EP 0162167 A3 19860702 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGREGATING COUNTED SLUGS OF FLAT FOLDED BOXES
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEGREGATING COUNTED SLUGS OF FLAT FOLDED BOXES
Publication
Application
Priority
US 60979184 A 19840514
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0162167A2] An apparatus (47) for handling a plurality of flat, collapsed, folded paper boxes (23) which have been produced on a high speed, folder-gluer (37, 38, 39), delivered in shingled formation (41) onto the advancing apron (21) of a stacker (22), counted into slugs (42, 43, 44) of about fifty each and must be packed into cases for shipment. To enable an operator to grasp individual and successive lifts of the flats (23) between her hand and remove them for packing, the apparatus includes a secondary apron (26) traveling at less speed than the stacker apron (21) to raise the shingled flats (23) upstanding on lower edge (27), hold down belts (33) to prevent misalignment and a transversely movable segregation rod (77) mounted on a carriage (62) movable horizontally alongside the path (24) of the flats (23). The carriage (62) has one-way clutch rollers (81, 85) so that the rod (77) will hold back the leading flat (45) but the carriage (62) will roll freely back to the next slug (43). Speed reduction mechanism (99) may be used to advance the carriage (62) at less speed than the apron (26) to compress the line (41) of flats (23) when edge stacking is desirable or necessary.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65H 29/66 (2013.01); B65H 31/30 (2013.01); B65H 33/02 (2013.01); B65H 33/10 (2013.01); B65H 2301/321 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42144 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] EP 0049718 A1 19820421 - BELL TELEPHONE MFG [BE], et al
- [Y] DE 3109989 A1 19811210 - FERAG AG [CH]
- [Y] FR 2301468 A1 19760917 - BOBST FILS SA J [CH]
- [A] GB 1461107 A 19770113 - IBM
- [A] FR 2307741 A1 19761112 - LICENTIA GMBH [DE]
- [A] US 2778638 A 19570122 - FREDERICK WHILLOCK ARTHUR, et al
- [A] US 3236162 A 19660222 - WALTER REIST
- [AD] US 3811549 A 19740521 - PREISIG R
- [A] GB 2022556 A 19791219 - MOLINS MACHINE CO INC
- [A] DE 2251108 A1 19740522 - JAGENBERG WERKE AG
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0162167 A2 19851127; EP 0162167 A3 19860702; EP 0162167 B1 19890705; CA 1237104 A 19880524; DE 3478854 D1 19890810
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 84306353 A 19840918; CA 464925 A 19841009; DE 3478854 T 19840918