Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – Rotary conveyor
Patent
1995-06-19
1997-05-20
Terrell, William E.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
Rotary conveyor
B65H 2920
Patent
active
056305842
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for depositing products. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a device for the overlapping deposit of folded products on a delivery belt which is provided with a guide assembly that will move to create additional space in case the products accumulate in the delivery device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
A device for the overlapping deposit of folded printed products is known from U.S. Pat. No. 2,014,933. The folded printed products are deposited by means of a paddle wheel onto a delivery belt which is located underneath the paddle wheel. A pivotable guide device is provided which, in case of an accumulation of folded printed products between the periphery of the paddle wheel and the guide device, is moved by the accumulating printed products in such a way that an overflow space can be formed. However, it is disadvantageous that this guide device can be disposed only at an end of a delivery belt. Because of this, the guide device pivots out of the conveying area of the delivery belt in case of an accumulation and the released accumulated printed products fall into empty space.
A device for the overlapping deposit of printed products onto a delivery belt located below a paddle wheel is provided with a guide assembly. This guide assembly can be moved away from the periphery of the paddle wheel in such a way that an overflow chamber is created between the periphery of the paddle wheel and the guide assembly. The guide assembly includes a plurality of sheet metal guide plates that extend along one side of the paddle wheel. These sheet metal guide plates are secured by suitable levers carried on pivot shafts. These levers and shafts form a frame that can be shifted away from the paddle wheel to create the overflow chamber.
The product delivery device in accordance with the present following advantages in particular are attained by the invention. Because the sheet metal guide plates of the guide device which is enclosing the paddle wheel on one side pivot away from the paddle wheel, an additional space for receiving the accumulated folded products is formed until such time as the machine can be stopped. Damage to the delivery belt located underneath the paddle wheel is prevented because the sheet metal guide plates pivot away along a curved path. In this way, it is possible to prevent damage to the tongues of the paddle wheel as well as to the sheet metal guide plates surrounding the paddle wheel and also as well to the conveyor belt for deposit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention will be explained in detail below by reference a preferred embodiment. The associated drawings show in:
FIG. 1, a schematic side elevation view of the device in accordance with the present invention during normal production; and
FIG. 2, a representation corresponding to FIG. 1, but with the sheet metal guide plates pivoted out in case of a failure.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
A paddle wheel, identified as a whole by 3, which deposits the folded products 2 in an overlapping manner on a delivery belt 4, is disposed below a conveyor guide, identified by 1 as a whole, which conveys folded products 2 from a folding, not shown.
On its periphery, the paddle wheel 3 has evenly disposed paddles 6, only a few of which are shown. A plurality of paddle wheels 3 are disposed on a driven shaft 5, spaced apart from each other and corresponding to the total width of the folded product. The paddles 6 are made of sheet metal strips, for example, each of whose first or inner end 7 is respectively frictionally and interlockingly connected with a base body 8 of the paddle wheel 3, and whose second or outer end 9 is respectively free-standing and forms, together with the adjoining blade 6, a pocket 11 for receiving and conveying the folded product 2. Adjustable braking devices in the form of tongues 12, which for example may be made of profiled steel, are disposed in the axial direction between the individual paddle wheels 3, and which brake t
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Albert-Frankenthal Aktiengesellschaft
Kelly T.
Terrell William E.
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