WO1999044925A1 - Apparatus for compacting a discontinuous stream of products being supplied at high velocity - Google Patents

Apparatus for compacting a discontinuous stream of products being supplied at high velocity Download PDF

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WO1999044925A1
WO1999044925A1 PCT/NL1999/000107 NL9900107W WO9944925A1 WO 1999044925 A1 WO1999044925 A1 WO 1999044925A1 NL 9900107 W NL9900107 W NL 9900107W WO 9944925 A1 WO9944925 A1 WO 9944925A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor 
    • B65G47/46—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points
    • B65G47/51—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
    • B65G47/5104—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles
    • B65G47/5109—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO
    • B65G47/5113—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/26—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
    • B65G47/30—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors
    • B65G47/31—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/64—Switching conveyors
    • B65G47/644—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor
    • B65G47/645—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor about a horizontal axis
    • B65G47/647—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor about a horizontal axis the axis being perpendicular to the conveying direction

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • packaging machines as marketed by applicant can be employed. Such packaging machines, however, require a substantially continuous stream of products. After all, the longitudinal edges of a continuous web of film or paper are folded in a continuous manner, by means of a folding element, around the products to be packaged. Next, the continuous web of film or paper with the folded longitudinal edges is cut through between the products and, if necessary, sealed. If an unduly long interruption occurs in the supply of the products, the folding of the longitudinal edges may cause problems, since the longitudinal edges are not folded around anything. After all, the products are lacking. When the interruption in the stream of products has a length of only one to four products, most packaging machines of the above-mentioned type can still keep functioning properly.
  • the upstream process can, for instance, comprise a printing process for newspapers.
  • the downstream process can, for instance, be 2
  • the operation of stacking and unstacking products at a velocity of 30,000-40,000 per hour is a great problem as it is, let alone the stacking and unstacking of multilayered products at such a velocity.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby the above-described problems can be solved.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is characterized by the features of claim 1.
  • a discontinuous stream can be compacted into a more continuous stream of products.
  • the length of the interruptions in the stream of products can be shortened and 3
  • the further processing apparatus such as for instance the above-mentioned packaging device, can in some cases process a stream of products with small interruptions therein.
  • the or each pair of conveying devices may further comprise second means for causing one feed-out end or the other feed-out end of the conveying devices of the relevant pair to be connected to the associated second single conveyor.
  • these second means can be controlled by the control mechanism in such a manner that the connection of the feed-out ends of the conveying devices of the relevant pair to the associated second single conveyor changes each time when an interruption arrives at the relevant feed-out end. With such a control, a reduction of the interruption is effected in an even more efficient manner.
  • the first and second means can be designed as switches.
  • the first and second means may also be designed as driving means whereby the position of the conveying devices of the relevant pair can be changed relative to the first and the second single conveyor. For this, a simple up and down movement of two superposed conveying devices that belong to one pair could suffice. 4
  • the discontinuous stream of products arrives at the first pair of endless conveyors.
  • the first means are in a position in which the products are for instance passed to the lowermost endless conveyor of the first pair.
  • the means switch. After the interruption has passed the switch, the following products will hence end up on the uppermost endless conveyor of the first pair.
  • the lowermost conveyor can be emptied by delivering products to the second single conveyor. This may take place at a lower velocity, if necessary.
  • the first switch of the first pair switches again.
  • the velocity of the lowermost conveyor is reduced as much as possible, until products end up on the lowermost conveyor again. Since the velocity of the lowermost conveyor is temporarily reduced, the interruption created on the lowermost conveyor will be smaller than the original interruption on the feed conveyor. During the reduced velocity of the lowermost conveyor for reducing the interruption, the uppermost conveyor can be emptied, optionally at reduced velocity, by delivering products to the second single conveyor. After the arrival of the next interruption in the stream of products on the feed conveyor, the first means switch again, causing the products to end up 5
  • the apparatus is characterized by the features of claim 6.
  • the above-described process is repeated a number of times, whereby the length of the interruptions is reduced stepwise to an acceptable length.
  • a discontinuous stream of products of a capacity of about 30,000 to 40,000 products per hour can be compacted and can even be compacted to a continuous stream of products.
  • Such capacity can even be realized with products built up of several layers, such as, for instance, newspapers provided with a number of quires lying loosely on one another.
  • the drawing represents a schematic side elevation of an exemplary embodiment of the apparatus .
  • the exemplary embodiment comprises a feed conveyor belt 1, a first pair of endless conveyor belts 2, 3, an endless intermediate conveyor belt 4, a second pair of endless conveyor belts 5, 6 and an 6
  • the apparatus further comprises four switches 8, 9, 10, 11.
  • the switches 8, 9, 10, 11 are designed as endless conveyor belts of which the angular positions of the conveying face relative to the horizontal can be varied.
  • the first switch 8 of the first pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 forms the connection between the feed-out end lb of the feed conveyor 1 and the feed-in ends 2a, 3a of the conveyor belts 2 , 3 of the first pair.
  • the second switch 9 of the first pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 forms the connection between the feed-out ends 2b, 3b of the conveyor belts 2 , 3 of the first pair and the feed-in end 4a of the intermediate conveyor belt 4.
  • the first switch 10 of the second pair of conveyor belts 5, 6 forms the connection between the feed-out end 4b of the intermediate conveyor belt 4 and the feed- in ends 5a, 6a of the conveyor belts 5, 6 of the second pair.
  • the second switch 11 of the second pair of conveyor belts 5, 6 forms the connection between the feed-out ends 5b, 6b of the conveyor belts 5, 6 of the second pair and the feed-in end 7a of the discharge conveyor 7.
  • the velocities of the conveyor belts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of at least the first and the second pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 and 5, 6 respectively, and of the intermediate conveyor belt 4, are controlled by a control 12.
  • This control 12 also controls the angular position of the switches 8, 9, 10, 11. 7
  • the exemplary embodiment shown is in particular suitable for compacting a discontinuous stream of multilayered products P, such as for instance a discontinuous stream of newspapers P built up from a number of loose quires.
  • a discontinuous stream of multilayered products P such as for instance a discontinuous stream of newspapers P built up from a number of loose quires.
  • the interruptions 0 in the stream of products P are clearly shown.
  • the conveying devices of one pair may also be arranged side by side, with the switches pivoting about a vertical axis.
  • the second switches 9, 11 are dispensed with.
  • the second switches 9, 11 are simulated by a judiciously selected control of the velocity of the conveying devices 2, 3, 5, 6 of the relevant pair. The products of the uppermost conveying device then fall into the interruptions in the stream of products delivered by the lowermost conveyor.

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An apparatus for processing a stream of products, which products are supplied at high velocity by means of a feed conveyor, interruptions being present between the products on the feed conveyor, while for compacting the discontinuous stream of products, the apparatus comprises at least one pair of endless conveying devices, each having a feed-in end and a feed-out end, at least one first switch connecting a first single conveyor to one or the other endless conveying device of the relevant pair, at least one second switch connecting a second single conveyor to the feed-out end of one or the other endless conveyor of the relevant pair, a control that changes the position of the at least one first switch of the at least one pair each time when an interruption arrives at the relevant switch, the control also being adapted to vary the conveying velocities of the endless conveying devices.

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Title: Apparatus for compacting a discontinuous stream of products being supplied at high velocity.
The invention relates to an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1.
For packaging for instance newspapers, magazines or like documents in film or paper, packaging machines as marketed by applicant can be employed. Such packaging machines, however, require a substantially continuous stream of products. After all, the longitudinal edges of a continuous web of film or paper are folded in a continuous manner, by means of a folding element, around the products to be packaged. Next, the continuous web of film or paper with the folded longitudinal edges is cut through between the products and, if necessary, sealed. If an unduly long interruption occurs in the supply of the products, the folding of the longitudinal edges may cause problems, since the longitudinal edges are not folded around anything. After all, the products are lacking. When the interruption in the stream of products has a length of only one to four products, most packaging machines of the above-mentioned type can still keep functioning properly. However, when longer interruptions in the stream of products occur, malfunctions in the packaging machine are unavoidable. Such malfunction leads to standstill of the entire process located upstream as well as downstream of the packaging machine. The upstream process can, for instance, comprise a printing process for newspapers. The downstream process can, for instance, be 2
formed by a stacking/bundling process for bundling the packaged newspapers .
The most obvious solution to the above problem would of course be formed by stacking the products that are supplied in the discontinuous stream of products. After stacking, the products could successively be pulled from the stack to create a continuous stream of products suitable for processing in the packaging machine. Such stacking/unstacking assembly might provide a solution for single products, such as for instance magazines. For multilayered products, such as for instance a newspaper built up from a number of loose quires, such a solution is not possible, at least not in a simple manner. In this connection, it should be kept in mind that the apparatus according to the invention must be capable of processing at least about 30,000 products per hour. The operation of stacking and unstacking products at a velocity of 30,000-40,000 per hour is a great problem as it is, let alone the stacking and unstacking of multilayered products at such a velocity. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby the above-described problems can be solved.
To that end, the apparatus according to the invention is characterized by the features of claim 1.
With such an apparatus, a discontinuous stream can be compacted into a more continuous stream of products. In other words, by utilizing the apparatus, the length of the interruptions in the stream of products can be shortened and 3
even be reduced to zero. However, this last is not strictly necessary, because the further processing apparatus, such as for instance the above-mentioned packaging device, can in some cases process a stream of products with small interruptions therein.
If necessary, the or each pair of conveying devices may further comprise second means for causing one feed-out end or the other feed-out end of the conveying devices of the relevant pair to be connected to the associated second single conveyor. According to a further elaboration of the invention, these second means, too, can be controlled by the control mechanism in such a manner that the connection of the feed-out ends of the conveying devices of the relevant pair to the associated second single conveyor changes each time when an interruption arrives at the relevant feed-out end. With such a control, a reduction of the interruption is effected in an even more efficient manner.
According to a further elaboration of the invention, the first and second means can be designed as switches. According to an alternative further elaboration of the invention, the first and second means may also be designed as driving means whereby the position of the conveying devices of the relevant pair can be changed relative to the first and the second single conveyor. For this, a simple up and down movement of two superposed conveying devices that belong to one pair could suffice. 4
The operation of the apparatus is as follows: the discontinuous stream of products arrives at the first pair of endless conveyors. The first means are in a position in which the products are for instance passed to the lowermost endless conveyor of the first pair. As soon as an interruption arrives at the inlet ends of the pair of conveying devices, the means switch. After the interruption has passed the switch, the following products will hence end up on the uppermost endless conveyor of the first pair. While the uppermost conveyor of the first pair is being filled with products, the lowermost conveyor can be emptied by delivering products to the second single conveyor. This may take place at a lower velocity, if necessary. As soon as a next interruption arrives at the inlet ends of the relevant pair, the first switch of the first pair switches again. The velocity of the lowermost conveyor is reduced as much as possible, until products end up on the lowermost conveyor again. Since the velocity of the lowermost conveyor is temporarily reduced, the interruption created on the lowermost conveyor will be smaller than the original interruption on the feed conveyor. During the reduced velocity of the lowermost conveyor for reducing the interruption, the uppermost conveyor can be emptied, optionally at reduced velocity, by delivering products to the second single conveyor. After the arrival of the next interruption in the stream of products on the feed conveyor, the first means switch again, causing the products to end up 5
on the uppermost conveyor again. Due to the optionally reduced velocity during the emptying of the uppermost conveyor and the possibly still further reduction of the velocity thereof during the feed of the interruption, the fed interruption on the uppermost conveyor is considerably reduced. This process keeps continuing in the above-described manner. The result of this operation is that the stream of products leaving the pair of conveying devices contains interruptions of a smaller length. According to a further elaboration of the invention, the apparatus is characterized by the features of claim 6. In an apparatus of such design, the above-described process is repeated a number of times, whereby the length of the interruptions is reduced stepwise to an acceptable length.
By the apparatus according to the invention, a discontinuous stream of products of a capacity of about 30,000 to 40,000 products per hour can be compacted and can even be compacted to a continuous stream of products. Such capacity can even be realized with products built up of several layers, such as, for instance, newspapers provided with a number of quires lying loosely on one another.
The drawing represents a schematic side elevation of an exemplary embodiment of the apparatus . The exemplary embodiment comprises a feed conveyor belt 1, a first pair of endless conveyor belts 2, 3, an endless intermediate conveyor belt 4, a second pair of endless conveyor belts 5, 6 and an 6
endless discharge conveyor belt 7 leading to a further processing device V, such as for instance a packaging device. The apparatus further comprises four switches 8, 9, 10, 11. The switches 8, 9, 10, 11 are designed as endless conveyor belts of which the angular positions of the conveying face relative to the horizontal can be varied. The first switch 8 of the first pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 forms the connection between the feed-out end lb of the feed conveyor 1 and the feed-in ends 2a, 3a of the conveyor belts 2 , 3 of the first pair. The second switch 9 of the first pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 forms the connection between the feed-out ends 2b, 3b of the conveyor belts 2 , 3 of the first pair and the feed-in end 4a of the intermediate conveyor belt 4. The first switch 10 of the second pair of conveyor belts 5, 6 forms the connection between the feed-out end 4b of the intermediate conveyor belt 4 and the feed- in ends 5a, 6a of the conveyor belts 5, 6 of the second pair. The second switch 11 of the second pair of conveyor belts 5, 6 forms the connection between the feed-out ends 5b, 6b of the conveyor belts 5, 6 of the second pair and the feed-in end 7a of the discharge conveyor 7.
The velocities of the conveyor belts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of at least the first and the second pair of conveyor belts 2, 3 and 5, 6 respectively, and of the intermediate conveyor belt 4, are controlled by a control 12. This control 12 also controls the angular position of the switches 8, 9, 10, 11. 7
The exemplary embodiment shown is in particular suitable for compacting a discontinuous stream of multilayered products P, such as for instance a discontinuous stream of newspapers P built up from a number of loose quires. In the drawing, the interruptions 0 in the stream of products P are clearly shown.
It is understood that the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiment described, but that various modifications are possible within the framework of the invention. For instance, the conveying devices of one pair may also be arranged side by side, with the switches pivoting about a vertical axis. Optionally, if the products so permit, in an embodiment where the conveying devices of each pair are arranged one above the other, the second switches 9, 11 are dispensed with. In that case, the second switches 9, 11 are simulated by a judiciously selected control of the velocity of the conveying devices 2, 3, 5, 6 of the relevant pair. The products of the uppermost conveying device then fall into the interruptions in the stream of products delivered by the lowermost conveyor.

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1. An apparatus for processing a stream of products (P) , said products (P) being supplied at high velocity by means of a feed conveyor . (1) having a feed-out end (lb), the stream of products being discontinuous in that interruptions are present between the products (P) on the feed conveyor (1) , characterized in that for compacting the discontinuous stream of products, the apparatus comprises at least one pair of endless conveying devices (2, 3 and 5, 6 respectively), each having a feed-in end (2a, 3a and 5a, 6a respectively) and a feed-out end (2b, 3b and 5b, 6b respectively) , the or each pair comprising first means (8, 10) for causing a first single conveyor (1, 4) to connect to the inlet end of one or the other endless conveying device (2 or 3, and 5 or 6 respectively) of the relevant pair, while at the or each pair a second single conveyor (4 and 7 respectively) is provided that receives products delivered by one or the other conveying device of the relevant pair, the first single conveyor (1) of the upstream-most pair of endless conveying devices (2, 3) being formed by the feed conveyor (1), the second single conveyor (7) of the downstream-most pair of endless conveying devices (5, 6) being formed by a discharge conveyor (7) leading to a further processing device (V) , the apparatus further comprising a control (12) controlling said first means (8, 10) of the at least one pair (2, 3; 5, 6) such that the connection of a relevant first single conveyor 9
changes each time when an interruption arrives at the relevant pair (2, 3; 5, 6), the control (12) also being arranged to vary the conveying velocities of the endless conveying devices (2, 3, 5, 6) of the at least one pair of endless conveying devices (2, 3, 5, 6).
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the or each pair (2, 3; 5, 6) comprises second means for causing one feed-out end (2b; 5b) or the other feed-out end
(3b; 6b) of the conveying devices (2, 3, 5, 6) of the relevant pair to connect to the associated second single conveyor .
3. An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the control (12) controls the second means (9, 11) of a relevant pair such that the connection of the feed-out ends (2b, 3b, 5b, 6b) of the conveying devices of the relevant pair to the associated second single conveyor changes each time when an interruption (0) arrives at the relevant feed- out end (2b, 3b, 5b, 6b) .
4. An apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the first means and/or the second means are designed as first and second switches (8, 9, 10, 11) respectively.
5. An apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the first means are designed as driving means whereby the position of the conveying devices (2, 3; 5, 6) of the relevant pair relative to the first and the second single conveyor (1, 4; 4, 7) can be changed. 10
6. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the apparatus comprises more than one pair of endless conveying devices (2, 3; 5, 6), while between successive pairs of conveying devices (2, 3; 5, 6), a single, endless intermediate conveying device (4) is in each case arranged, forming the second single conveyor for the pair of endless conveying devices (2, 3) located upstream thereof, and forming the first single conveyor for the pair of endless conveying devices (5, 6) located downstream thereof.
7. An apparatus according to at least claim 4, characterized in that the switches (8, 9, 10, 11) are designed as endless conveyors of which the angle of the conveying face relative to the horizontal can be varied.
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