Machine for feeding inserts to a separating device
OwnerWilli Kluge, Reinhard Klugeinventors
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Abstract
A machine for feeding inserts, for example, newspaper advertisements, to a device which separates or orients the inserts into a shinglelike arrangement and delivers them to a device which inserts them into the main portion of the newspaper. An oscillating or vibrating plate is utilized which moves into and out of the flow path of the inserts to strike the inserts from a direction which is perpendicular to the path of movement thereof to gradually orient the inserts as they move along a conveyor belt toward the separating device. A diaphragm plate effects the proper separation of the inserts prior to their delivery to the device which effects an insertion of the insert into the main portion of the newspaper.
Claims19
In a machine for feeding overlapped inserts to a separating device for separating the inserts, said machine having conveyor means which carries said overlapped inserts and moves same to said separating device, the improvement comprising wherein at least one diaphragm plate is provided, a front side of said diaphragm plate facing said inserts and said conveyor means defining an acute angle therebetween, support means for supporting said diaphragm plate for oscillatory movement comprising, during each complete oscillation, a movement in a direction opposite the direction of movement of the conveyor means and an angular movement to vary the size of said acute angle and drive means for periodically oscillating said diaphragm plate in the flow path of said inserts, said oscillating diaphragm plate striking said inserts which accumulate at said front side thereof in a direction opposite to said direction of movement of said conveyor means, said striking of said inserts effecting a shifting between and an accurate control of the space between the leading edges of said inserts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.