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Patent US5112041 - Process and apparatus for transporting printing products arriving in ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA belt conveyor (10) leads past two branch-off points (12,12') arranged behind one another, viewed in a conveying direction (F). Removal conveyors (14, 14'), whose conveying-away direction (W) runs at an angle to the conveying direction (F), lead away from the branch-off points (12, 12'). The printing...http://www.google.com/patents/US5112041?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5112041 - Process and apparatus for transporting printing products arriving in imbricated formationAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5112041 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/579,537Publication dateMay 12, 1992Filing dateSep 10, 1990Priority dateSep 13, 1989Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2025139A1, DE59009088D1, EP0417622A1, EP0417622B1Publication number07579537, 579537, US 5112041 A, US 5112041A, US-A-5112041, US5112041 A, US5112041AInventorsWerner HoneggerOriginal AssigneeFerag AgExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (21), Referenced by (18), Classifications (13), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetProcess and apparatus for transporting printing products arriving in imbricated formationUS 5112041 AAbstract A belt conveyor (10) leads past two branch-off points (12,12') arranged behind one another, viewed in a conveying direction (F). Removal conveyors (14, 14'), whose conveying-away direction (W) runs at an angle to the conveying direction (F), lead away from the branch-off points (12, 12'). The printing products (18) are arranged on the belt conveyor (10) in an imbricated formation (S) in which each printing product (18) lies on the preceding one. In addition, the edges (20 and 26) of the printing products (18) run at an angle to the conveying direction (F), the leading folded edges (20) being oriented perpendicular to the conveying-away direction (W). The printing products (18) fed to the branch-off point (12, 12') may be selectively conveyed past the relevant branch-off point (12, 12') without any change in their position with respect to the conveying direction (F) or deflected in a branch-off direction (A). The deflected printing products (19) are supplied to the removal conveyor (14, 14') in an imbricated formation (S') in which the leading folded edges (20), viewed in the conveying-away direction (W), run at right angles to the conveying-away direction (W) and the side edges (22, 24) are aligned with one another.
What is claimed is: 1. A process for transporting printing products, comprising the steps of:feeding the printing products in a feed direction with edges thereof inclined at an angle with respect to the feed direction and overlapping one another; conveying, in the feed direction, the printing products in an imbricated formation to a branch-off point defining a branch-off direction running at an angle to the feed direction, a number of the printing products while essentially retaining their position with respect to the feed direction being conveyed past the branch-off point; acting upon a remainder of the fed printing products led at the angle at the branch-off point at a leading edge region exposed by the incline; deflecting said remainder of the fed printing products by a deflecting element brought into and out of action with respect to a section of the leading edge region exposed by the incline of fed printing products such that the section of the edge regions strike the deflecting element; and leading the remainder of the printing products at the branch-off point in the branch-off direction running at an angle to the feed direction. 2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the printing products led at an angle at the branch-off point are led in an essentially unchanged position with respect to the feed direction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is therefore to further develop a known process and to provide an apparatus of the generic type in which and by means of which, respectively, printing products of the fed imbricated formation, which are to be led in a direction at an angle to the conveying direction, can be acted upon in a trouble-free and simple way.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to an exemplary embodiment shown in the drawings, in which purely schematically:
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The transport device shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a belt conveyor 10 which is led in a straight line past two branch-off points 12, 12'. Printing products 18 are supplied by a mechanism 11 for forming an imbricated formation with a leading edge of the printing products running at an angle with respect to the converging direction as described below. Removal conveyors 14, 14' whose conveying-away direction W runs at an angle to the conveying direction F of the belt conveyor 10, lead away from the belt conveyor 10 at the branch-off points 12, 12'. In the example shown, the angle between the conveying direction F and the conveying away direction W is 45�.
Printing products 18, for example multi-sheet folded newspapers, periodicals or the like, lie on the conveyor belt 16 of the belt conveyor 10 in an imbricated formation S in which, viewed in the conveying direction F, each printing product 18 lies on the preceding one. These printing products 18 are inclined with respect to the conveying direction F by 45�. The conveying-away direction W of the removal conveyor 14, 14' thus runs at right angles to the leading folded edge 20, viewed in the conveying direction F, facing the removal conveyors 14, 14' of the printing products 18. The leading side edge, viewed in the conveying direction F, adjacent to the folded edge 20 is designated by 22 and the trailing side edge by 24. The open edge, the so-called fore-edge, opposite the folded edge 20 and likewise trailing, viewed in the conveying direction F, is indicated by 26. It should be noted that an edge region 28, which is not covered or underlaid by any other printing products 18, of each printing product 18 is exposed in this imbricated formation S. Thus, viewed in the conveying direction F, sections 20' to 26' are exposed at the lateral end regions of the edges 20 to 26. A strip-shaped surface region 30 and 30', respectively, running along the folded edge 20 and side edge 22, and along the side edge 24 and edge 26, respectively, is in each case exposed on the upper and lower flat side of the printing products 18. The two surface regions 30, 30' overlap one another in the lateral corner regions 32, 32', viewed in conveying direction F. A part of the imbricated formation S, viewed in the conveying direction F, is in each case shown in solid lines situated upstream from the two branch-off points 12, 12'. Printing products 18', indicated in dot-dash lines in the region between the first branch-off point 12 and that part of the imbricated formation S situated upstream from the second branch-off point 12', are fed in the imbricated formation S to the first branch-off point 12 but are here deflected in a branch-off direction A, which corresponds to the conveying-away direction W, and are conveyed to the removal conveyor 14. Viewed in the conveying direction F, further printing products 18' are shown, following the second branch-off point 12' in an imbricated formation S, which printing products 18' are intended to indicate that those printing products 18 not deflected in branch-off direction A at the second branch-off point 12' and supplied to the removal conveyor 14' continue to be transported on the belt conveyor 10 without changing their position with respect to the conveying direction F.
FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the deflecting element 64. A deflecting roll 92, whose axis of rotation 92' runs parallel to the conveying plane 50 and at right angles to the conveying-away direction W, is driven in rotation, on the frame 36 of the belt conveyor 10, at a circumferential speed ν1. A cylindrical section of a deflecting part 94, which is mounted so as to be able to rotate freely about an axis of rotation 94' running parallel to the axis of rotation 92', rolls on the outer surface 92" of this deflecting roll 92. Adjacent to the cylindrical section, the deflecting part 94 has a conical design and defines, together with the deflecting roll 92, a conveying nip, which tapers, viewed in the conveying direction F, and acts in the same direction as the branch-off direction A for the printing products 18 fed in conveying direction F to the deflecting element 64. The conical step surface is designated by 94". A corresponding device for deflecting an imbricated formation by 90� is described in Swiss Patent Specification 617,408 and the corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 4,201,377. The deflecting part 94 is arranged at the free end of a bearing lever 96 whereby, when the bearing lever 96 is in its lower active position, the deflecting part 94 bears against the deflecting roll 92, and when it is in its upper rest position the deflecting part 94 is lifted off the deflecting roll 92 such that the fed printing products 18 can pass through between the deflecting roll 92 and the deflecting part 94. For the sake of completeness, it should be mentioned that a plurality of such deflecting parts 94 could, of course, be provided. When the bearing lever 96 is situated in the active position, the printing products 18 fed in the conveying direction F enter, with their exposed section 22' of the side edge 22, the conveying nip between the conically designed deflecting part 94 and the deflecting roll 92 and are deflected in the branch-off direction A.
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