirected toward and into recess 13. Web 10 is similarly wrapped around a second turn bar 21 causing the web to change its direction downward toward base 16.
- the web is then passed around a horizontal driven roller 22 having an abrasive surface to assist along with roller 18 in the moving of the web from the carton 11 through the paths described to the printer feed intake aperture 23.
- the diameter of drive roll 22, its abrasive surface and its speed are selected to effect sufficient pull on the web being handled so that substantially all forces required to transport the web from carton 11 to roller 22 are supplied by the web unit 12.
- web 10 is carried over guide plate 8 through intake aperture 23 by action of web moving means located within processing machine 14. Web 10 is guided and stabilized by guides 20 and 25. Brush 29 provides additional control of web 10 in cooperation with roller 22.
- driven roller 22 is positioned in bearing mounts 24 and driven by motor 26 through pulley-belt 27 which engages roller 22 in a recessed slot 28 in the roller.
- Pulley-belt 15 positioned on the other output side of motor 26 drives roller .[.28.]. .Iadd.18.Iaddend..
- the stack is then separated into two portions by slitting along line 36 and the bottom portion 37 of stack 35 lying below and unsupported by plate 33 is removed (FIG. 4).
- Plate 33 is then swung back to its rest position (FIG. 1) and elevator platform 32 is free to continue to be loaded as before. This process of partial removal of stack 35 is repeated with sufficient speed that the printer need not be stopped for unloading of the discharging web.
- carton 11 contains stacks of fan-folded web portions 40 and 41 positioned in each side of the divider 39.
- Stacked web portion 40 has its ends 42 and 43 protruding from the carton and likewise web portion 41 has its ends 44 and 45 protruding for ease in splicing one end to another to form a continuous web from the two web portions.
- a plurality of cartons, each including one or more web portions, can be arranged for such tandem splicing in this manner.
- stand 9 may be elongated and equipped with rollers (not shown) to facilitate movement of tandemly arranged cartons 11.
- Any suitable splicing means may be used such as splicing tape .Iadd.49.Iaddend..
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US2446400A (en) * | 1944-11-10 | 1948-08-03 | Bailey Meter Co | Chart supporting and feeding means for recording instruments |
US3548783A (en) * | 1968-08-12 | 1970-12-22 | Xerox Corp | Paper transport-sheet turner |
US3586437A (en) * | 1968-10-28 | 1971-06-22 | Stromberg Datagraphix Inc | High-speed printer |
US3631972A (en) * | 1969-10-15 | 1972-01-04 | Nashua Corp | Computer printout paper package |
US3954213A (en) * | 1974-12-23 | 1976-05-04 | United States Envelope Company | Turn bar apparatus and method for web fed envelope machine |
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US2446400A (en) * | 1944-11-10 | 1948-08-03 | Bailey Meter Co | Chart supporting and feeding means for recording instruments |
US3548783A (en) * | 1968-08-12 | 1970-12-22 | Xerox Corp | Paper transport-sheet turner |
US3586437A (en) * | 1968-10-28 | 1971-06-22 | Stromberg Datagraphix Inc | High-speed printer |
US3631972A (en) * | 1969-10-15 | 1972-01-04 | Nashua Corp | Computer printout paper package |
US3954213A (en) * | 1974-12-23 | 1976-05-04 | United States Envelope Company | Turn bar apparatus and method for web fed envelope machine |
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Owner name: WILSON JONES COMPANY Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:ACME VISIBLE RECORDS, INC.;REEL/FRAME:004284/0593 |
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Owner name: AVR, INC., A CORP. OF VA. Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:WILSON JONES COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:005179/0425 Effective date: 19881219 Owner name: SOVRAN BANK, NA, VIRGINIA Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:AVR, INC.;REEL/FRAME:005179/0429 Effective date: 19881219 |
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Owner name: ACME DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, CO., A VIRGINIA CORPORATIO Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:AVR, INC., A VIRGINIA CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:006423/0716 Effective date: 19921216 |