公开(公告)号：US4403770A

公开(公告)日：1983-09-13

申请号：US360190

申请日：1982-03-22

申请人： Leonard Ferguson ,  Jack W. Mefford

发明人： Leonard Ferguson ,  Jack W. Mefford

IPC分类号： B65H3/08 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H5/30

CPC分类号： B65H3/446 ,  B65H3/0808

摘要： A signature collating machine having a plurality of sequentially situated signature supply stations whose common floor rises via an electronic sensor to maintain signature stacks at operable heights. Above each supply station is a suction delivery assembly, each of said assemblies having a suction port housing and a suction port extending therefrom for engagement with a signature. The machine further has traveling collector rods which sequentially gather signatures engaged with respective suction ports. An actuator is provided which causes upward movement of a suction delivery assembly, and consequent positioning of a signature for subsequent collating, upon suction port engagement with a signature. Circuitry is provided which causes collector rod travel to cease if any suction port ahead of a collector rod is not engaged with a signature, thus eliminating accidental non-inclusion of a signature. Upon collector rod engagement and lateral pressure within the fold of a signature, suction delivery to the suction port automatically discontinues and the signature is released therefrom to be then maintained on the collector rod. A similar manually-operable collating machine is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种签名整理机，其具有多个顺序位置的签名供应站，其公共楼层经由电子传感器上升以将签名堆栈维持在可操作的高度。 在每个供应站上方是抽吸输送组件，每个所述组件具有吸入口壳体和从其延伸的吸入口，用于与签名接合。 该机器还具有行进收集器杆，其顺序地收集与各个吸入口接合的签名。 提供致动器，其引起抽吸输送组件的向上运动，并且随后在与签名的吸入口接合时进行后续整理的定位。 如果在收集器杆前方的任何吸入口没有与签名接合，则提供电路，这导致集电棒行程停止，从而消除了意外不包括签名。 在收集器杆接合和签名的折叠内的侧向压力下，到吸入口的抽吸输送自动停止，并且将签名从其中释放，然后保持在收集杆上。 还公开了类似的可手动操作的整理机。