Method and device for monitoring the transport of flat copies
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1. A method of monitoring the transport of flat copies along transport paths in a folder, which comprises:
- providing sensors for detecting at least one of the presence and the absence of copies;
selecting some of the sensors to detect the presence of copies and others of the sensors to detect the absence of copies depending upon folding modes of the folder;
determining by transmitters the number of copies that have entered the folder; and
comparing the number of copies present in the folder with the number of copies detected by the sensors.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the transport of flat copies along transport paths in a folder includes selecting sensors for detecting at least one of the presence and the absence of copies, depending upon the folding mode of the folder; determining by transmitters the number of copies that have entered the folder, and comparing the number of copies present in the folder with the number of copies detected by the sensors; a device for performing the method; a folder including the device; and a rotary printing machine in combination with the folder.
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1. A method of monitoring the transport of flat copies along transport paths in a folder, which comprises:
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providing sensors for detecting at least one of the presence and the absence of copies;
selecting some of the sensors to detect the presence of copies and others of the sensors to detect the absence of copies depending upon folding modes of the folder;
determining by transmitters the number of copies that have entered the folder; and
comparing the number of copies present in the folder with the number of copies detected by the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for performing a method of monitoring the transport of flat copies along transport paths in a folder including at least one paper-carrying cylinder and folding components on the at least one paper-carrying cylinder, comprising:
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sensors disposed along the transport paths, the sensors being grouped as sensor pairs, respectively, having a transmitting part and a receiving part; and
a monitoring unit integrated into the folder for monitoring folding modes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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