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Process and apparatus for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets
Assignee: Martin SA
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Filing: 1984-03-15
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Granted: 1986-09-23
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Expires: 2004-03-15
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for the automatic supply of the magazine of the feeder on a slotter/printer with a high production rate for making cases consisting of corrugated cardboard, comprising a device (3, 10, 4) intended for separating a bundle from the top of a stack of blanks (14) by placing this bundle upright on its edge, a retractable device (4) intended for causing the virtually vertical drop of this bundle, and a guide and receiving device (5, 7) making it possible to stop the bundle, still standing on its edge, a device (6) for squaring the bundle laterally after its drop, a device (27, 7, 8) for raising the bundle to a horizontal position, and a device (9) for receiving and discharging this bundle.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard Capdeboscq
- 👤 Marc Cuzin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 07:11
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H15/00; B65H15/02; B65H15/016; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/30; B65H2301/33; B65H2301/332; B65H2301/3321; B65H2301/33214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A process for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, which involves the following operations: bringing a waiting stack into the upright position, inclining this stack until it rests on its side, separating a bundle of blanks from the top of the stack, the said bundle remaining standing on its edge, dropping this bundle down until it stops, still standing on its edge, squaring this bundle laterally, raising the bundle in a movement bringing it approximately to a horizontal position, discharging this bundle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, which involves the following operations: bringing a waiting stack into the upright position, inclining this stack until it rests on its side, separating a bundle of blanks from the top of the stack, the said bundle remaining standing on its edge, dropping this bundle down until it stops, still standing on its edge, squaring this bundle laterally, raising the bundle in a movement bringing it approximately to a horizontal position, discharging this bundle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A process for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, which involves the following operations: bringing a waiting stack into the upright position, extracting a bundle of blanks from the top of the stack and positioning this bundle upright on its edge, dropping this bundle down until it stops, still standing on its edge, squaring this bundle laterally, raising the bundle in a movement bringing it approximately to a horizontal position, discharging this bundle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
81 words
A process for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, which involves the following operations: bringing a waiting stack into the upright position, extracting a bundle of blanks from the top of the stack and positioning this bundle upright on its edge, dropping this bundle down until it stops, still standing on its edge, squaring this bundle laterally, raising the bundle in a movement bringing it approximately to a horizontal position, discharging this bundle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the said bundle is brought back to a virtually horizontal position by a movement following the arc of a circle, widened or narrowed in a spiral to give it a horizontal pre-acceleration in the direction of discharge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bundle is lowered, after being brought into a virtually horizontal position, onto a first free-running conveyor equipped with a retaining device, and wherein the said bundle is stopped on a second adjacent motorized conveyor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processing of the last bundle of the stack also includes operations involving the automatic separation and elimination of the last sheet of this bundle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process as claimed in claim 5, which involves delaying the last sheet of the said last bundle during the said operation of dropping the latter downwardly, retaining this sheet during the said operation of discharging this last bundle, then discharging this sheet along a different path.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
93 words
A process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the last operations in the processing of the said last bundle are carried out in the following way: this bundle is dropped downwardly, and the last sheet of this bundle is grasped during the drop of the said bundle the operations of squaring the said bundle and raising it to a horizontal position are carried out, the operation of discharging this bundle is carried out, but with the said last sheet being retained, this last sheet is eliminated by discharging it along a different path.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 7, wherein the operation of raising the said bundle to a horizontal position is carried out without continuing to grasp the said last sheet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the bundle, after being stopped upright on its edge, it also turned over by tilting it before bringing it into a virtually horizontal position.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, comprising: a device (3, 10, 4) intended for separating a bundle (80) from the top of a stack of blanks (14) by placing the said bundle upright on its edge, a device (4) intended for causing the virtually vertical drop of the said bundle, said device incorporating a retractable support (19), and a guide and receiving device (5, 7) making it possible to stop the said bundle, after its drop, still standing on its edge, a device (6) for squaring the said bundle laterally after its drop, a device (7, 8) for raising the bundle to a horizontal position, and a device (9) for receiving and discharging the bundles.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets, comprising: a device (3, 10, 4) intended for separating a bundle (80) from the top of a stack of blanks (14) by placing the said bundle upright on its edge, a device (4) intended for causing the virtually vertical drop of the said bundle, said device incorporating a retractable support (19), and a guide and receiving device (5, 7) making it possible to stop the said bundle, after its drop, still standing on its edge, a device (6) for squaring the said bundle laterally after its drop, a device (7, 8) for raising the bundle to a horizontal position, and a device (9) for receiving and discharging the bundles.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the device for guiding and receiving the bundle during its drop incorporates a device (25) accompanying the edge of the bundle in the drop of the said bundle.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the, accompanying device consists of a support (25) driven in a downward movement.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the said support consists of a conveyor motorized at least in its upper position.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the said device for raising the bundle to a horizontal position comprises a table (7), which can be inclined as a result of rotation about an upper axis (29), and a curved surface (8) opposite the latter.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
45 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the inclinable table (7) is located upstream of the curved surface (8), and wherein the said curved surface has the form of an arc of a circle widened (α) in a spiral downstream (FIG. 9).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
83 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 10, which also incorporates: means for detecting the presence of the last bundle (95 in FIG. 16) of the stack, means (96) for grasping the last sheet (97) of this bundle in its travel during its virtually vertical drop, means (98) for retaining this last sheet during the discharge (FIG. 20) of this bundle after the latter has been raised to a horizontal position, means (102, 99) for discharging this last sheet along a different path (101).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the means (96) for grasping the said last sheet and the means (98) for retaining the latter are retractable and coupled (FIG. 26).
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
57 words
An automatic supply apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the inclinable table (7) is located downstream of the curved surface (8), and which also incorporates a device (90, 92) making it possible to tip the bundle (93) onto the said inclinable table after the virtually vertical drop of the said bundle (FIGS. 16, 19 and 20).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
76 words
A device as claimed in claim 10, including retractable means (137) for pushing the rear of the bundle comprising upstream and downstream carriages (138, 139) which move in a longitudinal direction on adjacent tracks (140, 141), the downstream carriage (139) moving on its track with a friction greater than that of the upstream carriage (138) on its track, the two carriages being connected by two elements (143, 144) articulated to one another and to each carriage.
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