Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Patent
1987-05-29
1988-07-19
Eickholt, Eugene H.
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
364470, 271259, B65H 3902
Patent
active
047579846
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a collator having a variable raceway jam fault detection arrangement. A plurality of hoppers are arranged in an array, each adapted to feed signatures onto a raceway having a moving chain. The chain has spaced apart chain pins, the distance therebetween defining signature feed locations. A plurality of jam detector switches are located along the raceway and are adapted to detect a signature jam, e.g., a signature overlying a chain pin. A controller monitors each of the jam switches. The operator enters into the controller a desired rejection pattern for each of the jam switches separately. When a jam switch is tripped, the controller (i) identifies which jam switch was tripped, (ii) recalls the reject pattern for that jam switch, (iii) marks and tracks the assemblages in the recalled reject pattern as they proceed down the raceway, and (iv) enables a reject gate to reject the assemblages commensurate with the reject pattern recalled as the marked assemblages reach the reject gate. The hoppers downstream of the location of the tripped jam switch are disabled from feeding signatures to assemblages marked for rejection.
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Ent Stephen M.
Rowe Thomas A.
AM International Incorporated
Eickholt Eugene H.
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