Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – By endless conveyor
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-08
2008-01-08
Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
By endless conveyor
C294S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07316392
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method of conveying flat, flexible products, in particular printed products, and to an apparatus for implementing the method. According to the invention, the products are conveyed by means of a conveying device which comprises grippers which are moved along a movement path, grip at least one product in the region of one edge, can be controlled individually to open and close and have at least two gripper jaws, to a transfer region. There, they are deposited, at least partly overlapping one another, on a conveyor belt which is arranged substantially horizontally, runs in the conveying direction and belongs to a belt conveyor, and are conveyed away by the latter. In the transfer region, the movement path is curved and approaches the conveyor belt in the vertical direction. The products are conveyed by the conveying device in a hanging position and, in the transfer region before being deposited on the conveyor belt, are moved in such a way that the non-gripped edge of the product moves at the same path speed or a lower path speed than the gripped edge. The result, with careful handling of the products, is the implementation of an apparatus having a conveying device which requires little space.
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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Ferag AG
Mackey Patrick
Morrison Thomas
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