GB1581544A

GB1581544A – Sheet stacking apparatus
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GB1581544A – Sheet stacking apparatus
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Sheet stacking apparatus

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GB1581544A

GB1581544A
GB27101/76A
GB2710176A
GB1581544A
GB 1581544 A
GB1581544 A
GB 1581544A
GB 27101/76 A
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Masson Scott Thrissell Engineering Ltd

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1976-06-29
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1977-06-21
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1977-06-29
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1977-06-29
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B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles

B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams

B65H29/6609—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream

B65H29/6618—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream upon transfer from a first conveyor to a second conveyor advancing at slower speed

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H31/00—Pile receivers

B65H31/30—Arrangements for removing completed piles

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H31/00—Pile receivers

B65H31/32—Auxiliary devices for receiving articles during removal of a completed pile

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H33/00—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles

B65H33/12—Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles by creating gaps in the stream

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs

B65H2301/40—Type of handling process

B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles

B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles

B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports

B65H2301/42252—Vehicles, e.g. carriage, truck

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs

B65H2301/40—Type of handling process

B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles

B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles

B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports

B65H2301/42256—Pallets; Skids; Platforms with feet, i.e. handled together with the stack

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means

B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs

B65H2701/17—Nature of material

B65H2701/176—Cardboard

Description

PATENT SPECIFICATION
( 11) 1 581 544 ( 21) Application No 27101/76 ( 22) Filed 29 June 1976 ( 23) Complete Specification filed 24 June 1977 ( 44) Complete Specification published 17 Dec 1980 ( 51) INT CL 3 B 65 H 29/66 // 29/60 31/30 31/32 ( 52) Index at acceptance B 8 R 484 491 501 611 632 671 SC ( 72) Inventors BERNARD ALBERT GRAVES JOHN EDWARD MOCKETT ( 54) IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO SHEET STACKING APPARATUS ( 71) We, MASSON Sco TT THRISSELL ENGINIERING LIMITED, a British Company, of 2, Evelyn Street, Deptford, London, SE 8 5 DH, do hereby declare this invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly des-
cribed in and by the following statement:-
This invention concerns improvements in or relating to sheet stacking apparatus for use, for example, in receiving sheets of paper from a cutter.
Such a stacking apparatus (otherwise termed «layboy») is required to receive sheets in succession at high speed and to assemble the sheets into a regular stack without damage To enable this to be accomplished it is normal for the sheets to be decelerated and overlapped («shingled») prior to stacking.
Provision has to be made for removal of the stack of sheets when it contains a desired number of sheets, but it must be possible for such removal to be effected without undue interruption in the feed of sheets towards the stacking apparatus as such interruptions affect the economies of sheet production Where relatively small stacks are to be formed and because stack removal occurs at short intervals, it is known to provide two or more stacking devices which are used in sequence so that when a stack of suitable size has been completed in one device, that stack may be removed, while the flow of sheets is directed to another of the stacking devices.
In such stacking devices, the sheets are commonly fed along a substantially horizontal path to the vicinity of the stack being formed and are projected by feed rollers or belts into a space above the growing stack so that they travel freely across said space to strike a stop member (termed a «backboard») and fall on to the stack.
The speed of projection of the sheets and the distance they have to fall on to the stack are both significant factors in obtaining good stack formation To avoid variation of said distance, the stack being formed is usually carried on a vertically movable 50 platform at a rate corresponding to the rate of increase of stack height.
It is usual to provide means for counting the number of sheets being fed, such means being placed before the position at which 55 the sheets are overlapped When the required number of sheets to form a stack have been counted, a diverter is operated to divert a few sheets away from the normal feed path so as to form a gap in the 60 flow of sheets This permits an auxiliary support to be moved temporarily into an operative position above the platform to receive the sheets while a stack of sheets already formed on the latter is removed 65 However, the correct operation of such an auxiliary support is difficult to achieve in the time available, which is dependent upon the size of the gap created in the flow of sheets (and hence the number of sheets 70 diverted) and the speed at which the latter are being fed.
According to the present invention there is provided sheet stacking apparatus comprising a stop member, a first conveyor ar 75 ranged to carry a succession of sheets spaced apart in their direction of travel, a second conveyor arranged to receive said sheets from said first conveyor and carry them to a delivery position, the downstream end of 80 the second conveyor being horizontally spaced upstream from said stop member, and with sufficient velocity to travel into engagement with said stop member, first means for driving said first and second con 85 veyors so that said second conveyor travels at a slower speed than that of said first conveyor, and said sheets on transfer to said second conveyor are brought into overlapping relationship, a movable platform below 90 1 581 544 the space between said second conveyor and said stop member and on to which sheets are fed in succession to form a stack, hoisting means -for raising and lowering said platform, and further drive means adapted to be connected to and disconnected from said second conveyor, wherein said first drive means is operated to decelerate said first and second conveyors in unison, said further drive means is arranged to be connected for a predetermined period of time to said second conveyor after such deceleration to cause the latter to accelerate to a speed higher than that of said first conveyor, and to be disconnected from said second conveyor after said predetermined period of time has elapsed, to cause said second conveyor to decelerate to the speed attained on completion of the ‘deceleration of said first conveyor.
The apparatus according to the invention may further comprise means for diverting sheets from said first conveyor and control means for initiating operation of said diverting means when a selected number of sheets has reached said second conveyor, wherein said control means is so arranged that said diverting means is operated to divert sheets from said first conveyor when said second conveyor has been accelerated to a predetermined speed by said further drive means.
and so that said diverting means ceases to operate after a predetermined number of sheets has been diverted from said first conveyor.
Preferably said apparatus further comprises an auxiliary support movable horizontally between an operative position, in the path of and above said platform, and an inoperative position completely clear of said path, means fo rmoving said auxiliary support between said operative and inoperative positions, detector means in’ the vicinity of said delivery position for sensing the passage of the last sheet of said selected number, means under control of said detector means for initiating operation of said hoisting means to lower said platform, and means for initiating operation of said moving means to move said auxiliary support to said operative position as soon as said hoisting means has lowered said platform to a position such that the top of the stack formed on said platform is below the level of said auxiliary support.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing which is a diagrammatic view, in elevation, of a sheet stacking apparatus.
A succession’ of sheets of paper or board, spaced apart in their direction of travel, are fed to a -first conveyor 1 which comprises upper belts 2 and lower belts’ 3, 4, the sheets being carried in conventional manner between the upper and lower belts The belts are supported on rollers as shown, and the belt 4 is driven, via a roller 5 and a gear box 7, by a motor 6, the belts 2, 3 being 70 driven from ‘roller 5 in known manner.
Positioned in the gap between adjacent ends of the belts 3, 4 is a diverter 8 of any known type which is operated at certain times, as will be explained later, to divert 75 sheets away from the conveyor 1 into a waste box 9.
From the conveyor 1 the sheets are fed onto a second conveyor 10 which comprises upper belts 11 and lower belts 12, the latter 80 terminating, at the right-hand end thereof, at a roller 13 which is driven from the motor 6 through the gear box 7 and a variable ratio gear box 14 The arrangement is such that the conveyor 10 is driven at a slower 85 speed than that of conveyor 1 so that the sheets are brought into overlapping relationship (shingled) in known manner as they are fed onto conveyor 10 The variable ratio gear box 14 enables the speed of the 90 conveyor 10 to be changed, relative to that of the conveyor 1, so that the amount by which the sheets are overlapped may be controlled.
A further motor 60 is also provided which ( 5 may be selectively connected to and disconnected from the roller 13, by means of a clutch (not shown) At certain times (e g.
when a completed stack is removed from the machine and a new one started) the 100 drive to roller 13, and hence conveyor 10, from motor 6, is disconnected by means of a further clutch (not shown), and the conveyor driven by the motor 60 so that it is running at a higher speed than the con 105 veyor 1.
From conveyor 10 the sheets are fed between a pair of cooperating rollers 15 and on leaving the nip of these rollers each sheet travels to the right above a stack S, in the I ( 1 course of formation, until’ it strikes a backboard 16, whereupon the sheet falls on top of the stack The stack is formed on a platform 17, which is carried on lugs 17 a attached to chains 18 which are used to I l s raise and lower the platform 17 in the usual way The platform 17 comprises a pallet 19 supported on a trolley 20 During stack formation the platform 17 is lowered a short distance at a time, under the control of a 12 ( O stack height sensor 40 (which may be of the photo-electric or capacitative type) so that the top of the stack S is maintained at optimum spacing below the path of the sheets from rollers 15 to the backboard 16 12 S So that the stack S may be removed from ‘the machine when it is completed and a new stack formed, without having to stop the machine, an auxiliary support in the form of a horizontally slidable grill 21 is 1 ( 1 581 544 provided at a, level a little below that at which the top of the growing stack of sheets is normally maintained The grill 21 consists of a beam 22 in which is supported one end of each of a number of long bars 23 which are spaced apart across the width of the machine, and which is moved between an inoperative position (shown in-full lines in the drawing) and an operative position (shown in t O O chain-dot line) by means of chains 24 (only one of which is visible in the drawing) attached to each end of the beam 22 Each bar 23 is also supported by a separate wheel mounted on a fixed part (not shown) of the apparatus The sequence of operations for removing a completed stack and starting the formation of a new one will now be described.
-As the sheets are being fed by the belts 2, 3 they are counted -by a counter 25, of any known form, and when the count reaches a predetermined number less than the number of sheets required to complete the stack, the conveyors 1,- 10 and the rollers 15 are 2-5 decelerated until they reach a minimum speed such that proper feeding and stacking of the sheets is maintained When the count reaches the required number of sheets, the counter 25 triggers a delay device (not shown) and when the last sheet to be counted reaches the conveyor 10 the diverter 8 is operated to divert the succeeding few sheets into the waste box 9 At the same time the conveyor 10 is accelerated, relative to the conveyor 1, by disconnecting the drive from motor 6 and connecting the drive from motor 60 When a predetermined number of sheets have been diverted into the box 9, the diverter 8 is operated so that the sheets are again fed onto’ conveyor 10 which, at the same time is decelerated, relative to conveyor 1, until it reaches its former speed again The diverting of some ‘sheets to the box 9 creates a gap in the flow of sheets on the conveyor 10, which is made larger, without having to divert more sheets, by the sheets on conveyor 10 being fed faster, relative to those on conveyor 1, during the time when sheets are being diverted.
-50 Sheets continue to be fed onto the top of the stack S as described above, and when the trailing edge of the last sheet to be fed onto stack S passes a photo-electric detector 26 the latter causes the chains 18 to ‘be driven so that the platform 17 starts to move downwards continuously When the top’ of the now completed stack of sheets passes a photo-electric detector 27 the chains 24 are driven so that the grill 21 is moved to to the right from the’ full -line position to the chain-dot position When the ‘grill 21 has reached ‘the extent’ of its movement to the ‘right, which’ is’ detected by a limit switch 28, the conveyors 1, 10 and rollers ( 5 1 ‘5 are ‘accelerated to the normal running speed of the machine, and the next stack of sheets starts to accumulate on top of the grill 21.
The platform continues downwards until it operates a switch 29 which causes the 7 () rate of descent to decrease and the trolley comes to rest on the floor in position P 1.
The arrival of the trolley at this position is detected by a switch 30 The chains 18 continue their movement until the lugs 17 a dis 75 engage from the trolley 20, when they are stopped.
The trolley 20 is now moved to the right to an unloading position P 2 As the trolley is moved to this position, a further trol ( ley 31, carrying an unloaded pallet 31 a, is moved from a waiting position P 3 to the position PI, below the grill 21, where its presence is detected by a switch 32, and which causes the drive to the chains 18 to 85 be energised so that the lugs 17 a engage in the trolley 31 and start to raise it The trolley 31 is raised until the top of the pallet 31 a is’ a short distance below the level of the grill 21, at which time the trolley 90 operates a switch 34 and the raising of the trolley is stopped Sheets continue to be delivered during the lowering of the trolley and the raising of trolley 31, so that by the time the trolley 31 is stopped just below 9-5 grill 21, a small stack of sheets has accumulated on the grill, and when the top of this small stack reaches the normal level of the stack top, the drive to the chains 24 is energised to move the grill 21 to its inopera 1 ( 00 tive (full line) position, the small stack falling onto the pallet 31 a carried on the trollay 31 As sheets continue to be delivered to the top of the stack, the trolley 31 descends slowly, as requited, to maintain the top of 105 the stack at the correct level The presence of the grill in the inoperative position is detected by a limit switch 35.
Just prior to arriving at the unloading position P 2, the trolley 20 operates a switch E 1 l 36 which causes the trolley to slow down and it is brought to rest at position P 2 when it operates a limit switch 37 The pallet 19 and stack of sheets are removed from, and a new pallet put onto, the trolley 20, which 115 is then moved to the waiting position P 3.
Alternatively the new pallet may be put onto the trolley whilst it is at position P 3.
However, this movement is inhibited until the trolley 31 operates a switch 38 whilst it 120 is being raised as described above, the switch being positioned so that there is sufficient room for the’ trolley’ 20 to pass beneath the trolley 30 Arrival of the trolley at position P 3 is detected by a switch 125 39 Whilst a trolley is being lowered during formation of a stack it operates’ the switch 38 and, if the’ empty trolley is still at position P 2 normal machine operations are in l 30 1 581 544 hibited in a predetermined way (e g the diverter 8 may be operated so that all the sheets being fed to conveyor 1 are diverted into the box 9) If the empty trolley is at position P 3 the operation of the machine is not affected.
The sequence of operations set out above is accomplished automatically, and the various switches and detectors mentioned are provided to ensure that each of the several steps of operation should not be initiated unless and until the correct condition is reached.
Although, as described above, the gap in the flow of sheets is created by firstly diverting some sheets to the box 9 and then accelerating the speed of conveyor 10 relative to that of conveyor 1, it should be noted that the required gap could be created without the need to divert any sheets to the box 9 This may be accomplished by suitably choosing the respective speeds of the conveyors 1 and 10, during the time in which they are being decelerated and accelerated.
The auxiliary support 21 may also be omitted if desired by making the gap created in the flow of sheets large enough so as to give enough time, e g whilst no sheets are being fed onto a stack by the rollers 15, to remove a completed stack and start the formation of a new one on the platform 17.
In this instance especially, the respective speeds of the conveyors 1, 10 may need to be such that the conveyor 1 is stopped prior to the speed of the conveyor 10 being accelerated on the latter being connected to the motor 60.
In the instance where the auxiliary support 21 is omitted the starting of a new stack is different from that described above in that, after a completed stack has been removed from the machine, a new trolley, carrying an unloaded pallet, is raised from position Pl until the top of the pallet reaches a position such that the sheets for forming the next stack are fed directly on to the pallet instead of onto the bars 23 as previously described.
It should of course be noted that the operation of the machine in forming the rest of the stack on the platform 17 and the removal of a completed stack is the same as described above, regardless of whether or not the diverter 8 and/or the auxiliary support 21 are used.

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WHAT WE CLAIM IS:

1 Sheet stacking apparatus comprising a stop member, a first conveyor arranged to carry a succession of sheets spaced apart in their direction of travel, a second conveyor arranged to receive sheets from said first conveyor and carry them to a delivery position, the downstream end of the second conveyor being horizontally spaced upstream from said stop member, and with sufficient velocity to travel into engagement with said stop member, first means for driving said 70 first and second conveyors so that said second conveyor travels at a slower speed than that of said first conveyor, and said sheets on transfer to said second conveyor are brought into overlapping relationship, a 75 movable platform below the space between said second conveyor and said stop member and on to which sheets are fed in succession to form a stack, hoisting means for raising and lowering said platform, and fur 80 ther drive means adapted to be connected to and disconnected from said second conveyor, wherein said first drive means is operable to decelerate said first and second conveyors in unison, said further drive 85 means is arranged to be connected for a predetermined period of time to said second conveyor after such deceleration to cause the latter to accelerate to a speed higher than that of said first conveyor, 90 and to be disconnected from said second conveyor, after such predetermined period of time has elapsed, to cause said second conveyor to decelerate to the speed attained on completion of the deceleration of said 95 first conveyor.

2, Evelyn Street.
Deptford, London SE 8 5 DH, Agent for the Applicants.
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by The Tweeddale Press Ltd Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1980.
Published at the Patent Office 25 Southampton Buildings London, WC 2 A l AY, from which copiec may be obtained.
2 Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for diverting sheets from said first conveyor and control means for initiating operation of said divert 100 ing means when a selected number of sheets has reached said second conveyor, wherein said control means is so arranged that said diverting means is operated to divert sheets from said first conveyor when said second 105 conveyor has been accelerated to a predetermined speed by said further drive means and so that said diverting means ceases to operate after a predetermined number of sheets has been diverted from said first con 110 veyor.
3 Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 further comprising an auxiliary support movable horizontally between an operative position, in the path of and above said platform, IS and an inoperative position completely clear of said path, means for moving said auxiliary support between said operative and inoperative positions, detector means in the vicinity of said delivery position for sensing the pas 120 sage of the last shreet of said selected number, means under control of said detector means for initiating operation of said hoisting means to lower said platform, and means for initiating operation of said moving 125 means to move said auxiliary support to its operative position as soon as said hoisting means has lowered said platform to a position such that the top of the stack formed on said platform is below the level 130 1 581 544 of said auxiliary support.
4 Apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which said platform includes a trolley and said hoisting means includes a plurality of chains each having a lug fixed thereto, said lugs being engageable with and disengageable from said trolley, wherein said hoisting means is operated to engage said lugs with said trolley to raise the latter to a position at which sheets are fed to commence the formation of a stack thereon, to lower said trolley while a selected number of sheets are so fed, and thereafter to lower said trolley to a position such that said lugs are disengageable 15 from said trolley to permit the latter to be moved away from the machine.
Sheet stacking apparatus substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawing.
DENNIS M WHITSON Chartered Patent Agent.

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Sheet stacking apparatus

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1976-06-29
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Sheet stacking apparatus

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US4111411A
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Sheet stacking apparatus

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