EP0993380A1 - Poste de manipulation, notamment dispositif a mettre sous enveloppe - Google Patents

Poste de manipulation, notamment dispositif a mettre sous enveloppe

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EP0993380A1
EP0993380A1 EP98936410A EP98936410A EP0993380A1 EP 0993380 A1 EP0993380 A1 EP 0993380A1 EP 98936410 A EP98936410 A EP 98936410A EP 98936410 A EP98936410 A EP 98936410A EP 0993380 A1 EP0993380 A1 EP 0993380A1
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Prior art keywords
fingers
handlebar
base plate
conveyor
handling
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EP0993380B1 (fr
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Martin Sting
Axel Brauneis
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Pitney Bowes Tech GmbH
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Bell and Howell GmbH
Bell and Howell Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43M—BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B43M3/00—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes
    • B43M3/04—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic
    • B43M3/045—Devices for inserting documents into envelopes automatic for envelopes with only one flap

Definitions

  • Handling station in particular inserting device
  • the invention relates to a handling station for moving sheet-like conveyed goods on a straight, limited handling path, in particular an inserting device for inserting inserts into envelopes.
  • Handling stations of this type are for example from DE-OS
  • 41 16 708 known. They contain a control arm arrangement in the form of a drive lever which is mounted fixed to the frame above a horizontal base plate and which can be pivoted approximately in the direction of the insertion movement by a drive device for generating pivoting movements of the lower part of the drive lever. At the lower part of the drive lever are pivotable, biased downwards by spring means, the outer ends of which lie on the base plate during a working stroke and are pushed forward on it and are lifted together by means of a guide link arrangement during a return stroke from the base plate.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve a handling station or an inserting device of the general type defined at the outset in such a way that a reduction in the overall height is achieved with a comparatively simple and cost-saving construction and high reliability of the movement of the fingers conveying the objects to be handled is achieved becomes.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a handling station or an inserting device of the type specified here, shown in greatly simplified form, in side view,
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic, perspective illustration of an inserting device with the basic features of a practical construction
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic, perspective view of a part of the inserting device according to Fig. 2 according to a modification.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a base plate 1, on the upper side of which insertion fingers 2 can be displaced horizontally in a direction parallel to the plane of the drawing.
  • the insertion fingers 2 are pivoted via finger attachments 3 to a part of a handlebar arrangement 5, hereinafter referred to as the handlebar hand 4, this handlebar arrangement, in addition to the handlebar hand 4, containing two handlebar arms 6 and 7 of different lengths connected to it.
  • the respective upper ends of the links 6 and 7 are, as indicated in Fig. 1, fixed to the frame above the base plate 1, while the lower ends of the link arms 6 and 7 are articulated at a certain distance from each other to the handlebar hand 4, so that the free , projecting end of the handlebar hand 4 is located on the side of the joint connection point of the longer handlebar arm 6.
  • the finger attachments 3 of the insertion fingers 2 are connected in an articulated manner and are biased downward by spring means, which are not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, within a certain pivoting range in the direction of the surface of the base plate 1.
  • the frame-fixed swivel bearings for the handlebar arms 6 and 7 are designated 8 and 9 in the drawing.
  • inserts are conveyed onto the base plate 1 parallel to the surface of the base plate 1 (in the viewing direction of the viewer towards the plane of the drawing), these inserts, one of which is indicated at 10, by a forward movement of the insertion fingers 2 with reference to the illustration of FIG. 1 from right to left into an envelope indicated in FIG. 1 at 11, for which purpose the insertion fingers 2 are on the right-hand edge press the insert 10 in and insert the insert 10 into the envelope 11 from left to right.
  • Essential for the functionality and the special properties of the two handlebar arms 6 and 7 and the handlebar hand 4 constructed handlebar arrangement is that the length of the handlebar arms between their fixed articulation points 8 and 9 on the one hand and their respective articulation points on the handlebar hand 4 on the other hand and also the mutual distance between the articulation points of the handlebar arms on the handlebar hand 4 are selected so that the pivoting movements of the handlebar arms 6 and 7, under the action of the drive connection formed from the crank 14, the crank rod 13 and the angle leg 12, cause the articulation point of the insertion fingers 2 at the projecting end of the handlebar hand 4 to move approximately parallel over the surface of the base plate 1.
  • the handlebar hand 4 is moved approximately parallel to itself horizontally over the base plate. Both movement characteristics of the handlebar hand 4, which are achieved due to their special coupling to the fixed bearing points 8 and 9 via the handlebar arms 6 and 7 of different lengths, result in the insertion fingers 2 being essentially calm and stable via the base plate or via grooves provided therein be moved.
  • the feeding of deposits 10 ' can be carried out by means of a cyclically or continuously driven conveyor in the form of a Conveyor belt or a conveyor chain 15 are made, whose or their conveying direction on the upper run corresponds to the direction of the working stroke of the handling station or the inserting device.
  • Conveyor fingers 16 of the conveyor chain or conveyor belt push the inserts 10 'in front of them on the upper run, the movement path of the conveying fingers 16 with respect to the position transverse to the conveying direction next to the movement path of the insertion fingers 2 parallel to this movement path, such that the insertion fingers 2 during the working stroke and during the return stroke can be guided past the conveyor fingers 16 which move forward cyclically or continuously.
  • the insertion fingers 2 have inserted an insert 10 into an envelope 11, they can be brought quickly behind an instantaneous position of one of the conveyor fingers 16 in the return stroke movement and then lead on the one hand and a drive 17 for the conveyor belt or the conveyor chain 15, on the other hand, makes a faster movement in the working stroke than the feed of the conveyor fingers 16.
  • An insert 10 ' is therefore now lifted by the insertion fingers 2 from the associated conveyor finger 16, pushed over the base plate 1 and inserted into the envelope 11.
  • the remaining conveyor finger 16 travels over corresponding cutouts of a cover plate of the conveyor belt or the conveyor chain and a section of the base plate 1 onto the lower run of the conveyor belt or the conveyor chain.
  • FIG. 2 Details of the handling station or inserting device previously described with reference to FIG. 1 can be seen from FIG. 2, wherein in FIG. 2 the same reference numerals are used as in FIG. 1 for corresponding parts.
  • the respective articulation points on the moving parts and the connection of the frame-fixed bearing to the frame must be designed in such a way that the handlebar arms can at least partially be guided past one another.
  • a lever leg pointing vertically downward in the position of FIG. 2 forms the aforementioned longer link arm 6 and a lever leg oriented substantially perpendicularly to this forms the aforementioned angle leg 12.
  • the illustration in FIG. 2 also allows the parts described with reference to FIG. 1 of the drive mechanism, namely the coupling rod 13 and the crank drive 14 recognize.
  • the lower end of the handlebar arm 6 is forked in the manner shown in FIG. 2 and articulated on the handlebar hand 4 between the ends thereof.
  • a skimmed part 25 of the handlebar hand 4 is used for the articulated connection of the handlebar arm 7 with the shorter length compared to the length dimension of the angle lever 6.
  • the upper end of the link arm 7 is connected via the above-mentioned joint 9 to a construction angle 27 which is fastened to the bearing cheek 28. Due to the lateral offset of the articulation point 9 relative to the pivoting direction of the link arms 6 and 7 and also the articulation of the lever 7 on the Bend 25 of the handlebar hand 4, the handlebar arms 6 and 7 can be moved past each other to achieve a large swivel range.
  • Fig. 3 shows that the base plate 1 can be provided with guide grooves 30 which extend in the direction of the working stroke of the handling station or the inserting device over the surface of the base plate 1.
  • the insertion fingers 2 move in these grooves 30 and are held on their finger attachments 3 in the grooves 30 in that a common pivot shaft 31, with which the insertion fingers 2 are coupled via their finger attachments 3, within a certain pivoting range S with respect to the the pivot shaft 31 holding the handlebar hand 4 is biased counterclockwise.
  • This can be done by means of a helical spring 32, which is indicated at 32 in FIG.
  • the individual insertion fingers 2 and their finger attachments 3 are not coupled to the pivot shaft 31 in an absolutely rotationally fixed manner. Rather, the coupling takes place via a small rotational play s under spring load by prestressing means in the form of helical springs 33 which wrap around the swivel shaft 31 and which are anchored on the one hand on adjusting rings fixed on the swivel shaft 31 and on the other hand at anchoring points of the finger attachments 3.
  • a feeler roller 34 is arranged offset, which cooperates with a lifting and lowering guide link 35 such that the insertion fingers 2 are lowered into the grooves 30 during the working stroke Move base plate 1, while on the return stroke, the feeler roller 34, in cooperation with the guide link 35, causes the pivot shaft 31 to pivot clockwise with reference to the illustration in FIG. 3 and to pivot the insertion fingers 3 with their lugs 3 clockwise. Details in this regard are also known per se to the person skilled in the art.
  • the base plate 1 is subdivided by a slot 36 which runs transversely to the working stroke of the handling station or the inserting device and which serves for the passage of conveyor fingers 37 of a conveyor chain 38 passing under the base plate 1.
  • the insertion fingers 2 have reliable running properties on the base plate 1 even when the base plate is interrupted by transverse slots in the manner of the slot 36. In no phase of operation does the lower nose of the insertion fingers 2 running in the groove 3 endeavor to stand out from the base plate 1 during the working stroke and to lose the rear edge of the object or system to be conveyed.

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  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Transmission Devices (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un manipulateur d'objets en forme de feuilles, notamment un dispositif servant à mettre des inserts (10) sous enveloppe (11), conçu de telle manière qu'une main directrice (4) faisant partie intégrante d'un engrenage de guidage rectiligne constitué de trois guides, présente à son extrémité dégagée des doigts à ressort (2, 3) articulés par des charnières, qui, lors de la course de travail, glissent sur une plaque de base (1) et, lors de la course de retour, sont soulevés simultanément de la plaque de base par un système de guidage à coulisse. Ce dispositif fonctionne parfaitement à des cadences élevées, mais exige que l'ensemble de l'installation soit à faible encombrement dans le sens de la hauteur.
EP98936410A 1997-07-04 1998-07-06 Poste de manipulation, notamment dispositif a mettre sous enveloppe Expired - Lifetime EP0993380B1 (fr)

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DE19728672 1997-07-04
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PCT/EP1998/004165 WO1999001295A1 (fr) 1997-07-04 1998-07-06 Poste de manipulation, notamment dispositif a mettre sous enveloppe

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