公开(公告)号：US4042113A

公开(公告)日：1977-08-16

申请号：US697435

申请日：1976-06-18

申请人： Leroy A. Duncan ,  Steve M. Aksamit

发明人： Leroy A. Duncan ,  Steve M. Aksamit

IPC分类号： B07C3/06 ,  B65G47/34

CPC分类号： B07C3/06 ,  Y10S209/91

摘要： A device for separating, scanning and sorting publications bearing the Universal Product Code. The device comprises a flat bed extending horizontally but inclined to one side, along which move parallel belts at high speed. A loading bit or hopper at one end receives magazines stacked in random sequence. These are separated by means of the synchronized movement of stack lifting bars at the bottom of the bin and movable separating fingers downstream. The fingers drop on each magazine as it begins to pass beneath them, and the stack lifters are simultaneously raised to lift the remaining magazines off the belts. The fingers are lifted a short time after the trailing edge of the magazine passes them to ensure a gap between adjacent magazines. The stack lifters to drop as the trailing edge passes the fingers, without a time delay. Means are also provided for initially stepping back the leading edges of the magazines in a stack, this means comprising a novel forward wall construction for the bin, and flat springs between the stack lifters and the separator fingers.The separated magazines pass a conventional scanner which, through a computer, controls shift registers corresponding in number to the diverter gates. The diverter gates include fingers which are rockable from a position flush with the bed to a diverting position in which a magazine impelled by the belts will strike the fingers and be diverted laterally. Concave scoop-like members are mounted adjacent each set of diverter fingers to aid the diverting action.

摘要翻译： 用于分离，扫描和分类带有通用产品代码的出版物的设备。 该装置包括水平延伸但倾斜于一侧的平板，沿着该平台移动高速的平行带。 一端的装载位或料斗接收以随机顺序堆放的杂志。 这些通过堆叠提升杆在箱底部和下游的可移动分离器的同步运动来分离。 手指在每个杂志开始通过下方时落在每个杂志上，并且堆叠升降器同时升起，以将剩余的杂志从皮带上提起。 在杂志的后缘通过它们之后，手指被提起很短时间，以确保相邻杂志之间的间隙。 随着后缘通过手指，堆叠式升降器不会延迟。 还提供了用于最初将叠片的前边缘退回的装置，这意味着包括用于仓的新颖的前壁结构以及堆叠升降器和分离器指状件之间的平板弹簧。