公开(公告)号：US4678387A

公开(公告)日：1987-07-07

申请号：US707494

申请日：1985-03-01

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Carl D'Amico

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Carl D'Amico

IPC分类号： B65H31/32 ,  B65H33/16 ,  B65G57/11 ,  B65H31/28

CPC分类号： B65H31/3081 ,  B65H31/32 ,  B65H33/16 ,  B65H2301/42112 ,  B65H2301/42266 ,  B65H2402/351 ,  B65H2404/3111

摘要： A stacker having platforms movable along a path by chains. Cam followers on the platforms engage a cam surface which controls the platform path. The chains are driven by a motor in a closed-loop system which monitors the platforms and controls their speed. The closed-loop system first decelerates the platforms and thereafter stops one platform in the intercept-ready position. The platform cam follower enters a claw which moves the end of the platform through the stream to collect signatures when the downstream platform reaches a predetermined count and deposits the stack on a turntable. A piston assembly rotates the turntable one-half turn after each deposit. Different pressure values are selectively applied to the piston assembly to slow the turntable before it is halted. A rotatable motor coaxial with the turntable axis drives the pushers through drive chains maintained under tension by gas springs which impose opposing forces upon these chains to maintain chain tension regardless of the direction the chains are driven. Jets on the surface of the turntable selectively emit air when a signature is deposited thereon to facilitate removal of a batch. A microprocessor-based controller continuously monitors and periodically adjusts the drop delay and stacking speed of the chains and the stacking platforms to allow the platforms to collect signatures at the lowest speed commensurate with stack size, to form neat stacks, the latter operation being accomplished by either a table look-up or an on-line calculation technique.

摘要翻译： 具有可沿链路沿路径移动的平台的堆垛机。 平台上的凸轮从动件啮合一个控制平台路径的凸轮表面。 链条由一个闭环系统中的电机驱动，监控平台并控制其速度。 闭环系统首先使平台减速，然后在拦截就绪位置停止一个平台。 平台凸轮从动件进入爪，当爪下游平台达到预定的计数并将堆叠沉积在转台上时，该爪将平台的端部移动通过流以收集签名。 活塞组件在每次沉积后旋转转盘两半圈。 选择性地将不同的压力值施加到活塞组件上以在转台停止之前减慢转台。 与转台轴同轴的可旋转电动机通过驱动链驱动推动器，该驱动链由气弹簧保持在张力下，这些链条在这些链条上施加相反的力，以保持链条张力，而不管驱动链条的方向如何。 转盘表面上的喷气机，当签名存放在其上时，有选择地排放空气，以方便拆卸批料。 基于微处理器的控制器连续地监视和周期性地调整链和堆叠平台的丢弃延迟和堆叠速度，以允许平台以与堆栈大小相称的最低速度收集签名，以形成整齐的堆栈，后者的操作由 一个表查找或一个在线计算技术。

公开(公告)号：US4812099A

公开(公告)日：1989-03-14

申请号：US47008

申请日：1987-05-05

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Carl D'Amico

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Carl D'Amico

IPC分类号： B65H31/32 ,  B65H33/16 ,  B65H31/30

CPC分类号： B65H31/3081 ,  B65H31/32 ,  B65H33/16 ,  B65H2301/42112 ,  B65H2301/42266 ,  B65H2402/351 ,  B65H2404/3111 ,  Y10S414/101

摘要： A stacker having platforms movable along a path by chains. Cam followers on the platforms engage a cam surface which controls the platform path. The chains are driven by a motor in a closed-loop system which monitors the platforms and controls their speed. The closed-loop system first decelerates the platforms and thereafter stops one platform in the intercept-ready position. The platform cam follower enters a claw which moves the end of the platform through the stream to collect signatures when the downstream platform reaches a predetermined count and deposits the stack on a turntable. A piston assembly rotates the turntable one-half turn after each deposit. Different pressure values are selectively applied to the piston assembly to slow the turntable before it is halted. A rotatable motor coaxial with the turntable axis drives the pushers through drive chains maintained under tension by gas springs which impose opposing forces upon these chains to maintain chain tension regardless of the direction the chains are driven. Jets on the surface of the turntable selectively emit air when a signature is deposited thereon to facilitate removal of a batch. A microprocessor-based controller continuously monitors and periodically adjusts the drop delay and stacking speed of the chains and the stacking platforms to allow the platforms to collect signatures at the lowest speed commensurate with stack size, to form neat stacks, the latter operation being accomplished by either a table look-up or an on-line calculation technique.

摘要翻译： 具有可沿链路沿路径移动的平台的堆垛机。 平台上的凸轮从动件啮合一个控制平台路径的凸轮表面。 链条由一个闭环系统中的电机驱动，监控平台并控制其速度。 闭环系统首先使平台减速，然后在拦截就绪位置停止一个平台。 平台凸轮从动件进入爪，当爪下游平台达到预定的计数并将堆叠沉积在转台上时，该爪将平台的端部移动通过流以收集签名。 活塞组件在每次沉积后旋转转盘两半圈。 选择性地将不同的压力值施加到活塞组件上以在转台停止之前减慢转台。 与转台轴同轴的可旋转电动机通过驱动链驱动推动器，该驱动链由气弹簧保持在张力下，这些链条在这些链条上施加相反的力，以保持链条张力，而不管驱动链条的方向如何。 转盘表面上的喷气机，当签名存放在其上时，有选择地排放空气，以方便拆卸批料。 基于微处理器的控制器连续地监视和周期性地调整链和堆叠平台的丢弃延迟和堆叠速度，以允许平台以与堆栈大小相称的最低速度收集签名，以形成整齐的堆栈，后者的操作由 一个表查找或一个在线计算技术。

公开(公告)号：US07002135B2

公开(公告)日：2006-02-21

申请号：US10644701

申请日：2003-08-20

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren

IPC分类号： G06M7/00

CPC分类号： B65H29/6609 ,  B65H29/003 ,  B65H2301/323 ,  B65H2301/44712 ,  B65H2301/44732 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/222 ,  B65H2511/51 ,  G01V8/12 ,  B65H2220/02 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/03

摘要： Printed products are accurately detected, counted and tracked as they move from a gripper conveyor to a lay down conveyor. The printed products are further tracked from a position where they reach a sensor upstream of the stacker where the position of selected printed products is provided to the stacker, together with a flag for those selected printed products, to assure that all of the stacker operations, including product stream interception, turntable rotation and bundle ejection, are performed with precision. Counting and tracking are performed by different sensors upstream relative to the stacker and the tracking function is transferred to the stacker when a flagged signature reaches a nip of the stacker infeed. Counting of printed products by the stacker is eliminated.

摘要翻译： 当打印产品从夹持器输送机移动到铺设输送机时，可准确地检测，计数和跟踪打印产品。 打印产品进一步跟踪到它们到达堆叠器上游的传感器的位置，其中选择的印刷产品的位置连同用于那些所选择的印刷产品的标志一起被提供，以确保所有的堆叠器操作， 包括产品流拦截，转盘旋转和捆扎弹出，精确地执行。 计数和跟踪由相对于堆垛机上游的不同传感器执行，并且当标记的签名到达堆垛机进料的辊隙时，跟踪功能被传送到堆垛机。 消除了堆垛机对印刷品的计数。

公开(公告)号：US5135102A

公开(公告)日：1992-08-04

申请号：US724207

申请日：1991-07-01

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  J. D. Houseman ,  Henri T. Paets

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  J. D. Houseman ,  Henri T. Paets

IPC分类号： B65G23/23 ,  B65G47/10 ,  B65G47/96

CPC分类号： B65G47/962 ,  B65G23/23

摘要： A bundle distribution system is comprised of tilt tray carriers coupled in tandem forming a continuous loop, each carrier being a link in the loop. A top loader which is positioned above the track so as to minimize the space required therefor, is capable of dropping signature bundles onto the desired tray with great accuracy. The top loader also orients bundles delivered thereto at an angle which compensates for tilting of the bundle as it leaves the top loader thereby assuring that bundles are dropped upon each carrier in a predetermined orientation, without tumbling.

摘要翻译： 捆束分配系统包括以串联方式串联形成连续回路的倾斜托架托架，每个托架是环路中的连杆。 位于轨道上方以便最小化所需空间的顶部装载机能够以很高的精度将特征束放置在期望的托盘上。 顶部装载机还以一定的角度定向传送到其上的束，该角度补偿当束离开顶部装载器时的倾斜，从而确保束以预定的方向落在每个载体上，而不会翻滚。

公开(公告)号：US5181820A

公开(公告)日：1993-01-26

申请号：US676192

申请日：1991-03-27

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Kevin Cote

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Kevin Cote

IPC分类号： B65G57/24

CPC分类号： B65G57/24

摘要： In an automatic loading system and method wheeled carts receive five or six layers of newspaper bundles of four to six bundles per layer. A waist-high conveyor and an inclined ramp conveyor move bundles to a roller platform of independently operated roller sections selectively halted upon receipt of a bundle. When the desired number of bundles have been delivered to the roller platform, a pusher laterally moves the bundles to a split roller platform. A second group of bundles are delivered to the roller platform and the split roller platform. The sections of the split roller platform are then abruptly pulled apart causing the bundles to drop upon a fork-like platform extending into one side of a cart receiving the bundles. The pusher is retracted to the start position and the fork-like platform is lowered to receive the next layer of bundles in a like manner. Once the cart is filled with the desired number of layers, the fork-like platform is withdrawn from the cart, the cart is advanced to a take-off location and the next cart is indexed to the receiving location, being guided thereto along guide rails. Each cart comprises a platform rolling upon casters and having an open top defined by four sides which form a cage-like structure. One side has lockable double doors to facilitate bundle removal. Cart sizes are designed to make efficient use of the truck cargo space receiving the carts.

摘要翻译： 在自动装载系统和方法中，轮式推车每层接收五层或六层四至六层的报纸束。 腰部高输送机和倾斜斜坡输送机将捆束移动到独立操作的滚筒部分的滚子平台上，在收到束时选择性地停止。 当所需数量的束已经被输送到滚子平台时，推动器将束横向移动到分离辊平台。 第二组束被传送到滚子平台和分离辊平台。 分裂辊平台的部分然后突然拉开，导致束落在延伸到接收束束的一个车的一侧的叉形平台上。 推动器缩回到起始位置，并且叉形平台被降下以以类似的方式接收下一层束。 一旦车辆充满了所需数量的层，叉状平台从推车中退出，推车到达起飞位置，并且下一个推车被转位到接收位置，沿着导轨被引导到其上 。 每个推车包括在脚轮上滚动的平台，并且具有由形成笼状结构的四个侧面限定的开口顶部。 一侧具有可锁定的双门，以便于去除束。 推车尺寸旨在有效利用接收车的卡车货物空间。

公开(公告)号：US5103617A

公开(公告)日：1992-04-14

申请号：US666365

申请日：1991-03-06

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Kevin Cote ,  Tuval Kedem

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Kevin Cote ,  Tuval Kedem

IPC分类号： B65B11/08 ,  B65B25/14 ,  B65B61/02

CPC分类号： B65B11/08 ,  B65B25/14 ,  B65B61/025

摘要： Method and apparatus for wrapping a signature bundle by moving a wrapping sheet into the path of movement of a bundle, said sheet being maintained in self-supporting fashion by imparting a bend thereto as it is fed to the wrapping station. The bundle "crashes" into the sheet causing it to collapse and wrap itself about the bundle. When the wrapping operation is completed, the wrapping sheet is wrapped around three contiguous surfaces of the bundle. The sheet is automatically cut and a new wrapping operation is initiated. The wrapping sheet may be printed upon by an ink jet printing characters "on the fly". The characters are printed backwards and "bleed through" the wrapping sheet to appear in normal manner.

公开(公告)号：US5226780A

公开(公告)日：1993-07-13

申请号：US832954

申请日：1992-02-10

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Louis D. Kipp ,  William K. Moritz

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Louis D. Kipp ,  William K. Moritz

IPC分类号： B65H33/16

CPC分类号： B65H33/16

摘要： A dual drive signature stacker having side-by-side stacker sections, each of substantially identical design and including a stepper motor for driving a pair of buckets for receiving signatures secured at spaced intervals along a drive chain driven by the stepper motor. The buckets have intercept blades supported by brackets joined to the drive chain to position one of the intercept blades of each drive assembly in front of the adjacent drive assembly so that all of the buckets of the dual drive assembly are in alignment with one another and with the signature stream. The side-by-side arrangement greatly simplifies the design cost and assembly. A microprocessor-based control system permits stacking of stacks having as few as two signatures and is further capable of forming successive signature stacks of differing count in a precision manner and compatible with the speeds of any signature flow rate.

摘要翻译： 具有并排堆叠器部分的双驱动签名堆垛机，每个具有大致相同的设计，并且包括用于驱动一对铲斗的步进马达，用于接收沿着由步进马达驱动的驱动链间隔开的签名。 铲斗具有由连接到驱动链的支架支撑的拦截刀片，以将每个驱动组件的拦截刀片中的一个定位在相邻驱动组件的前面，使得双驱动组件的所有铲斗彼此对准并且与 签名流。 并排布置大大简化了设计成本和组装。 基于微处理器的控制系统允许堆叠具有少至两个签名的堆叠，并且还能够以精确的方式形成不同计数的连续的签名栈，并且与任何签名流量的速度兼容。

公开(公告)号：US4004694A

公开(公告)日：1977-01-25

申请号：US618815

申请日：1975-10-02

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren

IPC分类号： B65H29/60 ,  B07C5/342

CPC分类号： B65H29/60

摘要： Signatures arranged in overlapping fashion are typically delivered from a press at high speeds (at the order of 80,000 per hour) to be stacked in bundles of a predetermined precise quantity, bundled and shipped to desired locations. During the delivery of signatures to the counting and bundling facility, typically referred to as the "mailroom," an extraction capability is provided wherein one or two signatures may be removed from the continuous stream without otherwise affecting the delivery of signatures to the stacking and bundling equipment. Alternatively, a number of copies greater than 2 may be extracted or paster copies inserted within the stream may be removed at high speed without interrupting the normal delivery of signatures to the stacking and bundling equipment. The movable elements performing the extraction operation have extremely low mass and further have a capability of moving a distance of the order of 12 inches within 75 milliseconds in order to rapidly and effectively extract the desired copies without in any way affecting the delivery of the nonextracted signatures to the stacking and bundling equipment.

摘要翻译： 以重叠的方式布置的签名通常以高速（每小时80,000的数量）从压机输送，以预定精确数量的捆堆叠并运送到期望的位置。 在通常称为“邮件室”的计数和捆绑设施的签名交付期间，提供了一种提取能力，其中可以从连续流中移除一个或两个签名，而不影响到堆叠和绑定的签名的传递 设备。 或者，可以提取多于2个的副本，或者可以高速地移除插入到流内的贴纸副本，而不会中断向堆叠和捆绑设备的签名的正常传送。 执行提取操作的可移动元件具有非常低的质量，并且还具有在75毫秒内移动12英寸数量级的能力，以便快速有效地提取所需的副本，而不以任何方式影响未提取的签名的传递 到堆放和捆扎设备。

公开(公告)号：US06876716B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-05

申请号：US10369026

申请日：2003-02-19

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Jeremy A. Hyne

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  Jeremy A. Hyne

IPC分类号： G06M7/00 ,  G06M9/00 ,  G06M11/00

CPC分类号： B65H29/66 ,  B65H43/00 ,  B65H2301/541 ,  B65H2511/40 ,  B65H2553/42 ,  B65H2557/36 ,  B65H2701/13212 ,  G06M1/101 ,  G06M7/00 ,  G06M2207/02 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： Printed products, such as newspapers are fed past a counting station arranged in imbricated fashion, preferably folded edges passing downstream first. A high intensity light source is arranged so that its light beams are oriented at an angle which, while illuminating upper surfaces of the newspapers, causes the forward folded edges to cast a shadow upon the upper surface of a downstream newspaper that the forward edge of the newspaper creating the shadow rests upon. An image sensing device creates an image of a given region which includes the leading edge of the newspaper creating the shadow. This image is compared with stored criteria to determine if the “shadow” is due to a leading edge of a newspaper and to thereby discriminate a newspaper leading edge from other spurious conditions which, although they may create a “shadow”, fail to meet the criteria of a leading edge of a newspaper.

摘要翻译： 诸如报纸的印刷品通过排列在排列方式的点票站，优先折叠的边缘首先通过下游。 高强度光源被布置成使得其光束以一定的角度定向，同时照射报纸的上表面使得向前折叠的边缘将阴影投射到下游报纸的上表面上， 创造影子的报纸依赖于。 图像感测装置创建包括创建阴影的报纸的前缘的给定区域的图像。 将该图像与存储的标准进行比较，以确定“影子”是否是由于报纸的前沿造成的，从而将报纸的前沿与其他伪造条件区分开来，尽管它们可能会产生“阴影”，但却不能满足 报纸前沿的标准。

公开(公告)号：US5054601A

公开(公告)日：1991-10-08

申请号：US409520

申请日：1989-09-19

申请人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  J. D. Houseman ,  Henri T. Paets

发明人： Christer A. Sjogren ,  J. D. Houseman ,  Henri T. Paets

IPC分类号： B65G23/23 ,  B65G47/96

CPC分类号： B65G23/23 ,  B65G47/962

摘要： A bundle distribution system comprised of tilt tray carriers coupled in tandem forming a continuous loop, each conveyor being a link in the loop. Vertical and horizontal wheels guide the conveyors along a closed loop path which may include curved and straight sections as well as vertical curves and inclined path sections. Each carrier includs a pivotally mounted tilt tray normally maintained in an upright position. Linear induction motors (LIMs) cooperate with a conductive plate arranged along the underside of each carrier for propulsion. The LIMs are distributed at spaced intervals along the closed loop track, each carrier being a movable element of the motor. The LIMs are operated in parallel and a speed sensor provides feedback for controlling the operating speed to a tolerance of within .+-.5%. The cam follower rollers of a tilting assembly follow a movable tilt cam which initially unlocks the tilting mechanism from the locked position followed by tilting of the carriage about its longitudinal axis. Straightening cams on both sides of the track downstream from the opening cam reset the tilted tray and prevent overshooting. The multi-wheel speed sensor assures rolling engagement of at least two of the sensor wheels with at least one of the carts. A top loader which is positioned above the track so as to minimize the space required therefor, is capable of dropping signature bundles onto the desired tray with great accuracy. The tilting cam likewise assures accurate tilting and release of a bundle upon a branching out feed chute.