EP0346579A1 - Dispositif pour assembler, collationner et insérer des produits imprimés - Google Patents

Dispositif pour assembler, collationner et insérer des produits imprimés Download PDF

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EP0346579A1
EP0346579A1 EP89106109A EP89106109A EP0346579A1 EP 0346579 A1 EP0346579 A1 EP 0346579A1 EP 89106109 A EP89106109 A EP 89106109A EP 89106109 A EP89106109 A EP 89106109A EP 0346579 A1 EP0346579 A1 EP 0346579A1
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Werner Honegger
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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
    • B65H5/32—Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering, stitching, or like machines
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a device for collecting, collating and inserting printed products according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device for collecting printed products is known, for example, from US Pat. No. 3,481,594. This has a saddle-shaped support arranged along a processing path, which is formed by two parallel, spaced-apart rails. A rotating driven conveyor chain is guided between the rails, on which protruding drivers are arranged above the rails. A folded printed sheet laid astride the rails at a first feed point is picked up by a driver and conveyed to the next feed point, where a further folded printed sheet is placed on this first printed sheet. These are conveyed together by the driver either to a next supply point or to a removal point.
  • printed products can thus be collected as well as inserted and collected.
  • the receiving parts and pads can be permanently attached to the device.
  • the receiving parts and / or the supports can be removed, so that after a short changeover time, printed products can be collected, inserted or brought together with the device.
  • the means of transport and funding are identical. This means that a single conveyor arrangement is necessary for the transport of the printed products either placed on the supports or introduced into the receiving parts.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 The embodiment of a device for collecting, collating and inserting printed products 10 partially shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a rectilinear processing path along which a substantially V-shaped receiving part 12 and a plurality of saddle-shaped supports 14 arranged one behind the other and drivable in the conveying direction F are provided are.
  • Each saddle-shaped support 14 consists of a number of identical segments 18 fastened one behind the other to a conveyor chain 16 which can be driven in the direction of conveyance F on the rearmost segment 18 of each support 14.
  • the endless conveyor chain 16 is not shown in FIG asked, but known manner performed around drive and deflection sprockets.
  • the segmentation of the supports 14 enables this deflection of the conveyor chain 16.
  • Both sides of the conveyor chain 16 are provided on a frame 22 stationary guide plates 24, 24 ', which are aligned with the obliquely downward, lateral flanks 26 of the segments 18 or covered by them will.
  • a further conveyor chain 28 is provided with driver parts 30 projecting laterally towards the outside.
  • This endless conveyor chain 28 can also be driven circumferentially in the direction of arrow F and is deflected and driven at the beginning and end of the processing path in the same way as the conveyor chain 16.
  • the guide plate 24 forms an upper part of the side wall of the receiving part 12 adjacent to the supports 14, the lower part of which is formed by a shorter side flank 32 of a further guide plate 34 which is bent in a V-shape outside the center.
  • the conveyor chain 28 is thus covered by the guide plate 24, and the entraining parts 30 arranged on it protrude through the gap formed by the guide plate 24 and the side flank 32 into the V-shaped receiving part 12.
  • the baffles 24 ', 24 and 34 have in cross-section together with the segments 18 essentially the shape of a lying Z.
  • the printed products 10, 10 'shown in dash-dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2' are folded printed sheets which are either straddled onto the supports 18 or with their fold 36 towards the bottom in the Receiving part 12 are introduced. Viewed in the direction of arrow F, there is a single printed product 10 on the first edition 18 shown, two on the second edition 18 and three on the third and fourth edition 18. In the left end region of FIG. 1, a printed product 10 'is indicated by dash-dotted lines, which is introduced into the receiving part 12.
  • the device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 functions as follows: To collect printed products 10, only the conveyor chain 16 with the supports 14 is driven in a rotating manner in the conveying direction F. At a first feed point, which is located at the location of the first support 14 seen in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 1, a first printed product 10 is placed astride this support 18. The trailing edge of this printed product 10 comes into contact with the corresponding driver 20 and is taken in the direction of arrow F to the next feed point, where another printed product 10 is placed astride the first printed product 10 already deposited on the supports 18. The location of this second feed point corresponds to the second support 18 seen in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 1.
  • the conveyor chain 16 can be shut down, while the conveyor chain 28 is driven in the arrow direction F with the entrainment parts 30 projecting into the receiving part 12.
  • a folded printed product 10 ' is inserted with its fold 36 down into the receiving part 12.
  • These are then guided together to the next feed point or to the removal point connected downstream in the direction of arrow F, at which the nested printed products 10 'are removed from the receiving part 12 and fed to further processing.
  • the further printed products 10' inserted into this can be non-folded.
  • the embodiment of the device for collecting, collating and inserting printed products 10, 10 'shown in FIGS. 3 and 4' has an endless conveyor chain 40 which is guided along the processing path and can be driven circumferentially in the direction of arrow F, on which one behind the other, with its longitudinal extension in the direction the conveyor chain 40 aligned, saddle-shaped supports 42 are attached.
  • a stationary guide plate 44 is provided on the right-hand side of the conveyor chain 40 in the direction of the arrow F, the upper edge of which is covered by the supports 42 (see in particular FIG. 4).
  • a substantially V-shaped receiving part 46 is arranged on the left side hanging.
  • These receiving parts 46 consist of rectangular sheets bent outside the center in a V-shape, the longer side flank 48 in each case having an oppositely curved, hook-shaped shape in its end region remote from the bend, by means of which the receiving parts 46 are hung on the respective supports 42 .
  • a driving part 50 for the introduced into the receiving parts 46 printed products 10' is seen at the trailing end in the direction of arrow F.
  • the hanging receiving parts 46 are in the lower end region by means of a guide rail 54 which is arranged in a fixed manner on a frame 52 and acts on the longer side flank 48 supported.
  • the longer side flank 48 also has, at the upper, trailing end region, a further driver 56, which protrudes from the supports 42, for the printed sheets 10 which are laid astride.
  • the guide plate 44 thus has, together with the receiving parts 46, a cross section similar to a lying Z, in which case the printed products 10 are deposited on the side flanks 48 bent in the upper end region when collecting. These thus form the saddle-shaped supports for the printed products 10.
  • the first two receiving parts 46 in FIG. 3, seen in the conveying direction F, correspond to the locations of two feed points, at each of which, when collecting printed products 10, they are placed astride the supports or respectively when inserting or collecting printed products 10 ', these are inserted into the receiving parts 46.
  • the device shown in Figures 3 and 4 for collecting, collating and inserting printed products 10, 10 ' works as follows.
  • a printed product 10 is straddled at the first feed point on the support formed by the side flank 48, the trailing edge of this printed product 10 coming into contact with the driver 56.
  • This printed product 10 is taken in the direction of arrow F to the next feed point, where another printed product 10 is placed thereon in the same manner.
  • the two printed products 10 lying one above the other in this way are fed in the direction of arrow F to a further feed point or to the removal point connected downstream thereof.
  • a first, folded printed product 10' is inserted at the first feed point with its fold 36 in front into a receiving part 46.
  • This printed product 10 ' is taken along in the direction of the arrow F, the driving part 50 ensuring that it cannot slide out of the receiving part 46.
  • another printed product 10 ' is now introduced into this first, by means of a generally known, but not shown, opening device opened print product 10', which are then conveyed together in the direction of arrow F to the next feed point or to the removal point connected downstream.
  • opening device opened print product 10', which are then conveyed together in the direction of arrow F to the next feed point or to the removal point connected downstream.
  • the receiving parts 46 can be removed from the supports 42, so that the printed products 10 now to be collected are placed astride the supports 42 fastened to the conveyor chain 40. If printed products 10 are then to be collected or inserted later, the receiving parts 46 can be attached to the supports 42 again.
  • a single support and a single receiving part are arranged in a stationary manner and preferably a single conveyor chain is provided with drivers which act on the printed products placed on the support or introduced into the receiving part and these on the support or in the receiving part take it with you.
  • the receiving part form a self-contained channel or the support form a self-contained saddle-shaped guide and that the endless conveyor chains with the drivers or driving parts are driven in rotation along this channel or the guide.
  • Such training has the advantage that the same printed products 10, 10 'can go through the same processing path several times, for example to collect, collect or insert several identical printed products 10, 10'.
  • only a single conveyor chain with drivers can also be provided, the drivers acting on all printed products 10, 10 '.
  • a single receiving part and a single support can be provided, which can be transported along the processing path by means of a drive arrangement. If the receiving part and the support extend along a horizontal, circular path, they are driven around a central, vertical axis and the printed products 10, 10 'are placed on the support provided on the periphery of this circular arrangement on the support or introduced into the recording part and taken from them to the next feed point or to the removal point.
  • a single stationary support can be provided, which runs along the preferably straight processing path.
  • a pulling element acts on supports that can be moved along the processing path or on the printed products placed on the supports.
  • the tension member and the receiving parts are preferably returned on a return path, separate from the processing path, from the end of the processing path to the beginning thereof.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
  • Non-Silver Salt Photosensitive Materials And Non-Silver Salt Photography (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Fats And Perfumes (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Plant Substances (AREA)
  • Nitrogen Condensed Heterocyclic Rings (AREA)
  • Printers Or Recording Devices Using Electromagnetic And Radiation Means (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
EP89106109A 1988-06-14 1989-04-07 Dispositif pour assembler, collationner et insérer des produits imprimés Expired - Lifetime EP0346579B1 (fr)

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AT89106109T ATE81098T1 (de) 1988-06-14 1989-04-07 Einrichtung zum sammeln, zusammentragen und einstecken von druckereiprodukten.

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JP (1) JP2706816B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE81098T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU607334B2 (fr)
DE (1) DE58902352D1 (fr)
FI (1) FI892891L (fr)
RU (1) RU1830008C (fr)

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ATE81098T1 (de) 1992-10-15
AU607334B2 (en) 1991-02-28
AU3592589A (en) 1989-12-21
EP0346579B1 (fr) 1992-09-30
RU1830008C (ru) 1993-07-23
US5116033A (en) 1992-05-26
JP2706816B2 (ja) 1998-01-28
FI892891L (fi) 1989-12-15

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