EP0095602B1 - Dispositif pour le transport de produits planes de papier alimentés en continu - Google Patents

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EP0095602B1
EP0095602B1 EP83104527A EP83104527A EP0095602B1 EP 0095602 B1 EP0095602 B1 EP 0095602B1 EP 83104527 A EP83104527 A EP 83104527A EP 83104527 A EP83104527 A EP 83104527A EP 0095602 B1 EP0095602 B1 EP 0095602B1
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Walter Reist
Jürg Eberle
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/669—Advancing articles in overlapping streams ending an overlapping stream
    • 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
    • B65H29/005—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers by chains or bands having mechanical grippers engaging the side edges of articles, e.g. newspaper conveyors
    • 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
    • B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
    • B65H2301/44732—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact transporting articles in overlapping stream

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  • the invention relates to a device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a device is previously known and one of its main advantages is that it does not need to be adapted to the format of the paper products to be transported, provided that the lateral edges of successive paper products to be gripped are somewhat aligned with one another.
  • the one-sided grasping of the paper products means that they flutter around, especially at higher transport speeds, due to the wind. be made to crumple. Therefore, in the known device, stationary guide rails are provided for both flat sides of the products along the entire conveying path. If you want to change the course of the conveyor path in this known device, then the guide rails of the known device must be adapted to the new course.
  • the proposed device has the features specified in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
  • the grippers Since the essentially flat clamping surfaces of the grippers are inclined in the same direction with respect to the traction element, they also force the paper products onto a wave shape running transversely to the traction element, but the grippers only clamp either the back or the front of these shafts, so that the front or the back can be stretched or squeezed without causing the relative shifts mentioned.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 A conveyor belt 11 with the conveying direction indicated by an arrow 12 feeds printed products 13 - here in the form of a shingled stream S - to the device 10, of which only the takeover section serving to take over the shingled stream S and the beginning of the active conveying run is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the device 10 has an endlessly driven traction element 14 in the direction of the arrow 12 ', which - as will be shown later - is guided in a hollow rail 15 and in FIG. 1 around a deflection wheel 16 which is only shown schematically.
  • the traction element 14 is equipped with grippers 17 fastened at regular intervals and laterally to these.
  • Each of these grippers 17 has a jaw 18 which is fixed with respect to the pulling element 14 and a movable jaw 19 which, as will be shown later, is at right angles to the fixed jaw in the open position, but can first be pivoted in under the fixed jaw 18 in the course of the closing movement and then it can be adjusted (both against the action of a spring) and can be locked in the closed position.
  • the clamping surface of each of the fixed jaws 18 essentially defines a plane. This level is indicated on the left in FIG. 1 for two adjacent, fixed jaws with dashed lines 20 ben, is thus inclined relative to the tension member 14 by the angle a.
  • the fixed jaws 18 of all grippers 17 are connected to one another by a flexible band 21 which is fastened to the clamping surface of the fixed jaw 18 of each gripper 17.
  • the hollow rail 15 is a C-shaped profile which is open at the bottom, which houses the traction element 14 inside.
  • This consists of a link chain 22, in which the pivot pin 23 is extended between two hinged links on both sides and carries a roller 24 at each end.
  • a bracket 27 projecting to the side is clamped by means of a clamping screw 28 and its end is anchored in the housing 29 of the gripper 17.
  • the mounting block 25 partially hides a guide roller 26 which is rotatably mounted on an axis 30 which is perpendicular to the pin 23 and is indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • the guide roller 26 cooperates with the curved edges of the legs 31 of the hollow rail 15, particularly when the hollow rail 15 is curved.
  • the structure of the gripper is described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the fixed jaw 18 is integrally formed on the housing 29.
  • the movable jaw 19, on the other hand, is anchored in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft 32 via a clamping ring 37, which is arranged at right angles to the plane defined by the fixed jaw 18 and is mounted both longitudinally displaceably and rotatably against the action of a spring 33 in the housing 29.
  • the spring 33 tends to keep the movable jaw 19 in the position shown in FIG. 4 on the left.
  • a clamp bolt 34 is also articulated on the housing 29 and has a bore 35 (FIG. 3) through which the shaft 32 extends.
  • the clamp bolt 34 is under the action of a compression spring 36 (Fig. 3) which tends to keep the clamp bolt pivoted downward (i.e. counterclockwise in Fig. 4).
  • a compression spring 36 Fig. 3 which tends to keep the clamp bolt pivoted downward (i.e. counterclockwise in Fig. 4).
  • This arrangement allows the shaft 32 to be easily rotated and also easily moved upward from the position shown on the left in FIG. 4, but remains locked in the upwardly displaced position.
  • the clamping bolt 34 acts as a kind of “freewheel” for the longitudinal displacement of the shaft 32, which freewheel can be released by lifting the clamping bolt 34.
  • FIG. 2 further shows that a further block 38 is anchored to the shaft 32 directly above the clamping ring 37 anchoring the movable jaw 19 to the shaft 32.
  • This block 38 carries two follower links, one of which is a nose 39 (FIG. 2), the other a roller 40 rotatably mounted on the block 38.
  • FIG. 2 further shows that the nose 39 with the side edge 41 is one Backdrop 42 cooperates and, when running onto this side edge 41, causes shaft 32 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction (in FIG. 2) against the action of spring 33.
  • the roller 40 interacts with the upper, flat side 43 (FIG. 3) of the link 42, which - as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 4 - forms an ascending ramp.
  • the shaft 42 and thus the movable jaw 19 is raised after the rotary movement caused by the nose 39 with the side edge 41, i.e. added to the fixed jaw 18.
  • the movable jaw remains locked by the clamp bolt 34.
  • the jaw 19 clamps the shingled stream S from below onto the flexible band 21, which has a wave shape due to the inclination of the clamping surfaces of the jaws 18.
  • the link 42 is fastened to a pivotable plate 44 which is actuated by means of an actuating element, e.g. B. by means of a pneumatic cylinder 45 (Fig. 1) can be pivoted back from the active position in the rest position.
  • One or more delivery stations (not shown) of the device can be located along the conveying strand of the traction element or in the region of a further deflection wheel onto which the conveying strand runs.
  • a delivery station in addition to a device receiving the conveyed printed products, e.g. B. a stacking shaft or a conveyor belt, only one with the clamping bars 34 cooperating in the sense organ, for example a backdrop or a role that the clamping bar 34 is pivoted against the action of the compression spring 36, whereupon the movable jaw 19 abruptly from that in Fig 4 jumps back to the position shown on the left in FIG. This means that the shed flow is released.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
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  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)

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1. Dispositif pour transporter des produits papier (13) minces et plans arrivant en contnu, par exemple un courant (S) en formation tuilée de produits imprimés, comportant un organe de traction (14) actionné et guidé en circulation sans fin, équipé de préhenseurs (17) commandés et disposés à intervalles l'un de l'autre, qui sont destinés à saisir un bord latéral des produits papier (13), vu dans le sens du transport, et qui sont disposés et commandés avec une répartition telle que chaque produit papier (13) est saisi par plusieurs préhenseurs (17), caractérisé en ce que les préhenseurs (17) comportent dessurfaces de serrage pratiquement planes qui sont inclinées dans le même sens par rapport à l'organe de traction (14).
2. Dispositif selon ta revendication 1, dans lequel les préhenseurs (17) comportent un mors fixe (18) et un mors mobile (19) par rapport à l'organe de traction (14), caractérisé en ce que la surface de serrage pratiquement plane est formée sur les mors fixes (18) des préhenseurs (17).
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les mors fixes (18) des préhenseurs (17) sont reliés ensemble par une bande flexible (21).
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de serrage planes sont inclinées vers le bas vers l'arrière, vu dans le sens du transport.
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les mors mobiles (19) comportent une surface de serrage plane qui, en position de fermeture, est sensiblement parallèle à celle des mors fixes (18).
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la dimension des mors fixes (18), mesurée dans le sens du transport, est plus grande que celle des mors mobiles, en position de fermeture.
EP83104527A 1982-06-02 1983-05-07 Dispositif pour le transport de produits planes de papier alimentés en continu Expired EP0095602B1 (fr)

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AT83104527T ATE17697T1 (de) 1982-06-02 1983-05-07 Einrichtung zum transportieren kontinuierlich anfallender, flaechiger papierprodukte.

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CH338682 1982-06-02
CH3386/82 1982-06-02

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JP (1) JPH0829875B2 (fr)
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CA (1) CA1193625A (fr)
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DK (1) DK155214C (fr)
FI (1) FI72700C (fr)
MX (1) MX156631A (fr)
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CA1193625A (fr) 1985-09-17
NO153886C (no) 1986-06-11
JPH0829875B2 (ja) 1996-03-27
ATE17697T1 (de) 1986-02-15
FI72700B (fi) 1987-03-31
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AU554453B2 (en) 1986-08-21
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