US 4,981,291 AGranted

Device for the collation, insertion and collection of printed products

AssigneeFerag AG

InventorsWerner Honegger, Egon Hansch

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Abstract

A star feeder type of drum (12) has pocket-shaped compartments (14) and saddle-type supports (46) disposed alternately about a common axis of rotation. Each compartment (14) contains a carriage which is guided in a rail (44) and has a bottom (86) and at least one clamp (54). The clamp (54) is controlled independently of the movement of the carriage by shifting a rail section (56). For collation and insertion, printed sheets (34) are fed into the compartments (14) at a first feed point. These printed sheets (34) are seized by the appropriate clamps (86) during the rotation of the drum (12) in the direction of the arrow (U) and are conveyed to the next feed point, where further printed sheets (34) are fed into the compartments (14). In the course of further revolutions the printed sheets (34) thus collated or inserted are conveyed to a removal point. During collection the printed sheets (34) are placed astride the supports (46), so that each printed sheet (34) is held by each of its halves extending into a compartment (14) by a clamp (54) for conveyance along the supports (46) during rotation in the direction of the arrow (U).

Claims15

Dependent claims

A device for the collation, insertion and collection of printed products, said device comprising:

a plurality of pocket-shaped accommodation parts for the collation or insertion of printed products travelling along a processing path, each of said accommodation parts having a lengthwise extension running crosswise to the processing path;
a plurality of saddle-shaped supports;
means for mounting the accommodation parts and the supports to the device such that the accommodation parts are spaced apart from one another to convey printed products fed into the accommodation parts at at least two feed points spaced along the processing path to a removal point, and the supports are oriented transversely to the processing path for the collection of printed products placed astride the supports at the feed points;
means for clamping printed products resting in the accommodation parts at least while the printed products are passing through a section of the processing path in which the accommodation parts are directed downwardly, and for clamping printed products astride the supports at least while the printed products are passing through a section of the processing path in which the supports are directed downwardly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/350,112Filed 9 May 1989
Priority: CH 01798/8811 May 1988
Granted: 1 Jan 1991
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65H 29/28
By dropping the articles: from mechanical grippers
B65H 39/065
From delivery streams: by collecting in rotary carriers
B65H 2301/4341
In channels, e.g. in which the articles are substantially vertical or inclined: with several channels on a rotary carrier rotating around an axis…
B65H 2301/4356
On collecting conveyor: with supports for receiving combination of articles astride and in standing position