Method for supplying plate elements to a machine, supply station and processing machine thus equipped
AssigneeBobst Mex SA
InventorsMauro Chiari, Daniel Cazes
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Abstract
A method for supplying plate elements to a machine for processing the plate elements, from an initial pile of elements, the method includes: pushing a first batch of plate elements, from the top of the pile, downstream until the first batch comes at a storage capable of storing the first pushed batch, and simultaneously, displacing the storage downstream over a distance corresponding to the length of the first batch to separate the first batch from the pile; and thereafter transferring the elements of the first batch one after the other to the machine.
Claims12
A method for supplying plate elements to a machine for processing the plate elements from an initial pile of the plate elements, the method comprising:
- pushing a first batch of the plate elements in a downstream direction, from a top of the initial pile, until the first batch of the plate elements comes at a storage device which is configured for storing the first pushed batch of the plate elements and at a transfer device which is configured for transferring the plate elements of the first batch, the storage device being joined to the transfer device;
- displacing the storage device and the transfer device in the downstream direction over a distance corresponding to a length of the first batch of the plate elements to separate the first batch from the pile, thereby holding the pushed first batch between the storage device and the initial pile, while the first batch of the plate elements is being pushed;
- then
- transferring the plate elements of the first batch one after the other by the transfer device to the machine, after the step of displacing the storage device.
A supply station for supplying plate elements to a machine for processing the plate elements from an initial pile of the plate elements, the supply station comprising:
- a pusher configured for pushing in a downstream direction a batch of the plate elements from a top of the pile;
- a sheet aligner positioned downstream of the pusher and configured for storing the batch of the pushed plate elements;
- and
- a belt conveyor configured for transferring the plate elements one after the other, from the sheet aligner to the machine;
- and
- a rollered belt mover displacement device configured for displacing simultaneously from upstream to downstream the sheet aligner and the belt conveyor over a distance corresponding to the length of the batch of the plate elements in the downstream direction so as to permit the pusher and the sheet aligner to separate the batch from the pile of the plate elements and to hold the batch at the sheet aligner and at the transfer device,
- wherein the sheet aligner is joined to the belt conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.