This application claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. ยง 119, of German Patent Application DE 10 2005 044 707.4, filed Sep. 19, 2005; the prior application is herewith incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to a stitching, stapling or binding apparatus for manufacturing stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples, for stitching stacked sheet materials. The stitching apparatus includes a stitching head basic body with a driver for driving the stitching wire staples into the stacked sheet materials in a downward movement of the driver. A former shapes the stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples. The former is pivoted away during the downward movement of the driver. A wire clamping lever is mounted pivotably in the former.
Such stitching, stapling or binding apparatuses are used, in particular, in gathering and stitching machines for producing gathered and stitched brochures, for instance magazines. Accordingly, stitching apparatuses of that type are known, for example, from German Patent DE 44 44 220, corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 5,516,024, or from German Published, Non-Prosecuted Patent Application DE 197 12 876, corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 6,119,911. In particular, stitching apparatuses of the generic type, as shown in
Referring now to
A disadvantage of that construction is that it is complicated, susceptible to disruptions and noise-intensive. However, it would be desirable to make a stitching apparatus available which operates simply, with a low number of disruptions and comparatively quietly.
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a stitching apparatus for manufacturing stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples, for stitching stacked sheet materials, which overcomes the hereinafore-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices of this general type and which operates simply, with a low number of disruptions and comparatively quietly.
With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a stitching apparatus for manufacturing stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples, for stitching stacked sheet materials. The apparatus comprises a stitching head basic body having a driver for driving the stitching wire staples into the stacked sheet materials in a downward movement of the driver. A former shapes the stitching wire staples, in particular annular eyelet staples. The former is pivoted away during the downward movement of the driver. A wire clamping lever is mounted pivotably in the former. The wire clamping lever has a control element running on a control cam to support the former in an upward movement of the driver, for pivoting-in the former in the upward movement to a different point than a pivoting-out of the former in the downward movement.
Accordingly, the stitching apparatus of the invention has a control element on the wire clamping lever. The control element realizes the desired movement sequence in interaction with a control surface. As a result, an additional supporting lever which is moved by spring force, is mounted rotatably and is provided with a roller, is omitted, as a result of which the desired advantages can be achieved. Since the overall construction has considerably fewer moving parts and the wire clamping lever assumes an additional task by way of the control bolt, the stitching apparatus according to the invention is simpler and also has a lower number of disruptions. In addition, the specific cam surfaces which were necessary previously are combined in a control block. Overall, the construction also becomes more inexpensive in assembly as a result. The development of noise can also be reduced by the reduced number of parts. Furthermore, the stitching apparatus according to the invention is also more space-saving, since the additional parts in the space between the former and the driver are omitted.
In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention, the control element is a control bolt which is advantageously guided along a control cam that includes a plurality of control cam sections and is configured in a control block. The control block is disposed on a slide in the stitching head basic body. The former is advantageously pretensioned against the control block by a non-illustrated compression spring.
Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in a stitching apparatus, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
Referring now in detail to
In order to ensure that the cut stitching wire 1 does not fall down, the stitching wire is clamped fixedly on the former 60 by a clamping jaw 66 (see
The former 60 transfers the preshaped staple to the driver 80. To this end, firstly the staple has to then be released for the downward movement of the driver 80, and secondly the former 60 has to be pivoted out of the path of the driver 80. This is then achieved in an inventive manner solely through the use of a control bolt 65 which is disposed on the wire clamping lever 63 and interacts with a control cam 72 of a control block 70, as
During the downward movement of the driver 80, the control bolt 65 is situated in a left-hand groove of the control cam 72 in the control block 70, as is seen in
The stitching apparatus according to the invention can be used in all stitching apparatuses, not only in gathering and stitching machines but also in copiers or digital printers or other apparatuses for further print processing, as well as for the manufacture of staples in wood or metal processing or in furniture manufacture, for instance during the manufacture of picture frames or the like.
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