EP0603354B1 - Feed device for an insetting machine for printed products - Google Patents

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EP0603354B1
EP0603354B1 EP93912534A EP93912534A EP0603354B1 EP 0603354 B1 EP0603354 B1 EP 0603354B1 EP 93912534 A EP93912534 A EP 93912534A EP 93912534 A EP93912534 A EP 93912534A EP 0603354 B1 EP0603354 B1 EP 0603354B1
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Heinz Linder
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C1/00—Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
    • B42C1/10—Machines for both collating or gathering and interposing inserts
    • 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
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/043—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles the piles being disposed in juxtaposed carriers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
    • 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
    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4317—Signatures, i.e. involving folded main product or jacket
    • B65H2301/43171—Inserting subproducts in a signature as main product
    • B65H2301/431711—Inserting subproducts in a signature as main product the subproduct being inserted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fold of the main product
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a device with a feeder for loading a inserting machine for printed products according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a device of the type mentioned at the outset in which printed sheets conveyed by circulating belts fall between V-shaped and fixedly arranged side plates, so that they lie at the front in the conveying direction of the circulating belts Fall edge onto a conveyor chain and be transported next to a side plate.
  • the printed sheets deposited by the circulating belts on the conveyor chain 14 reach the area of further feeders. In doing so, they step under the conductor plates arranged in the area of these feeders, so that the printed sheets conveyed there by the transport chain must inevitably fall between the first printed sheets.
  • the deflecting rollers of the circulating belts are arranged to the side of the conveying path and the printed sheets are collected standing on the side plates and stacked against one another.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device of the type described in the preamble of patent claim 1, which allows the inserting machine to be ergonomically assigned to a corresponding feeder.
  • this object is achieved according to the features listed in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
  • This constructive measure allows a simple and effective role formation of the conveyor line.
  • the printed products can be fed into the pockets of a inserting machine in a simple and less tiring procedure.
  • the feeder stack can also be loaded by a transporter or another conveyor, such as conveyor belts.
  • Feeders to the pockets of the inserting machine do not have to be problematic because in this way the printed products would have to be clamped in at least two distant locations on the flat belts because of their insufficient stability to avoid deformation.
  • the flat belts form an undershot conveying section with the gripping drum. It is provided that the flat belts are arranged approximately in the middle of the drum width and have approximately their deflection radius.
  • the rear end of the conveyor line in the conveying direction is expediently designed as a feed opening, which is formed by the flat belts and communicates with the stacking magazine or the discharge end of the feeder and allows a smooth transfer of a printed product from the feeder to the feed line.
  • a feeder known per se consisting essentially of a stacking magazine and a downstream gripping drum, can be connected upstream of the conveying section at its front end by an undershot conveying channel formed by a deflection roller and the flat belts.
  • an undershot conveyor channel the front end of which is designed as a feed opening communicating with the discharge end of the gripping drum, has proven to be advantageous.
  • This last-mentioned embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the folded edges of the printed products conveyed in the stack magazine or the edge of a card conveyed in advance face the conveying path of the inserting machine.
  • a guide delimited by guide surfaces can be provided on the rear sides of the conveying path formed by the flat belts, by means of which the lateral areas of the printed products, in particular on the deflection roller, can be prevented from lifting off.
  • the guide on the deflection roller is advantageously formed with an upper and a lower guide surface and extends approximately to the conveying end of the deflection roller.
  • the guide gap can be set in a position inclined against the conveying direction of the insertion machine. This allows the supplied printed products to hit the walls of the pockets flatly, ie the printed products reach their end position in the pockets without any particular delay.
  • An adjustable guide element can be attached to the side of the conveyor section, which is provided for aligning the printed products in front of the pockets.
  • the device according to the invention is designed to be displaceable, so that it can be optionally delivered along the conveying path of the inserting machine.
  • FIG. 1 shows the conveying path 1 of a partly illustrated inserting machine 2 and the conveying direction of the printing products 4 which are opened in the following pockets 3, the pockets being assigned means for opening the printing products located in front of them in the fold.
  • a device 5 with a feeder 6 for loading the inserting machine 2 or the pockets 3 along the conveying path 1 is fed to the conveying path 1 laterally.
  • the conveying flow of the printed products 4 takes place from the feeder 6 approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2, the printed products 7 on the underside of a stack 8 placed by hand, for example.
  • the mode of operation and the structural design of the feeder 6 can be assumed to be known and therefore does not require a new description.
  • an endless flat belt 9, 10 Connected to the discharge end of the feeder 6 is an endless flat belt 9, 10, which consists of two conveyor belts which are in contact with one another and which run around deflection rollers and form a conveyor section 11 which ends above the conveyor path of the inserting machine.
  • the printed products 7 delivered by the feeder 6 pass between the tightly abutting treads of the flat belts 9, 10, which are arranged in the region of the conveying path 11 above an above the conveying path 1, about an axis 12 of a first deflecting roller 13 which runs approximately parallel to the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2 are.
  • the flat belts 9, 10 are rotated about 90 ° on a common conveyor section 22, so that its end, which is effective for conveying, runs at least approximately parallel to the longitudinal sides of the openings of the pockets 3 of the inserting machine 2 and is approximately perpendicular to the latter.
  • the flat belts 9, 10 are separated and are individually returned to the discharge end of the feeder 6 via deflection rollers.
  • the superimposed flat belts 9, 10 form an undershot conveying channel on the gripping drum 14 of the feeder 6 downstream of the stack 8, one of the flat belts 9 being fed via the gripping drum 14 and the other of the flat belts 10 from can be brought up to the side of the gripping drum 14.
  • the front end of the conveyor section 11 thus formed is characterized by a feed opening 18 communicating with the stacking magazine 17.
  • the fold edges of the printed products 7 are created in an arrangement that is averted from the inserting machine 2.
  • FIG 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the device 2 according to the invention, in which the conveying path 11 runs undershot around a second deflecting roller 20 which follows the gripper drum 14 downstream and the folded edges of the printed products 7 in the stack magazine 17 are turned towards the inserting machine 2.
  • the flat belts 9, 10 in turn form on the gripping drum 14 a feed opening 18 to which the conveyor line 11 connects.
  • the edge of a card to be conveyed is facing the pockets 3 or the conveying path 1.
  • the printed products 7 or their lateral overhang supporting guides 21 are arranged on the conveyor line 11. This applies both to the embodiment according to FIG. 2 and according to FIG. 3.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 2 has guides 21 in the undershot area of the conveyor section 11 on the gripping drum 14 and on the flat section in front of the first deflection roller 13, where the printed products 7 are guided between an upper and a lower guide surface until they leave the first deflection roller 13.
  • the downward conveying section 22 is set in a position inclined against the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2.
  • Guide elements acting on the printed products 7 are arranged on the side of the conveying section 22.
  • the device 5 is designed such that it can be moved along the conveying path 1.

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A device (5) consists of a sheet feeder (6) for an insetting machine for printed products, with pockets (3) following in succession along a conveyor path (1), above which terminates a feed line (11) which is formed by two adjacent, flat endless belts (9, 10) and is situated downstream of the sheet feeder (6).

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Einrichtung mit einem Anleger zur Beschickung einer Einsteckmaschine für Druckprodukte nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1.The invention relates to a device with a feeder for loading a inserting machine for printed products according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Die Beschickung bekannter Einsteckmaschinen erfolgt durch über dem Förderpfad der sich folgenden taschenähnlichen Aufnahmeorgane angeordnete Anleger, die einen Transporteur oder ein Stapelmagazin aufweisen.
Die US - A - 4'479'643 offenbart eine derartige Einrichtung.Known inserting machines are loaded by feeders arranged above the conveying path of the following pocket-like receiving members and having a conveyor or a stacking magazine.
US-A-4,479,643 discloses such a device.

Dabei werden die Anleger wegen ihrer bezüglich Bedienung ungünstigen Lage über dem Förderpfad von einem gegenüber dem Fussboden erhöhten Podest aus manuell beschickt. Diese Arbeit fordert eine hohe körperliche Anstrengung und birgt Unfallrisiken in sich, abgesehen von den relativ langen Arbeitswegen zu den Anlegern.Because of their unfavorable location above the conveyor path, the feeders are manually loaded from a platform raised above the floor. This work requires a high level of physical exertion and harbors the risk of accidents, apart from the relatively long commute to work.

Weiterhin ist nach der DE - A - 1'922'257 eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art bekannt, bei der durch umlaufende Bänder geförderte Druckbogen zwischen V-förmig und fest angeordnete Seitenbleche fallen, so dass sie mit ihrer in Förderrichtung der umlaufenden Bänder vorn liegenden Kante auf eine Förderkette fallen und jeweils anliegend an einem Seitenblech weitertransportiert werden. Auf diese Weise gelangen die von den umlaufenden Bändern auf der Förderkette 14 abgesetzten Druckbogen in den Bereich weiterer Anleger. Hierbei treten sie unter die im Bereich dieser Anleger angeordneten Leiterbleche, so dass die von den dort auf die Transportkette geförderten Druckbogen zwangsläufig zwischen die ersten Druckbogen fallen müssen.
Die Umlenkrollen der umlaufenden Bänder sind seitlich von dem Förderpfad angeordnet und die Druckbogen werden an den Seitenblechen stehend aneinander anliegend zu Stapeln gesammelt.Furthermore, according to DE-A-1'922'257, a device of the type mentioned at the outset is known, in which printed sheets conveyed by circulating belts fall between V-shaped and fixedly arranged side plates, so that they lie at the front in the conveying direction of the circulating belts Fall edge onto a conveyor chain and be transported next to a side plate. In this way, the printed sheets deposited by the circulating belts on the conveyor chain 14 reach the area of further feeders. In doing so, they step under the conductor plates arranged in the area of these feeders, so that the printed sheets conveyed there by the transport chain must inevitably fall between the first printed sheets.
The deflecting rollers of the circulating belts are arranged to the side of the conveying path and the printed sheets are collected standing on the side plates and stacked against one another.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es somit, eine Einrichtung der im Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1 beschriebenen Art zu schaffen, die es gestattet, der Einsteckmaschine einen entsprechenden Anleger ergonomisch bedienbar zuzuordnen.The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device of the type described in the preamble of patent claim 1, which allows the inserting machine to be ergonomically assigned to a corresponding feeder.

Erfindungsgemäss wird diese Aufgabe gemäss den im Kennzeichen des Patentanspruches 1 aufgeführten Merkmalen gelöst.
Diese Konstruktive Maßnahme gestattet eine einfache und wirkungsrolle Ausbildung der Förderstrecke.
Dadurch können die Druckprodukte auf einfache und weniger ermüdende Vorgehensweise den Taschen einer Einsteckmaschine zugeführt werden. Die Beschickung des Anlegerstapels kann auch durch einen Transporteur oder ein anderes Förderorgan, wie bspw. Transportbänder erfolgen.According to the invention, this object is achieved according to the features listed in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
This constructive measure allows a simple and effective role formation of the conveyor line.
As a result, the printed products can be fed into the pockets of a inserting machine in a simple and less tiring procedure. The feeder stack can also be loaded by a transporter or another conveyor, such as conveyor belts.

Ein Transport der Druckprodukte, so, dass diese auf dem Weg von einem seitlich des Förderpfades der Einsteckmaschine aufgestellten Anleger zu den Taschen der Einsteckmaschine nicht gewendet werden müssen ist problematisch, weil auf diese Weise die Druckprodukte wegen ihrer ungenügenden Stabilität zur Meidung einer Deformation an wenigstens zwei distanzierten Stellen der Flachriemen eingespannt werden müssten.A transport of the printed products in such a way that they are set up on the way from a side of the conveying path of the inserting machine Feeders to the pockets of the inserting machine do not have to be problematic because in this way the printed products would have to be clamped in at least two distant locations on the flat belts because of their insufficient stability to avoid deformation.

Bei einer erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung mit einem an sich prinzipiell bekannten, im wesentlichen aus Stapelmagazin und nachgeschalteter Greiftrommel gebildeten Anleger, erweist es sich als vorteilhaft, wenn die Flachriemen mit der Greiftrommel einen unterschlächtigen Förderabschnitt bilden. Dabei ist vorgesehen, dass die Flachriemen etwa mittig zur Trommelbreite angeordnet sind und etwa deren Umlenkradius aufweisen.In a device according to the invention with a feeder which is known in principle and essentially consists of a stack magazine and a downstream gripping drum, it proves to be advantageous if the flat belts form an undershot conveying section with the gripping drum. It is provided that the flat belts are arranged approximately in the middle of the drum width and have approximately their deflection radius.

Zweckmässig ist das in Förderrichtung hintere Ende der Förderstrecke als eine durch die Flachriemen gebildete, mit dem Stapelmagazin bzw. dem Abgabeende des Anlegers kommunizierende Einzugsöffnung ausgebildet, die eine reibungslose Übergabe eines Druckproduktes vom Anleger an die Förderstrecke erlaubt.The rear end of the conveyor line in the conveying direction is expediently designed as a feed opening, which is formed by the flat belts and communicates with the stacking magazine or the discharge end of the feeder and allows a smooth transfer of a printed product from the feeder to the feed line.

Dadurch ist es möglich, die Falzkante der sich im Stapelmagazin befindenden Druckprodukte von den Taschen der Einsteckmaschine abgewendet anzuordnen.This makes it possible to arrange the folded edge of the printed products located in the stack magazine away from the pockets of the inserting machine.

Alternativ kann bei einer erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung ein an sich bekannter, im wesentlichen aus Stapelmagazin und nachgeschalteter Greiftrommel bestehender Anleger der Förderstrecke an ihrem vorderen Ende eines aus einer Umlenkrolle und den Flachriemen gebildeten, unterschlächtigen Förderkanals vorgeschaltet sein.Alternatively, in a device according to the invention, a feeder known per se, consisting essentially of a stacking magazine and a downstream gripping drum, can be connected upstream of the conveying section at its front end by an undershot conveying channel formed by a deflection roller and the flat belts.

Hierzu erweist sich ein unterschlächtiger Förderkanal, dessen vorderes Ende als mit dem Abgabeende der Greiftrommel kommunizierende Einzugsöffnung ausgebildet ist, als günstig.For this purpose, an undershot conveyor channel, the front end of which is designed as a feed opening communicating with the discharge end of the gripping drum, has proven to be advantageous.

Diese letztgenannte Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung sieht vor, dass die voraus geförderten Falzkanten der sich im Stapelmagazin befindenden Druckprodukte bzw. die voraus geförderte Kante einer Karte dem Förderpfad der Einsteckmaschine zugewendet sind.This last-mentioned embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the folded edges of the printed products conveyed in the stack magazine or the edge of a card conveyed in advance face the conveying path of the inserting machine.

Um die Beschickung der Taschen zuverlässig durchführen zu können, kann an den Rückseiten der durch die Flachriemen gebildeten Förderstrecke eine durch Leitflächen begrenzte Führung vorgesehen sein, durch welche das Abheben der seitlichen Bereiche der Druckprodukte, insbesondere an der Umlenkrolle, verhindert werden kann.In order to be able to carry out the loading of the bags reliably, a guide delimited by guide surfaces can be provided on the rear sides of the conveying path formed by the flat belts, by means of which the lateral areas of the printed products, in particular on the deflection roller, can be prevented from lifting off.

Die Führung an der Umlenkrolle ist vorteilhaft mit einer oberen und einer unteren Leitfläche ausgebildet und erstreckt sich etwa an das Förderende der Umlenkrolle.The guide on the deflection roller is advantageously formed with an upper and a lower guide surface and extends approximately to the conveying end of the deflection roller.

Damit ein weitgehend reibungsloser Einsteckvorgang in den Taschen der Einsteckmaschine erzielt wird, kann der Führungsspalt in eine entgegen der Förderrichtung der Einsteckmaschine geneigte Lage versetzt sein.
Dadurch kann ein flaches Auftreffen der zugeführten Druckprodukte an den Wänden der Taschen stattfinden, d.h., die Druckprodukte erreichen ihre Endlage in den Taschen ohne besondere Verzögerung.So that a largely smooth insertion process is achieved in the pockets of the insertion machine, the guide gap can be set in a position inclined against the conveying direction of the insertion machine.
This allows the supplied printed products to hit the walls of the pockets flatly, ie the printed products reach their end position in the pockets without any particular delay.

Seitlich des Förderabschnittes kann jeweils ein verstellbares Leitorgan befestigt sein, das zur Ausrichtung der Druckprodukte vor den Taschen vorgesehen ist.An adjustable guide element can be attached to the side of the conveyor section, which is provided for aligning the printed products in front of the pockets.

Es ist nützlich, wenn die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung versetzbar ausgebildet ist, sodass sie entlang des Förderpfades der Einsteckmaschine wahlweise zugestellt werden kann.It is useful if the device according to the invention is designed to be displaceable, so that it can be optionally delivered along the conveying path of the inserting machine.

Weitere Vorteile und Einzelheiten der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der folgenden Beschreibung zweier Ausführungsbeispiele unter Hinweis auf die Zeichnung. In dieser zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine vereinfachte Darstellung der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung,
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eine schematische Längsschnittsdarstellung der Einrichtung nach Fig. 1 und
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eine schematische Längsschnittsdarstellung einer alternativen Ausführungsform der Einrichtung nach der Fig. 1.
Further advantages and details of the invention emerge from the following description of two exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawing. In this shows:
Fig. 1
a simplified representation of the device according to the invention,
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is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the device of FIG. 1 and
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is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the device according to the Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 zeigt den Förderpfad 1 einer teilweise dargestellten Einsteckmaschine 2 und die Förderrichtung der in sich folgenden Taschen 3 geöffneten Druckprodukte 4, wobei den Taschen Mittel zum Oeffnen der sich falzvoran darin befindenden Druckprodukte zugeordnet sind.
Dem Förderpfad 1 seitlich zugestellt ist eine Einrichtung 5 mit einem Anleger 6 zur Beschickung der Einsteckmaschine 2 bzw. der Taschen 3 entlang dem Förderpfad 1. Der Förderfluss der Druckprodukte 4 erfolgt vom Anleger 6 aus etwa senkrecht zu der Förderrichtung der Einsteckmaschine 2, wobei die Druckprodukte 7 an der Unterseite eines bspw. von Hand aufgelegten Stapels 8 entnommen werden. Die Funktionsweise und der konstruktive Aufbau des Anlegers 6 kann als bekannt vorausgesetzt werden und bedarf somit keiner erneuten Beschreibung. An das Abgabeende des Anlegers 6 schliesst eine aus zwei mit den Laufflächen aneinander anliegenden und an Umlenkrollen umlaufenden, eine über dem Förderpfad der Einsteckmaschine endende Förderstrecke 11 bildenden, endlosen Flachriemen 9, 10 an. Die vom Anleger 6 abgegebenen Druckprodukte 7 gelangen zwischen die satt aneinanderliegenden Laufflächen der Flachriemen 9, 10, die im Bereich der Förderstrecke 11 über einer oberhalb des Förderpfades 1 angeordneten, um eine etwa parallel zur Förderrichtung der Einsteckmaschine 2 verlaufenden Achse 12 einer ersten Umlenkrolle 13 geführt sind. Danach sind die Flachriemen 9, 10 auf einem gemeinsamen Förderabschnitt 22 etwa 90° verdreht, so dass dessen förderwirksames Ende wenigstens annähernd parallel zu den Längsseiten der Öffnungen der Taschen 3 der Einsteckmaschine 2 und etwa senkrecht gegen diese gerichtet verläuft.1 shows the conveying path 1 of a partly illustrated inserting machine 2 and the conveying direction of the printing products 4 which are opened in the following pockets 3, the pockets being assigned means for opening the printing products located in front of them in the fold.
A device 5 with a feeder 6 for loading the inserting machine 2 or the pockets 3 along the conveying path 1 is fed to the conveying path 1 laterally. The conveying flow of the printed products 4 takes place from the feeder 6 approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2, the printed products 7 on the underside of a stack 8 placed by hand, for example. The mode of operation and the structural design of the feeder 6 can be assumed to be known and therefore does not require a new description. Connected to the discharge end of the feeder 6 is an endless flat belt 9, 10, which consists of two conveyor belts which are in contact with one another and which run around deflection rollers and form a conveyor section 11 which ends above the conveyor path of the inserting machine. The printed products 7 delivered by the feeder 6 pass between the tightly abutting treads of the flat belts 9, 10, which are arranged in the region of the conveying path 11 above an above the conveying path 1, about an axis 12 of a first deflecting roller 13 which runs approximately parallel to the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2 are. Thereafter, the flat belts 9, 10 are rotated about 90 ° on a common conveyor section 22, so that its end, which is effective for conveying, runs at least approximately parallel to the longitudinal sides of the openings of the pockets 3 of the inserting machine 2 and is approximately perpendicular to the latter.

Nach dem Ende des Förderabschnittes 22 sind die Flachriemen 9, 10 getrennt und werden über Umlenkrollen einzeln an das Abgabeende des Anlegers 6 zurückgeführt.After the end of the conveyor section 22, the flat belts 9, 10 are separated and are individually returned to the discharge end of the feeder 6 via deflection rollers.

Bei einer Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung 2 nach Fig. 2 bilden die übereinander gelegten Flachriemen 9, 10 einen unterschlächtigen Förderkanal an der dem Stapel 8 nachgeschalteten Greiftrommel 14 des Anlegers 6, wobei der eine Flachriemen 9 über die Greiftrommel 14 zugeführt und der andere Flachriemen 10 von der Seite an die Greiftrommel 14 herangeführt werden.
Das so gebildete vordere Ende der Förderstrecke 11 zeichnet sich durch eine mit dem Stapelmagazin 17 kommunizierende Einzugsöffnung 18 aus.In one embodiment of the device 2 according to the invention according to FIG. 2, the superimposed flat belts 9, 10 form an undershot conveying channel on the gripping drum 14 of the feeder 6 downstream of the stack 8, one of the flat belts 9 being fed via the gripping drum 14 and the other of the flat belts 10 from can be brought up to the side of the gripping drum 14.
The front end of the conveyor section 11 thus formed is characterized by a feed opening 18 communicating with the stacking magazine 17.

Aufgrund der Verdrehung der Flachriemen 9, 10 über dem Förderpfad 1 um die Längsachse des nach unten verlaufenden Förderabschnittes 22, werden diese Flachriemen 9, 10 auf dem Rückweg zum Anleger 6 an den Stellen 15, 16 in gleichem Masse wieder in die ursprüngliche Lage zurückgedreht.Due to the rotation of the flat belts 9, 10 over the conveying path 1 about the longitudinal axis of the downwardly extending conveying section 22, these flat belts 9, 10 are rotated back to the original position at the points 15, 16 to the same extent on the way back to the feeder 6.

Die Falzkanten der Druckprodukte 7 sind dabei in einer von der Einsteckmaschine 2 abgewendeten Anordnungsweise angelegt.The fold edges of the printed products 7 are created in an arrangement that is averted from the inserting machine 2.

Fig. 3 vermittelt eine alternative Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemässen Einrichtung 2, bei welcher die Förderstrecke 11 um eine der Greifertrommel 14 stromabwärts folgende zweite Umlenkrolle 20 unterschlächtig verläuft und die Falzkanten der Druckprodukte 7 in dem Stapelmagazin 17 der Einsteckmaschine 2 zugewendet sind. Die Flachriemen 9, 10 bilden wiederum an der Greiftrommel 14 eine Einzugsöffnung 18, an die die Förderstrecke 11 anschliesst.3 shows an alternative embodiment of the device 2 according to the invention, in which the conveying path 11 runs undershot around a second deflecting roller 20 which follows the gripper drum 14 downstream and the folded edges of the printed products 7 in the stack magazine 17 are turned towards the inserting machine 2. The flat belts 9, 10 in turn form on the gripping drum 14 a feed opening 18 to which the conveyor line 11 connects.

Die vorauszufördernden Falzkanten der sich im Stapelmagazin 17 befindenden Druckprodukte 7 resp. die vorauszufördernde Kante einer Karte sind den Taschen 3 bzw. dem Förderpfad 1 zugewendet.The folded edges to be conveyed ahead of the printed products 7 and 7 located in the stack magazine 17. the edge of a card to be conveyed is facing the pockets 3 or the conveying path 1.

Zur Gewährleistung eines Zuverlässigen Transportes der Druckprodukte 7 in die Taschen 3 der Einsteckmaschine 2 sind an der Förderstrecke 11 die Druckprodukte 7 bzw. deren seitlicher Überhang stützende Führungen 21 angeordnet.
Dies gilt sowohl bei der Ausführung nach Fig. 2 wie nach Fig. 3. Die Ausführung nach Fig. 2 besitzt Führungen 21 im unterschlächtigen Bereich der Förderstrecke 11 an der Greiftrommel 14 sowie auf dem flachen Abschnitt vor der ersten Umlenkrolle 13, wo die Druckprodukte 7 zwischen einer oberen und einer unteren Leitfläche geführt sind, so lange, bis sie die erste Umlenkrolle 13 verlassen.In order to ensure reliable transport of the printed products 7 into the pockets 3 of the inserting machine 2, the printed products 7 or their lateral overhang supporting guides 21 are arranged on the conveyor line 11.
This applies both to the embodiment according to FIG. 2 and according to FIG. 3. The embodiment according to FIG. 2 has guides 21 in the undershot area of the conveyor section 11 on the gripping drum 14 and on the flat section in front of the first deflection roller 13, where the printed products 7 are guided between an upper and a lower guide surface until they leave the first deflection roller 13.

Diese Massnahme trifft auch für die Ausführung nach Fig. 3 zu, mit dem Unterschied, dass anstelle der Greiftrommel 14 die zweite Umlenkrolle 20 im unterschlächtigen Bereich eine solche Führung 21 aufweist.This measure also applies to the embodiment according to FIG. 3, with the difference that instead of the gripping drum 14, the second deflection roller 20 has such a guide 21 in the undershot area.

Zur Begünstigung des Einsteckvorganges in den Taschen 3 ist der nach unten verlaufende Förderabschnitt 22 in eine entgegen der Förderrichtung der Einsteckmaschine 2 geneigte Lage versetzt.To favor the insertion process in the pockets 3, the downward conveying section 22 is set in a position inclined against the conveying direction of the inserting machine 2.

Seitlich des Förderabschnittes 22 sind auf die Druckprodukte 7 einwirkende Leitorgane angeordnet.Guide elements acting on the printed products 7 are arranged on the side of the conveying section 22.

Letzlich ist die Einrichtung 5 derart ausgebildet, dass sie entlang dem Förderpfad 1 versetzt werden kann.Ultimately, the device 5 is designed such that it can be moved along the conveying path 1.

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  1. A device (5) having a feeder (6) for feeding an insetting machine (2) for print products (4), which comprises loadable pockets (3) which are driven in succession along at least one conveying path (1) and with which means are associated for opening the print products (4) which are situated with their folds at the front in the pockets (3), wherein the feeder (6) is disposed so that it feeds approximately at right angles to the direction of conveying of the insetting machine (2) and comprises a downstream conveying section (11) which ends above the conveying path (1) of the insetting machine (2) and is formed from two endless flat belts (9, 10) which adjoin each other at an effective conveying face and circulate on deflection rollers (13), characterised in that the flat belts (9, 10) which are guided over an axis (12) of a first deflection roller (13), which axis runs approximately parallel to the direction of conveying of the insetting machine (2) and is disposed above the conveying path (1), form a conveying section (22) which runs approximately perpendicularly downwards by means of their effective conveying faces which are jointly twisted by about 90°.
  2. A device according to claim 1, having a feeder (6) which is essentially formed from a stack hopper (17) and a downstream gripper drum (14), characterised in that the flat belts (9, 10) form an undershot conveying section on the gripper drum (14).
  3. A device according to claim 1, characterised in that the front end of the conveying section (11) is constructed as a feed aperture (18) which is formed by the flat belts (9, 10) and which communicates with the stack hopper (17).
  4. A device according to claim 2, in which the fold edges, which are conveyed at the front, of the print products (7) situated in the stack hopper (17), or the edge which is conveyed at the front of a card, are disposed turned away from the conveying section (11) or the pockets (3) of the insetting machine (2).
  5. A device according to claims 1 and 2, having a feeder (6) which essentially consists of a stack hopper (17) and a downstream gripper drum (14), characterised in that the conveying section (11) comprises, at its front end, an undershot conveying channel formed from a second deflection roller (20) and the flat belts (9, 10).
  6. A device according to claim 4, in which the fold edges, which are conveyed at the front, of the print products (7) situated in the stack hopper (17), or the edge which is conveyed at the front of a card, are disposed turned towards the conveying section (11) or the pockets (3) of the insetting machine (2).
  7. A device according to claims 1 to 6, characterised in that guides (21) which support the print products (7) are disposed on the conveying section (11).
  8. A device according to claim 7, characterised in that a guide (21) formed from an upper and lower guide face is associated with the first deflection roller (13).
  9. A device according to claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the conveying section (22) which runs downwards has a position which is inclined towards the direction of conveying of the insetting machine (2).
  10. A device according to claims 1 to 9, characterised in that adjustable guide elements are disposed at the side of the conveying section (22) which runs downwards.
  11. A device according to claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the device (5) is constructed so that it can be displaced on the conveying path (1).
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