Cylinder Collecting Patents (Class 270/60)
  • Patent number: 11261047
    Abstract: A system has: a transport chain, which is roof-shaped in an upper region, along which printed products are transportable astride, collectable, and optionally stitchable in an intermediate stitching station; and a stop, which is adjustable in accordance with a format of a printed product of the printed products being delivered, is arranged in a transport direction of the printed products, and is positioned after the intermediate stitching station along the transport chain, the stop corresponding to a location of delivery of the printed product from the transport chain. A cyclic transfer of the printed product during the delivery takes place via a delivery system, the delivery system having in an infeed region a printed product transporter configured to transfer the printed product being delivered, the printed product transporter having pivot arms, the pivot arms being controllable according to a measured thickness of the printed product being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Lukas Leuenberger
  • Patent number: 9039003
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing sheets of different formats, the apparatus including a feeding device that feed sheets of different formats in a feeding direction one behind the other, and at a certain conveying speed, at least two collecting drums disposed downstream of the feeding device, the at least two collecting drums having cylindrical lateral surfaces that rotate about an axis of rotation, securing means for temporarily securing the fed sheets on a circumference of the at least two collecting drums, a drive device that drives the collecting drums in rotation at a circumferential speed that corresponds to the conveying speed of the feeding device, and a sensing device for sensing the sheets of different formats moving past is arranged along the conveying path and senses the leading edge of the sheets of different formats, as seen in the feeding direction, or markings applied to the sheets of different formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HUNKELLER AG
    Inventors: Toni Egli, Stephan Riedel
  • Publication number: 20140183809
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing sheets of different formats, the apparatus including a feeding device that feed sheets of different formats in a feeding direction one behind the other, and at a certain conveying speed, at least two collecting drums disposed downstream of the feeding device, the at least two collecting drums having cylindrical lateral surfaces that rotate about an axis of rotation, securing means for temporarily securing the fed sheets on a circumference of the at least two collecting drums, a drive device that drives the collecting drums in rotation at a circumferential speed that corresponds to the conveying speed of the feeding device, and a sensing device for sensing the sheets of different formats moving past is arranged along the conveying path and senses the leading edge of the sheets of different formats, as seen in the feeding direction, or markings applied to the sheets of different formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: HUNKELER AG
    Inventors: Toni EGLI, Stephan RIEDEL
  • Patent number: 8727331
    Abstract: A sheet buffer apparatus retains a sheet to be conveyed to a post-processing unit and is configured to perform post-processing for a sheet. The apparatus comprises a buffer unit configured to perform buffer processing to retain a sheet to be conveyed to the post-processing unit and overlay the sheet to be retained and a succeeding sheet, a determination unit configured to determine whether a sheet is inhibited from the buffer processing by the buffer unit, and a control unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the sheet succeeding the sheet to be retained is a sheet for which the buffer processing is inhibited, to control the buffer unit not to perform the retaining of the sheet to be retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Mitsuhiko Sato, Takashi Yokoya, Yutaka Ando, Hidenori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8708326
    Abstract: Sheets of different formats, i.e. of different format lengths, are transported in a feeding direction one behind the other; and at a certain conveying speed, to at least two collecting drums, which have essentially cylindrical lateral surfaces. Each of these collecting drums is driven about an axis of rotation at a circumferential speed, which corresponds essentially to the feeding speed of the sheets. The first incoming sheet is secured temporarily on one of the collecting drums, while the following, second sheet is secured temporarily on the other collecting drum. At a suitable point in time, the two sheets secured on the collecting drums are detached from the collecting drums and brought together with the third fed sheet to form a sub-product or end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hunkeler AG
    Inventors: Toni Egli, Stephan Riedel
  • Patent number: 8590881
    Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes: a temporary holding unit temporarily holding a sheet supplied by an image forming apparatus; and a shifting unit performing a shifting operation on a sheet bundle, the sheet bundle including two or more sheet, wherein an extra sheet not included in the sheet bundle is supplied to the shifting unit without temporarily holding the extra sheet in the temporary holding unit or by shortening a holding duration time in the temporary holding unit; and when the shifting operation is not completed on a sheet in queue immediately before the extra sheet when the extra sheet is received, the shifting unit is set to a waiting condition until the extra sheet is supplied to the shifting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Kotani
  • Patent number: 8573582
    Abstract: A sheet buffer apparatus which retains a sheet to be conveyed to a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing for a sheet, the apparatus comprises: a buffer unit configured to perform buffer processing to retain a sheet to be conveyed to the post-processing unit and overlay the sheet to be retained and a succeeding sheet; a determination unit configured to determine whether a sheet is inhibited from the buffer processing by the buffer unit; and a control unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the sheet succeeding the sheet to be retained is a sheet for which the buffer processing is inhibited, to control the buffer unit not to perform the retaining of the sheet to be retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Mitsuhiko Sato, Takashi Yokoya, Yutaka Ando, Hidenori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8276901
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a transport unit having a main transport path and a return transport path, a detection unit arranged at a predetermined detection position in the main transport path, and a controller controlling the transport unit based on the detection result of the detection unit. The controller leads, at the diversion position in the main transport path, a paper sheet transported along the main transport path into the return transport path, transports a subsequent paper sheet along the main transport path, and controls the transportation of the paper sheet and the transportation of the subsequent paper sheet respectively in response to the arrival of the subsequent paper sheet at the detection position such that the paper sheets are stacked into a batch at the joining position of the two transport paths with certain parts of the paper sheets being aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taniguchi, Kaname Kotani
  • Patent number: 8162308
    Abstract: The present invention avoids a problem in that wound-up banknotes are located unevenly on substantially the same position on a winding drum. The paper sheet processing device is configured to process paper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kobayashi, Tsuguo Mizoro
  • Publication number: 20120038096
    Abstract: The apparatus for conveying printed products has a feeding device which conveys the printed products to a discharge end. The gripper circulatory path of the gripper conveyor moves with the receiving section past the latter. During movement through the receiving section, the grippers use their gripper mouth to grasp the printed products and convey said products further. If the receiving section is located in the central position with respect to the feeding device, the printed products are grasped centrally and conveyed further. If, by contrast, the receiving section is displaced by means of the adjustment device into a side position, the printed products are grasped eccentrically and guided further.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Marcel Ramseier
  • Patent number: 7900900
    Abstract: A sheet handling device includes a main transport path, a temporarily holding section provided in the main transport path, a transport section, a detection section provided at a predetermined detection position in the main transport path and a controller. The temporarily holding section includes a looped transport path. The controller performs a procedure including the steps of (I) transporting the sheet traveling along the main transport path to the looped transport path, (II) transporting another sheet along the main transport path, (III) controlling the transportation of the sheet and the transportation of said another sheet in response to the arrival of said another sheet at the detection position such that the sheets are stacked into a bunch in the looped transport path with certain parts of the sheets being aligned and (IV) repeating the steps (II) and (III) as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaname Kotani
  • Patent number: 7631859
    Abstract: This is a stacker/stitcher assembly having two disc stackers facing each other. In between the stackers is a common collection tray for receiving the stacked substrates. The assembly can handle printed output of up to 360 ppm. A bypass is provided to divert printed substrates to an exit tray or another finishing station including disc stackers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Milillo, Douglas F. Sundquist
  • Patent number: 7618040
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gathering device (10) with a revolving body (14) for the formation of sheet stacks (34, 35) from individually delivered sheets (30, 31). Thanks to a device (23) for generating a holding force, preferably by electrostatic charging, which is arranged essentially outside the outer surface (16) of the revolving body (14), the sheets (30, 31) can be secured to the revolving body (14) without the revolving body (14) needing to have receiving positions dictated by mechanical means. Therefore, the receiving positions can be adapted as desired to the particular requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hunkeler AG
    Inventors: Erwin Mahler, Thomas Mazur
  • Publication number: 20080272533
    Abstract: A collation control mechanism is used to transfer a collation from a dual accumulator to an exit nip of a collation machine. The collation control mechanism has a middle drum and two side rollers to form an upper nip and a lower nip. The drum is caused to rotate alternately in a clockwise direction and in a counter-clockwise direction for transferring a collation from the upper bay and the lower bay, respectively, to the exit nip. A motor is used to drive the drum in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise direction. A coupling mechanism including two sets of one-way clutches is used to engage the motor to the upper and lower rollers of the exit nip so that the upper roller is caused to rotate only in the counter-clockwise direction while the lower roller is cause to rotate only in the clockwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert F. Marcinik, Edward M. Ifkovits, Peter K. Zanger
  • Patent number: 6945923
    Abstract: A method of producing a newspaper having at least one section which is formed from at least one centrally folded printed sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hunkeler AG
    Inventors: Kurt Graber, Jakob Gerhard
  • Patent number: 6443450
    Abstract: A document creating apparatus comprises an image transfer system and a sheet stacker for stacking sheets of material. The sheet stacker is coupled to the image transfer system and is adapted to transport the sheets of material from the image transfer system along a paper path. The sheet stacker has a rotatable disk located along the paper path. The rotatable disk receives at least two of the sheets of material. A controller is connected to the rotatable disk and controls a position of the rotatable disk. The controller rotates the rotatable disk to or past a sheet stacking position after the rotatable disk receives at least two of the sheets of material adjacent each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Terrance Joseph Antinora
  • Patent number: 6419219
    Abstract: A delivery apparatus for sorting a single stream of signatures into two or more streams, the apparatus includes two counter-rotating bucket assemblies. Each bucket assembly includes a plurality of buckets spaced from one another along a common axis. The respective common axis of each bucket assembly is disposed parallel to the common axis of the other. Each of the buckets of one of the bucket assemblies is disposed adjacent to and in a respective common plane with a respective one of the buckets of the other of the bucket assemblies. Further, each of the buckets includes a plurality of blades, the tips of the blades of each bucket defining a circumference. A respective circumference of one bucket overlaps the circumference of the other bucket disposed in the common plane. Two neighboring blades have respective surfaces defining a slot therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Quad/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl P. Schaefer, Ingermar S. d'Agrella, Richard J. Fox
  • Patent number: 6247692
    Abstract: A delivery apparatus for sorting a single stream of signatures into two or more streams, the apparatus includes two counter-rotating bucket assemblies. Each bucket assembly includes a plurality of buckets spaced from one another along a common axis. The respective common axis of each bucket assembly is disposed parallel to the common axis of the other. Each of the buckets of one of the bucket assemblies is disposed adjacent to and in a respective common plane with a respective one of the buckets of the other of the bucket assemblies. Further, each of the buckets includes a plurality of blades, the tips of the blades of each bucket defining an outer circle. A respective outer circle of one bucket overlaps the outer circle of the opposing bucket disposed in the common plane. Two neighboring blades have respective surfaces defining a slot therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Quad/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl P. Schaefer, Ingermar S. d'Agrella, Richard J. Fox
  • Patent number: 6139009
    Abstract: A device and a method for depositing products or signatures on a conveying belt utilizes both a fixed stripper and a rotating stripper, in conjunction with a delivery paddle wheel. The cooperation of the fixed and rotating strippers deposits the signatures or folded products onto the delivery belt in an efficient manner while preventing damage to the products or signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gunther Oskar Eckert
  • Patent number: 5975525
    Abstract: A paddle wheel is used to deliver folded products to a conveyor belt in a shingled fashion. The paddle wheel has a plurality of pockets which are formed by circumferentially spaced curved paddles. The thickness or width of each product receiving product is adjustable by providing a guide strip in each pocket. The end of the guide strip adjacent the bottom of each pocket can be shifted radially with respect to the axis of rotation of each paddle wheel by actuation of a drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Wolfgang Hartmann, Horst Bernhard Michalik
  • Patent number: 5746425
    Abstract: A gripper-accumulator and system for gripping, accumulating and transporting two or more pieces along an production line. The gripper-accumulator is particularly useful in accomplishing higher production speeds in the production of periodicals and magazines. The gripper-accumulator has two or more gripper-fingers and a fixed support extending radially out of a hub. The gripper-fingers are capable of rotating around the hub from a initially open to a eventually closed position adjacent to the fixed support. At the closed position a piece is gripped between the fixed support and the gripper-finger, or between two adjacently located gripper-fingers. Thus, a single gripper-accumulator is provided that is capable of holding several pieces thereby speeding production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Time Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Flannery, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5735516
    Abstract: Apparatus is described for handling sheets, such as bank notes or other value sheets. An inserted note is transported to an intermediate position in which the note can either be rejected or encashed without affecting notes already stored on a temporary storage drum, or the note can be stored on the temporary storage drum from the intermediate position. The intermediate position may be in an output path of the apparatus and the note reversed on to the drum, the intermediate position may be a partially stored position of the note on the drum, from which the note can be discharged without discharging any additional notes already stored on the drum. A selectable transmission coupling is used to rotate the drum from a common drive source in one direction for storing successive notes as a bundle, and in a reverse direction of discharging the bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Andre Gerlier, Roberto Polidoro
  • Patent number: 5639083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the delivery of folded products with fan arrangements that are positioned opposite to one another. Multiple fans are disposed in spaced relation on a common axis of rotation. The circumferences of the fans overlap in the region of the fan blade ends. Furthermore, the fan blades include a mechanism for preventing the collision of fan blade tips situated opposite to one another. The fan blades also include an adjustable biasing mechanism for biasing the fan blade ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Louis John Doucet
  • Patent number: 5165674
    Abstract: The folded products are not completely creased across their width in a folding apparatus but, rather, leaving an open loop or bulge or end portion (101). A separating cylinder (100) includes gripper or holding elements (38-41) located spirally about the circumference of the cylinder, in groups, and axially shiftable, for insertion of the grippers, sequentially, into said open loop. After the first gripper moves to an insertion position, it opens the sides of the folded products for insertion of subsequent grippers or holding elements along the length of the folded sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Godber Petersen
  • Patent number: 5112033
    Abstract: A folder apparatus of a web-fed printing press having a printed-product delivery with two fan arrangements, each of which is formed of a plurality of mutually adjacent fans spaced-apart from one another on a common axis, the respective common axis of each of the two fan arrangements being disposed parallel to the common axis of the other, each of the fans of one of the fan arrangments being disposed adjacent to an in a respective common plane with a respective one of the fans of the other of the fan arrangements, each of the fans being formed with blades having tips located at a circumference of the respective fan, the circumference of the fans in the respective common plane intersecting with one another, and a device provided on the fans for preventing a collision of respective blade tips of the fans disposed in the respective common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Harris Graphics Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Breton
  • Patent number: 5098075
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling and depositing signatures and for laying one upon the other of two different or differently oriented partial inner books made up from the signatures thus assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Miller-Johannisberg Druckmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Kurt L. Lindblom
  • Patent number: 5078375
    Abstract: A method for superimposing webs where multiple ply cut pieces are applied to a carrier from one vacuum applicator cylinder or drum by first cutting multiple pieces from continuous webs and aligning the trailing edge of the multiple pieces or web lengths. These pieces may be of equal or unequal lenghth or of equal or unequal width and these are applied to a carrier at high speed and accurately positioned irrespective of whether the carrier is continuous or non-continuous. The invention applies to lengths of paper, film, foil, fabric or the like, any of which that are flexible enough to conform to the vacuum drum or cylinder by vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Tamarack Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald J. Steidinger
  • Patent number: 5064180
    Abstract: A folder of a web-fed rotary printing machine includes a device for separating a stream of signatures into a plurality of secondary streams thereof having a device for applying an electrostatic charge to a signature, two diverter cylinders disposed alongside one another and carrying thereon electrostatically chargeable elements extending substantially parallel to respective axes of the diverter cylinders, a device for conducting the signature to the diverter cylinders, and a device for removing the signature from the diverter cylinders and for further guiding the signature to a delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Harris Graphics Corporation
    Inventor: Mark A. Wingate
  • Patent number: 4971303
    Abstract: To provide for gentle braking by braking fingers (12) located in axial slots between paddle wheel vanes or blades (9, 10) of paddle wheels (8), the fingers have an outer contour which is shaped and dimensioned, at least in the inlet region of gaps (11) for the printed product forming an intersection angle (.alpha.) defined by the axial projection between the contour of the braking fingers and the adjacent inner surface (91) of a vane or blade to continuously increase during rotation of the paddle wheel vanes or disks, to thereby define effective gaps of continuously decreasing width during rotation of the paddle wheel vanes. Preferably, the position of the fingers is adjustable along a predetermined direction (X) by an electrical closed loop positioning system (13 -20, 43), receiving input signals (44, 45) representative of thickness of products and machine speed and, preferably, also emergency control signals (48) to control the position of the fingers with respect to the vanes or blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Klaus-Ulrich Lange, Reinhard Mayr
  • Patent number: 4948112
    Abstract: A folding machine in a rotary press of the type in which a printed a paper web is twice-folded and then cut into folded sheets by means of cutter drums, and the folded sheets are conveyed through a distributor section on the downstream side of the machine to a pair of ejectd paper sheet runners while being pinched by belts, is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Kazutoshi Nomi, Yasuo Morita, Yukikazu Shoji
  • Patent number: 4927129
    Abstract: Partially overlapping sheets of a scalloped stream of sheets are delivered to spaced apart intermediate portions of two elastic bands. One end portion of each band is connected to a second core on which the bands are convoluted over each other so that their convolutions alternate, and the other end portions of the bands are connected to axially spaced apart portions of a first core which gathers a roll of sheets when it is driven in a direction to collect the bands while the sheets of the stream are delivered to the bands between the two cores. The cores are coaxial with each other and are mounted in a frame which further supports several sets of pulleys serving to move the two bands apart in the axial direction of the first core between the first and second cores so that the convolutions of the two bands on the first core overlie axially-spaced apart portions of convoluted paper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Grapha-Holding AG
    Inventor: Peter Merkli
  • Patent number: 4925173
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling and depositing book signatures by means of signature-receiving compartments which are movable independently of one another and independnetly of a common rotary hub on which the compartments are carried to provide improved signature receiving, stacking, aligning and discharge, among other benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Miller-Johannisberg Druckmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt L. Lindblom, Jussi J. Simila, Seppo J. Kanervo
  • Patent number: 4896870
    Abstract: To permit storage of folded products, an elongated storage strip of finite length includes carriers for the folded products, the folded products being placed in predetermined position against the strip such that the sheets engage with a surface facing the strip element. The strip element, at the same time, can function as a transport element, to receive the folded sheets therefor, and transport them to a storage position where, for example, the elongated element is rolled into a roll (FIG. 1) or where the elongated element can be placed in a rack, or suspended, with the folded product hanging thereon (FIGS. 18, 19). The strip element is formed with carriers which have hook ends, engageable beneath the fold of the folded elements, upon flexing of the folded products and/or the carriers, or pivoting of carrier fingers engageable behind the backs of the folded products (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Ingo Kobler
  • Patent number: 4886260
    Abstract: A conveyor device which is equipped with grippers secured to a chain structure is arranged beneath a rotary bucket or fan wheel of a printing machine, typically a printing press. These grippers engage trailing edges of the printed products which still abut against at least one stripper wheel. The printed products are thus fixedly retained before departing from the rotary bucket or fan wheel. By means of a revolvingly driven belt, which engages at the trailing edges of the printed products, these printed products are displaced or stuffed into the associated compartment or bucket of the rotary bucket or fan wheel prior to their engagement by the grippers. The printed products thus assume a defined position within the compartments or buckets, thus rendering possible the subsequent positionally-correct removal of the printed products from the compartments or buckets of the rotary bucket or fan wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Ferag AG
    Inventor: Walter Reist
  • Patent number: 4822018
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus for accumulating currency notes into a stack includes a rotatable cylinder (14), an endless belt (22) driven together with the cylinder (14) and arranged to be in cooperative relationship with the cylinder (14) over a major part of the periphery thereof, and feeding mechanism (98, 84) for feeding currency into an entry throat (174) between the cylinder (14) and the belt (22), whereby a single or multiple note fed into the entry throat (174) is held between the belt (22) and the cylinder (14) and is carried around the axis of the cylinder (14). The operation of the feeding means (98, 84) is synchronized with the rotation of the cylinder (14) so that each successive single or multiple note fed into the entry throat (174) is brought into a superposed relationship with the note or notes already held between the belt (22) and the cylinder (14) so as to form a stack of sheets (24) between the belt ( 22) and the cylinder (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: David A. Hain
  • Patent number: 4768768
    Abstract: The winding core mounted to be rotatable and removable in a mobile storage unit, is placed into rotation by means of a drive roll which engages at the outer surface or circumference of the widing core or, as the case may be, the wound product package forming thereupon. In the mobile storage unit there is likewise removably arranged a winding band spool or reel which is also driven at its outer surface or circumference. For this purpose there is likewise provided a driven drive roll. By virtue of such circumferential drives for the winding core and, as the case may be, the wound product package, and equally the winding band spool or reel the mobile storage units can be of simple construction. This also enables the mounting or support arrangement for the winding core and the mounting or support arrangement for the winding band spool or reel to be structured such that the winding core and the winding band spool can be easily removed from the related mobile storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Ferag AG
    Inventor: Walter Reist
  • Patent number: 4537390
    Abstract: A rotary fly conveyor for use with the folders of newspaper printing presses which comprises a fly hub, generally curved fly fingers extending outwardly from the hub to form pockets for receiving newspapers and a gripping means located within each of the pockets to slow the speed of travel of the newspapers into the pockets and to hold them firmly in the pocket until removed at a discharge station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto C. Kiamco, Eugene Skipor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4523751
    Abstract: Partly overlapping sheets of a scalloped stream of sheets are transported against one side of a flexible band which is being convoluted onto a first core so that the sheets form convolutions which alternate with the convolutions of the band. The latter is drawn off a second core which is coaxial with the first core, and such band is trained over a set of pulleys which cause it to advance substantially tangentially of and between the axial ends of the first core. The two cores can be driven and braked independently of one another and are mounted in a common frame. The second core is driven by a shaft which rotatably mounts the first core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: GRAPHA-Holding AG
    Inventor: Peter Merkli
  • Patent number: 4519598
    Abstract: An insert is incorporated in a book of gathered signatures by a segment wheel which makes one-half turn per machine cycle; to calibrate the speed of the wheel to the lineal speed of the signature a coupling incorporating principles of a Whitworth drive is interposed between the main drive shaft of the machine and the drive for the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: McCain Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: William B. McCain, Elmer Bewersdorf
  • Patent number: 4501415
    Abstract: A gripper mechanism for printing press folding machines or other sheet handling equipment comprises a rigid holder mounted on a pivot shaft and a resilient gripper finger, fixed to the holder, which pivots into engagement with an angled clamping surface. The geometry of the gripper finger relative to the holder is such that the rigid holder and resilient finger act as a linkage which, upon application of counterforce by the clamping surface, imparts a radial component of force to the gripper tip equal and opposite to the radial component of counterforce, thereby producing non-sliding engagement of a sheet of paper positioned between the clamping surface and said tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Motter Printing Press Co.
    Inventor: Michael H. Loebach
  • Patent number: 4491310
    Abstract: For manufacture of booklets consisting of an inner portion and a cover having material different than the inner portion on a folding apparatus including a collecting cylinder, two successively-disposed band guidances associated with the collecting cylinder, surrounding two successively-disposed peripheral segments of the collecting cylinder. One band guidance surrounding the rear peripheral segment transports web segments from which the inner portion is assembled to the collecting cylinder, while the other band guidance which surrounds the front peripheral segment delivers web segments forming a cover to the collecting cylinder. The collecting cylinder is provided with holding members which grip the leading edges of the web segments being set thereon, the holding members being activated in the region of the front peripheral segment. The holding members being inactivated following the completed collection process after passing the folding flap cylinder associated with the collecting cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Albert-Frankenthal AG
    Inventor: Roland Reffert
  • Patent number: 4473219
    Abstract: A gatherer comprises a generally cylindrical bin drum having circumferentially thereon a plurality of inclined shelves spaced apart each other for receiving papers. The gatherer further comprises a paper-size changing body and a switching means for the changing body. The gatherer thus constructed has a number of advantages, such as convenient and rapid introduction and discharge of the papers, accurate alignment of the papers, convenient and simple control of the introduction and the discharge of the papers through rotation direction of the bin drum and applicability to any paper size, as well as high performance with compact and simple construction and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Autostamp Institution Limited
    Inventor: Kiyomichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 4468021
    Abstract: An arrangement, for the drive of a sheet conveyor connected to a sheet processing machine, facilitates the uniform movement of sheets to a pick-up station and the non-uniform movement of the sheets accumulated thereat to a discharge station. The arrangement includes a planetary gear train having first and second planetary gear drives which are interconnected and are counter-rotated, and a flywheel mass modulates the accelerated and decelerated drive which is provided for conveying the sheets from the pick-up to the discharge stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Goebel GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Weber
  • Patent number: 4453707
    Abstract: A pile of printed sheets comprising n.times.m banknotes per sheet are cut in a strip cutting unit into m strip piles and banded, the previously banded strip piles belonging to the same pile of sheets being gathered and delivered simultaneously as a group in the longitudinal direction of the strip piles to a bundle cutting unit and cut into n bundles per strip pile. The bundles are delivered sequentially to one of a pair of alternately filled and discharged magazine drums comprising each N magazines disposed at spaced angular intervals along their outer periphery and the drums are rotatably driven at a constant speed such that the bundles penetrate sequentially and separately into the successive magazines of the drum concerned in which every ten bundles of the same series are piled up and subsequently removed to form bundle packets. The number N of drum magazines corresponds to the maximum number m.sub.o .times.n.sub.o of banknotes possibly contained in a single sheet to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: De La Rue Giori S.A.
    Inventor: Runwalt Kuhfuss
  • Patent number: 4445881
    Abstract: An improvement in the method and apparatus for folding newspaper in the "collect" mode. Inside and outside web sections are printed with the same number of lines and transferred to a folding cylinder which collects them in overlapping relation. Expanding means incorporated in the body of the cylinder expand its effective radius to permit the trailing edge of the outside section to be cut to a length equal to that of the inside section without recutting the inside section. The collected sections are then passed through second fold rollers for final folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Publishers Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Bullen, Carl J. Hermach
  • Patent number: 4381106
    Abstract: A folder collect cylinder comprises at least five gripper mechanisms and an equal number of tucking mechanisms controlled by non-rotating cams that are selectively masked by masking cams that rotate about an axis coincident with the cylinder axis. The masking cams are driven from the main collect cylinder drive through a transmission that can be adjusted to change the speed ratio of the masking cams to the collect cylinder and the phase of the masking cams to the gripper mechanisms to provide non-collect, two-collect, three-collect and partial-collect without ever masking the taking surface of the non-rotating gripper cam during a taking phase of any gripper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Assignee: Motter Printing Press Co.
    Inventor: Michael H. Loebach
  • Patent number: 4378268
    Abstract: An apparatus for stacking flattened-out bags has a stacking drum rotatable in one rotational sense about a stacking drum axis at a stacking station which subdivides a conveyor into an upstream stretch that feeds the flattened-out bags one at a time to the drum and a downstream stretch which carries the stacks of bags away from the station. A pressure drum at the station is rotatable in the opposite directional sense about an axis parallel to that of the stacking drum. An axially extending array of generally radially extending pickup needles is provided on the stacking drum pointed forwardly in the respective rotational sense. An axially extending pusher bar is provided on the pressure drum and at least one spot welder is also provided on this pressure drum adjacent the pusher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Inventor: Hans Lehmacher
  • Patent number: 4344610
    Abstract: Folding machine in web-fed rotary printing machines for longitudinally folding, for cross-cutting the paper web and for collecting separated copies on a collecting cylinder cooperating with a knife cylinder, the collecting cylinder having an odd number of puncture rows on the periphery thereof, and the knife cylinder having an even number of puncture rows on the periphery thereof for the longitudinally folded paper web, the improvement therein including means defining the puncture rows firmly built into the collecting cylinder, cutting devices formed alternatingly of a single knife and a double knife respectively located on the knife cylinder following successive section length thereon, said single knife being disposed at a location whereat it leads the respective puncture row cooperating therewith and a device for removing from the puncture rows trimmed strips separated from the copies by the double knife on both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Willi Jeschke, Hans Muller
  • Patent number: 4295644
    Abstract: In a machine for stacking bags manufactured from thin thermoplastic foil material, the combination of a rotatable supporting drum with radially projecting collecting pins and clenching means for the bags, said means comprising a radially and tangentially displaceable and blade-shaped retaining member(s) mounted on the drum and further comprising transverse beams circulating in closed circuit a portion of which mainly coincides with a sector of the periphery of the drum, the actuation of the retaining members taking place through a system of levers cooperating with cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Inventor: Leonard van der Meulen
  • Patent number: 4260144
    Abstract: A planetary crank drive gear arrangement for a conveyor drum in a folder of a web-fed rotary printing machine is disclosed. The planetary crank drive gear arrangement includes a pair of spaced planetary gears which cooperate with a sun gear through which the shaft of the conveyor drum passes. A swing disk is carried on the conveyor drum shaft and is so weighted to compensate for the additional weights added by the planetary crank drive gears and the like. The planetary crank drive gear arrangement allows the conveyor drum to be either accelerated or decelerated without adversely affecting the drive for the printing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartwig H. Trutschel, Gunter K. Schmitt, Franz J. Sendelbach