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EP0551601B1 - Dispositif et procédé pour l'alimentation spécialement de produits imprimés pliés vers un autre poste de travail - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour l'alimentation spécialement de produits imprimés pliés vers un autre poste de travail Download PDF

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EP0551601B1
EP0551601B1 EP92120375A EP92120375A EP0551601B1 EP 0551601 B1 EP0551601 B1 EP 0551601B1 EP 92120375 A EP92120375 A EP 92120375A EP 92120375 A EP92120375 A EP 92120375A EP 0551601 B1 EP0551601 B1 EP 0551601B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/54—Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting or depositing of sheets or webs
    • 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
    • B65H29/669—Advancing articles in overlapping streams ending an overlapping 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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H29/24—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by air blast or suction apparatus
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H83/00—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such
    • B65H83/02—Combinations of piling and depiling operations, e.g. performed simultaneously, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling as such performed on the same pile or stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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
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    • B65H2301/4473—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact
    • B65H2301/44732—Belts, endless moving elements on which the material is in surface contact transporting articles in overlapping 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
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for feeding preferably folded printed products to a further processing point according to the preamble of claim 1 and claim 5.
  • the supplied printed products in the transfer area are inserted directly into the passing open grippers of the conveyor by the feed conveyor.
  • the conveying direction of the conveyer runs from bottom to top and transversely to the conveying direction of the supplied printed products.
  • GB-A-2,205,819 and GB-A-1,036,346 devices for feeding printers with individual, unprinted products are known.
  • these products are peeled periodically from a stack adjacent to the printer (GB-A-2,205,819) or periodically separated from a roll of paper adjacent to the printer (GB-1,036,346) and then stacked in a scale formation in which each product rests on the leading product.
  • This scale formation in which the distances between successive products are approximately the same, is guided around a deflection drum and then conveyed against a stop defining a stacking point.
  • an intermediate stack of a given, essentially constant height is formed on a fixed table, from the top of which the products are lifted off by means of a suction mechanism and individually fed directly to the feed of the printer.
  • the present invention is based on the object of creating a method and a device of the type mentioned at the outset which allow the printed products to be fed to a further processing point in the desired sequence with the least possible design outlay, regardless of the quality of the shed format supplied.
  • FIGS. 1-3 A first embodiment of a device according to the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1-3.
  • This device has a first conveyor device 1, which delivers folded printed products 2 in a scale formation S.
  • each printed product rests on the subsequent product 2.
  • the trailing edge 2a of the printed products 2 lies in the scale formation S at the top.
  • this trailing edge of the folded printed products 2 is formed by the folded edge 2a.
  • the open side edge 2b opposite this fold edge 2a accordingly forms the leading edge.
  • the conveyor device 1 has a belt conveyor 3 and an apron conveyor 4 connected downstream of this.
  • the apron conveyor 4 is formed by a number of round aprons 5 (FIG. 2) which run parallel to one another and at a distance from one another and are guided over deflection rollers 6 and 7, of which one deflection roller is driven.
  • the belt conveyor 3 and the apron conveyor 4 can have the same or different conveying speeds.
  • the deflecting rollers 6, 7 are rotatably mounted in two arms 8, 9 (FIG. 2) running parallel to one another.
  • the apron conveyor 4 is designed as a rocker which can be pivoted about the axis 6 'of the deflection roller 6 and is supported on a piston-cylinder unit 10 which is only shown schematically in FIG. 1. By means of the latter, the pivoting position of the apron conveyor 4 is set in a manner to be described.
  • a stop 11 which has a number of stop fingers 12 (FIG. 2) which are arranged at a distance from one another and each extend between two round aprons 5.
  • a conveyor roller 13 is provided in front of the stop 11, which extends transversely to the conveying direction A and rests on the scale formation S.
  • This conveyor roller 13 is rotatably supported on both ends in an arm 14 or 15 by means of bearings 16, 17 (FIG. 2).
  • the arms 14, 15 are in turn mounted on a shaft 18 at the other end, by means of self-aligning bearings 19, 20.
  • the shaft 18 passes through the arms 14, 15 of the strappy conveyor 4 and is supported in bearing parts 21, 22 which are attached to the arms 14 or 15 are attached (Fig. 2).
  • the shaft 18 is supported by bearings 23 and 24.
  • At one end of the shaft 18 there is a gearwheel 25 which is driven by a drive, not shown, via a drive chain 26.
  • This gear 25 meshes with a gear 27 which is firmly seated on an extension 13a of the conveyor roller 13.
  • the conveyor roller 13 is thus driven in a rotating manner in the direction of the arrow T (FIG. 3).
  • the conveyor roller 13 which exerts a conveying effect on the printed products 2 can adapt to the changing height of the scale formation S thanks to its oscillating mounting. Since the two bearing arms 14, 15 for the conveying roller 13 are pivoted independently of one another, as described, the conveying roller 13 can also adapt if differences in thickness occur in the scale formation S in a direction transverse to the conveying direction A.
  • a stacking point 28 is defined between the conveyor roller 13 and the stop 11, at which the printed products 2 are stacked to form an intermediate stack 29.
  • a support plate 30 (FIG. 2) is arranged below the round apron 5, by means of which it is prevented that the round aprons 5 can bend under the weight of the intermediate stack 29.
  • the printed products 2 are pushed into the intermediate stack 29 from below by the apron conveyor 4.
  • the driven conveyor roller 13 supports the insertion of the printed products 2 into the intermediate stack 29.
  • the stop 11 slows the feed movement of the printed products 2.
  • a height monitoring arrangement is shown purely schematically, the z. B. can be designed as a light barrier.
  • This height monitoring arrangement 31 is connected to a control arrangement, not shown, which controls the cylinder-piston unit 10 and thus the swivel position of the apron conveyor 4.
  • This height monitoring arrangement 31 ensures that the upper side 29a of the intermediate stack 29 is always at approximately the same level H. This is achieved in that when the height of the intermediate stack 29 changes, the apron conveyor 4 is pivoted upwards or downwards by means of the piston-cylinder unit 10 in order to keep the stack top 29a at the desired height H.
  • apron conveyor 4 there is a second conveyor device 32 which has individually controllable grippers 33, which are attached at regular intervals to an endless chain, not shown, which is guided in a chain channel 34.
  • the chain and thus also the grippers 33 rotate in the direction of arrow B (FIG. 1).
  • Each gripper 33 has a support element 35 fastened to the chain, on which a clamping plate 36 and two clamping fingers 37 cooperating therewith are pivotably mounted.
  • the two clamping fingers 37 arranged at a distance from one another are under the action of a closing spring 38 which presses the clamping finger 37 against the clamping plate 36 and thus keeps the gripper 33 closed.
  • the two closing springs 38 are arranged on a bolt 39 which is mounted in the support element 35 and about the longitudinal axis of which the clamping plate 36 can be freely pivoted together with the associated clamping fingers 37.
  • a control arm 40 is connected to each clamping finger 37 and carries a control roller 41 at its end.
  • the clamping plates 36 are provided with a shoulder 36a, which is directed backwards in the conveying direction B and is intended to interact with a positioning link 42.
  • an opening link 43 is used, which cooperates with the control roller 41 and causes the clamping fingers 37 to be lifted off the clamping plate 36 against the force of the closing springs 38.
  • a suction device arrangement In order to bring the printed products 2 from the intermediate stack 29 into the conveying area F of the conveying device 32, ie into the movement path of the opened grippers 33, a suction device arrangement, generally designated 44, is provided.
  • This has two suction heads 45 and 46 arranged at a distance from one another (FIG. 2), each of which is fastened to a tubular support arm 47.
  • a connecting hose 48 is connected to each support arm and is connected to a vacuum source, not shown, which can be switched on and off periodically.
  • Each support arm 47 is further connected to a drive 49 only partially shown in FIG. 2, which will be explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. By means of this drive 49, the suction heads 45, 46 are moved along a closed, approximately pear-shaped orbit 50.
  • these orbits 50 run to the side of the conveyor 32.
  • Each orbit 50 runs upwards from a takeover point 51, which is located on the top of the stack 29a in the area of the trailing fold edge 2a of the printed products 2, to a delivery point 52 and then on upwards and in a loop back to the transfer point 51.
  • the suction heads 45, 46 are connected to the vacuum source. This means that the uppermost printed product 2 'in the intermediate stack 29 in the area of the fold 2a is gripped by the suction heads 45, 46 and taken upwards into the conveying area F of the conveying device 32.
  • the grippers 33 are brought into the suitable pivot position by means of the positioning link 42. How especially out 3 can be seen, the clamping plate 36 with the clamping fingers 37 are pivoted by means of the positioning link 42 during the takeover of the printed products 2, so that a correct gripping of the printed products 2 in the area of their fold 2a is ensured by the grippers 33.
  • the tubular support arm 47 to which the suction head 45 is attached, is attached to one arm 53a of a two-armed lever 53, the other arm 53b of which is angled relative to the arm 53a.
  • the arm 53b forms the coupling of a crank rocker 54 and is connected to a crank 56 via a joint 55, the joint pin of which is designated 55a.
  • the latter is seated on a shaft 57 which is driven in the direction of arrow D and rotates in a bearing 58 is rotatably mounted.
  • the shaft 57 the longitudinal axis of which is designated 57 ', is driven by a drive device, not shown.
  • the arm 53b of the lever 53 is connected to a rocker arm 60 via a hinge 59, the hinge pin of which is designated 59a.
  • the latter is attached to a shaft 61 which is freely rotatably mounted in a bearing 62.
  • the longitudinal axis of this shaft 61 is designated 61 '.
  • the rocker 60 With the crank 56 rotating, the rocker 60 is pivoted back and forth between two end positions, which are shown in broken lines in FIG. 4 and form an angle ⁇ .
  • the two end positions of the rocker arm 60 are designated by the positions of the pivot pin 59a, designated 59a ′ and 59a ′′.
  • the suction head 45 is now moved upward from the takeover point 51 along the section 50a of the orbit 50 to the delivery point 52.
  • the suction head 45 is connected to the vacuum source between the take-over point 51 and the delivery point 52 and takes a printed product 2 with it. After switching off the vacuum source, the printed product is released.
  • the suction head 45 is moved further in the direction of arrow C along the orbit 50 until it arrives at the takeover point 51, where the next printed product 2 is detected. It is obvious that the orbit 50 is selected such that the suction head 45 runs around the printed product 2 after it has been released, so that the gripper 33 grips the printed product by the suction head movement is not affected.
  • the printed products 2 fed in by the belt conveyor 3 in scale formation S are conveyed with the folded edge 2a to the stacking point 28 and are inserted there at the bottom with the support of the conveying roller 13 into the intermediate stack 29.
  • the uppermost printed product 2 in the intermediate stack 29 is captured by the suction heads 45, 46 in the region of the folded edge 2a and lifted upwards from the intermediate stack 29.
  • the folded edge 2a is brought into the path of movement of the open grippers 33 and clamped between the clamping plate 36 and the clamping fingers 37.
  • the grippers 33 are closed by the closing springs 38 after the control roller 41 has run off the opening link 43.
  • the printed products 2 gripped by the grippers 33 are then completely lifted off the intermediate stack 29 and guided upwards to a further processing point (not shown).
  • the open side edge 2b of the printed products 2 leading in the supplied scale formation S and covered by the leading printed product is exposed after being taken over by the conveyor device 32, which means that the folded printed products can be opened while they are still being held by the grip
  • the suction arrangement 44 is designed such that the suction heads 45, 46 act on the printed products 2 in the area of the fold 2a as described.
  • the suction arrangement 44 and the conveying device 32 remain the same, but the apron conveyor 4 has to be pivoted about the axis 7 'of the deflecting roller 7 instead of about the axis 6'.
  • stop 11 and conveyor roller 13 are to be exchanged for one another, as is evident from FIG. 1.
  • the gripping and feeding of the printed products 2 into the conveying area F of the grippers 33 is the same as already described with reference to FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 6 is very similar to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1-3 and differs from the latter only in a different configuration of the suction arrangement and the delivery of the printed products 2 from the intermediate stack 29 to the grippers 33 corresponding parts use the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1-3.
  • the device according to FIG. 6 is used to process printed products 2 which assume a different position within the supplied scale formation S than in the scale formation S which is fed to the device according to FIGS. 1-3.
  • each printed product 2 in the scale formation S fed by the belt conveyor 3, each printed product 2 also rests on the subsequent printed product.
  • the leading and thus hidden edges of the printed products 2 in contrast to the scale formation S shown in FIG. 1, formed by the folded edges 2a.
  • the printed products 2 must be grasped by the suction arrangement designated 65 in FIG. 6 in the region of their edge 2a abutting the stop 11.
  • the printed products 2 are not introduced into the grippers 33 with their folded edge 2a, but with their opposite open side edge 2b.
  • the suction arrangement 65 has two suction heads 66 which operate synchronously or at most in push-pull, of which only one suction head is shown in FIG. 6. This is moved by means of a drive to be described in more detail between a takeover point 67, at which it grips a printed product 2, and a delivery point 68, at which the detected product 2 is released, along the movement path designated by 70.
  • the suction head 66 is connected to a vacuum source as described earlier and lifts the uppermost printed product 2 from the intermediate stack 29 and pushes it back against the conveying direction A in the direction of arrow E against the conveying device 32.
  • a guide element 71 is provided on the edge of the intermediate stack 29 opposite the stop 11, which guides the edge 2b leading when the printed products 2 move back diverted upwards into the mentioned funding area F.
  • the suction head 66 is fastened to a tubular support arm 72 which is connected via a hose line to a vacuum source, not shown.
  • This support arm 72 is connected to a drive 73 which has a lever 75 with which the support arm 72 is fixedly connected.
  • This lever 75 is connected at both ends via joints 76 and 77 to other levers.
  • the joint 76 the axis of which is designated 76 '
  • the lever 75 is connected to a lever 78 which is fixed in terms of rotation on a shaft 79 with the axis 79', which is pivotably mounted in a bearing 80.
  • Via the other joint 77 with the axis 77 ' the lever 75 is connected to a further lever 81, which is pivotably mounted in a bearing 82.
  • the two-armed lever 81 is connected at the other end via a further joint 83 to the coupling 84 of a crank drive, which is connected to a crank 86 via a joint 85.
  • the latter sits on a shaft 87 with the axis 87 ', which is mounted in a bearing 88 and is connected to a drive, not shown.
  • the crank 86 rotates in the direction of the arrow K.
  • the connecting joint 85 between the crank 86 and the coupling 84 runs along a circular path 89.
  • the lever 81 performs a pivoting movement about the axis 82 'of its bearing 82.
  • the Both end positions of the lever 81 are shown on the one hand with a solid line and on the other hand with a dash-dotted line.
  • the two joints 77 and 83 of the lever 81 move back and forth along the tracks 90 and 91 between points I and II.
  • the lever 78 swings from the position shown with a solid line to the position 78a shown in broken lines and back again, the joint 76 moving back and forth along the path 92 between points I 'and II'.
  • a variant is indicated with dash-dotted lines, comparable to FIG. 1, in which the belt conveyor 3 'conveys the scale formation S' in a direction A 'to the stacking point 28, which is opposite to the conveying direction A of the belt conveyor 3.
  • This variant is used when the folded edge 2a in the supplied scale formation S 'is the trailing, upper edge.
  • the stop 11 and the conveying roller 13 the guide member 71 and the height monitoring arrangement 31 must be exchanged.
  • the apron conveyor 4 must be pivotally mounted about the axis 7a of the deflection roller 7. In contrast, nothing needs to be changed on the suction arrangement 65.
  • FIG. 10 shows a third embodiment of the device according to the invention, which is very similar to the embodiment according to FIG. 6 and differs from it only in a different design of the second conveying device.
  • the conveyor device 93 is formed by two belt conveyors 94 and 95 arranged one above the other, which form a conveyor gap 96 between them.
  • the conveying direction of the conveying device 93 is denoted by L.
  • the uppermost printed product 2 in the intermediate stack 29 is somewhat lifted from the stack 29 by the suction arrangement 65, as described in connection with FIGS. 6-9, and pushed back in the direction of the arrow E.
  • the leading, open edge 2b of the printed products 2 is deflected by the guide member 71 into the inlet 96a of the conveyor gap 96.
  • the printed products 2 are conveyed away again by the conveying device 93 in a scale formation S 1, in which each printed product 2 rests on the subsequent printed product.
  • the leading edge 2 b is formed by the edge which formed the trailing edge in the shingled stream S supplied.
  • the apron conveyor can 4 run approximately horizontally (as shown in FIG. 1) or, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 10, are inclined sloping in the conveying direction.

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  1. Procédé pour introduire des produits imprimés (2), de préférence pliés, disposés en une formation en nappe (S, S') dans un poste de traitement ultérieur, dans lequel les produits imprimés (2) sont amenés par un premier dispositif de transport (1) en une formation en nappe (S, S') présentant éventuellement des irrégularités, dans laquelle chaque produit imprimé (2) repose sur le suivant, les produits étant repris par un deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93) et transférés au poste de traitement ultérieur, caractérisé en ce que les produits imprimés (2) amenés par le premier dispositif de transport (1) sont insérés l'un après l'autre, avant leur prise en charge par le deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93), au bas d'une pile intermédiaire (29), dont la face supérieure (29a) est essentiellement maintenue à une hauteur prédéterminée (H) par descente ou montée de la pile intermédiaire (29) en cas de variation de la hauteur de la pile intermédiaire (29), et en ce que le produit imprimé (2') se trouvant au sommet de la pile intermédiaire (29) est saisi par un dispositif d'aspiration (44, 65) et amené par celui-ci dans la zone de transport (F, 96a) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93).
  2. Procédé suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de produits imprimés (2) pliés, ceux-ci sont saisis par le dispositif d'aspiration (44, 65) dans la zone de leur pli (2a).
  3. Procédé suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les produits imprimés (2) sont saisis dans la zone d'un bord (2a, 2b) et amenés vers le haut dans la zone de transport (F) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32).
  4. Procédé suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les produits imprimés (2) sont saisis dans la zone d'un bord (2a, 2b) et amenés dans la zone de transport (F, 96a) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93) dans une direction (E) opposée à la direction de transport (A) du premier dispositif de transport (1).
  5. Dispositif pour introduire des produits imprimés (2), de préférence pliés, disposés en une formation en nappe (S, S') dans un poste de traitement ultérieur, avec un premier dispositif de transport (1) pour amener les produits imprimés (2) en une formation en nappe (S) présentant éventuellement des irrégularités, dans laquelle chaque produit imprimé (2) repose sur le suivant, et un deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93) pour prendre en charge et transférer au poste de traitement ultérieur les produits imprimés (2) amenés par le premier dispositif de transport (1), caractérisé par un poste d'empilement (28) disposé dans la zone de transport du premier dispositif de transport (1), dans lequel on forme sur un support (4) une pile intermédiaire (29) alimentée par le bas avec les produits imprimés (2) amenés par le premier dispositif de transport (1), par un dispositif de régulation (31, 10) pour faire descendre et monter le support (4) pour la pile intermédiaire (29), en cas de modification de la hauteur de la pile intermédiaire (29), afin de régler la face supérieure (29a) de la pile intermédiaire (29) essentiellement à une hauteur prédéterminée (H), et par un dispositif d'aspiration (44, 65) agissant sur le produit imprimé (2') se trouvant au sommet de la pile intermédiaire (29) pour soulever le produit imprimé (2) respectivement saisi de la pile intermédiaire (29) et pour introduire celui-ci dans la zone de transport (F, 96a) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93).
  6. Dispositif suivant la revendication 5, caractérisé par une butée (11) définissant le poste d'empilement (28), disposée dans la trajectoire de transport du premier dispositif de transport (1), pour les bords avant (2a, 2b) des produits imprimés (2) amenés.
  7. Dispositif suivant la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que le support pour la pile intermédiaire (29) est formé par une bascule (4) pivotant autour d'un axe (6', 7') essentiellement horizontal, qui est reliée à un dispositif de commande (10) commandé par un dispositif de surveillance de la hauteur (31).
  8. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 5-7, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'aspiration (44, 65) présente une tête d'aspiration (45, 46, 66) pouvant se raccorder au moins périodiquement à une source de dépression, qui peut être déplacée au moyen d'un dispositif de commande (49, 73) depuis un poste de prise en charge (51, 67), dans lequel le produit imprimé (2') se trouvant au sommet de la pile intermédiaire (29) est saisi, jusqu'à un poste de déchargement (52, 68), dans lequel le produit (2) saisi est cédé au deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93), et en retour jusqu'au poste de prise en charge (51, 67).
  9. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 5-8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'aspiration (44) agissant dans la zone d'un bord (2a, 2b), de préférence du bord plié (2a), du produit imprimé (2') se trouvant au sommet de la pile intermédiaire (29), soulève vers le haut le produit (2) saisi et l'amène dans la zone de transport (F) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32).
  10. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 5-8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'aspiration (65) agissant dans la zone d'un bord (2a, 2b), de préférence du bord plié (2a), du produit imprimé (2') se trouvant au sommet de la pile intermédiaire (29), amène le produit (2) saisi avec son bord opposé (2b, 2a) vers l'avant hors de la pile intermédiaire (29) dans la zone de transport (F, 96a) du deuxième dispositif de transport (32, 93).
  11. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 5-10, caractérisé en ce que le deuxième dispositif de transport (32) présente des pinces (33) à commande individuelle, qui sont fixées à distances sur un organe de traction en mouvement continu, et en ce que le dispositif d'aspiration (44, 65) amène les produits imprimés (2) saisis avec une zone de bord dans la trajectoire de mouvement des pinces (33) ouvertes.
  12. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 5-10, caractérisé en ce que le deuxième dispositif de transport (93) présente une bande transporteuse, à laquelle est associé, au moins dans la zone d'entrée (96a) des produits imprimés (2) amenés par le dispositif d'aspiration (65), un organe de transport (94) qui forme avec la bande transporteuse (95) une fente de transport (96) pour les produits imprimés (2).
  13. Dispositif suivant la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (49) pour la tête d'aspiration (45, 46) déplace celle-ci dans une direction (C) le long d'une trajectoire fermée (50).
  14. Dispositif suivant la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (49) présente un mécanisme à manivelle et bielle oscillante (54), dont la bielle (53b) présente un bras de prolongement (53a) de préférence coudé, auquel la tête d'aspiration (45, 46) est attachée.
  15. Dispositif suivant la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (73) de la tête d'aspiration (66) déplace celle-ci en va-et-vient entre deux positions (67, 68) essentiellement le long de la même trajectoire (70).
  16. Dispositif suivant la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que la tête d'aspiration (66) est fixée à un levier (75), qui est relié de manière articulée à une extrémité à un levier oscillant (78) supporté de façon basculante et à l'autre extrémité à un autre levier (81), également supporté de façon basculante, qui est couplé à une commande à manivelle (84, 86) entraînant ce dernier en oscillation alternée.
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