Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Signature associating
Patent
1980-08-22
1983-02-15
Heinz, A. J.
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Signature associating
198644, 271243, 271261, 271303, B65H 530
Patent
active
043737102
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for high-speed in-line or off-line insertion of newspaper supplements and the like into newspaper jackets is disclosed. In in-line insertion, the jackets are indexed and transported through a sensing station where a diverting conveyor takes any jacket that is sensed to be out of position relative to an assembly conveyor carrying pockets. Each pocket receives a jacket and has a fixed side which precedes a pivotal side in the path of travel. The fixed side and the pivotal side are spaced apart at the bottom of the pocket. Adjustable support bars run continuously underneath the pockets bridging the space between pocket sides and support the jacket and insert. The pockets mechanically spread the jackets as the pockets travel downstream, where an insert feeder impels the bottom insert of a stack of inserts into the open pocket. The initial feeding of a jacket, and later feeding of the insert, are sensed photoelectrically. Failure to feed a jacket causes the insert feeder not to deliver an insert into the empty pocket. Failure to feed an insert into a pocket containing a jacket causes a latching mechanism on the pocket to engage and prevent release of the defective product to a discharge conveyor. Any defective product is carried beyond the discharge point to a reject chute. Off-line insertion feeds jackets into the pockets of the assembly conveyor from the first of a series of insert feeders.
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Conover, Jr. Louis S.
Hansen Kenneth H.
Heinz A. J.
Nolan Systems Inc.
Polumbus Gary M.
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