EP0654435A2 - Procédé, installation et conteneur pour expédier des documents d'imprimerie - Google Patents

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EP0654435A2
EP0654435A2 EP94810608A EP94810608A EP0654435A2 EP 0654435 A2 EP0654435 A2 EP 0654435A2 EP 94810608 A EP94810608 A EP 94810608A EP 94810608 A EP94810608 A EP 94810608A EP 0654435 A2 EP0654435 A2 EP 0654435A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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
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  • the invention relates to a method for sending printed products, in particular for newspapers and magazines, to a shipping location in which the printed products are packed in a packaging device and transported to the shipping location, a container for sending printed products that can be used to carry out such methods, and a container for executing them Apparatus that can be used according to the method of the present invention for packaging printed products ready for dispatch.
  • printed products in particular newspapers and magazines, removed at the end of a inserting machine or a saddle stitcher are first combined in stacks in a predetermined number before being sent.
  • a so-called “stacker” can be used for stack formation, for example.
  • the stacks of printed products thus formed are then usually held together in a bundle with a lacing.
  • a plastic film enveloping the bundle is generally used in addition to the lacing.
  • These packaged printed product packages are then transported to the shipping locations, where the laces are removed and the plastic film is removed, if necessary, in order to enable the printed products to be repackaged into new packages or to be able to lay out individual printed products for sale.
  • the material used for the lacing and protective wrapping is incurred as non-recyclable waste.
  • the known methods are disadvantageous in that complex lacing devices are required for the production of ready-to-ship bundles from the individual, loosely stacked printed products. It also takes a significant amount of time to produce bundles ready for dispatch in these lacing devices.
  • a plastic wrap for increasing the amount of non-recyclable waste for the laced printed product packages, only moderate protection is achieved when loading and unloading transport vehicles and during transport itself.
  • the object of this invention is to provide an environmentally friendly shipping method for printed products, with which, at the same time, faster and damage-free shipping of printed products from can be ensured from the manufacturing site to the sales outlets, and in specifying a container suitable for carrying out the method and a suitable device for packing the printed products.
  • this object is achieved with a method of the type mentioned at the outset in that the packing takes place by placing the printed products on a storage surface adapted to their format on the bottom of essentially rigid containers in which there is a substantial lateral displacement of the stored printed products lateral edges of the storage surface outgoing side parts of the container is prevented, and that the transport takes place in these containers, from which the printed products are removed at the shipping point, after which the containers are returned to the packaging device.
  • the use of the essentially rigid containers enables the production of ready-to-ship printed product packages by simply placing the printed products on the container base.
  • the removal of the printed products from the containers at the intermediate storage or sales locations therefore does not require any destruction or damage to the containers used as packaging, so that they can be used again after being transported back to the packaging device. Consequently, by using the method according to the invention, the waste generated when shipping printed products can be reduced considerably, which results in an increased environmental compatibility of the method.
  • a damage-free part can also be obtained Loading and unloading of the printed products packed in the containers onto or from transport vehicles and reducing the risk of damage during transport can be achieved.
  • the use of the essentially rigid containers prevents damage to the printed products due to unintended external influences, while the arrangement of the side parts of the container adapted to the format of the printed products reliably prevents damage to the printed products due to lateral displacements within the container.
  • the last-mentioned effect can be achieved by adapting the storage area to the format of an individual printed product, but also by adapting the storage area to the format of a plurality of adjacent printed products.
  • the essentially rigid containers enable the production of ready-to-ship printed product packages by simply placing them on the bottom of the containers. Therefore, the use of an expensive lacing device can be dispensed with in the method according to the invention, which on the one hand reduces the shipping costs and on the other hand accelerates the shipping.
  • the containers are stacked one inside the other for the return transport to the packaging device.
  • the transport capacity of the vehicles used for the return transport can be better utilized, which further increases the environmental compatibility of the method.
  • the containers filled with the printed products are particularly preferably transported stacked on top of one another. This can damage the uppermost printed products in the individual containers excluded by the action of the bottom of another container lying on top of one another during transport, and consequently the transport safety can be further increased.
  • the speed of the method according to the invention can be increased further if the printed products for packing into the containers directly from the outlet of a processing device serving to manufacture them, for example an inserting machine or a saddle stitcher, in a regular formation, in particular as a stream of shingles, to an essentially vertical feed chute are transferred to the packaging device, through which they arrive individually or in stacks formed from a selectable number of printed products into one of the containers provided underneath.
  • a processing device serving to manufacture them for example an inserting machine or a saddle stitcher
  • a regular formation in particular as a stream of shingles
  • the object on which the invention is based is achieved by a container which can be used in the method according to the invention for sending printed products with an essentially rigid bottom and essentially rigid side parts emanating therefrom, which is essentially characterized in that the side parts differ from lateral ones
  • the edges of a storage area adapted to the format of the printed products extend from the floor to the upper edge of the container and their inner surfaces form a substantial lateral displacement of the printing areas placed on the storage area preventing contact areas, with at least two contact areas to facilitate access to printed products placed in the container Free space is provided from the bottom to the top of the container.
  • This design of the containers ensures damage-free transport of the printed products. Furthermore, by designing the free space for access, damage to the printed products when removed from the containers at the shipping locations can be reliably avoided because of removal in such a way trained container, the printed products can be gripped without difficulty at their edges lying in the area of the free space.
  • a particularly simple removal of the printed products from the container is possible if one of the free spaces between the side parts is provided in the area of two opposite lateral edges of the storage surface.
  • Damage to the printed products lying in the containers according to the invention can be prevented in a particularly reliable manner if the free space on its side facing away from the printed products to be deposited is limited by further side parts which extend upward from the areas of the container base lying outside the storage surface. With the other side parts an unintended lateral influence from outside on printed products stored in the container in the area of the free spaces can be prevented, while at the same time easy access to the printed products by the formation of open spaces between the inside of the further side parts and the side edges of the im Container-lying printed products is possible.
  • the further side parts start from the lateral edges of a second storage area on the floor adapted to the format of printed products and are arranged in such a way that their inner surfaces form a substantial lateral displacement of contact areas preventing storage of printed products placed on the second storage area .
  • Such containers are particularly versatile when the second storage surface has a different format than the first.
  • a particularly reliable protection of the printed products stored in the container can be achieved if at least along one of the side edges of one of the storage surfaces the side parts extending from there form a continuous side wall of the container.
  • a secure transport of stacks of printed matter within the container according to the invention, the height of which is less than the container height, can be achieved if, in the area of opposite lateral edges of the storage surface from the upper edge of the container, incisions allowing the fixing of printed product stacks of different heights on the container bottom by means of a lacing are provided .
  • a space-saving return transport of containers according to the invention from the shipping locations for the printed products is made possible if they have a stackable shape.
  • the container is expediently designed so that the container with an area adjacent to the bottom of its side wall, which extends from the bottom to an upper container edge, can be received in the upper area of the container interior of a container of the same type.
  • the containers used for shipping have a stackable shape.
  • the upper edge of the container is expediently designed as a receptacle for laterally immovable placement of a container of the same type.
  • the containers can be stacked one inside the other as well as one on top of the other.
  • the bottom of the container is approximately rectangular, and the side parts enclose a substantially cuboid volume. This configuration allows the utilization of the transport capacity of the transport vehicles usable for container transport to be used particularly well.
  • an outwardly projecting, preferably circumferential handle bar is formed on the upper container edge. It can also be used to support the stacked containers on top of each other. This is particularly advantageous for avoiding a clamping effect between the stacked containers with side parts enclosing an obtuse angle with the container bottom.
  • At least one receptacle for rotationally fixed coupling with a turntable rotatable about an axis running perpendicular to the bottom of the container can be arranged on the bottom of the container according to the invention for sending printed products.
  • the receptacle is advantageously formed as a passage opening in the bottom of the container, with which the formation of air cushions when inserting printed products into the container can be avoided and also the occurrence of a negative pressure when separating the stacked containers or when removing printed products from the container can be prevented.
  • the containers according to the invention are generally transported on conveyor belts to a filling device.
  • a guide arrangement for guiding the container along a guide device on a transport device serving to laterally shift the container is preferably arranged on the container bottom.
  • the guide arrangement can be formed by a guide groove in the bottom of the container.
  • the walls of the guide groove form a ledge projecting into the interior of the container, the air build-up resulting from printed products or stacks of printed products falling into the container can thereby be released particularly quickly via a lateral ventilation.
  • a particularly reliable guidance in the event of lateral container displacement is achieved if the guide arrangement has at least two parallel guide grooves.
  • the object is achieved by a device for the ready-to-ship packing of printed products with a device for filling the printed products individually or in batches into a container and a device for conveying the printed products to the filling device, which is essentially characterized in that the filling device is a magazine for receiving a number of essentially rigid, stacked containers adapted to the format of the printed products, from which they can be removed individually with a separating device and transferred to a transport device for feeding the separated containers to the filling device.
  • This configuration enables a device for the ready-to-ship packing of printed products to be accommodated on a small floor space, even if the essentially rigid reusable containers described above are used as the shipping container.
  • a conveyor acting along the magazine can be used, which is provided with at least one holding device which engages individually on the stacked containers and by means of which the gripped containers can be transferred to the transport device.
  • This embodiment permits the reliable separation of the containers stacked one inside the other by the holding device designed to engage individual containers of the container stack.
  • a device according to the invention can be accommodated on a particularly small floor area if the magazine is arranged vertically.
  • the conveyor on which cold fingers serving as holding devices for engaging between individual ones of the containers stacked one inside the other, are fixed all round, its lower end being arranged at least twice the height of the container above the transport device.
  • This design permits reliable separation of containers stacked one inside the other, even if they have an obtuse angle with the side parts enclosing the container bottom, because jamming can reliably be prevented by the engagement of the holding devices between the individual containers.
  • the transfer of the individual shipping containers onto the transport device can be effected by gravity without further action.
  • the device for transporting the separated containers preferably has at least one horizontally rotating conveyor belt.
  • a particularly reliable transport can be ensured if the drivers serving on the conveyor belt are fixed as stops for the shipping containers transported thereon.
  • At least one guide rail can be attached between the conveyor belts for engaging in a guide groove provided on the bottom of the shipping containers transported thereon, with which the containers can be guided in an orientation suitable for filling.
  • FIG. 1 to 3 show a device which can be used to carry out a method according to the invention for packing ready-to-ship printed products into containers suitable for this purpose.
  • printed products 14 transported to a conveyor belt 16 by clamping devices 12 arranged on a conveyor 10 are thrown onto the conveyor belt 16 and fed by the latter to a folding machine 18.
  • the conveyor belt 16 and the folding machine 18 together form a conveyor device opening into a feed shaft 20 of a device for filling the printed products into a container 26 arranged underneath.
  • the printed products 14 thrown into the feed shaft 20 at the end of the folding machine 18 form a stack of printed products 25 on comb-like tines 24 of a stacking device 22 assigned to the interior of the feed shaft and which can be inserted into the lower region of the feed shaft 20 transversely to the direction of gravity of the feed chute 20, the comb-like tines 24 of the stacking device 22 can be removed from the interior of the feed chute 20, so that the stack of printed products 25 previously deposited thereon can fall into a container 26 arranged under the feed chute 20.
  • the folded edges of the printed products lie one above the other in the printed product stack 25.
  • a support plate 28 designed as a rotary lifting platform is provided below the feed shaft 20.
  • the support plate 28 can be brought into contact with the bottom of the container 26 by means of a reciprocating piston device 30 or, if necessary, can be inserted into a receptacle provided on the bottom of the container 26 for the rotationally fixed coupling of the container to the support plate, in order to subsequently remove it from one for transporting the container 26 under the feed chute 20 serving transport device 32.
  • a rotation of the container by 180 ° is then possible, so that after the container 26 has subsequently been placed on the transport device 32, the folded edges of the printed products which fall into the shipping container 26 after being rotated relative to the folded edges of the prior to rotating in the shipping container 26 fallen printed products come to rest, creating a uniform. Filling of the container 26 can be ensured.
  • the transport device 32 has two horizontal conveyor belts 34, which run parallel to one another at a distance from one another, between which the support plate 28 is brought into contact with the bottom of the container or, if appropriate, into a receptacle arranged on the bottom of the shipping container 26 can be introduced.
  • the reciprocating piston device 30 for inserting the support plate 28 into the receptacle provided on the bottom of the container 26, it is also contemplated to include the conveyor belts 34 in the area below the feed shaft 20 a lowering device to lower the container 26 from the conveyor belts 34 and to enable the rotation of the container 26 then resting on the support plate 28.
  • the containers 26 can be transferred with the transport device 32 to a further conveyor belt 36, which then transfers the filled containers to a loading station.
  • a stop for the drivers 38 forming the containers 26 to be transported thereon are fixed on their conveyor belts 34.
  • the device according to the invention has a vertically arranged magazine 40 for receiving the containers 26 stacked one inside the other.
  • the magazine 40 is delimited by a guide wall 42 and two mutually opposite vertical conveyors 44.
  • holding fingers 46 are fixed, on which lower edges of the grip strips 48 lying around the upper edge of the containers 26 stacked in one another in the magazine rest.
  • the holding fingers are moved downwards with the vertical conveyors 44.
  • the holding fingers 46 forming the support for the grip strip 48 of the bottom container in the magazine 40 release this bottom container, so that it falls onto the conveyor belts 36 under the action of gravity.
  • the distance between the lower end of the vertical conveyor and the conveyor belts 36 corresponds approximately to twice the height of the containers 26.
  • the device for transporting the containers 26 runs approximately perpendicular to the direction in which the printed products 14 are fed to the feed shaft 20. If the spatial conditions so require, an arrangement can also be used in which the two transport directions run parallel to one another.
  • the printed products are dropped by the transporter 10 in a regular formation, namely as a shingled stream, onto the conveyor belt 16 forming part of the device for conveying the printed products to the feed shaft 20.
  • the transporter can be used, for example, to transport printed products 14 from the end of an inserting machine or a saddle stitcher to the conveyor belt 16.
  • the functions of the conveyor 10, the conveyor belt 16, the folding machine 20, the stacking device 22, the reciprocating device 30, the transport device 32 and the vertical conveyor 44 are usually coordinated with one another in a computer-controlled manner.
  • the device can also be designed to be movable overall as a unit.
  • a container according to the invention comprises a base 60 and, starting therefrom, side parts 62, 64, 66 and 68 which each form an obtuse angle with the base 60.
  • the side parts 62 and 66 extend from the lateral edges of a storage area 70 which is matched to the format drawn in dashed lines of the printed products to be inserted in the container.
  • the side parts 62 and 66 extend over the entire length of the shorter edges of the storage area 70 and overlap on them respective ends also end regions of the longer side edges of the storage surface 70.
  • the inner surfaces of the side parts 62 and 66 form contact surfaces along all lateral edges of the storage surface 70 for printed products to be deposited on the storage surface 70. In this way, a substantial lateral displacement of the printed products stored in the container can be prevented.
  • a free space is formed between the contact surfaces for the printed products to be inserted into the container.
  • the side edges of the printed products to be deposited on the storage surface 70 are exposed, which creates a possibility for gripping the printed products inserted in the container and for their easy removal from the container.
  • further side parts 64 and 68 extending from the outside of the storage surface 70 extend to the upper container edge. From the further side parts 64 and 68 and printed products deposited on the storage surface 70, a space which is open at the top and ensures easy removal of the printed products is limited.
  • the further side parts 64 and 68 directly adjoining the side parts 62 and 66 offer protection for the side edges not surrounded by the side parts 62 and 66 on printed products deposited on the storage surface 70. In the embodiment shown, particularly good protection is achieved in that the side parts form continuous side walls completely surrounding the container interior.
  • the further side parts 64 and 68 start from lateral edges of a second storage surface 72 on the floor 60, which corresponds to a second printed product format shown in dash-dot lines.
  • the formation of the further side parts 64 and 68 with respect to the second storage surface 72 corresponds completely to that of the side parts 62 and 66 with respect to the first storage surface 70. In this way it is achieved that with the side parts 64 and 68 similar to the side parts 62 and 66 an essential lateral displacement on the storage surface 72 of printed products can be prevented, at the same time ensuring that the printed products are stored on the second storage surface 72 without jamming and kinking, and access to those stored thereon Printed products is facilitated.
  • the side parts 62 and 66 limit an upwardly open space for printed products placed on the storage surface 72.
  • the storage surfaces 70 and 72 correspond to the same printed product formats.
  • the use of storage areas corresponding to the format of a plurality of printed products lying next to one another is intended.
  • the design of the side parts 62 to 68 also enables several containers of the same shape to be stacked one inside the other. More specifically, this design enables the container 26 to be the same as an upper region of the container interior with an area adjacent to the bottom (60) of its side wall, which extends from the bottom 60 to the upper edge of the container and is formed by the side parts 62 to 68 Type is recordable, which ultimately ensures stackability.
  • the outer contour of the container essentially corresponds to its inner contour, so that in general the outer wall of a container to be stacked in a container of the same type arranged underneath completely comes to rest against the inner wall of the container below.
  • a vacuum can form between the individual containers.
  • a passage opening 74 is formed in the container base 60 which also serves as a rotationally fixed coupling to the turntable 28 when used in a device according to the invention for the packaging of printed products ready for dispatch.
  • a handle bar 76 is provided, which is intended to facilitate the transport of individual containers and which projects outwards and surrounds the upper edge of the container.
  • the underside of the grip strip 76 also forms a contact surface for the holding fingers 46, which are attached to the vertical conveyor 44 serving as a separating device in the device according to the invention (see FIG. 3).
  • the grip strip 76 also forms support surfaces on which the containers stacked one inside the other can be supported on one another. This can reduce the risk of the containers becoming jammed when stacked one inside the other, because if the handle bar 76 is designed accordingly, a cavity is kept free between the outer surface of one of the containers and the inner surface of an underlying container when stacked, which is particularly the case when used in the invention Device can increase the operational reliability of such a device.
  • FIG. 8 An embodiment of a container according to the invention which can be stacked one inside the other and one on the other is described below with reference to FIGS.
  • a container according to the invention which can be stacked one inside the other and one on the other is described below with reference to FIGS.
  • FIG. 8 from the side edges of a storage area 102 on the container bottom 100, which is adapted to the format of a printed product and is shown in broken lines in the figure, extending at an obtuse angle with the container bottom 100 side parts 104 to 114 (cf. 6 and 7) up to the upper edge of the container.
  • the inner surfaces of the side parts 104 to 114 form contact surfaces for printed products to be placed on the deposit surface 102, by means of which a substantial lateral displacement of these printed products in the container is prevented.
  • the angle between the side parts 104 to 115 and the container bottom 100 is preferably less than 100 °, particularly preferably about 95 °. Clearances are formed between the side parts 114 and 104 or 108 and 110, which facilitate access to the printed products to be deposited on the storage surface 102.
  • the side parts 104 and 114 extending from one of the shorter edges of the rectangular storage surface 102 are arranged at the respective ends of this shorter edge, while the side parts 108 and 110 associated with the other shorter side edge of the storage surface 102 are below Keep a distance from the ends this side edge from the floor 100.
  • the end of the side part 114 (104) facing away from the side part 112 (106) is offset in the direction of the center of the shorter edge of the storage surface 102 with respect to the end of the side part 110 (108) facing the side part 112 (106).
  • the areas of the base 100 which lie outside the storage area 102 connect the further side parts 118 to 136 which connect the side areas 104 to 114 which form the contact surfaces for printed products to be placed on the storage area 102, so that a continuous container side wall is formed in the circumferential direction.
  • a first, upwardly open space is formed by the side parts 134, 136 and 118 together with corresponding side edges of printed products to be deposited on the storage surface 102, while printed products to be deposited on the storage surface 102 together with corresponding side edges are formed by the side parts 124, 126 and 128 first free space opposite, second open space open at the top is formed.
  • the second free space has a smaller width along the corresponding lateral edge of the storage surface 102 than the first free space.
  • the further side parts 118 to 136 also form an obtuse angle of preferably less than 100 °, particularly preferably approximately 95 °, with the floor 100. This ensures that several containers of the same type can be stacked one inside the other if they have a common orientation, as shown by the arrows 140 in FIG. 9.
  • the special Arrangement of the side parts 104 to 136 allows several containers of the same type, but with alternating orientation 140 (see FIG.
  • the container shape shown in FIG. 8 thus enables a plurality of containers to be stacked on top of one another to form a regular container stack, the projection of which onto the footprint corresponds to the projection of one of the containers onto the footprint.
  • the lower edges of the side parts 134, 136 and 118 come to rest on the upper edges of the side parts 110, 128, 124 and 108 of a container arranged underneath and having an orientation rotated by 180 ° with respect to the overhead container. Furthermore, the lower edges of the side parts 122 and 130 of the overhead container come to rest on the upper edges of the side parts 114 and 104 of the underlying container. In the stacked state, the edges of a side part forming an abutment surface lie against the edges of another side part.
  • a substantially all-round handle bar 142 is provided on the upper edge of the container and outwardly projecting with respect to the upper edges of the side parts.
  • this arrangement of the grip strip with respect to the upper container edge also realizes a receptacle for the bottom of a container of the same type to be stacked thereon, with which the described ones are stacked Container a displacement of the overhead container with respect to the container arranged below it can be prevented (see FIG. 10).
  • recesses 144 are provided in the side parts 126 and 136 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 10. Furthermore, two through openings 146 are formed in the bottom of this container, which serve the same purpose as the through opening 74 of the container according to the invention according to FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the described container shape enables the transport of printed products in containers stacked on top of one another when carrying out a method according to the invention, the damage to a printed product lying in one of the containers at the top being avoided by the bottom of the container stacked thereon, and the space-saving return transport of the containers after removal of the containers Printed matter for packaging equipment in a stacked form.
  • incisions 148 can be arranged in the opposite side parts 106 and 112, which are provided for receiving a lacing that urges the printed products against the container bottom 100 (cf. Fig. 6).
  • a guide arrangement formed by two parallel guide grooves 150 is formed on the container bottom 100.
  • These guide grooves can be used on the conveyor belts 34 to transport guide rails (not shown) arranged between the conveyor belts in order to transport the containers separated from a number of containers stacked one inside the other in a device shown in FIGS Filling required alignment to ensure below the feed chute 20.
  • the walls of the guide grooves 150 protrude into the interior of the container to form a support strip, so as to ensure a particularly rapid reduction of an air jam caused by printed products falling into the container via a lateral ventilation.
  • the containers described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 are essentially cuboid in shape, which enables space-saving transport into one another and / or stacked containers.
  • other container shapes are also envisaged, for example essentially circular cylindrical container shapes.
  • the containers are preferably made of plastic.
  • containers formed from other materials, for example metal, to send printed products in addition to filling the containers in a device illustrated with the aid of FIGS.
  • the containers are also provided with the printed products with a conveyor rotor which they take over individually from the transporter and are equipped on their periphery with take-over grippers or pocket-like compartments via the guide shaft, through which the printed products can fall flat down.

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