Device for processing printed products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorEgon Hansch
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Abstract
Each compartment of a drum for collation, insertion or collection of printed sheets (34) is allocated carriages (50), which in the course of a revolution in a direction of rotation (U) carry out a conveyance and a return stroke in or opposite to an arrow direction (F). Each carriage is provided with swiveling clamping tongues (54) which can be controlled by means of rail sections (56) running parallel to the direction of movement (F) of the carriages (50) and movable in a direction (H). In this way the clamping tongues (54) can be closed or opened irrespective of the position and speed of the carriages (50) in or opposite to the arrow direction (F).
Claims20
A device for insertion, collation or collection of printed products comprising:
- at least one carriage mounted to carry out a conveyance stroke along at least one processing line for conveying to a removal point printed products delivered at at least one feed point to the carriage, said at least one carriage defining a lengthwise direction and said conveyance stroke oriented along the lengthwise direction;
- at least one releasable clamp associated with the carriage and movable between an open and a closed position, said clamp operative when closed to hold printed products during at least part of the conveyance stroke;
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- means for controlling the clamp to move from the open to the closed position and vice versa independently of movement of the carriage along the lengthwise direction.
A device for insertion, collation or collection of printed products comprising:
- at least one carriage mounted to carry out a conveyance stroke along at least one processing line for conveying to a removal point printed products delivered at least one feed point to the carriage, said at least one carriage defining a lengthwise direction and said conveyance stroke oriented along the lengthwise direction;
- at least one releasable clamp associated with the carriage and movable between an open and a closed position, said clamp operative when closed to hold printed products during at least part of the conveyance stroke;
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- means for controlling the clamp to move from the open to the closed position and vice versa independently of movement of the carriage along the lengthwise direction;
- wherein the control means comprises a control element extending parallel to the conveyance stroke and operative to transmit opening and closing commands to the clamp and;
- wherein the control element comprises at least one rail section oriented parallel to the conveyance stroke and movable in a direction crosswise to the conveyance stroke;
- and wherein the clamp comprises an actuation element mounted on the carriage to track along the rail section.
A device for insertion, collation or collection of printed products comprising:
- a rotary cell wheel having a plurality of accommodation devices running parallel to an axis of rotation defined by the wheel for reception of printed products, said wheel having at least one feed point and one removal point spaced along the axis of rotation;
- a plurality of carriages mounted on the wheel to carry out a conveyance and a return stroke along a lengthwise direction of the accommodation devices, each carriage having at least one releasable clamp movable between an open and a closed position, said clamps operative when closed to hold printed products during at least part of the conveyance stroke;
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- means for controlling the clamps to move from the open to the closed position and vice versa independently of movement of the carriage;
- the printed products being delivered at the feed point to the accommodation devices, being processed while in the accommodation devices, and being removed from the accommodation devices at the removal point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.