METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING FLEXIBLE DOCUMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240253930A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18403830

    申请日:2024-01-04

    发明人: Paolo Martinotti

    摘要: A method for storing a series of flexible documents ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) in a system (100), each flexible document ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) having a front side and a rear side and the method comprising activating at least a sensor group (30), at least one external sensor unit (40) and an internal sensor unit (140) arranged at the entrance of system (100), in proximity of a storing and issuing module (10) and inside the storing and issuing module (10), respectively, for sensing each flexible document ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) of the series, while it is transported on a conveyor belt (20) into a storing and issuing module (10), and providing corresponding dimension information and position information with respect to a longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y) to a central processing unit (50) or a processor (150); B. when a flexible document B(n) is sensed by the internal sensor unit (140) inside the storing and issuing module (10), and C. if a next flexible document B(n+1) transported on conveyor belt (20) is sensed and corresponding position information for the next flexible document B(n+1) is provided to the central processing unit (50) and forwarded to processor (150) before the internal sensor unit (140) stops sensing the flexible document B(n), and also if the next flexible document B(n+1) is within a predetermined storage distance (dST) from the storing and issuing module (10), D. based on dimension information and the last obtained position information on the flexible document B(n), dimension information and the last obtained position information on the next flexible document B(n+1) and known design parameters of the system, determining the actual minimum distance (dpred), along an axis (yMIN-yMIN) parallel to longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y), that would be left on a transport tape (170) inside the storing and issuing module (10), between the rear side of flexible document B(n) and the front side of the next flexible document B(n+1) of the series, if transport tape (170) moved at linear speed (vt(t)) according to a conventional pattern having a constant speed value (V) at regime operational conditions, E. comparing the actual minimum distance (dpred) calculated at step D with a desired minimum distance dd, and F. if the actual minimum distance (dpred) is different from the desired minimum distance dd, adjusting, by sending corresponding signals through processor (50), linear speed (vt(t)) of transport tape (170) with respect to the conventional pattern, between a time instant tj(n) at which flexible document B(n) is engaged with transport tape 170 and a time instant tj(n+1) at which the flexible document B(n+1) is engaged with transport tape (170) inside the storing and issuing module (10), such that: the desired minimum distance dd along the axis (yMIN-yMIN) parallel to the longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y) is left on transport tape (170) between the rear side of the flexible document B(n) and the front side of the next flexible document B(n+1), and when, at tj(n+1), the next document B(n+1) is engaged with transport tape (170), the linear speed value of transport tape (170) is the constant speed value (V) of the conventional pattern of transport tape linear speed (vt(t)) at regime operational conditions.

    Device for providing a three-dimensional cushioning material for cushioning an empty volume in a transport container

    公开(公告)号:US11091333B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16979289

    申请日:2019-01-18

    摘要: The invention relates to a device for providing a three-dimensional cushioning material for cushioning an void volume in a transport container, comprising a converting apparatus for converting a flat web-like starting material into the three-dimensional cushioning material and a receiving means for receiving at least regions of a stack of the web-like starting material folded in a zigzagging manner. The receiving means has a first lateral contact means for a first stack type, which has a first width (B1), and a second lateral contact means for a second stack type, which has a second width (B2), such that either a stack of the first stack type or a stack of the second stack type can be arranged in the receiving means in a centered manner relative to the same central axis.

    SHEET ALIGNING DEVICE, SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20200017325A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16452995

    申请日:2019-06-26

    摘要: A sheet aligning device includes a support member, a regulation member, a regulation member moving mechanism, and an alignment member. The support member supports leading ends of sheets. The regulation member is connected to the support member and is provided to face an inclined tray in such a way as to define a sheet entry space in which the leading ends of the sheets enter. The regulation member moving mechanism is configured to, each time a sheet is conveyed onto the inclined tray, move the regulation member in a separating direction to widen the sheet entry space, and then in an approaching direction to narrow the sheet entry space. The alignment member aligns the sheets by abutting on rear ends of the sheets.

    TRANSPORTING SHEETS OF PRINT MEDIA
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190010006A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15994349

    申请日:2018-05-31

    申请人: HP SCITEX LTD.

    发明人: Yuval Dim Alex Veis

    摘要: Certain examples described herein relate to transporting sheets of print media. In one example, a media transport apparatus has a plurality of media transport sections including a first media transport section and a second media transport section offset from the first media transport section in a media transport direction. The media transport apparatus has a holding section arranged to receive a sheet of print media from the first media transport section. The holding section is moveable to deposit the sheet of print media upon the second media transport section.