Sheet processing machine and method for driving at least one tool of a sheet processing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11485035-B2
Application number	US-202017601943-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2020
Priority date	Nov 15, 2019
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a sheet processing machine ( 01 ), comprising at least one infeed unit ( 200 ) and at least one shaping unit ( 300 ) and at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ), wherein the sheet processing machine ( 01 ) comprises at least one drive ( 1001 ), wherein the at least one drive ( 1001 ) is configured to drive at least one stripping tool ( 402; 403 ) of at least one stripping mechanism ( 401 ) of the at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) of at least one multiple-up separating mechanism ( 501 ) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ) via at least one gear mechanism ( 1007 ), wherein at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is arranged downstream from the at least one gear mechanism ( 1007 ), wherein the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is coupled to the at least one stripping tool ( 402; 403 ) of the at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and/or to the at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ), wherein the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is configured to convert at least one rotative movement into at least one reciprocating movement, wherein the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is configured as a disk cam mechanism ( 1019 ). The invention likewise relates to a further sheet processing machine ( 01 ) and to a method for driving at least one tool ( 402; 403; 502 ) of a sheet processing machine ( 01 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sheet processing machine ( 01 ), comprising at least one infeed unit ( 200 ) and at least one shaping unit ( 300 ) and at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ), the sheet processing machine ( 01 ) comprising at least one drive ( 1001 ), the at least one drive ( 1001 ) being configured to drive at least one stripping tool ( 402 ; 403 ) of at least one stripping mechanism ( 401 ) of the at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) of at least one multiple-up separating mechanism ( 501 ) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ) using at least one drive gear mechanism ( 1007 ) and at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ), the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) being arranged downstream from the at least one drive gear mechanism ( 1007 ), the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) being coupled to the at least one stripping tool ( 402 ; 403 ) of the at least one stripping unit ( 400 ) and to the at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ), the at least one drive gear mechanism ( 1007 ) being configured having at least first and second spur gears, the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) being configured to convert at least one rotative movement into at least one reciprocating movement, the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) being configured as at least one disk cam mechanism ( 1019 ), the at least one drive gear mechanism and the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) being contained in a housing ( 1014 ).

2. The sheet processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) comprises at least one scanning lever ( 1024 ) and at least one cam disk ( 1023 ), and wherein the at least one scanning lever ( 1024 ) of the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is configured to be one of at least reciprocatingly movable and to move reciprocatingly.

3. The sheet processing machine according to claim 1 , one of wherein the at least one stripping mechanism ( 401 ) comprises at least one first stripping tool ( 402 ) configured as at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ) and at least one second stripping tool ( 403 ) configured as at least one lower stripping tool ( 403 ), and wherein the at least one multiple-up separating mechanism ( 501 ) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit ( 500 ) comprises at least one first separating tool ( 502 ), which is arranged above, in a vertical direction (V), and which is configured as an upper multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ), and at least one second separating tool, which is arranged beneath the first separating tool and which is configured as a lower multiple-up separating tool.

4. The sheet processing machine according to claim 3 , wherein the upper stripping tool ( 402 ) is coupled to the at least one transmitting element ( 1028 ) via at least one movement converter ( 1031 ).

5. The sheet processing machine according to claim 4 , one of wherein the at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ) is configured as one of at least one gear mechanism and as at least one joint ( 1031 ; 1032 ), and wherein the at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ) is coupled via at least one transmitting shaft ( 1033 ) to the at least one stripping mechanism ( 401 ) and wherein the at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ) is coupled via at least one transmitting shaft ( 1033 ) to the at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ), and wherein at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is eccentrically arranged as the at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ), and wherein the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is arranged to be one of pivotable and to pivot about the respective assigned at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ), and wherein the at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ) is configured as one of an upper movement converter ( 1031 ) and as a lower movement converter ( 1032 ).

6. The sheet processing machine according to claim claim 3 , wherein the sheet processing machine ( 01 ) comprises one of at least one vertical transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ) and at least one horizontal transmitting element ( 1028 ; 1029 ), the at least one horizontal transmitting element ( 1028 ) being configured having at least one horizontal upper transmitting element, the at least one one horizontal transmitting element ( 1029 ) being configured having at least one horizontal lower transmitting element ( 1029 ), and wherein the at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ) is coupled to the at least one horizontal upper transmitting element ( 1028 ) via at least one upper movement converter ( 1031 ).

7. The sheet processing machine according to claim 3 , one of wherein the at least one first stripping tool ( 402 ), which is configured as the at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ), wherein the at least one multiple-up separating tool unit ( 500 ), which is configured as the at least one upper multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) and the at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ) and the at least one upper multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) are coupled to the at least one joint transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1028 ), and wherein the at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ) and the at least one upper multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ) are coupled to the at least one drive ( 1001 ) via the at least one joint transmitting element ( 1028 ) configured as the upper transmitting element ( 1028 ), and wherein at least one of the transmitting elements ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) coupled to the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) is configured as at least one upper transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1028 ), and the at least one upper transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1028 ) is coupled to the at least one upper stripping tool ( 402 ) and to the at least one upper multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ).

8. The sheet processing machine according to claim 1 , one of wherein at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is arranged between the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) and the at least one stripping tool ( 402 ; 403 ) and wherein the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is arranged between the at least one downstream gear mechanism ( 1019 ) and the at least one multiple-up separating tool ( 502 ).

9. The sheet processing machine according to claim 8 , one of wherein the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is configured to carry out at least one reciprocating movement, and wherein the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is arranged on an operator side of the sheet processing machine ( 01 ) and on a drive side of the sheet processing machine ( 01 ), and wherein the drive side and the operator side of the sheet processing machine ( 01 ) are arranged parallel to a transport direction (T) of sheets ( 02 ) and opposite one another with respect to a transport path of sheets ( 02 ), and wherein the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1027 ; 1028 ; 1029 ) is configured as one of a beam and a rod.

10. The sheet processing machine according to claim 9 , one of wherein the at least one stripping mechanism ( 401 ) is coupled to the at least one transmitting element ( 1028 ; 1029 ) via at least one movement converter ( 1031 ; 1032 ), and wherein the at least one multiple-up separating mechanism ( 501 ) is coupled to the at least one transmitting element ( 1026 ; 1028 ) via at least one movement converter ( 1031

Assignees

• Koenig & Bauer Ag

Inventors

• Soria Perujo Jose Luis
• Ollé Sergi

Classifications

• B26F1/40 Primary

  using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general B30B) · CPC title

• B26D7/1818 Primary

  by pushing out · CPC title

• B65H7/14

  by photoelectric feelers or detectors · CPC title

• B65H3/66

  Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation · CPC title

• B65H2701/1131

  of sheets · CPC title