Abstract: The disclosure relates to a locking mechanism for a storage compartment with a lid, such as for a storage compartment with a lid for a vehicle interior. The disclosure further relates to a storage compartment with a lid comprising such a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises a first stop, a locking element and a collision element. The locking element has a hook, wherein the hook for locking the locking mechanism is pivotable from a first position into a second position and vice versa. In the second position, the hook engages at least in part behind the first stop. In the event of an accident the locking element can be plastically deformed so that an opening of the storage compartment is prevented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowered relative to an outer surface of the tool roller in order to effectuate and ineffectuate, respectively, punching by the punch. According to a preferred embodiment, a die roller is provided having a die corresponding with the punch, and sheets are fed through the tool roller and the die roller. In one embodiment punches and dies are provided, and the punches are selectively raised and lowered in order to achieve a desired hole pattern in the sheet.

Abstract: A distribution frame for film conductors is provided having a first busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a first signal path and a second busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a second signal path. Each busbar can be connected, via a bridging element, to two or more film conductors coupled to electrical components, the connection between a busbar and an electrical component can be released by moving the bridging element. The two part-shells abut against one another at an interface when the distribution frame is assembled. The film conductors of a signal path are routed through one or more ducts in a part-shell and are bent back at the end of the duct(s) such that the bent-back part of the film conductors is arranged in the region of the interface between the part-shells when the distribution frame is assembled.

Abstract: A distribution frame for film conductors is provided having a first busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a first signal path and a second busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a second signal path. Each busbar can be connected, via a bridging element, to two or more film conductors coupled to electrical components, the connection between a busbar and an electrical component can be released by moving the bridging element. The two part-shells abut against one another at an interface when the distribution frame is assembled. The film conductors of a signal path are routed through one or more ducts in a part-shell and are bent back at the end of the duct(s) such that the bent-back part of the film conductors is arranged in the region of the interface between the part-shells when the distribution frame is assembled.

Abstract: The invention is in the field of aligning sheets of printed materials, of the type that aligns sheets of printed materials for a desired output, for example, from a finishing device. According one aspect of the invention, an alignment device is provided configured as a separate, replaceable unit. According to a further aspect of the invention, an alignment device and process are provided wherein a sheet is inverted about one or both axes.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus and process are provided for transporting sheet-shaped print material. A first transport element and a first contact element are actuated to transport a sheet-shaped print material with alignment against an alignment stop. A second transport element and a second contact element are actuated to transport sheet-shaped print material past the alignment stop without alignment against the alignment stop.

Abstract: A device is provided for holding one or more stacks of sheets, especially stacks of sheets that are stored offset to each other, for example by offset collating, that are output to an output station by a sheet processing device. According to an aspect of the invention, the device consists of a portable container that can be placed at the output station of the sheet processing device, which has a horizontally aligned stacking floor, two upright side walls that are opposite each other and an upright impact wall that is arranged downstream of the sheet output device for the stack of sheets.

Abstract: A staple wire cutting element (4) is mounted displaceably on a stapling device (1) in which staple wire segments are shaped into a staple and driven into a sheet stack. A control lever (8) that is in engagement with a radial cam unit (6) engages the cutting element (4). The radial cam unit (6) is driven via an overrunning clutch (10), one end of which has a gear (11) which is fixed to the radial cam unit (6) and engages into a gear (5b) of a stepping motor (5). The other end of the overrunning clutch (10) has a gear (12) which is fixed to a transport wheel (13) for staple wire transport. A gear (27), which is mounted displaceably along its rotation axis and is mounted rotatably about the same rotation axis as the gear (5a), engages into the gear (12). The gears (5b, 27) are equipped at their sides facing one another with tooth sets (28).

Abstract: Stapling devices, which form staples from a staple wire transported from supply rolls, are arranged in a stapling apparatus. The supply rolls are associated with a threading-in device which is mounted displaceably on the stapling apparatus. Transport mechanisms as well as feed-in and guide mechanisms are associated with each supply roll. Flexible guide tubes connect the threading-in device to the respective stapling device. The threading-in device can be moved into a position pulled out of the stapling apparatus device, in which the supply rolls can easily be inserted. The leading end of the wire is pushed, in simple and conveniently visible fashion, between a transport roller pair by way of a guide element and a funnel-shaped feed-in tube.

Abstract: A staple wire supply roll is positioned on a threading-in device that can be moved out of a stapling apparatus, and the leading end of the wire is transported by means of a thread-in transport device, through a flexible guide tube, to a stapling device. A sensor positioned on the stapling device signals the end of the threading-in operation when the leading end of the staple wire passes by. By pushing the threading-in device into the apparatus, the staple wire transport device of the stapling device is set in motion, as a result of which the leading end of the staple wire is transported to a location which positions the leading end of the wire in device. The staple wire is transported, in accordance with the thickness of the sheet stack measured by a sensor, by a stepping motor, which at the same time drives a radial cam unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine has a catch and removal tray (2) which can be extended telescopically out of the machine (1). The catch and removal tray (2) consists of a fixed section (3) inside the machine (1) and a movable section (4) which can be drawn out of the machine (1). The fixed section of the tray (3) acts as a catch tray for documents processed by the machine (1) and has a drive mechanism (6, 7, 19) which drives a sliding panel (5) which extends downwards into the fixed section of the tray (3) and which pushes the stack of documents (8) from the fixed section of the tray (3) into the extended movable section of the tray (4). The fixed section of the tray (3) has a photoelectric cell (20) which activates the sliding panel (5) when the stack of documents reaches the maximum height.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for depositing sheet products (39, 40) at an offset has a deposition tray (2) that can be rotated alternately by 180 degrees in opposite directions about a vertical axis (41), and is equipped with a vertically movable deposition table (34). Delimiters (19, 20), arranged symmetrically to the rotation axis (41) and parallel to one another, and extending transverse to transport direction A of the sheet products (39, 40), are provided above a top starting position of the deposition table (34). Associated with each of the delimiters (19 or 20) are pivotedly arranged holding elements (17, 33 or 18, 32), which can be placed on the sheet products (39, 40) deposited on the deposition table (34). The delimiters (19 or 20) and the associated holding elements (17, 33 or 18, 32) are each configured as horizontally displaceable assemblies (21, 22).

Abstract: A stapling device for stapling various size sheets includes a stapling head that is movable along a travel path for adjusting the various sheet stapling positions. The stapling device includes a plurality of cooperating anvils having first and second surfaces for cooperating with the first and second legs of a staple being used by the stapling head. One of the anvils has a centrally located third cooperating surface that cooperates with the first leg of the staple when the stapling device is in a first sheet stapling position, and with the second leg of the staple when the stapling device is in a second and different sheet stapling position.

Abstract: A sheet-folding device having pairs of prefolding and pressure rollers (3, 4 and 8, 9, respectively) of identical diameters successively arranged for rotation in a machine frame (1). A first pressure roller (8) is stationarily mounted to machine frame (1) for rotation, whereas the first prefolding roller (3) is rotatably mounted on spring-urged support members (10) which are slidable normally to the folding direction (A). The second prefolding roller (4) is mounted for rotation on shaft (14), said shaft being supported in lever arms (15) pivotally mounted to machine frame (1). Connecting arms (21) are hinged to the shaft (14) to support the second pressure roller (9) for rotation on shaft (13).

Abstract: In a stapling device for sheet stacks 9 in which at least one stapling head 1 is provided whose drive 11 is actuated by a switching mechanism, the switching mechanism cooperating with a sensor sensing the thickness of the sheet stack to be stapled. The sensor has a movable sensing element in the form of a pressure member 17, 25 which, during sensing movement, presses a broadside of sheet stack 9 against an abutment 27 so that the thickness of sheet stack 9, positioned between the abutment 27 and the pressure member 17, 25, limits the path length of the sensing movement of the pressure member 17, 25.

Abstract: In the case of a stapling device having a stapling head 1 which is mounted so as to be shifted along an adjustment rod 5 for adaptation to different sheet formats, the adjustment rod 5 has more than one row 23, 24 of locking elements 17 and 18, respectively, which extend in the direction of adjustment and in which the stapling head 1 can be releasably locked in order to position the stapling head in selected positions for the stapling of different sheet formats. The locking elements 17, 18 of each row 23 and 24, respectively, are arranged according to a sheet format system associated with each row of locking elements.