WO1996041747A1 - Processing discrete sheets of material - Google Patents
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- WO1996041747A1 WO1996041747A1 PCT/US1996/010150 US9610150W WO9641747A1 WO 1996041747 A1 WO1996041747 A1 WO 1996041747A1 US 9610150 W US9610150 W US 9610150W WO 9641747 A1 WO9641747 A1 WO 9641747A1
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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
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/34—Varying the phase of feed relative to the receiving machine
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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
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/24—Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a pile
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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
- B65H2801/00—Application field
- B65H2801/03—Image reproduction devices
- B65H2801/21—Industrial-size printers, e.g. rotary printing press
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- the present invention relates generally to a system for use hi handling discrete sheets of material and more particularly to a process and system for rapidly processing discrete sheets of material.
- a newspaper printing press is another example of a continuous feed of material (i.e. paper) passing through a printing process, later to be cut into individual sections.
- the present invention provides a process and system wherein shingled discrete sheets of material are supplied to a process.
- the source of the sheets may be a previously cut stack of sheets or a web system sheeter output having discrete sheets cut from a continuous web prior to entry into a process application.
- Shingling (overlapping) sheets of material slows the speed of the material through a process zone. The greater the overlap of the surface area of adjacent sheets the slower the speed will be. For example, an overlap of 50% enables the shingler to supply cards (discrete sheets) to a process zone at the same overall throughput rate as a web but at half the conventional web system speed.
- a higher percentage of overlap allows no loss in feed rate for the overall system, but offers the advantage of cards moving through the process at a slower speed.
- This slower speed is advantageous because many processes work better at slower tracking speeds. For example, paper passing through an ink jet printer may not be printed properly if it is passed through the ink jets at too high a speed. Labelers could also be operated at this lower speed while not capable of operation at full conventional web system rates.
- Figure 1 is a side view of one preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a top view of a shingled stack of material cards of the present invention.
- Figure 3 is a top plan view of another embodiment of the present invention.
- process 20 is a non-contact or a casual contact process, such as a laser, labeler, printer, coater, gluers, etc.
- the source of sheets 12 may be a web sheeter, that is a web of material cut into discrete sheets prior to the process being applied, rather than a stack of sheets as shown in Figure 1.
- FIG. 2 shows an overhead view of a portion of the shingled sheets 16.
- Each individual card or sheet may expose a portion of its surface 24 when shingled. Sensors may be utilized to detect a leading edge 26 of each card to trigger the application of the process 20 onto each card as each card passes a predetermined process application location in the overall system.
- Each individual card need only expose enough area to allow the process 20 to treat
- Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
- a continuous web of material 30 moving at a relatively high speed is . cut into discrete sheets 32.
- the discrete sheets 32 are then forced onto a conveyor 34.
- the sheets may be placed on the
- the sheets 32 preferably overlap a portion of each adjacent sheet on the conveyor 34.
- the conveyor speed is slower than the web speed.
- An exposed portion of each sheet is then conveyed past a process device 36, and a process is performed on the exposed portion while the sheets 32 continue moving through the system.
- a collection device 38 or receiver may be positioned near the conveyor to collect the processed sheets.
- the overlap of adjacent sheets allows the overall system output rate to remain unchanged, yet allows the discrete sheets to move at a slower speed through the process step, when compared to a system having a continuous material web all the way through the process step.
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Priority Applications (7)
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BR9608760A BR9608760A (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Process of carrying out a repetitive process on discrete sheets of material and material processing system |
NZ311427A NZ311427A (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material, shingled sheets overlap each adjacent discrete sheet |
AU62756/96A AU707976B2 (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material |
CA002224266A CA2224266C (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material |
MX9710047A MX9710047A (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material. |
JP9503287A JPH11507902A (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing of individual sheet materials |
EP96921554A EP0833775A4 (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material |
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
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US48935695A | 1995-06-12 | 1995-06-12 | |
US08/489,356 | 1995-06-12 | ||
US54075795A | 1995-10-11 | 1995-10-11 | |
US08/540,757 | 1995-10-11 |
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WO1996041747A1 true WO1996041747A1 (en) | 1996-12-27 |
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PCT/US1996/010150 WO1996041747A1 (en) | 1995-06-12 | 1996-06-11 | Processing discrete sheets of material |
Country Status (8)
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EP (1) | EP0833775A4 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH11507902A (en) |
AU (1) | AU707976B2 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9608760A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2224266C (en) |
MX (1) | MX9710047A (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ311427A (en) |
WO (1) | WO1996041747A1 (en) |
Citations (4)
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US2776831A (en) * | 1953-01-09 | 1957-01-08 | S & S Corrugated Paper Mach | Sheet inverting mechanism |
US3270630A (en) * | 1963-08-21 | 1966-09-06 | Bostitch Inc | Material handling apparatus |
US4601394A (en) * | 1984-05-07 | 1986-07-22 | Xerox Corporation | Zip code sorter for article labeling system |
US4805890A (en) * | 1987-08-06 | 1989-02-21 | Merrill David Martin | Sheet stacking machine |
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EP0346577B1 (en) * | 1988-06-16 | 1991-11-27 | Ferag AG | Device for individually imprinting printing products arriving in a shingled formation |
EP0417620B1 (en) * | 1989-09-13 | 1995-06-21 | Ferag AG | Method and device for handling overlapping printed articles |
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- 1996-06-11 MX MX9710047A patent/MX9710047A/en unknown
- 1996-06-11 BR BR9608760A patent/BR9608760A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-06-11 WO PCT/US1996/010150 patent/WO1996041747A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-06-11 NZ NZ311427A patent/NZ311427A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1996-06-11 JP JP9503287A patent/JPH11507902A/en active Pending
- 1996-06-11 CA CA002224266A patent/CA2224266C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-06-11 EP EP96921554A patent/EP0833775A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1996-06-11 AU AU62756/96A patent/AU707976B2/en not_active Expired
Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2776831A (en) * | 1953-01-09 | 1957-01-08 | S & S Corrugated Paper Mach | Sheet inverting mechanism |
US3270630A (en) * | 1963-08-21 | 1966-09-06 | Bostitch Inc | Material handling apparatus |
US4601394A (en) * | 1984-05-07 | 1986-07-22 | Xerox Corporation | Zip code sorter for article labeling system |
US4805890A (en) * | 1987-08-06 | 1989-02-21 | Merrill David Martin | Sheet stacking machine |
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EP0833775A4 (en) | 1998-09-23 |
AU707976B2 (en) | 1999-07-22 |
AU6275696A (en) | 1997-01-09 |
EP0833775A1 (en) | 1998-04-08 |
CA2224266C (en) | 2003-03-18 |
JPH11507902A (en) | 1999-07-13 |
MX9710047A (en) | 1998-04-30 |
CA2224266A1 (en) | 1996-12-27 |
BR9608760A (en) | 1999-07-06 |
NZ311427A (en) | 1999-07-29 |
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