EP1219558B1 - Méthode et dispositif pour assembler des objects - Google Patents

Méthode et dispositif pour assembler des objects Download PDF

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EP1219558B1
EP1219558B1 EP01811237A EP01811237A EP1219558B1 EP 1219558 B1 EP1219558 B1 EP 1219558B1 EP 01811237 A EP01811237 A EP 01811237A EP 01811237 A EP01811237 A EP 01811237A EP 1219558 B1 EP1219558 B1 EP 1219558B1
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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
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/06—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/432—Gathering; Associating; Assembling in pockets, i.e. vertically
    • B65H2301/4322—Asymmetric pockets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4476—Endless transport devices with compartments

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  • the invention is in the fields of conveying and further processing of flat objects, in particular of printed products, and relates to a method and a device according to the preambles of the corresponding independent claims. Method and apparatus are used for gathering flat objects, in particular printed products.
  • a collating process consists of assembling a plurality of printed products into a stack, the printed products contained in each collated stack usually differing from one another, and usually all the collated stacks contain substantially the same printed products in substantially the same order.
  • a plurality of finished printed products are each collected into shipping units and then welded as a stack, for example, into a film.
  • various side dishes are collected and then plugged as a supplement stack in a main product, for example, in a newspaper.
  • Both the mentioned finished printed products and the supplements can have very different formats and different thicknesses. For this purpose, it is becoming more common to process other flat objects such as CDs or pattern packs of various kinds in the same way together with printed products.
  • each signature contains a plurality of book pages and all signatures usually have the same format.
  • signatures comprising only a flat object can be created.
  • printed products are collected by successively conveying resulting stacks along a gathering line past a series of feed points and by adding a print product to the resulting stacks at each feed point.
  • the resulting stacks are conveyed along the gathering path parallel to their areal extent, wherein they rest on a conveyed or stationary, horizontal or oblique stack support, which stack support extends in the conveying direction.
  • the added printed products are usually fed perpendicular to the staple conveying direction and deposited on the stacks.
  • the stacks can also not be conveyed parallel to the areal extent of the printed products, wherein they usually each rest on a transverse to the conveying direction and inclined in the conveying direction stack support and are supported against the bottom and wherein the stack supports are conveyed with the resulting stacks.
  • the added printed products are usually fed rectified with the Stapel mocardiraum.
  • the stacks are arranged substantially one behind the other along the gathering distance and the distance from stack to stack along the gathering distance is determined essentially by the largest product formats to be processed.
  • transverse promotion are the stack arranged along the gathering path substantially one behind the other, so that the distance from stack to stack is determined essentially by the largest expected stack height or thickness. Since the stacks usually have a relatively small height or thickness with respect to their width and length (areal extent of the stacked products), this means that the parallel conveying requires a much greater speed than the transverse conveying for the same conveying capacity.
  • the length of a gathering distance is in each case determined by how many feed points are to be provided and how much space along the gathering distance requires each feed point.
  • Such combinations are for example drum-shaped arrangements in which the resulting stacks are conveyed transversely around the circumference of the drum and at the same time parallel in the axial direction, which leads to a spirally running gathering path.
  • the same is achieved in linear arrangements in which the resulting stacks are transversely conveyed together with V-shaped compartments and at the same time displaced in parallel in the compartments, resulting in a diagonal gathering path.
  • each print product to be fed must first be inserted between two successive stacks before it can be positioned on one of the stacks.
  • the products are fed from above and suspended, inserted between the stack supports and then released when the held upper edges are still positioned over the stack support.
  • the leading edge during insertion is substantially unguided and that for a product whose expansion between leading and trailing edges is small compared to the height of the stack supports, the free fall is relatively long.
  • the introduction has to be relatively slow and therefore requires several delivery cycles, so that the delivery points along the collection path must have a corresponding length.
  • such a system sets narrow limits to the format difference of the printed products to be supplied, and that the absolute conveying speeds are also limited towards the upper, especially if the products to be supplied are less stable and are noticeably deformed even by a slight wind.
  • a gathering system having a plurality of V-shaped compartments into which a printed product applied at each feed point is introduced and applied to the trailing wall of the compartment is described, for example, in publication CH-668245.
  • the feed points are arranged one behind the other in this system and have a distance from one another which is almost twenty times larger than the extent of the compartments in the conveying direction (approximately twenty conveying cycles between two successive feeding points).
  • EP-0857681 it is proposed to insert the products suspended and from the side up between L-shaped stack supports and let go when their upper edge is laterally aligned with the stack support and is still positioned above it.
  • the object of the invention is now to provide a method and a device for collating flat objects, wherein it is not only possible with the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention to combine transverse conveyance along the collating section with small distances between feed points in conveying cycles but with which it should also be possible to expand the hitherto valid limits for processing of various sized objects and conveyor speeds also in the processing of less stable items markedly.
  • the invention is intended to make gathering in more compact arrangements with higher unit performance possible than is possible in the collation according to the prior art.
  • the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention are based on the idea of inserting the flat objects to be fed at the leading edges between the stack supports and only releasing them when the inserted object is substantially aligned with the stacking position and It only takes a very small, unguided movement to finalize the item on the stack. or to be positioned adjacent to the stack support.
  • the objects are moved immediately before the insertion and during the introduction in a direction having a component parallel to the staple conveying direction.
  • so objects are introduced from above into V-shaped compartments, wherein the lower edge of each object to be introduced is held by a holding element and wherein the holding element is not deactivated until the held edge has reached substantially the bottom of the compartment, from which bottom of the released object for further promotion.
  • side and bottom feeds are also possible in the same way.
  • the held guidance of the leading edges in the introduction between successive stacks or stack supports allows a significantly higher insertion accuracy than a held guide the trailing edges and makes the introduction thereby much less dependent on the stability of the articles and thus of the insertion speed.
  • the high insertion accuracy also makes it possible to follow the stack support surfaces closer together, which in turn can reduce the stacking conveyor speed or increase the unit performance at the same Stapelo nie.
  • Another advantage that results from the held guidance of the leading between the stack supports during the introduction edges and the associated insertion accuracy is the ability to supply the stacking objects with very different formats and thicknesses, without this at the introduction or at positioning on the stacks can conflict with each other.
  • the aforementioned inventive idea of introducing between the stack supports with kept guided, leading edges requires a stack conveyor with successively conveyable stack supports and a feed conveyor with successively conveyable holding elements, which are arranged such that the conveying path of the holding elements crosses the conveying path of the stack supports.
  • the two promotions are coordinated with each other so that each one holding element is moved at this junction between two successive stack supports therethrough.
  • means are to be provided with which the holding elements are deactivated during this passage, advantageously at the very end of this passage.
  • the conveying systems with intersecting conveying paths are realized in a manner known per se by arranging stacking supports and holding elements on mutually independent conveying members (for example tension chains) and arranging the conveying members in mutually parallel planes.
  • stack supports and holding elements can each be arranged on one side and directed against each other on the corresponding conveyor members, such that they comb through in operation at the intersection.
  • it can also be provided more than two conveying members, such that the holding elements are conveyed between two spaced-apart parts of stack supports or two holding element parts on both sides of stack supports.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show to illustrate the inventive method two sections of exemplary embodiments of the inventive arrangement for gathering. Shown are very schematically a gathering distance 1 with in Stapel fundamentalcardi successively, extending transversely to the gathering section 1 and skewed in stacking direction arranged L-shaped stack supports 2 and a feed line 3 with conveyed in the feed direction holding elements 4 in the form of grippers, with corresponding control means ( For example, scenes (not shown) for gripping a zu thoroughlyden object 5 closed and can be opened to release the gripped object 5 again.
  • the viewing direction is directed in both cases transversely to the conveying directions and parallel to the stack supports 2, so that only the edges or narrow sides of the latter and of the supplied objects 5 are visible.
  • the gathering section 1 and the feed section 3 intersect in the region of the feed point at an angle ⁇ which is smaller than 90 °, that is to say the feed direction has a component which is rectified with the stack conveying direction.
  • the L-shaped stack supports 2 consist essentially of a support surface 7 and a stop bar 8, wherein the stop bars 8 are arranged in the two illustrated cases at the bottom of the support surfaces 7 and thereby support the bearing surfaces 7 adjacent objects or stack 9 from below.
  • the bearing surfaces 7 extend transversely to the conveying direction and form a vertical angle with an advantageously acute angle.
  • the support surfaces 7 can also be aligned flat or, as an extreme case, also be oriented horizontally, ie parallel to the stack conveying direction.
  • the supplied articles 5 are shown as relatively flexible printed products, which are held at a folded edge (held edge 5.1). However, this is not a condition for the invention, the articles 5 can also be stiff and / or held on any edge.
  • the stack supports 2 are arranged such that their upper edges are trailing with respect to the lower edges.
  • the supplied objects 5 are held by the holding elements 4 such that the held folded edges 5.1 are directed forward.
  • the objects 5 are thereby pulled when inserting between the stack supports 2 on the upper edge of each support surface 7, which edges are bent for easy slippage, for example, something against the back or rounded accordingly.
  • the holding elements 4 are opened only immediately in front of the height of the stop bar 8.
  • Such a dismissed object which is no longer driven after release, is due to its inertia from the trailing support surface 7 and possibly already stacked objects stacked (stack 9) and thereby applied to this and is driven by gravity against the stop bar 8.
  • the position of the holding element 4 is, for example, four conveying cycles, in which it moves between two stack supports 2, always positioned approximately centrally between these stack supports.
  • the leading, guided edge 5.1 during insertion can come into conflict with already stacked present other objects, even if these compared to Height of the stack supports 2 have a very small extent.
  • Figure 2 shows an insertion of objects 5 between successive stack supports 2 and their positioning on the support surface 7 of the leading stack support 2.
  • the support surfaces 7 have leading upper edges.
  • the articles 5 are aligned in the feed so that the held leading edges are directed backwards.
  • the leading in this case, unguided parts of the objects to be supplied with the unguided edges 5.2 meet first on the upper edges of leading stack supports 2 and are during the Introduction about this pulled.
  • These stack support edges are equipped for easy insertion, for example with corresponding, freely rotating rollers 10.
  • the objects to be supplied 5 are pulled over the support surfaces 7 and already stacked on these items (stack 9) down, the holding elements 4 at the beginning of the introduction closer to the leading support surface 2 and at the end of the introduction closer to the trailing Support surface are positioned.
  • the introduced object 5 is thereby, before it is released from the support member 4, positioned on the support surface 7 or stacked on objects (stack 9) and conveyed. After releasing it slips by gravity against the stop bar 8.
  • the bearing surfaces 7 are advantageously less steeply arranged in this case than in the case, as shown in Figure 1, so that in that case achieved by the inertia of the released objects effect at least partially by gravity.
  • L'.2 is thus smaller than L.1.
  • the stop bars 8 are arranged at the bottom of the stack supports 2 shown in Figures 1 and 2 and the articles 5 are introduced from above between the stack supports 2, wherein for the final positioning of the articles 5 on the support surfaces 7 or already stacked objects gravity can be exploited.
  • Figures 1 and 2 can be understood without further than side views as plan views, in the sense of a lateral feed to a gathering 1.
  • the stop bar shown 8 only serves to stop the released objects 5 and these are by gravity against a not shown, along driven to the staple conveying direction oblique edge of the support surface 7.
  • An arrangement according to Figure 1, in which also the inertia of the released objects is utilized for their positioning, will be more advantageous in such a case than an embodiment according to Figure 2, in which this inertia is not utilized.
  • FIG. 3 shows, in the same manner of representation as FIGS. 1 and 2, a further variant of the method according to the invention in which objects 5 with the held edges are directed forward (as in FIG. 1) and then applied to the leading support surface 7.
  • holding elements 4 or 4 ' which are pivotable relative to the feed line 3 or 3', so that the articles can be pivoted against the leading support surface 7 before they are released. This applies in particular to rigid objects 5 ', which are fed to the first feed point (feed line 3', holding element 4 ') shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 also makes clear how close to each other the feed points can be arranged along a gathering path 1 according to the invention.
  • the distance between the two feeding points corresponds to only three conveying cycles.
  • Figures 4 to 6 show articles to be fed 5 in successive phases of insertion between stack supports 2, wherein in Figures 4 and 5, the functions of the support surface 7, the stop bar 8 and an adjacent stack support are formed by the corresponding parts of a V-shaped compartment 20, in which compartment 20 a flat object 5 is inserted from above, and wherein the stack support 2 shown in Figure 6 is L-shaped and the article 5 is inserted from below.
  • the introductions shown are from one with the stack support 2 mitge kitten points seen (view across the gathering distance).
  • the movements shown are therefore still absolutely stacking promotion (in the figures with horizontal direction) to overlap.
  • the introduced object 5 is shown stiffly in FIGS. 4 to 6, which makes a corresponding, advantageously at least during the introduction, passive pivotability of the holding elements, not shown, necessary relative to the feed line 3. Bendable items may not need this pivoting.
  • the introduction runs under bending of the objects but analog.
  • Figure 4 shows an introduction from above into a V-shaped compartment 20, whose one side wall assumes the function of the support surface 7 and the bottom of the function of the stop bar 8.
  • the second side wall 21 has no function in this embodiment.
  • the held edge 5.1 which is directed away in the supply of the support surface 7, is guided substantially parallel to the support surface 7 against the stop bar 8 and dismissed shortly before this from the content.
  • the object 5 or the edge 5.1 opposite the held edge 5.1 is pulled over the upper edge of the stack support surface 7 and then slides down along the stack support surface 7 or along a stack 9 lying thereon, as already shown in FIGS and FIG. 2 is shown.
  • the held edge 5.1 is released, it is driven by gravity against the stop bar 8.
  • the object 5 When the staple conveying is directed from left to right (positioning on the trailing stack support), the object 5 is then driven by gravity and by its inertia against the support surface 7.
  • the inertia of the article 5 acts away from the support surface 7 and may need to in addition to the force of gravity for the final positioning of the article 5 on the stack 9 further means (eg acting from the opposite wall 21 ago slide) are provided.
  • the direction of staple conveyance along gathering section 1 obviously does not play a significant role in the introduction.
  • Figure 5 shows in the same way as Figure 4 an introduction into a V-shaped compartment 20, wherein the article 5 is pulled over the opposite wall 21 of the compartment 20 during insertion.
  • FIG. 6 shows, in the same representation as FIGS. 4 and 5, a further introduction variant according to which articles 5 can be introduced between successive stack supports 2.
  • the articles 5 are supplied from below substantially hanging and guided over the outer edge of the stop bar 8 and they are finally by gravity upright on the stop bar 8 and positioned on the support surface 7 leaning.
  • the stop bar 8 thus does not have an actual stop function but a stack-carrying function in this embodiment.
  • a second stop bar 8 ' which takes over the stop function, can be provided in the upper region of the stack support 2.
  • a disadvantage of the introduction illustrated in FIG. 6 is that the held edge 5.1 is the upper edge, ie the edge to be positioned opposite the stop bar 8, and thereby the unguided movement (free fall) necessary for the final positioning of the article 5 an unchanged discharge position of the held edge 5.1 for objects with a small extension between the edges 5.1 and 5.2 is longer than for objects with a corresponding greater extent.
  • this disadvantage can be easily remedied by adapting the position of the holding element in which it is deactivated and the position of the second stop bar 8 '(dot-dashed position of 8') to the said extent.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 show exemplary variants of introductions of articles between stack supports conveyed along a collation path, wherein further variants can easily be derived from the illustrated variants.
  • the advantageous application of one or the other variant depends on the manner in which the products to be supplied are advantageously taken over for the feed and with which orientation they are to be advantageously stacked.
  • both the gathering section 1 and the feed section 3 are shown in a straight line, which at constant conveying speeds v.1 and v.2 results in a linear introduction with constant speed.
  • the feed section 3 can be designed to be curved in a corresponding manner against the direction of the gathering section 1 in order to produce an introduction speed v ⁇ which decreases towards the end of the introduction.
  • FIG. 7 shows an exemplary embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention for gathering, wherein the viewing direction is directed generally perpendicular to the viewing direction of FIGS. 1 to 3, which amounts to a bird's eye view when fed from below or from above.
  • a plurality of stack supports 2 that can be conveyed along a gathering section 1 and a plurality of holding elements 4 that can be conveyed along a feed section 3 are illustrated very schematically.
  • the stack supports 2 and the holding element 4 are each arranged on at least one separate conveying member 30 and.
  • the conveying members are, for example, tension chains.
  • FIG. 7 shows stack supports 2 arranged on a first lateral conveying member 30, each having a support surface 7 and a stop bar 8 and pairs of holding elements 4 arranged on rods 32, wherein the rods 32 are arranged on a second conveying member 31.
  • the second conveying member 31 is also arranged laterally, the first conveying member 30 opposite.
  • the stop bars 8 are provided with passages 33 for the retaining element 4.
  • the conveying members 30 and 31 are driven synchronized in such a way that the holding elements 4 mesh with the stack supports 2 at the intersection of the gathering path 1 and the feed path 3 and then move through the passages 33, thus leaving the crossing region.
  • the holding elements 4 are deactivated and a held on its edge 5.1 object 5 is leaning against the support surface 7 and further promoted standing on the stop bar 8.
  • the distances L.1 and L'.2 between stack supports 2 and holding elements 4 in the direction of the gathering path 1 are the same. This means that the position of the holding elements 4 relative to the stack supports 2 in the direction of the gathering path 1 during the introduction unchanged remains, as has already been described in connection with FIG. However, the arrangement can be easily carried out with different distances L.1 and L'.2.

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  1. Procédé pour assembler des objets plats (5), dans lequel des piles (9) qui contiennent chacune un ou plusieurs objets (5) sont formées en faisant passer chaque pile en formation (9) les unes derrière les autres sur une surface de pose (7) d'un appui de pile (2) le long d'un parcours d'assemblage (1) d'un dispositif de transport des piles, en maintenant les objets (5) individuellement par des éléments de maintien (4) et en les amenant les uns derrière les autres à l'emplacement d'amenée le long d'un parcours d'amenée (3) dans une direction d'amenée et en insérant l'un des objets plats (5) entre deux piles (9) successives ou entre deux appuis de pile (2) successifs et en le plaçant sur une des deux piles (9) ou surfaces de pose (7), la direction d'amenée présentant une composante parallèle à la direction de transport des piles et les éléments de maintien (4) étant désactivés à l'emplacement d'amenée pour décharger les objets, caractérisé en ce que lors de l'insertion entre les deux piles (9) ou appuis de pile (2) successifs les objets (5) sont maintenus par leur bord avant (5.1) par le fait que le parcours d'amenée (3) croise le parcours d'assemblage (1) à l'emplacement d'amenée et qu'un élément de maintien (4) est transporté entre chaque deux appuis de pile (2) successifs, chaque élément de maintien (4) étant désactivé pendant cette traversée.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les appuis de pile (2) ne sont pas orientés parallèlement à la direction de transport des piles.
  3. Procédé selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les appuis de pile (2) présentent une latte d'arrêt (8) sur le bord inférieur des surfaces de pose (7), en ce que les objets (5) sont insérés par le haut avec leur bord maintenu (5.1) orienté vers le bas entre les piles (9) ou appuis de pile (2) et en ce que les objets (5) sont déchargés de l'élément de maintien lorsque le bord maintenu (5.1) est disposé immédiatement au-dessus de la latte d'arrêt (8).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les objets (5) sont transportés vers l'emplacement d'amenée avec leur bord maintenu (5.1) orienté vers l'avant et sont placés sur la pile suivante (9) ou la surface de pose (7) suivante.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les objets (5) sont transportés vers l'emplacement d'amenée avec leur bord maintenu (5.1) orienté vers l'arrière et sont placés sur la pile précédente (9) ou la surface de pose (7) précédente.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que pendant l'insertion entre les piles (9) ou les appuis de pile (2), les bords maintenus (5.1) sont transportés dans la direction de transport des piles plus rapidement ou plus lentement que les surfaces de pose (7).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de pose (7) sont disposées obliquement par rapport au parcours d'assemblage (1) et en ce que le transport de bord maintenu (5.1) s'effectue parallèlement à cette obliquité pendant l'insertion des objets (5) entre les piles (9) ou les appuis de pile (2).
  8. Procédé selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les objets (5) sont transportés suspendus en direction de l'emplacement d'amenée et sont insérés par le bas entre les piles (9) ou les appuis de pile (2) avec leur bord maintenu (5.1) orienté vers le haut.
  9. Procédé selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les objets (5) sont transportés vers l'emplacement d'amenée avec leur bord maintenu (5.1) orienté vers un côté et sont insérés latéralement entre les piles (9) ou les appuis de pile (2).
  10. Système pour assembler des objets plats (5), lequel système présente plusieurs appuis de pile (2) et plusieurs éléments de maintien (4), les appuis de pile (2) possédant tous une surface de pose (7) et pouvant être transportés les uns derrière les autres vers au moins un emplacement d'amenée le long d'un parcours d'assemblage (1) dans la direction de transport des piles, tandis que pour amener en les maintenant les objets plats (5) vers l'emplacement d'amenée dans une direction d'amenée, les les éléments de maintien (4) peuvent être transportés les uns derrière les autres le long d'un parcours d'amenée (3) dirigé vers le parcours d'assemblage (1) et peuvent être désactivés à l'emplacement d'amenée pour libérer les objets (5), la direction d'amenée présentant une composante orientée parallèlement à la direction de transport des piles, caractérisé en ce que le parcours d'amenée (3) croise le parcours d'assemblage (1) à l'emplacement d'amenée, en ce que le transport des appuis de pile (2) et le transport des éléments de maintien (4) sont accordés l'un à l'autre de telle sorte qu'à l'emplacement d'amenée, un élément de maintien (4) soit transporté entre deux appuis de pile (2) successifs et en ce que le système présente en outre des moyens par lesquels les éléments de maintien (4) sont désactivés pendant cette traversée.
  11. Système selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de pose (7) ne sont pas orientées parallèlement au parcours d'assemblage (1).
  12. Système selon les revendications 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que les appuis de pile (2) sont disposés sur au moins un premier organe de transport (30) et les éléments de maintien (4) sur au moins un deuxième organe de transport (31), les organes de transport (30, 31) étant disposés dans des plans mutuellement parallèles au moins dans la zone de l'emplacement d'amenée.
  13. Système selon les revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de pose (7) présentent un bord inférieur et un bord supérieur essentiellement horizontaux orientés transversalement par rapport au parcours d'assemblage (1) et des bords latéraux orientés obliquement par rapport au parcours d'assemblage (1), ainsi que des lattes d'arrêt (8) disposées sur les bords inférieurs.
  14. Système selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le parcours d'amenée (3) croise le parcours d'assemblage (1) du haut vers le bas et en ce que les moyens de désactivation des éléments de maintien (4) sont disposés de telle sorte que les éléments de maintien (4) sont désactivés lorsqu'ils sont placés dans une partie inférieure des appuis de pile (2).
  15. Système selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le parcours d'amenée (3) croise le parcours d'assemblage (1) du bas vers le haut et en ce que les moyens de désactivation des éléments de maintien (4) sont disposés de telle sorte que les éléments de maintien (4) sont désactivés lorsqu'ils sont placés dans une partie supérieure des appuis de pile (2).
  16. Système selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce qu'une deuxième latte d'arrêt (8') est prévue dans la partie supérieure des surfaces de pose.
  17. Système selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le parcours d'amenée (3) croise le parcours d'assemblage (1) d'un premier côté des appuis de pile (2) à un deuxième côté opposé et en ce que les moyens de désactivation des éléments de maintien (4) sont disposés de telle sorte que les éléments de maintien (4) sont désactivés lorsqu'ils sont placés dans la zone du deuxième côté opposé des appuis de pile (2).
  18. Système selon l'une des revendications 12 à 17, caractérisé en ce que les appuis de pile (2) sont disposés latéralement sur le premier organe de transport (30), en ce que les éléments de maintien (4) sont disposés sur le côté du deuxième organe de transport (31) et en ce que le premier et le deuxième organe de transport (30 et 31) sont disposés de telle sorte que les éléments de maintien (4) et les appuis de pile (2) s'engrènent les uns dans les autres dans la zone du croisement.
  19. Système selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que les lattes d'arrêt (8) des appuis de pile (2) présentent des passages (33) pour les éléments de maintien (4).
  20. Système selon l'une des revendications 10 à 19, caractérisé en ce que comme appuis de pile (2) sont prévues des parties (20) en forme de V disposées transversalement par rapport au parcours d'assemblage (1) et dotées de parois latérales disposées les unes derrière les autres dans la direction du transport des piles et d'un fond qui relie les parois latérales, l'une des parois latérales servant de surface de pose (7) et le fond servant de latte d'arrêt (8), l'autre paroi latérale (21) pouvant assurer la fonction d'un appui de pile (2) avant ou arrière.
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