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AssigneeEtudes Services Automatismes Techniques Esatec, S.A.
InventorFrancis Laroche
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The subject of the invention is a feeder wherein it includes at least one fixed magazine (10) for storing stacked sheet elements (8), one press roller (11) cooperating with a device (4) for continuously feeding each flat support (2) to be provided with one sheet element (8), at least one member (22) for picking up and laying down the sheet elements one at a time by means of suction, and means (12 to 17) for supporting and actuating said picking up member (22), said means being disposed so as to provide said member with at least a partly hypocycloidal trajectory (30, 30') so that two points (31, 32) for turning back the hypocycloid coincide with firstly the point for picking up a sheet element (8) in said magazine (10), and secondly with the point for transferring said element (8) to said press roller (11).
A rotary feeder for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, comprising:
A method for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said method comprising storing a plurality of sheet elements in a storage device, feeding individual flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage device, picking up by at least one picking up member individual sheet elements from said storage device and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports being fed, driving said picking up member over a curved path including a hypocycloidal trajectory having a first and second turning back point, said first turning back point coinciding with a first point for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage device and said second turning back point coinciding with a second point for releasing each of said sheet elements for joining to said flat supports, said picking up member being driven from said first point along a hypocycloidal trajectory, then along a circular path to said second point, and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory to said first point.
A method for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said method comprising storing a plurality of sheet elements in a storage device, feeding flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage device, picking up individual sheet elements one at a time from said storage device by at least one picking up member, releasing said sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports from said at least one picking up member, transferring the released sheet elements one at a time by a transfer device to a location for joining to said flat supports, driving said at least one picking up member along an at least partially hypocycloidal trajectory so that two turning back points of said hypocycloidal trajectory coincide with a first point for picking up each of said sheet elements from said storage device and a second point wherein each of said sheet elements are released from said at least one picking up member, said driving said at least one picking up member being along a circular path to said second point and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory to said first point, whereby each of said sheet elements are attached at said first point to said at least one picking up member with relative nil speed between said at least one picking up member and said storage device, and at said second point each of said sheet elements are released from said at least one picking up member during a turning back movement of said at least one picking up member thereby avoiding said transfer device, thus ensuring an accurate continuous positioning at high
A rotary feeder for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said rotary feeder comprising storage means for storing a Plurality of sheet elements, transfer means for feeding flat supports to a location to be joined to said sheet elements supplied from said storage means, at least one picking up member for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage means and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports fed by said transfer means, and moving means for driving said at least one picking up member over a curved path including a hypocycloidal trajectory having a first and second turning back point, said first turning back point coinciding with a first point for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage means and said second turning back point coinciding with a second point for releasing each of said sheet elements for joining to said flat supports fed by said transfer means, said moving means driving said at least one picking up member from said first point along a hypocycloidal trajectory, then along a circular path to said second point, and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory to said first point.
A rotary feeder for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said rotary feeder comprising storage means for storing a plurality of sheet elements, first transfer means for feeding flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage means, at least one picking up member for picking up individual sheet elements one at a time from said storage means and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to a flat support fed by said first transfer means, second transfer means for transferring individual sheet elements released from said at least one picking up member to a location adjacent said first transfer means for joining to a flat support fed thereby, and moving means for driving said at least one picking up member along at least a partially hypocycloidal trajectory so that two turning back points of said hypocycloidal trajectory coincide with a first point for picking up each said sheet element in said storage means and a second point for transferring each said sheet element to said second transfer means so that said at least one picking up member, from said second point, avoids said second transfer means while transferring each said sheet element thereto, wherein said moving means drives said at least one picking up member along a curved path to said second point and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory to said first point, whereby each said sheet element is attached at said first point to said at least one picking up member with relative nil speed between said at least one picking up member and said storage means, and at said second point each said sheet element is discharged from said at least one picking up member during a turning back movement of said at least one picking up member with respect to said second transfer means, thus ensuring an accurate continuous positioning at high speed of said sheet
A method for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said method comprising storing a plurality of sheet elements in a storage device, feeding individual flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage device, picking up by at least one picking up member individual sheet elements from said storage device and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports being fed, driving said picking up member over a curved path including a hypocycloidal trajectory having a first and second turning back point, said first turning back point coinciding with a first point for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage device and said second turning back point coinciding with a second point for releasing each of said sheet elements for joining to said flat supports, releasing said sheet elements from said picking up member at said second point onto a suction cylinder, said picking up member being driven from said first point along a hypocycloidal trajectory, then along a circular path to said second point, and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory to said first point.
A method for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said method comprising storing a plurality of sheet elements in a storage device, feeding individual flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage device, picking up by at least one picking up member individual sheet elements from said storage device and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports being fed, driving said picking up member over a curved path including a hypocycloidal trajectory having a first and second turning back point, said first turning back point coinciding with a first point for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage device and said second turning back point coinciding with a second point for releasing each of said sheet elements for joining to said flat supports, said picking up member being driven from said first point along a hypocycloidal trajectory for about 90.degree., then along a circular path for about 180.degree. to said second point, and then along a hypocycloidal trajectory for about 90.degree. to said first point.
A rotary feeder for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said rotary feeder comprising storage means for storing a plurality of sheet elements, transfer means for feeding flat supports to a location to be joined to said sheet elements supplied from said storage means, at least one picking up member for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage means and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to said flat supports fed by said transfer means, and moving means for driving said at least one picking up member over a curved path including a hypocycloidal trajectory having a first and second turning back point, said first turning back point coinciding with a first point for picking up individual sheet elements from said storage means and said second turning back point coinciding with a second point for releasing each of said sheet elements for joining to said flat supports fed by said transfer means, said moving means driving said at least one picking up member from said first point along a hypocycloidal trajectory for about 90.degree., then along a circular path for about 180.degree. to said second point, and then alone a hypocycloidal trajectory for about 90.degree. to said first point.
A rotary feeder for accurately placing sheet elements on flat supports, said rotary feeder comprising storage means for storing a plurality of sheet elements, first transfer means for feeding flat supports to a location to be joined to a sheet element supplied from said storage means, at least one picking up member for picking up individual sheet elements one at a time from said storage means and releasing said individual sheet elements to be joined to a flat support fed by said first transfer means, second transfer means for transferring individual sheet elements released from said at least one picking up member to a location adjacent said first transfer means for joining to a flat support fed thereby, and moving means for driving said at least one picking up member along at least a partially hypocycloidal trajectory so that two turning back points of said hypocycloidal trajectory coincide with a first point for picking up each said sheet element in said storage means and a second point for transferring each said sheet element to said second transfer means so that said at least one picking up member, from said second point, avoids said second transfer means while transferring each said sheet element thereto, said sheet elements from said first point to said second point travel along a circular path having a portion tangent to an outer surface of said second transfer means, whereby each said sheet element is attached at said first point to said at least one picking up member with relative nil speed between said at least one picking up member and said storage means, and at said second point each said sheet element is discharged from said at least one picking up member during a turning back movement of said at least one picking up member with respect to said second transfer means, the operation of said second transfer means synchronized with the operation of said moving means such that said sheet elements are transferred from said at least one picking up member to said second transfer means with relative nil speed therebetween, thus ensuring an accurate continuous positioning at high speed of said sheet elements on said flat supports.
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